The East Hampton School District’s athletic director reported this week that his petition to Section XI that eight of East Hampton High’s teams play closer to home has been approved.
Sports
Scorpion Stings a Staunch Futsal RivalThe futsal (indoor soccer) season at the Sportime Arena in Amagansett is nearing the playoff stage, and it has been a lively season indeed.
At Last, Weather Fit for Playing Hockey“Finally, some hockey weather!” Danny Roman said with a smile following Saturday morning’s 12-and-under hockey practice at the Buckskill Winter Club.
Wrestlers Impress, While Sophomores Snap a Bonac Relay RecordDylan Cashin, Melina Sarlo, Riley Miles, and Ryleigh O’Donnell set a distance medley relay record at the Zeitler Relays Saturday, and Juan Roque and J.P. Amaden showed grit in wrestling at 118 and 132 pounds.
On the Wing: The Woods Are Its ‘Web’The screech owl is about the size of a brick, with big eyes, and ear tufts, but this adorable little owl is an efficient killer. Its howl represents pure death to a variety of critters. Nothing is safe, even other screech owls. It even takes bats on the wing.
On the Pitch and the Court, Escalante Brothers Aim HighNick Escalante, a wellness teacher at the Ross School, is headed to Buenos Aires to vie for a spot in a semipro soccer league. His brother, Charles, is busy building up the basketball program at Ross.
He’s the Comeback Runner of the YearEvan Masi, an East Hampton High School senior who recently became a News 12 Long Island scholar-athlete of the month, has been through trying times in his high school career.
Swimmers Tie at the Y, Bonac’s Hoop Teams PausedEast Hampton High School’s boys and girls basketball teams were paused because of the pandemic this past week, while the boys swimming and wrestling teams remained active.
Buckskill Winter Club Is Abuzz This SeasonJudging from the scores of skaters there Saturday afternoon, the Buckskill Winter Club is the place to be this season, and “the ice this year is the best ever.”
On the Wing: Superhero Ducks ‘Fly’ UnderwaterWhy isn’t the long-tailed duck more celebrated? It’s crazy looking, gregarious, easily seen, cackles like a stuttering kazoo, hilariously belly-flops when it lands, and hangs out in bad little duck posses. It’s even controversial.
Statewide Honor for Dick CooneyRichard J. Cooney Sr., the East Hampton School District’s athletic director from 1974 until his retirement in 1995, is to be a New York State Athletic Administrators Association “wall of honor” inductee at Saratoga in March.
Boys Outlasted Twice In Holiday Hoops ClassicThe first two and a half quarters of the Holiday Classic boys basketball game that East Hampton High played at Southampton on Dec. 28 “were the best we’ve played all year,” East Hampton’s coach, Dan White, said following the 69-60 loss to the Mariners.