Sports

When Pete Barylski's South Fork Giants and Tim Pilinko's Harbor Krakens went at it in the Hamptons Adult Hardball league's final series at Sag Harbor's Mashashimuet Park, the Krakens emerged as the inaugural season's champion.

Just a week into the fall sports season, one East Hampton High School football player has tested positive for Covid-19 and is in quarantine, the district announced Sunday morning.

The Artists beat the Writers 11-9 Saturday in this year's celebrity-fest of a softball game at East Hampton Village's Herrick Park.

There was none of the casual chitchat Friday morning as Tropical Storm Henri gained strength about 700 miles south of Long Island. 

Following a year's hiatus and now with a tropical storm having passed, it is expected that there will be a strong turnout for the 45th edition of the weeklong Hampton Classic, which is to begin Sunday morning.

Pete Barylski and Jim Kinnier are giving serious thought to having a league that will play games on weekends from the week after Labor Day through late October.

It was a winner-take-all showdown at the Terry King ball field in Amagansett on Aug. 17. 

It was readily apparent that the day ahead was going to be a hot one, even if the 72-degree water of the incoming tide outside the nearby breakwater seemed cool to the touch.

Drew Smith, the newly appointed captain of East Hampton Village's lifeguards, has brought new life to Main Beach in particular and the the sandy stretch from Georgica to Two Mile Hollow in general.

The 73rd Artists and Writers Softball Game is to be contested at East Hampton's Herrick Park on Saturday at 2 p.m. Batting practice starts at noon. 

It was a wild and confusing finish Sunday at Ellen's Run, the 5K in Southampton that raises money to fight breast cancer.

Thanks to Mark Danieli, a travel team for 7-to-9-year-olds can be found practicing two evenings a week at one of East Hampton Little League's Pantigo diamonds.