Drew LeGrady
Riverhead Looks to Build On First Playoff Appearance in a Decade
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman In his three seasons as head coach of the Riverhead Blue Wave, Kevin Kerman’s team has undergone a full transformation. In his first year in charge, Kerman’s squad managed only one victory in 20 games, fast forward just two years, the Blue Wave finished 14-10, the first time Riverhead finished over .500 under Kerman. “Last year was a huge step in the right direction for our program.” Kerman said. When I took this team over 4 years ago, we were in rebuild mode. We were a young group that needed to get bigger, stronger, and gain more experience. We went from 1-19 in year one to 4-16 in year two, to 14-10 with two playoff victories in year three. It was a massive improvement from our p...
Young & Talented Core Should Bring Success to Riverhead
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello The Riverhead Blue Waves are looking to improve from last season as we quickly approach the 2025 season. Kevin Kerman is entering his 3rd year at the helm of the Riverhead baseball program, and is excited for what this season has to offer for the Blue Waves. The Blue Waves finished with a record of 4-16 last year in a tough League 1. “Obviously not the result we wanted but we are still very much in a retool mode.” Kerman said. “We saw improvement from the year prior and got varsity experience for a lot of our younger guys. At some points of last year we had an 8th grader and 3 freshmen in the lineup. We are looking for those guys to take a nice step forward this year.” A key piece of the t...
