The Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter’s youth swim team, the Hurricanes, repeated as New York State Y.M.C.A. champions at Erie Community College in Buffalo last weekend.

“We’re definitely aiming for the playoffs this year,” Annemarie Brown, the varsity softball coach, said of her team, which will play 19 games starting at Sayville on Wednesday.

As balls rocketed back and forth at East Hampton High School’s tennis courts during Friday’s practice, the coach, Kevin McConville, said this year’s team is the best he’s had since Johnny De Groot’s group in 2019. Perhaps even better.

At the world amateur Strongman championships held recently in Columbus, Ohio, Montauk’s Cristian Candemir acquitted himself well in the lightweight division.