Field hockey, undefeated as of Monday, continued to give Bonac plenty to cheer about, defeating Sayville 2-1 here last week, while boys soccer bageled Westhampton Beach 4-0. The football team, however, lost its homecoming game with Harborfields.
Sports
Its QB Recalls the Team That Wasn’tRick Slater would have quarterbacked the 1978 East Hampton High School football team, but three “taxpayer revolt” budget defeats torpedoed the team. “It’s still a nightmare,” he said.
On the Water: Tight Lines Moves OnJust as Tropical Storm Ophelia ushered out summer, Ken Morse, the man behind Tight Lines Tackle in Sag Harbor, is moving out — to Southampton.
Fifteen Were Up to Parker’s 48-Hour ChallengeThey ran 48 miles over the course of 48 hours, with cat naps in between four-mile jogs, raising more than $145,000 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Parkinson’s disease research work.
Hamptons Marathon, Half, and 5K Drew Nearly 1,000Despite the foul weather, almost a thousand runners turned out for the Hamptons Marathon, Half-Marathon, and 5K at the Southampton Intermediate School Saturday. The races were won, respectively, by Jake Gallagher, 36, of Larchmont, N.Y., in 2 hours, 43 minutes, and 45 seconds, Jordan Daniel, 28, of Westhampton Beach in 1:08:43, and Danny Cohen, 24, of Solon, Ohio, in 18:01.
Longtime Bridgehampton Board Member Set to ResignRon White, the former president of the Bridgehampton School Board who also served as the varsity boys basketball head coach for six years, is stepping down from the board, according to a meeting agenda put out by the school on Wednesday afternoon.
25 Years Ago in Bonac SportsThere was a lot going on in September of 1998, including the day cricket came to Southampton.
On the Water: Same as It Ever WasThere’s bad news for anglers in NOAA’s analysis of its annual recreational fishing survey.
George Cafiso, Two-Time Hall of Fame InducteeGeorge Cafiso is about to be inducted into East Hampton High School’s Hall of Fame for the second time, as a member of its 1953-54 boys basketball team. Here he talks about that and the 1952 football team.
Things Going Well in the Pool and on the TurfLast week was an especially good one for East Hampton High’s girls swimming, boys soccer, and field hockey teams.
Joy in Bonac as Boys Clip EaglesScoring in every quarter, the East Hampton High School football team cruised to a 32-8 home-opening victory over Rocky Point Saturday. Hauppauge is next.
East Hampton Field Hockey Team Is Flying HighEast Hampton High’s field hockey team was at the top of Division II’s standings Monday morning, with wins over Pierson (Sag Harbor), Smithtown West, and Southampton already under its belt.