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BLOG RECAP: Riverhead falls 16-13 on last-second field goal at West Islip
ROBERT O’ROURK PHOTO | Riverhead junior Jeremiah Cheatom races for a score in last week’s blowout win over West Babylon. Riverhead (1-0) vs. West Islip (1-0) West Islip High School 2 p.m. kickoff...
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Football: Special teams, turnovers lead to Riverhead loss
BILL LANDON PHOTO | Riverhead wide receiver Quinn Funn hauls in one of his nine catches Saturday against West Islip. LIONS 16, BLUE WAVES 13 In a flash, a game that seemed destined for overtime came...
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Football: Cheatom runs for 230 yards, Riverhead triumphs
ROBERT O’ROURK PHOTO | Riverhead’s Raheem Brown, left, and Ryan Harkin wrap up West Islip’s Max McNichols for a loss. BLUE WAVES 33, LIONS 21 Senior running back Jeremiah Cheatom ran for 230 yards and...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: It’s back-to-back wins for Blue Waves
BLUE WAVES 58, LIONS 51 The Riverhead High School boys basketball team certainly lived dangerously on Tuesday night. Every time the Blue Waves grabbed a 10-point lead, West Islip would come charging...
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Football: Reid’s late TD catch saves Riverhead from upset
Riverhead’s Raheem Brown evading West Islip’s Joe Rushton during Saturday’s season-opening game. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) BLUE WAVES 28, LIONS 25 An overcast, gray day got uglier in the second...
View ArticleFootball: Sluggish start for Riverhead’s offense in season-opening loss
Riverhead coach Leif Shay ripped the sunglasses off his face in frustration after calling an unexpected timeout late in the first quarter. He yelled for not only on the players on the field — 10 of...
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Football: West Islip hangs on late to beat Riverhead in playoff opener
The memory of past playoff heartaches began to creep into the mind of West Islip coach Steve Mileti. Two years ago it was a four-point loss at home against Newfield, a game the Lions led late in the...
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Softball: West Islip bounces Riverhead from playoff contention
Bye, bye playoffs. The Riverhead High School softball team will not return to the postseason this year. Thanks to the busy bats of West Islip’s offense and the strong right arm of its standout...
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Football: Riverhead shut out again, this time by West Islip
First it was the Bulldogs and then the Lions that took nice-sized bites out of the Riverhead High School football team. Now the Blue Waves must feel a sense of relief, with a bye week to look forward...
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Field Hockey: Riverhead wins its first home playoff game
Since it was making history in one way, why not make history in another? The Riverhead High School field hockey team turned its first ever home playoff game, according to coach Cheryl Walsh-Edwards,...
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