JOHN GRIFFIN PHOTOA participant dries off after being flipped into the water during Saturday's canoe race at the Mill House Inn.

The misadventures of a canoe race

Posted on: Friday, September 03, 2010 by BY JOE WERKMEISTER | SPORTS EDITOR

Life as a sportswriter leads to countless sobering moments when I'm faced with the reality of why I write about sports for a living rather...

COURTESY PHOTO Jenna Burkert of Rocky Point placed fifth in freestyle wrestling at the Youth Olympics in Singapore. She also won a bronze medal in beach wrestling.

Young Olympian relishes experience

Posted on: Friday, September 03, 2010 by BY JOE WERKMEISTER | SPORTS EDITOR

The gravity of the accomplishment began to sink in during the Closing Ceremonies for Jenna Burkert. After more than two weeks in Singapore for the...

Rogers closes in on modified title after win

Posted on: Friday, September 03, 2010

Tom Rogers Jr. of Patchogue inched another step closer to his second career NASCAR modified championship at Riverhead Raceway on Saturday night when he won...

ROBERT O'ROURK PHOTO Devante Booker is one of four tailbacks vying for the starting job this season for Longwood.

Four players vying for tailback spot

Posted on: Friday, September 03, 2010 by BY JOE WERKMEISTER | SPORTS EDITOR

It's a luxury few teams enjoy, but Longwood football coach Chris Meyer knows at the start of every season that there's one thing he can...

ROBERT O'ROURK FILE PHOTO Shoreham-Wading River junior Debi-Michelle Jantzen and Miller Place senior Mary Moore will look to lead their teams back into the county finals.

SWR, Miller Place seeded atop D-III

Posted on: Friday, September 03, 2010 by BY JOE WERKMEISTER | SPORTS EDITOR

However the 2010 season plays out for the Miller Place field hockey team, coach Alana LaMorte knows the end will be emotional. The Panthers' four...

COURTESY PHOTO Four Shoreham-Wading River alumni met last weekend in the semifinals of the Major League Lacrosse playoffs. From the Denver Outlaws (from left) Andrew Hennessey and Kevin Unterstein and from the Long Island Lizards, Michael Unterstein and Peter Vlahakis. Long Island defeated Denver before falling in the finals.

Shoreham well represented in MLL playoffs

Posted on: Friday, September 03, 2010 by BY JOE WERKMEISTER | SPORTS EDITOR

Four of the top lacrosse players to come out of Shoreham-Wading River faced off at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Aug. 21 in the semifinals of...

Big catch in tournament

Posted on: Friday, September 03, 2010 by BY MARTIN GARRELL | CONTRIBUTOR

The Caraftis Fishing Station in Port Jefferson weighed the largest bluefish of the WICC tournament at the shop, caught by one of the customers. The...