Sports

The girls swim team took 10 of 12 events in a season-opener, the boys and girls cross-country teams won, the girls soccer team shut out Wyandanch, and the jayvee footballers beat Hampton Bays.

Owning a boat certainly has its ups and downs. Lately, it’s been more of the latter.

Jonathan Gore, whose mother’s family is from East Hampton, finished fourth in the 200-meter final for below-the-knee amputees and seventh in the 100 at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Down 2-1 at the break, Don McGovern’s charges took stock, regrouped, and came out to dominate play in the second half.

Yoga enthusiasts and equestrians alike may find appealing a pair of retreats being organized by a local woman whose professional training and teaching experiences are rooted in both worlds.

The race over an Olympic-distance course, with a .93-mile bay swim, a 24.8-mile bike leg, and a 6.2-mile run, was won by Roman Fedosieiev of Staten Island.

Dana Trotter's performance at the Hampton Classic was a rarity for a local rider in a show that attracts top-flight competitors.

East Hampton High's varsity football team dominated Hampton Bays 42-14 in the season opener Saturday.

I was all ready to shuck clams at the HarborFest contest in Sag Harbor on Saturday, but . . .

The boys soccer team knocked off the 2019 state champion, Jericho, 2-0 in a nonleaguer, while the field hockey team looked to avenge last season's bitter playoff loss at Rocky Point.

A drive to revive the youth lacrosse program here could result in a return of a full varsity schedule at East Hampton High School in coming years.

Sidelined following an accident, Mike Mata found that he "would be able to use my life experience to help young injured action-sport athletes whose outlook was unsure."

Daniel Bluman, an Israeli professional equestrian, won the $300,000 Longines Hampton Classic Grand Prix show-jumping class Sunday by going all-out in a seven-obstacle jump-off.

To the delight of many light-tackle enthusiasts, false albacore, also known as albies, have arrived in East End waters in recent days. 

Practice for East Hampton High's 11 fall teams began 10 days ago, and the prospects for most of them are, if the past is prologue, good.

The horrific tragedy that befell the open boat named the Pelican II, which took place 70 years ago this weekend, still resonates with many here who have firm roots in Montauk and beyond. 

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

The Hampton Classic dodged the bullet when it came to Tropical Storm Henri, though the footing in the Grand Prix arena, where the turf was replaced following the 2018 Classic at a cost of $1 million, proved to be a problem for entrants in the first big jumping class.

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.

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.

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. 

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hamptons Adult Hardball, a new over-30 wood bat baseball league, has a playoff doubleheader set for Sunday starting at 10 a.m. at Sag Harbor's Mashashimuet Park.