Sports

With only a 37-percent chance of beating the Smithtown West Bulls, the Bonackers pulled out a 39-25 win on Oct. 23. Their final home game is Saturday at the high school.

In a tough turn of events for East Hampton, the boys soccer team lost 2-1 to Amityville on Tuesday, pushing Bonac out of the playoffs and ending the team’s season.

The chorus “one, two, three strikes you’re out!” comes from the famous 1908 American baseball anthem, but it could also easily be applied to those who chase down blackfish, the pugnacious bait-stealing bruisers that are now being pursued by most private, party, and charter boat anglers.

The Bonac boys volleyball team starts the postseason at 4 p.m.Thursday with its first playoff game at Westhampton Beach. The matchup should have parents and friends of both teams on the edge of their bleacher seats.

At their final home meet on Oct. 21, a 90-75 victory over Sachem, Bonac seniors — Kimi Atiencia, Alison Cardozo, Evann Castillo, Maya Dias, Ginger Griffin, and Sky Hand — dived into the pool as their parents and teammates cheered them on from the pool deck before giving them flowers, crowns, and sashes.

The Mr. Poseidon Montauk Striper Challenge, a fierce competition with a large cash prize, brought hundreds of competitors to the hamlet for a catch-and-release striped bass contest that is touted by its organizer as the “biggest surf fishing tournament on the East Coast.” Critics say it left a trail of problems.

In the first game of the playoffs, the Bonackers scored a win over Harborfields at home on Saturday.

East Hampton boys soccer wrapped up the regular season with back-to-back double-overtime games, playing to scoreless ties against Islip on Oct. 14 and Rocky Point on Oct. 16.

East Hampton’s boys golf team finished its season 11-1 and qualified for both the team and individual playoffs.

East Hampton’s girls swim team had two meets last week and won them both — a 101-82 victory over Ward Melville-Port Jefferson on the road and an 81-72 win over Deer Park-West Babylon-North Babylon at home.

Ross School’s girls varsity tennis team won its first-ever Section XI championship on Oct. 15, defeating Bayport-Blue Point to put the finishing touch on a perfect 17-0 season.

East Hampton’s girls varsity volleyball team said goodbye to 10 seniors at its final home match on Oct. 16 against Kings Park.

With a 6-1 win over Greenport, the varsity field hockey team celebrated its six seniors — Lilah Brown, Emma Hand, Carlee Kenny, Sophie Lancashire, Carli Stuckart, and Caitlyn Weimar — at the last home game of the season on Oct. 15. 

Bonac boys soccer may be the team to beat in Suffolk League V this year.

For those who doubted a seventh grader could compete at the varsity level, Zoey Falkenhan continues to provide proof that she belongs. On the boys’ side, Jasper Samuelson continues to dominate.

East Hampton’s girls tennis team started the postseason with a bang, beating Bay Shore 5-2 in its first team match at home on Oct. 8.

East Hampton High School’s homecoming festivities Saturday include a festival on Saturday will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the grass by the football field. Kickoff for the Bonackers’ football game against West Babylon is at 1 p.m. This year’s theme is U.S.A. The football team is asking fans to wear red, white, and blue. 

Both the Bonackers girls swim team and the Y.M.C.A. Hurricanes made a splash in the pool last week, breaking longstanding records and swimming state-qualifying times.

Squid-heads rejoice! The tasty cephalopods are providing nonstop action on many nights, only a scant mile or two from Montauk.

East Hampton High School pulled out all the stops in a thrilling five-set varsity boys match against Westhampton Beach on Oct. 6 — all in honor of Tom Schultz, the junior varsity coach who is facing down colon cancer.

Cole Brauer, East Hampton High School grad and the first American woman to sail solo nonstop around the world, has just released her first book, “First Light: Sailing Solo but Not Alone.”

Jackson Ronick and Jackson Carney combined for all four touchdowns in East Hampton’s 31-0 rout of Comsewogue on Oct. 3, and the defense was dominant.

The East Hampton tennis courts looked like the site of a party as the girls varsity tennis players celebrated the seniors after beating Longwood 6-1 in their final home match.

Blackfish season is here, and anglers are anxious to hit the water to catch a few of the popular and pugnacious fish. 

East Hampton is now 1-2 after winning big at home Monday over Half Hollow Hills West.

After clinching a playoff spot, Bonac’s boys volleyball team fell to West Islip last week in a matchup their coach predicted would be challenging despite the team’s 7-0 winning streak.

Given the lack of fish news, perhaps it’s a good time to check on the status of our bay scallops. The season, which opens in state waters on Nov. 2, is coming up quickly, but early reports are dour.

While East Hampton’s girls swim team waged two hard-fought battles last week, it lost in both a home opener and away at Half Hollow Hills. 

The Bonac field hockey team returns for a home game on Monday, plus all the rest in high school sports action and the Mashashimuet Park 5K.

East Hampton boys soccer won the inaugural Hampton Coffee Cup Sept. 25, defeating Southampton 2-1 at Westhampton Beach High School.