SOFTBALL
Stavola Sets New Record
By Timothy Small
Jessie Stavola has always brought the heat. But early in her pitching career, as an eighth and ninth grader, she “couldn’t hit a school bus,” her coach, Lou Reale, said. “She was all over the place.”

Tennis Finishes At 7-3 in League Seven
Five players advance to division quarterfinals
By Jack Graves
“We improved greatly in the second half, especially in doubles,” said the coach, Jim Nicoletti, after the East Hampton High School boys tennis team had defeated Mattituck 4-3 here on May 7, finishing up the regular season at 7-3 in league play, and 9-7 over all. “I’d like to have another crack at some of those teams we lost to in nonleague matches.”

Game-Ending Balk Gives Pierson Whalers a Victory
By Timothy Small
The Pierson Whalers came from behind to upset League VIII’s top-ranked team, Port Jefferson, 4-3, in extra innings, on May 7 at Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor. Port Jefferson’s pitcher was called for a game-ending balk in the bottom of the eighth inning with Kyle McGowin on third base.

BOYS TRACK
Two Meets, Two Wins, and Records
By Timothy Small
The East Hampton High School boys track team concluded its regular season with two wins, beating Islip, 79-58 at Islip, on May 5, and defeating Eastport-South Manor, 107-31 at home, last Thursday.