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GARRET MEADE FILE PHOTO Mattituck's 6-foot 5-inch goalkeeper, Cody Huntley, figures prominently in the team's plans for 2010.

Huntley's growth is measured in more than feet and inches

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY BOB LIEPA | SPORTS EDITOR

One can't help but notice the height, but there is more to Mattituck's goalkeeper, Cody Huntley, than his 6 feet 5 inches.

Huntley has grown a...

Stepnoski's back from lacerated kidney

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY BOB LIEPA | SPORTS EDITOR

Talk about toughness, Pat Stepnoski has it. Any doubts? Check out what happened to Stepnoski last year.

In Bishop McGann-Mercy's fifth football game of the season,...

BOB LIEPA PHOTO All-division junior Erica Bundrick enters her fourth varsity season and second as Mattituck's top singles player.

Bundrick's game shows a great upside

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY BOB LIEPA | SPORTS EDITOR

The secret to Erica Bundrick's development as a tennis player really isn't a great surprise. "She plays all the time," said Jenny Smith, Bundrick's best...

GARRET MEADE FILE PHOTO Greenport/Southold/Mattituck/Shelter Island quarterback Mike Mangiamele in a game against Amityville last year.

Porters will soon find out where they stand

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY BOB LIEPA | SPORTS EDITOR

When it comes to Suffolk County Division IV football, the usual suspects can be regarded as the powers of the division: Babylon, Mount Sinai, Elwood/John...

Porters know they have a special player in Malone

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY BOB LIEPA | SPORTS EDITOR

A surefire way to tell if there is something wrong with the Greenport/Southold/Mattituck/Shelter Island high school football team this season would be to look at...

With Fox pitching, it's no longer just a men's game

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY CHUCK ADAMS | CONTRIBUTOR

Once she got a taste of it, there was no turning back.

Kelly Fox, a 1998 graduate of Riverhead High School, has long had success on...

G&C denies Fogarty A.C. comeback, undefeated season

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY CHUCK ADAMS | CONTRIBUTOR

They were poised for yet one more dramatic comeback.

So many times over the years, G&C Petroleum has seen rival Fogarty Air Conditioning Service come from...

GARRET MEADE FILE PHOTO Liz Lasota, a junior sweeper, is one of the players Mattituck is counting on for leadership.

Tuckers brave the heat as they prepare for new season

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY CHUCK ADAMS | CONTRIBUTOR

It was 8 o'clock on Monday morning, the first day of high school girls' soccer practice. As his team ran around the track at Mattituck...

Ex-Mercy athlete discovers a passion for billiards

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY CHUCK ADAMS | CONTRIBUTOR

Brittany Mandell loves the mental challenge of the sport.

When Mandell was a student at Bishop McGann-Mercy High School, she played basketball and soccer and also...

Realties of aging tough on athlete

Posted on: Thursday, September 02, 2010 by BY MICHAEL GASPARINO | CONTRIBUTOR




My son is 8 years old, and as such doesn't have an appreciation of how much pain his 40-something father's body is in the day...