FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Porters will soon find out where they stand
Posted: 08.31.2010 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 Glenn, Bayport-Blue Point. But where does Greenport / Southold / Mattituck / Shelter Island fit in the equation? Judging by their No. 8 seed in the 12-team division, the Porters will be on the playoff bubble. For...
FOOTBALL: Porters know they have a special player in Malone
Posted: 08.31.2010 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 the sideline. If Ryan Malone is standing on the sideline or sitting on the bench, observing the action on the field, something is seriously wrong. That should not happen. Malone is...
FOOTBALL: Now Mangiamele has a position to call his own
Posted: 08.24.2010 BY BOB LIEPA | SPORTS EDITOR After sharing the quarterback position last season, Mike Mangiamele is the unquestioned starter this year for the Greenport / Southold / Mattituck / Shelter Island high school football team. The position is all his, and that's just the way he likes it. "Everything's on me," he said during an interview before Tuesday afternoon's practice. "I like that, though." Mangiamele, a senior from Mattituck ,...
FOOTBALL: Martilotta, shaped by military life, drills Porters
Posted: 08.16.2010 BY BOB LIEPA | SPORTS EDITOR While sitting in a guard tower in Baghdad, just outside of Sadr City in 2005, Army soldier Jack Martilotta experienced a seminal moment. Having seen his share of death, destruction and violence in the war in Iraq, Martilotta said he thought about what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. Martilotta, who...
RUNNING: Petsky, Kilbride triumph in New Suffolk Waterfront 5K
Posted: 08.14.2010 BY BOB LIEPA | SPORTS EDITOR If Kathleen Kilbride sounded like a woman on a mission, well, she was. The Nassau Point runner had something to prove to herself as well as to others. Kilbride won the first New Suffolk Waterfront 5K last year. She said she was embarrassed by her time of 21 minutes 53 seconds, and didn't even know she...
LACROSSE: For one weekend, Greenport serves as a lacrosse hotbed
Posted: 08.02.2010 BY BOB LIEPA | SPORTS EDITOR It has become a summer tradition. For one memorable weekend of the year, the tiny Village of Greenport is transformed into a lacrosse mecca. Some of the best lacrosse players on Long Island, if not the country, converged on Greenport High School this past weekend for the 17th annual Long Island Lacrosse Shootout. Ninety-three teams represented...
FOOTBALL: Cater tackles one more high school honor
Posted: 06.23.2010 BY BOB LIEPA | SPORTS EDITOR HEMPSTEAD -- Before moving on to play for Syracuse University, Malcolm Cater had one more high school football game to play in. One more chance to make an impression against some of the top high school players in the New York metropolitan area. One more chance to win another honor. He did it all in impressive...
RUNNING: Record run by Reta leads Ethiopian sweep in Shelter Island 10K
Posted: 06.22.2010 BY TED HILLS | STAFF WRITER SHELTER ISLAND -- The 2007 champion, Alene Reta of Ethiopia, broke his own record to win Saturday's Shelter Island 10K Run. Just 28 minutes 40 seconds after the starting gun went off, Reta snapped the finish tape, beating the previous course record he set in 2007 by one second and solidifying his place in the record...