Sports

Bonac’s baseball and softball programs are in the midst of rebuilding their teams from Little League on up.

A first-timer wins the Hither Hills trails half-marathon at Montauk’s Ed Ecker County Park, while Ryan Fowkes leads Bonac’s tracksters at St. Anthony’s invitational.

East Hampton High’s top three singles players, and its top doubles team, are headed for this weekend’s county individual tournament at Half Hollow Hills West in Dix Hills.

Ryan Fowkes, Bonac’s top distance runner, who’s headed to George Washington University on a partial running scholarship in the fall, won the 2,000-meter race at Port Jefferson’s Steeple Fest Plus late last month.

The South Fork Islanders, a combined team coached by Matt Babb of Southampton High, beat Brentwood 9-6 here last Thursday and now have a record of 2-10.

Bonac boys host Amityville at the track on Friday, the Hither Hills Trails Half-Marathon is Saturday in Montauk, and the baseball team faces Rocky Point here on Tuesday.

Despite being bageled by the St. Anthony’s Friars, an undefeated senior-loaded rugby side, the Section XI Warriors “were scrappy as hell,” Kevin Bunce, a co-coach of the team, said. “I think we played really good. We didn’t quit.”

“He did very well . . . it was an awesome experience,” said Kevin Smith, James Bradley’s coach and Montauk Downs’s longtime head golf pro, who went down to Augusta National with the Bradleys.

Bonac softball, boys lacrosse, and baseball have games here today and tomorrow, while boys and girls tracksters head to the Westhampton Beach invitational Saturday.

The 11-year-old part-time Montauker has finished no worse than second in United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association championships over the past five years, with a win just last month in Colorado.

A look back at the exploits of the future major leaguer Ross Gload.

“We probably were up there when it came to the number of competitors we brought vis-a-vis our size,” said Tom Cohill, who coaches the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter’s youth swim team, the Hurricanes.