Sports

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.

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

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

The 7-on-7 men's soccer league's top two teams in the regular season, Maidstone Market and the East Hampton Soccer Club, were upset in playoff semifinal games played last Thursday at East Hampton's Herrick Park.

There seems to be a rush to move the seasons along more quickly than ever before, but I'm glad the fish in our local waters aren't following suit.

This year's Travis Field coed softball tournament, a college scholarship fund-raiser, drew more teams than ever and strong attendance.

The Hampton Lifeguard Association had its highest finish ever at the United States Lifesaving Association's national tournament last week at South Padre Island in Texas.