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Waves meet Ward Melville in quarterfinals tonight at Riverhead High School

Last Updated on Wednesday, February 22 2012 09:56 Wednesday, February 22 2012 06:33
Written by Denise Civiletti
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The Riverhead Blue Waves meet the Ward Melville Patriots in the Suffolk County Class AA girls basketball tournament quarterfinals today in Riverhead. Game time is at 5 p.m.

The League III champion Blue Waves are riding an 18-game win streak into tonight's playoff game.

The Waves rolled over Patchogue-Medford in round one of the playoffs Monday night, 67-46.

No. 6 Ward Melville (12-5) finished second in League I behind No. 1 seed Sachem East. Ward Melville defeated Kings Park 53-49 in a playoff game on the Patriots' home court Monday night.

Riverhead and Ward Melville have not met on the court this season.

Patriot powerhouse Caysea Cohen is the Ward Melville player to watch. The senior point guard is the Patriots' scoring leader. Cohen put 30 or more points on the board twice this season and scored 28 points another time. She is coming off a 20-point performance on Monday night, a game in which she also had eight steals and seven assists, according to Newsday. Meagan Murtagh had 18 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks in that game.

Riverhead (18-1) is seeded number three in the tournament, after Sachem East and Lindenhurst. Both also advanced in tournament play Monday night, with each team drubbing their opponents. Sachem East (18-1) beat No. 16 Half Hollow Hills East 63-29, while No. 2 Lindenhurst (18-1) pounded No. 18 Eastport-South Manor 58-23. Sachem faces No. 8 Walt Whitman (13-6) tonight, as Lindenhurst takes on No. 10 Northport (12-5).

The winner of tonight's game in Riverhead will face the winner of the Lindenhurst-Northport matchup Saturday at 2 p.m. at Farmingdale State University.

Be sure to join RiverheadLOCAL's LIVE Gamecast and conversation beginning at 4:45 today. Click here to access the Gamecast.

Schedule of local church services for Ash Wednesday

Last Updated on Wednesday, February 22 2012 05:52 Wednesday, February 22 2012 05:39
Written by RiverheadLOCAL
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Today is Ash Wednesday, the day that for Christians marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday.

According to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of this 40-day period.

Christian churches have different traditions for Ash Wednesday and Lent, but most have special services scheduled today in observance of the beginning of the Lenten season. Many churches distribute ashes to their congregants, marking their foreheads with the ashes as a sign of mourning and repentance.

Local Ash Wednesday services:

St. Isidore R.C. Church, 622 Pulaski St., Riverhead
Ashes will be distributed at an English Mass at 7 a.m, a Polish Mass at 7 p.m. and at prayer services at 12:30, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.

St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church, 546 St. John's Place, Riverhead
Ashes will be distributed at Masses at 7:15 and 9 a.m., 12 noon, 6:30 p.m. and (Spanish Mass) 7:30 p.m.

St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, 1488 North Country Road, Wading River
Ashes will be distributed at morning Mass, 8:30 a.m.; prayer service, 12 noon; family prayer service, 4:30 p.m.; evening Mass, 7:30 p.m.

United Church of Christ parishes (Baiting Hollow Congregational Church, Old Steeple Church, First Parish Church and First Congregational Church of Riverhead) combined Ash Wednesday service at Baiting Hollow Church, 7 p.m.

Blue Waves blow past Pat-Med 67-46, face Ward Melville Wednesday

Last Updated on Tuesday, February 21 2012 10:34 Monday, February 20 2012 20:09
Written by Denise Civiletti
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The Riverhead Blue Waves scored a decisive first-round victory in the Suffolk AA girls basketball tournament Monday night, defeating Patchogue-Medford 67-46.

The Waves didn't let the second-quarter ejection, on a technical violation, of head coach Dave Spinella rattle them. They took control of the game and by the end of the half held an 18-point lead. They never looked back.

Jayln Brown scored her 1,000th career point in tonight's game, putting a total of 16 on the board.

Melodee Riley led the Waves with 23 points, followed by Brown and Kaila Nazario, who had 13.
Shanice Allen scored 10 points.

"We played together as a team tonight," Brown said after the game. "That's what made the difference. And we used our speed to our advantage."

The senior said she wasn't aware she was closing in on 1,000 points. "I knew I was close, but I didn't know I was that close," she said.

Spinella's ejection on a technical — a first for him — took everyone by surprise. The referee said the coach was coming out of the coach's box. Assistant coach Jim Janecek said he and coach Gerald Weisman "had a quick pow-pow" after the head coach got sent out. They regrouped and moved on, he said.

With tonight's victory, the Waves (18-1)  advance to the quarterfinals. They host No. 6 Ward Melville (12-5) Wednesday at 5 p.m. Ward Melville beat Kings Park tonight, 53-39.

RiverheadLOCAL photos by Peter Blasl

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