Sports

The Rossi clan was back for another Montauk Turkey Run for Fun on Thanksgiving, joining runners dressed as turkeys, kids in strollers, and members of East Hampton’s boys and girls indoor track teams — all for a good cause.

East Hampton High’s girls swim team capped off a competitive showing with a strong finals performance at the New York State championships near Rochester.

No fully automatic timing system (F.A.T.), no problem for the Bonac boys indoor tracksters. Their first meet on Saturday at Suffolk Community College in Brentwood was a success.

The Bonackers’ first official competition as a combined team with Southampton showed that the coaches have a lot to be excited about.

When the 2025 International Surf Rescue Challenge gets going in New Zealand this week, a quarter of the United States Lifesaving Association Youth National Team will hail from the South Fork.

Back in 1978, when I was 16 years old and a sophomore in high school, I decided to record the fish I caught in a logbook. I figured it would be smart to take note of my landings, for better or worse, for future reference.

Zane Karoussos, an East Hampton High School junior, has already committed to the admissions process at Cornell University for lacrosse. “Being there with the coaches and the team, I knew it was the right fit and I committed on the spot."

This is the season for basketball, boys bowling, boys swimming, indoor track, and wrestling, and Kathy Masterson, the school district’s athletic director, said there’s a lot to be excited about.

Last week’s surprise snow squall was a sign that the fishing season is nearly over and it’s time to pull the Rock Water for her winter slumber.

Tops for the Pierson Whalers of Sag Harbor in the Class D (small schools) state championship race Saturday in Queensbury was a seventh grader, Evelyn Rizzo, who walked away with an all-state medal around her neck.

Stony Hill Stables in Amagansett opened its fall-winter scholarship program this month, an opportunity for young people with a passion for horses to learn how to ride.

It was by most accounts one of the best football seasons in Bonac history — and by all accounts, the best in recent memory. The East Hampton football team saw its historic run come to an end on Friday in the Suffolk County Division III semifinals, losing to Sayville 28-14. 

The Dock Closing Race, from the Montauk Post Office to the Dock restaurant on Montauk Harbor, has become one of the premier 5Ks on Long Island and symbolizes the end of the season for the popular bar and restaurant. 

In Montauk this fall, the girls field hockey team put on quite a show, finishing the season 9-0-1 to go undefeated for the first time since 2018.

The opening of bay scallop season in state waters on Nov. 3 was a particularly sad day for me. 

East Hampton’s boys cross-country team had a fine finish in the Section XI championships at Sunken Meadow State Park, with its top runner, Jasper Samuelson, a sophomore, coming in sixth.

Five swimmers qualified to compete at the New York State championship meet in Rochester on Nov. 21 and 22.

East Hampton scored six touchdowns in a dominant 48-7 win over Islip in the Suffolk County Division III quarterfinals on Friday. It was the first playoff victory in Coach Joe McKee’s 29-year career, and the first for Bonac since 1994. 

The East Hampton boys golf team ended its season with an 11-2 record, its second loss coming at the hands of Westhampton Beach in the quarterfinals of the Suffolk County playoffs on Oct. 29.

Several standout South Fork runners were among the more than 59,000 athletes hitting the New York City streets under bright blue skies and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s on Sunday.

Can someone please turn off the fan? It's been wind, wind, and more wind this fall. And anglers looking to wet a line are beyond frustrated with the blustery conditions.

Once upon a time, birders might arm themselves with a simple pad and pencil before they tromped off into the woods. When birding, you could touch the sacred, experience wonder, get lost on a loop trail. Not knowing was stimulating. With Merlin, that stimulus is gone.

The East Hampton/Bridgehampton football team earned a trip to the Suffolk County Division III playoffs last Thursday with a 35-0 win over Rocky Point and will face Islip on Friday night.

By virtue of their five-man average in the Section XI Division championships at Sunken Meadow State Park Monday, the East Hampton’s boys cross-country team qualified for the Suffolk County championships.

The Rockwater is fueled up and ready for blackfish season.

Lillie Weiss and Lola Dangin are a powerhouse pair who had an undefeated season playing doubles together.

East Hampton High’s girls swimmers endured an intense week of competition last week, with a win over Sayville and a loss to Connetquot.

East Hampton High’s golf team owns a 9-1 regular-season record — good for a first-place tie with Westhampton Beach — and is riding a nine-game winning streak into the county team tournament, which is to begin Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Amagansett Golf Club. 

Joe McKee, East Hampton’s head football coach, had nothing but good things to say about his team in its 31-28 loss to West Islip High School on Saturday. 

Despite the name of this column that has run for so many decades in The Star, I have to admit that I’ve not been on the water much this year. Those who have report that blackfish, porgies, and seabass abound.