{"id":129030,"date":"2025-10-01T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?p=129030"},"modified":"2025-10-01T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:03:08","slug":"blue-waves-girls-soccer-finds-success-in-developmental-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2025\/10\/129030\/blue-waves-girls-soccer-finds-success-in-developmental-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Waves girls soccer finds success in developmental league"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/sectionxi.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Section XI<\/a> opened up a developmental league in 2024, Riverhead varsity girls soccer coach <a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2023\/09\/117674\/blue-waves-soccer-star-is-helping-turn-program-around\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kasey Mandery<\/a> scoffed at the idea. But after going 0-15 last season, it\u2019s something that she began to heavily consider and later decided to accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had to put aside my ego for an opportunity to grow the program,\u201d Mandery said. \u201cHere, we\u2019re able to work on things in practice and actually implement them into the game. It\u2019s hard to get better when you\u2019re losing by multiple goals every game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mandery&#8217;s decision is paying off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riverhead defeated Hampton Bays, 3-2 on Monday afternoon at Hampton Bays High School to improve their developmental league record to 4-1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"northforker-gallery block_248b185079b2ce700f7bb8ab81726cce\">\n  <div class=\"northforker-gallery-images\">\n\t\t  <div class=\"northforker-gallery-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Riverhead-soccer-Evelyn-Velasquez--1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t  <\/div>\n\t\t  <div class=\"northforker-gallery-image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/riverhead-soccer-Katherine-Gonzalez-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t  <\/div>\n\t\t  <div class=\"northforker-gallery-image\">\n\t\t<img 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(Credit: Bill Landon)<\/span>\n\t  \t\t<span slideKey=\"2\">Riverhead goalie Sky Hervan makes a save. (Credit: Bill Landon)<\/span>\n\t  \t\t<span slideKey=\"3\">Riverhead&#8217;s Brianna Banegas battles for the ball. (Credit: Bill Landon)<\/span>\n\t  \t\t<span slideKey=\"4\">Riverhead senior forward Ellie Cammarota crosses the ball. (Credit: Bill Landon)<\/span>\n\t  \t\t<span slideKey=\"5\">Senior midfielder Evelyn Velasquez fires upfield for the Blue Waves. (Credit: Bill Landon)<\/span>\n\t  \t\t<span slideKey=\"6\">Freshman Maggie Morgan fights for possession. (Credit: Bill Landon)<\/span>\n\t  \t\t<span slideKey=\"7\"><\/span>\n\t  \t<\/div>\n\t\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Katherine Gonzalez opened the scoring before Ellie Cammarota scored twice to seal the game for the Blue Waves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three goals matched Riverhead&#8217;s entire total for last season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDivision I was really hard for us,\u201d Cammarota said. \u201cWe had to face girls that have been playing together since they were kids and play travel soccer and everything. To us, we\u2019re all still learning the game, our teammates and everything, so this league is a great place to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The developmental league was created for teams that may need more time work on their basic skills before competing in more rigorous, multi-classification leagues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These teams are not eligible for the standard Section XI playoffs but will rather have just a league winner. It is a two-year commitment for any school that decides to register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A major measuring stick that the team has improved was their non-division matchup against Southampton this season. Riverhead took a 1-0 lead into the first half before being clipped 2-1. Last year, the Blue Waves were routed 5-1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing in this league is definitely helping us get better,\u201d central defender Kelly Lopez said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t enjoy the season last year at all. Every game, we lost by a lot, and it\u2019s hard to want to get better and work on things because every game feels the same. We\u2019re blaming one another instead of trying to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The size of Riverhead&#8217;s girls soccer program has grown over the past few years. Riverhead is able to have a varsity and junior varsity team as well as two middle school teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is another reason why we\u2019re in the developmental league,\u201d Mandery said. \u201cWe\u2019re starting to get more and more interest, and I want our core to be strong once we get back to playing in our actual division. My daughter is in the school district and by the time she gets up here, I want us to be at our best. If that means to sacrifice a few years playing at this level so be it. The fact of the matter is, we have to catch up. It\u2019s hard to do that when you don\u2019t have a chance in every game you play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though it is a two-year commitment to be in the developmental league, Mandery hasn\u2019t completely shut off the idea of staying longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery year we\u2019re going to have to reassess,\u201d Mandery said. \u201cI know we have tremendous athletes out here on the east end. We just need time to get them coached up to the level these other kids out west are. It\u2019s just a matter of time, but I believe in our girls. I know we have what it takes. They\u2019re working so hard to improve, and I believe the future is super bright for those underclassmen on the team now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riverhead returns to action Wednesday, Oct. 1, at East Hampton \u2014 the only team in their division that\u2019s beaten them <a href=\"https:\/\/sectionxi.org\/schedules\/?league_id=954%2C1945%2C1946%2C1947%2C1948%2C1949%2C1950%2C1951%2C1952%2C1953%2C1954%2C1955%2C1956%2C1957%2C1958%2C1959%2C1960%2C1961%2C1962%2C1963%2C1964%2C1965%2C1966%2C1967%2C1968%2C1969%2C1970%2C1971%2C1972%2C1973&amp;school_id=4385&amp;level_id=2&amp;start_date=2025-10-01&amp;end_date=2025-12-01&amp;gender_id=2&amp;sport_id=6&amp;gender_id=2&amp;color1=27387E&amp;color2=E2202C&amp;bg_color=F9F9F9&amp;no_title=no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Section XI opened up a developmental league in 2024, Riverhead varsity girls soccer coach Kasey Mandery scoffed at the idea. But after going 0-15 last season, it\u2019s something that she began to heavily consider and later decided to accept. \u201cI had to put aside my ego for an opportunity to grow the program,\u201d Mandery&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":129053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1743,37],"tags":[18120,722,124,18119,13186,2332,1778,128],"coauthors":[16616],"class_list":["post-129030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-story","category-sports","tag-developmental-league","tag-girls-soccer","tag-high-school-sports","tag-kasey-mandery","tag-premium","tag-riverhead-blue-waves","tag-section-xi","tag-soccer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blue Waves girls soccer finds success in developmental league - 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