Sports

I was all ready to shuck clams at the HarborFest contest in Sag Harbor on Saturday, but . . .

East Hampton High's varsity football team dominated Hampton Bays 42-14 in the season opener Saturday.

Dana Trotter's performance at the Hampton Classic was a rarity for a local rider in a show that attracts top-flight competitors.

The boys soccer team knocked off the 2019 state champion, Jericho, 2-0 in a nonleaguer, while the field hockey team looked to avenge last season's bitter playoff loss at Rocky Point.

The race over an Olympic-distance course, with a .93-mile bay swim, a 24.8-mile bike leg, and a 6.2-mile run, was won by Roman Fedosieiev of Staten Island.

To the delight of many light-tackle enthusiasts, false albacore, also known as albies, have arrived in East End waters in recent days. 

Daniel Bluman, an Israeli professional equestrian, won the $300,000 Longines Hampton Classic Grand Prix show-jumping class Sunday by going all-out in a seven-obstacle jump-off.

Sidelined following an accident, Mike Mata found that he "would be able to use my life experience to help young injured action-sport athletes whose outlook was unsure."

A drive to revive the youth lacrosse program here could result in a return of a full varsity schedule at East Hampton High School in coming years.

The horrific tragedy that befell the open boat named the Pelican II, which took place 70 years ago this weekend, still resonates with many here who have firm roots in Montauk and beyond. 

The Hampton Classic dodged the bullet when it came to Tropical Storm Henri, though the footing in the Grand Prix arena, where the turf was replaced following the 2018 Classic at a cost of $1 million, proved to be a problem for entrants in the first big jumping class.

Practice for East Hampton High's 11 fall teams began 10 days ago, and the prospects for most of them are, if the past is prologue, good.