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Blue Waves defeat Commack in first-round playoff thriller, 48-47

by Feb 15, 2025
Liam Lennon led the Waves to victory with 19 points in Riverhead's 48-47 win over Commack in the first round of Suffolk's boys basketball playoffs Friday evening at Riverhead High School. Photo slideshow.

An evening of inspiration: Riverhead schools’ 16th Annual Black History Month celebration

by Feb 14, 2025
The evening featured music and dance, poetry, reflections on historic achievements, honors for two Riverhead educators and a moving keynote address by Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. about overcoming adversity.

Riverhead tops Central Islip in blowout, 64-17

by Jan 28, 2025
Girls hoops: Blue Waves routed the Central Islip Musketeers Monday night at Riverhead High School. Photos.

Girls hoops: Longwood pounds Riverhead, 60-33

by Jan 17, 2025
The Riverhead Blue Waves girls varsity basketball team fell to the Longwood Lions Thursday night at home, 60-33. Leer en español

Waves fall to Walt Whitman Wildcats

by Jan 4, 2025
The Riverhead varsity girls basketball team fell to the undefeted Walt Whitman Wildcats Friday night, 51-21. Photo slideshow.

Riverhead High School gamers compete with other schools in new esports program

by Dec 19, 2024
Riverhead High School is giving its students the opportunity to play video games competitively against other high schools, opening the students up to a burgeoning industry and a range of scholarship opportunities. 

School board recognizes student athletes, postpones decisions on regionalization, Regents exam weighting

by Dec 19, 2024
The school board at its meeting last week recognized six outstanding student athletes.  Girls soccer coach Kasey Mandery presented...

New program gives potential ‘Teachers of Tomorrow’ a chance in the classroom

by Dec 16, 2024
The new "Teachers of Tomorrow" program, a collaboration between the school district and the Butterfly Effect Project, puts the local nonprofit’s teen participants in an elementary school classroom one day a month.

‘Sweeney Todd’ serves up suspiciously delicious entertainment this weekend at Riverhead H.S.

by Oct 30, 2024
"Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd" this weekend at Riverhead High School, where the Blue Masques student theatre troupe will present their fall musical, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

Riverhead High School students honored as 2024 AP Scholars

by Oct 23, 2024
In all, seventy-one Riverhead High School students received the College Board recognition for scores on their AP exams.