{"id":123696,"date":"2025-01-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?p=123696"},"modified":"2025-01-06T13:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:29:18","slug":"2024-sportspeople-of-the-year-mike-heigh-and-rasheen-moore-pal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2025\/01\/123696\/2024-sportspeople-of-the-year-mike-heigh-and-rasheen-moore-pal\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Sportspeople of the Year: Mike Heigh and Rasheen Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Being a PAL coach is selfless. It takes time out of your life. Results are earned only through hard work and dedication. It brings the sport to its very basic beginnings. Everybody needs to buy in \u2014 parents, coaches, kids. Building a football program from the ground up isn\u2019t for everybody but Riverhead has got the right people in place leading the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Riverhead football standouts Mike Heigh (2003) and Rasheen Moore (2008), who both won championships as members of the Blue Waves, have turned to coaching to try to rebuild a football program that hasn\u2019t had a winner since the school cut sports after a failed budget vote during the COVID-19 lockdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2024\/11\/123038\/blue-waves-win-pal-football-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nov. 10<\/a>, the 11-and-under Blue Waves, coached by Moore, and the 10-and-under Blue Waves, coached by Heigh, took the field in their league championship \u2014 scheduled to play one after another at the Pulaski Street Sports Complex. The 10u team defeated West Islip, 28-0, and the 11u team finished the season with a 22-6 victory over West Babylon. The games drew a massive crowd; parents, alumni, teachers and coaches all wanted to see these kids compete at a high level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:56.62987%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image4_web-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image4_web-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1200\" data-id=\"123970\" data-link=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?attachment_id=123970\" data-url=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image4_web-768x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image4_web-768x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:43.37013%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image2_web-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image2_web-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image2_web-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"900\" data-id=\"123971\" data-link=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?attachment_id=123971\" data-url=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image2_web-1024x768.jpg\" data-width=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image2_web-1024x768.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 2 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image0_web.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image0_web.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image0_web.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=954&#038;ssl=1 954w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"937\" data-id=\"123972\" data-link=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?attachment_id=123972\" data-url=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image0_web.jpg\" data-width=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/image0_web.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 3 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRiverhead football has always been a staple of our community,\u201d Heigh said following the championship. \u201cIt\u2019s hard when we\u2019re losing at the top. It amplifies everything. That\u2019s why we\u2019re doing the work here and trying to teach our traditions that I grew up with. I really believe that in time, the community will be there to back our kids soon enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heigh and Moore impact the kids from as early as 7 years old, and the results of all the effort they\u2019ve put in are finally coming to fruition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is big for the program,\u201d Moore said after watching both teams win their championships. \u201cWhen you can get two age groups back to back to produce seasons like this it bodes well for our future. It\u2019s a first step in the right direction to winning the community back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Heigh and Moore played under legendary coach Leif Shay, who coached Riverhead\u2019s varsity football team to four Suffolk County championships in his 24 years of leadership. And Shay had nothing but great things to say about his two former players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBoth Heigh and <a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2024\/09\/121982\/building-a-bright-future-for-riverhead-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moore<\/a> demonstrated great leadership ability when they wore the blue and white,\u201d Shay said. \u201cThey are men built for others and they truly understand what it means to be great fathers, sons and <a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2018\/06\/87605\/work-mike-heigh-heigh-quality-detailing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leaders in their community<\/a>. I am proud of the men they have become and I look forward to seeing the men they help create.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you think about PAL coaches, usually one of them has a kid on their team, and that\u2019s what drives their motivation to help. But neither Heigh nor Moore has a kid on the team; they\u2019re driven by the desire to rebuild a program that gave so much to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI took it personal when I saw kids leaving the district to play football in other towns,\u201d Heigh said. \u201cWe need to keep our talent here, and it starts with having the parents buy in. They\u2019re buying in at the PAL level. Once it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sectionxi.org\/home.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trickles down to varsity<\/a>, things will turn around here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Shields, whose son Ryan has played for both Heigh and Moore, couldn\u2019t believe how dedicated they were when he first entered him to play football at age 7. It was a bumpy road at first, but it was a road that eventually led to a championship. Right after COVID, the 7-year-old team didn\u2019t have a coach, and Heigh was slated to coach his own son in his last year of PAL football. He ended up sacrificing that year with his son to coach Ryan Shields and the other kids. It just shows the type of person he is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve helped coach over the years, so I would say I have a lot of the behind-the-scenes knowledge of what\u2019s going on here,\u201d Shields said. \u201cMike\u2019s son hasn\u2019t been in the program for years now, but he continues to put all his effort into building this. He\u2019s almost become like a figurehead of the entire program. He\u2019s committed to the development of the program and the development of the kids as football players and young men. Even as young as 7, Mike always showed them a toughness that really resonated with the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transitioning from Heigh to Moore as the kids progress, gives them a different touch. Heigh is more of a play-with-your-heart type of coach, whereas Moore is less outspoken and more skills-driven. It\u2019s a perfect 1-2 punch. And, at the end of the day both bleed blue-and-white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese coaches volunteer three nights a week and every Sunday for the better part of four months [to] give these kids the best experience possible,\u201d Shields said. \u201cThey never miss a practice. They don\u2019t have a child in the program and our boys were always the last team out there. \u2026 That just shows their dedication and their commitment. They weren\u2019t just out there because they volunteered, they\u2019re out there because they\u2019re committed to better the children and go the extra mile.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shields sees firsthand how Heigh and Moore have shaped every child that has suited up in a Blue Wave uniform. They have tremendous pride in wearing that uniform to school. It\u2019s a pride that has been lacking for quite some time in Riverhead sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI played football in high school and college,\u201d Shields said. \u201cThe inspiration that both of them have provided \u2014 the strength, the courage, the motivation \u2014 it made me want to go out and play. When I started to see Ryan buy in, develop and grow, it made me buy in, develop and grow. I want our kids to have tough coaches. I want them to be challenged. I bought into the philosophy. I bought into their approach. And even though I didn\u2019t grow up here, I\u2019m proud to be a Blue Wave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For their efforts in and dedication toward the PAL leagues, Heigh and Moore have earned the nod as 2024\u2019s Riverhead News-Review Sportspeople of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a PAL coach is selfless. It takes time out of your life. Results are earned only through hard work and dedication. 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