Small but mighty. That’s how East Hampton’s head coach of flag football, Erin Gillott, described her senior class last week. It’s a pretty accurate description not just of the seniors, but the football program over all — still in its infancy at just four years old — becoming a small but mighty movement that expanded this spring to include a junior varsity team.
The last home game for the East Hampton High School girls lacrosse team on May 12 included athletes of all ages. East End Lacrosse brought some of its elementary school girls to see their high school heroes, creating a lacrosse stick tunnel for the Bonac seniors to run through before their matchup against John Glenn.
The entire season came down to a single game. Bonac baseball’s 2-0 loss to Westhampton Beach at home on May 12 cost them a playoff berth. Bonac would return the favor, though, winning the final two games of the series and knocking the Hurricanes out of the postseason with a 9-4 victory at home on May 15.
On May 16, parents from 25 schools and 38 track and field teams cheered on 707 male and female athletes from across eastern Long Island at the East End Classic here, and the Bonackers put on quite a show for fans, with several standout performances on both the boys and girls teams and some new school records.
