Girls Volleyball: Yada, yada, yada, Tuckers win title outright
Charlotte Keil drove a ball down with overpowering force for a kill and … yada, yada, yada … the Mattituck High School girls volleyball team romped in impressive fashion. Keil was teased for having...
View ArticleBoys form long-distance friendship through winning science project
Most children make friends by chatting in the classroom, on the playground or during after-school activities. But one Mattituck second-grader has managed to make a friend through one of the most...
View ArticleTown officials say they’re open to negotiations with Brinkmanns
Last month, the owners of a parcel in Mattituck where a controversial hardware store has been proposed were open to negotiating a sale with the town under certain conditions. But that was before...
View ArticleGirls Soccer: This sophomore’s a keeper
During the preseason, the big issue with the Mattituck/Southold/Greenport girls soccer team was who would take over the goalkeeper position. That matter has long since been resolved and isn’t a...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: Tuckers will face familiar rival in playoff opener
The endings to the Mattituck High School boys soccer team’s past three seasons have had a common theme. They have all involved playoff losses to Center Moriches. Mattituck coach Will Hayes can recite...
View ArticleNeighboring property in Mattituck could be better fit for town, Brinkmanns say
The Brinkmanns, in an effort to sway Southold Town from acquiring their 1.8-acre Mattituck parcel through a settlement or seizing it by way of eminent domain, have drawn up renderings for a...
View ArticleCross Country: Mattituck girls race to fifth straight division title
One might have expected the cross-country runners to cringe when they unboarded their buses and stepped out into a light, but steady rain Tuesday at Sunken Meadow State Park for the Section XI...
View ArticleMattituck Lions Club to host annual Halloween festivities Thursday
UPDATE: The parade has been canceled, however, the Monster Mash is on for 6 p.m. Original Story: Mattituck Lions Club plans to keep a spooky tradition going: the group will host its annual Halloween...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: Center Moriches stops Tuckers in PKs
Center Moriches. Again. The cycle continues. For a fourth straight year, Mattituck saw its high school boys soccer season come to an end with a playoff loss to Center Moriches. Similar to Mattituck’s...
View ArticleSee more photos from boys and girls soccer championships
It was championship weekend Saturday for local soccer teams. First, the Southold and Greenport boys teams faced off in the Class C county final. The First Settlers won 5-2. Then, the...
View ArticleGirls Volleyball: Pierson dethrones Tuckers in five-set thriller
The Pierson/Bridgehampton girls volleyball team has a motto: Do whatever it takes. What it took for the Whalers to dethrone defending Suffolk County Class C champion Mattituck Wednesday night was to...
View ArticleSee more photos from Mattituck-Pierson county championship
The Mattituck girls volleyball team lost a heartbreaker against Pierson in the Class C county championship Wednesday night. The second-seeded Whalers won a wild 22-25, 29-27, 20-25, 25-22, 25-23...
View ArticleNo more U-turns on Love Lane in Mattituck?
Drivers who make U-Turns on Love Lane in Mattituck could soon be cited for the maneuver. In a memo dated Oct. 22, Southold Transportation Commission Chair Neboysha Brashich asked Town Board members to...
View ArticleGirls Cross Country: Tuckers run to eighth straight sectional title
On Friday the Mattituck High School girls got a feel for what it’s like to run cross country in frigid Plattsburgh, N.Y., this time of the year. On Saturday they will experience the real thing. For...
View ArticleBoys Cross Country: Mattituck rookie headed to states
Trevor Zappulla, a Mattituck High School freshman who had played soccer since he was in kindergarten, made a sports switch this fall, taking up cross country for the first time. “I thought I would do...
View ArticleCross Country: Mattituck girls seventh at state meet
Riverhead senior Christina Yakaboski ran the fastest time for a Suffolk County Class A girl in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Cross Country Championships Saturday....
View ArticleGirls Basketball Preview: In Hoeg they trust
Trust the process. Trust Mackenzie Hoeg. That’s what Mattituck coach Steve Van Dood tells his basketball players when referring to Hoeg, the team’s All-County senior point guard. Asked if he noticed...
View ArticleGirls Basketball: Last-second shot sinks Tuckers in opener
It was anything but an example of offensive artistry. The shooting, for the most part, wasn’t much to look at. Points were hard to come by — really hard. Yet, the non-league season-opener between the...
View ArticleBoys Basketball Preview: 1,000th point on Allen’s horizon
It’s expected that at some point soon, perhaps several games into this high school boys basketball season, Xavier Allen will hit a basket or sink a free throw and achieve a milestone that a Mattituck...
View ArticlePushing to the limits: How Mary Kalich prepares for an Ironman Triathlon
On a recent Friday morning, Mary Kalich began her day with a seven-mile run. A 40-minute cardio workout on an elliptical and rower got her warmed up for a strength-training CrossFit class. Her routine...
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