EventPower’s staff had to step lively this past week inasmuch as it had, because of a slightly high blue-green algae reading in Fort Pond, to cancel the swim legs of Sunday’s three-part triathlon festival in Montauk.
Sports
Boys Soccer, Girls Volleyball on Runs, Field Hockey StunnedThe East Hampton High School boys soccer team had won three in a row as of Tuesday, improving its overall record to 4-5.
Spencer Schneider’s ‘Valiant’ Try Across Block Island SoundOn Sept. 2, the 57-year-old long-distance swimmer and corporate attorney who lives in Northwest Woods attempted a swim to Block Island, "14 miles as the crow flies."
Gubbins Was Third in Hamptons Half MarathonThe Hamptons Marathon and Half Marathon were held in Southampton Saturday, and Barbara Gubbins, who is 57, made news inasmuch as she finished third over all among the half-marathon’s female entrants.
Bonac Boys Cross-Country Won Going AwayEast Hampton High’s cross-country teams made their debuts here at Cedar Point Park on Tuesday, Sept. 12, in a meet with a number of other schools from up the Island, Amityville being the farthest-flung.
Soccer, Field Hockey Battles Waged on East Hampton TurfTwo of East Hampton High’s teams, field hockey and boys soccer, engaged in riveting battles on the high school’s turf field this past week, the boys versus Amityville, the League VI leader, and the girls versus Shoreham-Wading River, which came in as Division II’s runner-up.
Swimmers Knock Off the Defending League Champions“It’s definitely a balanced team — we’ve got depth,” Craig Brierley, the East Hampton High School girls swimming team’s coach, said after sinking Sayville-Bayport, the defending league champion (and the county champion two years ago), in an away meet on Sept. 13.
Body Tech’s Pump ’n’ Run Event Was Not to the SwiftCaroline Cashin recently became the first female ever to win Body Tech’s Pump ’n’ Run event at Amagansett’s Atlantic Avenue Beach.
Carl Yastrzemski: Folk Hero, Role Model, IconCarl Yastrzemski helped make me a better player, a better son, a better East Ender.
Nature Notes: Anybody Out There?Sep 14, 2017
Are there more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth? There could be.
‘Try Rugby,’ Say Bunce and Cleary of the Montauk R.C.When he heard that the football program at East Hampton High School was folding — at least for the time being — Kevin Bunce, who coaches the Montauk Rugby Club’s junior players, asked the football coach, Joe McKee, if he wouldn’t talk up rugby as a “positive alternative.”
Fowkes and Cuomo Win Great Bonac RacesA buoyant crowd of young and older runners turned out at the Springs Firehouse Monday for what was said to be the 40th running of the Great Bonac Footrace, founded by Howard Lebwith.
Bees Doc to Premiere at Hamptons Film FestOrson and Ben Cummings were happy to announce this week that their documentary on Bridgehampton High School’s storied Killer Bees boys basketball team, which has nine state championships to its credit, is to premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October.
3rd Title in 4 Years for Groundworks LandscapingGroundworks Landscaping resumed its place at the top of the East Hampton Town women’s slow-pitch softball league at the Terry King ball field in Amagansett on Aug. 15 by defeating Schenck Fuels 6-1 to win the playoff trophy.
Artists 6, Writers 9 in The Game's 69th EditionBrett Shevack’s fielding, Harry Javer’s pitching, and Brett Mauser’s hitting treated the Writers to a 9-6 win over the Artists here Saturday in what is said to be The Game’s 69th anniversary.
Plug Pulled on FootballJoe Vas, the East Hampton School District's athletic director, announced Thursday that the school will again field no varsity or junior varsity football teams this fall.
Ready or Not, It’s Time to Play RugbyReady or not, the fall rugby season, apparently taking a leaf from pro football’s handbook, will begin here Saturday.