Sports

The life of Kenny Carter, a state-champion Bonac basketball player who died at the age of 63 on Feb. 27, is to be celebrated at the Clubhouse in Wainscott on April 27 from 5 to 9 p.m.

This week we hear from Lou Reale, a local legend among softball coaches. And more from yesteryear’s sports pages.

The question was whether I should stay in port on April 9 or put out my lobster traps for the season. Sounds simple, yes? But it wasn’t. Hear me out.

Lookee here, sports fans, for the local high school action ahead.

The Katy's Courage 5K in Sag Harbor on Saturday drew a large crowd despite the particularly blustery winds, with 471 people runners and walkers finishing the course. 

From the East Hampton Little League organization’s opening day to Bonac and Pierson varsity games, baseball was the sporting item of the day.

The Ross School’s athletic director and tennis coach, Marcelo Reda, is more interested in nurturing a winning mentality than in winning per se.

The East Hampton High School girls lacrosse team romps, while Bonac girls track makes strides at a big invitational in Deer Park.

High school sports here: the week that is to be.

“That kids from these small towns, from Sag Harbor, East Hampton, and Southampton, can now go toe-to-toe with the established programs up the Island is quite something,” in the words of one coach.

A look ahead at local sports action.

East Hampton High’s baseball team and the Southampton-based South Fork boys lacrosse team, with a lineup of half a dozen Bonackers, could boast of 3-0 records as of earlier this week. East Hampton’s girls lacrosse team was 2-0.