Tony Lawrence

It was a stirring and emotional day for the men of the Riverhead lacrosse program, alumni who came together to honor the memory of one of their own and raise money for the wife and two young children he left behind.

A fundraiser at the Route 58 McDonald's Wednesday raised more than $2,500 for the family of Danielle Lawrence, of Wading River, who was killed last month in a double-murder suicide.

The Blue Waves boys lacrosse team is dedicating this season to program founder and former coach, Tony Lawrence.

Former Riverhead Blue Waves lacrosse players surrounded their beloved coach Tony Lawrence last night at Digger's during fundraiser for the Lawrence family organized by the lacrosse team's former manager and attended by throngs of people from across the Riverhead community.

Hundreds of people turned out today to pay their respects today to mother and daughter shooting victims Tanya and Danielle Lawrence, who died last Sunday night in their Wading River home, in this community’s most horrific incident of domestic violence in memory.

Former lacrosse team manager Kelsey Stark will guest-bartend at the event organized by alumni to help their former coach, Tony Lawrence in tragedy's aftermath.