Evan Masi, an East Hampton High School senior who recently became a News 12 Long Island scholar-athlete of the month, has been through trying times in his high school career.

Richard J. Cooney Sr., the East Hampton School District’s athletic director from 1974 until his retirement in 1995, is to be a New York State Athletic Administrators Association “wall of honor” inductee at Saratoga in March.

East Hampton High School’s boys and girls basketball teams were paused because of the pandemic this past week, while the boys swimming and wrestling teams remained active.

It was right before Memorial Day last year when the Sag Harbor resident's book "The Lost Boys of Montauk" was released. Among the positive responses were starred reviews for the exhaustively researched story of a local tragedy dating back to the 1980s.