Riding a Wave into winter

The fall season officially came to an end last weekend with the football Long Island Championship games. While no teams from our area made the dance, I was kept busy covering Riverhead for our sister paper, The News-Review. Our sports editor there, Bob Liepa, had a vacation coming these weeks, so I was on double duty laying out the sports sections for The News-Review and our North Fork paper, The Suffolk Times. So if the Sun Sports section is a little thin these weeks, that's why. There's only so much one man can do...

Here's how we covered the Blue Waves' undefeated season and Miguel Maysonet's Hansen Award with the front and back page of the paper:

Having covered the county and L.I. championship games of Riverhead, I could really appreciate just how tough a team the Blue Waves were this year. They didn't have a weakness and we're clearly the top team on the Island this year. If you didn't see them play this year, you missed out.

Now that the winter season is here, we have a lot to look forward to. Wrestling will be huge again this year with Longwood and Rocky Point having two of the deepest teams on Long Island. Shoreham obviously returns two studs with Keith and Neidhart. Miller Place also returns Buonaiuto.

On the hoops scene Longwood boys will be a county title contender. The Lions are off to a hot start with wins against North Babylon and Rocky Point. The Lions nearly put 100 on the board against the Eagles (92). 14 players scored in the game, which is no fluke. The Lions are as deep as any team anywhere. It doesn't mean they're the best team, but on any given night, any one of 10 players could probably lead the team in points. I look forward to seeing them in action.