Persistence and strength of character were highlighted at the Old Montauk Athletic Club’s holiday awards dinner on Dec. 2.

At the Y.M.C.A. here last Thursday, the boys swimming team tied Connetquot-East Islip, a nonleague opponent, thanks to first and third-place finishes in the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay.

A well-rounded boys winter track team had its first meet at Suffolk Community College-Brentwood Saturday, and the girls competed there the next day, with three of Yani Cuesta’s charges — Hanna Medler, Leah Hatch, and Penelope Greene — recording personal bests.

A look back at the effort to stop the Montauk Playhouse from becoming affordable housing, and the time when East Hampton football could crush Half Hollow Hills West.

In boys hoops, Shelter Island plays at Pierson Friday, while Rocky Point is at East Hampton on Monday and on Wednesday Smithtown Christian visits Bridgehampton, where there’s a Hall of Fame induction dinner Friday night.

It was windy, but not very cold on Thanksgiving Day, and thus the turn­out for the East Hampton Town Recreation Department’s 3 and 6-mile Turkey Trots around Montauk’s Fort Pond was bountiful.

East Hampton High School’s varsity and junior varsity boys basketball teams were finalists in the Kendall Madison Tip-Off tournament here Saturday, with the varsity winning and the jayvee losing in overtime.

“We’ll get better,” Dan White, who coaches East Hampton High School’s boys basketball team, said following the Bonackers’ 56-47 win Friday over Greenport in a first-round matchup of the Kendall Madison Foundation tournament here.

A look back at the East Hampton field hockey team that won county championships back to back.

In boys hoops, the Ross School hosts Pierson on Friday, while the Bonackers play at home against Half Hollow Hills West. East Hampton wrestlers travel to Sayville for a tournament on Saturday.

The top two teams in the Wednesday evening 7-on-7 men’s soccer league faced off in the league’s playoff final at East Hampton’s Herrick Park on Nov. 20, with Maidstone Market winning its 15th championship trophy since entering the league in 2008.

The East Hampton and Pierson High School boys and girls basketball teams met in scrimmages this past week, with the Sag Harborites arguably getting the better of it in both cases.