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Neal Feinberg expects there will be 10 clinics a day at 27Tennis in July and August. Big Plans for Tennis Oasis on the Napeague Stretch

Neal Feinberg, who’s leasing the four Har-Tru tennis courts on the Napeague stretch that Doug De Groot owns, said at 27Tennis the other day that he got into the real estate business “at the worst time in the history of humanity.”

May 31, 2018
The Lineup: 05.31.18

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May 31, 2018
Tracksters in Postseason

Ben Turnbull, who coaches East Hampton High School’s boys track team, said earlier this week that he expected that Ryan Fowkes, in the 800 and 1,600-meter races, Robert Weiss, in the 100 and 200, and Matt Maya, in the pentathlon, should earn berths in the state qualifier meet that is to take place at Comsewogue High School tomorrow and Saturday.

May 31, 2018
The prospect of a 5K run to the beach from the Reutershan parking lot inspired some of East Hampton’s middle school students to run to the starting line. Rite of Spring: a 5K Race to Main Beach

Doug Milano, an East Hampton Middle School math teacher who recently ran his first marathon, “dying” after having moved up to fifth place in the Newsday race by the 18-mile mark, had a much easier time of it in the Bonac on Board to Wellness 5K on May 23, crossing the Main Beach finish line ahead of 637 fellow participants, a number of them students or former students of his, in 17 minutes and 51 seconds.

May 30, 2018
Boardercross races versus several opponents is one of Noah Avallone’s favorites. He’s in the lead above at the U.S.A.S.A. nationals. Remarkable Four-Year Snowboarding Span

Noah Avallone, a young snowboarder from Montauk who turned 11 on May 16, continues shredding in Shaun White’s gnarly wake, the latest feather in his cap being a runner-up finish at the United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association’s national championships in Colorado in April.

May 24, 2018
Rain didn’t faze the Hither Hills Half-Marathon’s participants as they set out Saturday morning. Wetzel Wins Hither Hills Half-Marathon

Despite the rain, about 30 long-distance runners turned out for Saturday’s Hither Hills Half-Marathon, a double-looped trail run in the environs of Ed Ecker County Park at the end of Montauk’s Navy Road.

May 24, 2018
Among those happy to be back at Terry King are, from left, Earl Hopson, Ray Wojtusiak, Sonny Sireci, and Joe Sullivan. ‘Play Ball!’ Is the Cry Once Again at Abraham’s Path

Men’s slow-pitch, in the form of a 10-team league divided into two divisions, has returned to the Terry King ball field in Amagansett following an absence of five years.

May 24, 2018
Jon Diat took advantage of a golden opportunity Monday to pose with the U.S. Open’s silver cup. A Humbling Yet Blissful Round at Shinnecock

Jon Diat took advantage of a golden opportunity Monday to pose with the U.S. Open’s silver cup.

May 23, 2018
East Hampton High’s baseball players, above, had the last laugh in the season’s final series last week, winning three in a row from Amityville; E. Bistrian, hounded below by a Sayville defender, and her very young girls lacrosse teammates went 2-12 this spring. No Playoffs for Four Bonac Teams

The East Hampton High School boys tennis and boys and girls track seasons continue, though it’s all over for baseball, softball, and boys and girls lacrosse, none of these teams having finished with playoff-caliber records.

May 16, 2018
Mike Bottini said John Conner, above, had definitely been “a world-class runner.” OMAC Cup Named For John Conner

The Old Montauk Athletic Club’s Montauk Mile cup, which was introduced to that revived race from the train station to Lions Field last year, is hereafter to be known as the Montauk Mile John F. Conner Cup in honor of the 83-year-old former mile and half-mile world record-holder, who, because of a stroke, walks with difficulty now.

May 16, 2018
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May 15, 2018
 The Lineup: 05.17.18

Thursday, May 17

BOYS TENNIS, county team tournament, second round, (12) Sachem at (5) East Hampton, 4 p.m.

 

Friday, May 18

BOYS TENNIS, county team tournament, quarterfinal round, tentative, (5) East Hampton at (4) Half Hollow Hills West, 4 p.m.

 

Saturday, May 19

TRAIL RUNNING, Hither Hills Half-Marathon, Ed Ecker County Park, Navy Road, Montauk, 8 a.m.

YOUTH RUGBY, tentative, Bishop Loughlin vs. Section XI Rugby Academy, Mattituck High School, 2 p.m.

 

Sunday, May 20

May 15, 2018
25 Years Ago in Bonac Sports: 05.10.18

Local Sports History

May 10, 2018
Kurt Matthews said afterward it felt good to get a W. 51-Game Losing Streak Broken; Fastest Mile in 30 Years

Ryan Fowkes ran the fastest mile that’s been run here in 30 years at the St. Anthony’s invitational track meet Saturday, and on Monday the baseball team snapped what its coach, Vinny Alversa, said was a 51-game losing streak at Amityville, a school whose program has also been struggling in the past few years.

May 10, 2018
Luke Louchheim, East Hampton’s third singles player, a cool-headed eighth grader who was unseeded, upset the division tourney’s fourth seed before losing a three-setter to the fifth. A Tense Time at Tennis Tourney

Jonny De Groot, who plays number-one on East Hampton High’s boys tennis team, was to have played Center Moriches’s Mike Koscinski, the top seed, Monday afternoon, for third place in Division IV’s singles draw, while two East Hampton doubles teams, Alex Weseley and Jamie Fairchild and Matthew McGovern and Miles Clark, were to have fought it out for third place among the division’s doubles teams. The top four in each draw advance to the county individual tournament that is to begin tomorrow.

May 10, 2018
Bella Swanson, East Hampton’s shortstop, was late in tagging the Kings Park runner above in the second inning of Saturday’s game here, but, on May 1 versus Mercy in Riverhead, she led off the seventh inning with a home run that won the game. Bonac Softball Win Among Losses

While its playoff chances seem to be dim — presumably because of recent losses at the hands of Class-A Islip, Southampton, and Kings Park — East Hampton High’s softball team has nevertheless been competitive this season, as it showed in Saturday’s game here with Kings Park, which prevailed 3-1.

May 10, 2018
Sports Briefs: 05.10.18

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May 10, 2018
The Lineup: 05.10.18

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May 10, 2018
25 Years Ago in Bonac Sports: 05.03.18

Local Sports History

May 3, 2018
Sydney Salamy’s second athletic gear collection is to go to Riverhead High School. Bonac Junior, Baseball Mentor Meeting Athletic Needs

Sydney Salamy, an East Hampton High School junior who runs cross-country, came upon the idea not long ago, given the fact that she and her siblings, Drew, a baseball player, and Sienna, a softball player, were going through lots of sports gear, to pass this equipment on to needier kids on Long Island.

May 3, 2018
Jonny De Groot and his teammates are about to head with alacrity into the postseason. Boys Tennis Team Eyes Postseason

The East Hampton High School boys tennis team, as expected, assured itself of a share of the League VII title by virtue of a 6-1 win here Saturday over Rocky Point, thus finishing the regular season at 9-1, though — through no fault of his own — Kevin McConville, East Hampton’s first-year coach, flirted with a possible forfeit before the match began given the fact that he could not readily come up with seven cans of new tennis balls.

May 3, 2018
Kevin Bunce Jr., an East Hampton High School freshman, carrying the ball above, and his Rugby Academy teammates are said by Kevin’s father to be well schooled in passing, handling the ball, and tackling. Buoyant Sharks Feeder System

The men’s rugby team here, the Montauk Sharks, may be having a numbers problem, but the youth teams aren’t, according to Kevin Bunce, who coaches a high school-age side that’s playing a 15-on-a-side season now versus metropolitan area opponents.

May 3, 2018
Sports Briefs: 05.03.18

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May 3, 2018
The Lineup: 05.03.18

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May 3, 2018
Sophia Swanson, who drove in her sister with the tying run, smiled as she crossed the plate with the game-winner in East Hampton’s 3-2 win on April 17 over Southold-Greenport. Bottom of the 7th, Runner on 3rd . . .

The East Hampton High School softball team headed into the second half of the season on a warm — if not a hot — streak, having belayed Pierson 22-1 and pulled the rug out from Southold-Greenport 3-2 this past week, on the way to a third-straight win at Amityville on Friday.

Apr 26, 2018
The Lineup: 04.26.18

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Apr 26, 2018
Katy’s Courage in Sag Harbor, in its eighth year, continues to draw big fields. There were 727 entries this year and 648 finishers. There Was a Spring in Fowkes’s Step at Katy’s Courage

The weather was, at long last, spring-like when more than 600 runners set forth from Sag Harbor’s West Water Street in the eighth running of the Katy’s Courage 5K Saturday morning. It was the first road race here of the season.

Apr 26, 2018
25 Years Ago in Bonac Sports: 04.19.18

Local Sports History

Apr 19, 2018
Cole Shaw, who was to finish with three goals and one assist, was one of three Bonackers (the others being Logan Gurney and Brian Damm) who produced for the Islanders versus Port Jefferson here Friday. A Boys Lacrosse Rout on Bonac Turf

The East End boys lacrosse team, the Islanders, played with great intensity on East Hampton High’s turf field Friday, defeating Port Jefferson — a team that had bested the Islanders last year — 15-8, though going into the fourth quarter, the Islanders pretty much had it sewed up, at 13-3.

Apr 19, 2018
Given Section XI’s decision Tuesday to uphold Kevin McConville’s protest, East Hampton’s Alex Weseley and Hunter Medler (not pictured) are to resume playing for a share of the League VII title at Westhampton Beach Monday. Protest Upheld: Key Match to Resume at Westhampton

As the East Hampton High School and Ross School boys tennis teams were playing in Ross’s bubble Monday, a question remained hanging as to whether a protest filed earlier that day with Section XI on behalf of Bonac’s coach, Kevin McConville, would be upheld or rejected.

Apr 19, 2018