Girls Volleyball: Incredible play from Mattituck’s libero, ‘The Hulk’
While the rest of her teammates on the Mattituck High School girls volleyball team are clad in blue shirts, Meghan McKillop wears a white one as the team’s libero. That may be puzzling to those who...
View ArticleGirls Volleyball: Tuckers score their first state semifinal win
Judging by the reactions of the players and their coach, this long-awaited win was worth the wait. It wasn’t for a championship or a place in a final, but the Mattituck Tuckers pulled out their first...
View ArticleSports Desk: Tuckers bow out as winners on the state stage
They say good things are worth waiting for. The Mattituck High School girls volleyball team had waited long enough for this milestone. It didn’t come easily. Then again, nothing comes easily at the...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: More honors for Southold’s Fouchet
Peter Fouchet enjoyed one memorable week last week, thanks to one memorable soccer season. The Southold High School senior midfielder added several trophies and honors to his burgeoning collection...
View ArticleBoys Winter Track Preview: Dufton, Brew lead Mattituck’s new indoor crew
By Karl Himmelmann’s count, there are only about a handful of high schools in Suffolk County that do not run winter track. Mattituck is no longer one of them. For the first time in school history, the...
View ArticleGirls Winter Track Preview: New team’s first steps are encouraging
The unusual opportunity afforded to the new Mattituck High School girls winter track team was outlined by its coach, Chris Robinson, before its first official competition. Prior to the crossover meet...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: The course of a rivalry game changes at halftime
Halftime can either be a friend or a foe. For Mattituck it was the former, and for Southold the latter on Friday night. After watching his high school boys basketball team rush things and play at a...
View ArticleReaders weigh in on proposed sports complex in Mattituck
In an editorial last week, we asked readers to send in their opinion of an indoor sports facility, called Sports East, that is being proposed on Main Road in Mattituck. These are the responses. •...
View ArticleGirls Basketball: Tuckers storm to victory in home opener
Having waited this long for its home opener, the Mattituck High School girls basketball team didn’t waste any time getting right to work. The Tuckers made short work of Center Moriches on Monday...
View ArticleTop Sports Stories 2015: A big season for Mattituck golf
Surprise, surprise (well, not really), both the Suffolk County League VII regular-season championship and the League VII Qualifying Tournament came down to two teams: Eastport/South Manor and...
View ArticleTop Sports Stories 2015: A championship ring for Ascher
In only in his second year of professional baseball, Steve Ascher has already earned a championship ring. Not bad. Ascher, a former Mattituck High School pitcher from Cutchogue, helped the Class A...
View ArticleTop Sports Stories 2015: New coach for Mattituck boys soccer
The Mattituck High School boys varsity soccer team doesn’t see many coaching changes. So, understandably, there was a lot of interest when Mat Litchhult made the stunning announcement just days after...
View ArticleTop Stories 2015: Development proposals in Mattituck
A proposal for a mixed-use development featuring retail space and affordable apartments in Mattituck came and went this year. But weeks after that proposal was abandoned, a team of investors —...
View ArticleTop Sports Stories 2015: Milestone for Mattituck volleyball
Has a high school girls volleyball team ever been as happy about a 1-5 record as Mattituck was? Possibly not, but consider where that sole win was earned — at the New York State Public High School...
View ArticleTop Sports Stories 2015: Tuckers tops in state
The accolades, awards, honors and titles piled on top of each other, mementos of the greatest season in the Mattituck High School baseball team’s 95-year history. A season of firsts was capped with...
View ArticlePhotos: North Fork Community Theatre’s annual Variety Show
The North Fork Community Theatre held its 12th annual Variety Show in Mattituck last weekend. Enthusiastic crowds watched as more than two dozen were acts performed. Proceeds from the show benefit the...
View ArticleGirls Basketball: Shorthanded Tuckers keep winning
The Mattituck High School girls basketball coach, Steve Van Dood, did not have enough players to hold an intrasquad scrimmage on Monday night, but he certainly had more than enough talent to win a...
View ArticleReal Estate: Selling properties is in her family’s blood
Erica McKenzie’s family made it easy for her to pick a career and a place to call home. The North Fork native is a third-generation realtor at her father’s company, Andrew Stype Realty in Mattituck,...
View ArticleRiverhead woman charged with stealing from Mattituck CVS
A Riverhead woman was arrested after she allegedly stole phones and activation cards from a Mattituck convenience store Wednesday afternoon, Southold Town police said. According to a news release,...
View Article2015 Businessperson of the Year: Wendy Zuhoski
It’s 2 p.m. on the last Wednesday of the year and about a dozen young men and women file into Wendy’s Deli on Sound Avenue in Mattituck for a sandwich. It’s the day after one young woman’s 21st...
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