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The Bonac boys basketball season ended in spectacular fashion: a 61-57 double-overtime loss at Northport High School that had everything you could ask for in a game — tension, talent, and even two nosebleeds.

Bronco Campsey is the Suffolk County wrestling champion in the 126-pound weight class once again, the first Bonacker in modern history to capture the championship two years in a row.

Canada geese far outnumber other waterfowl on the East End, according to the 2026 New York State Ornithological Association count, but there are pleasant surprises in the mix as well.

Both of East Hampton’s winter track teams competed in the state qualifier championship meet at Suffolk Community College on Feb. 9 and 10. The girls, in particular, set some new school records, thanks to two days of outstanding performances from Leah McCarron.

Bonac’s wrestling team received its first piece of fan mail, from 90-year-old Carol Sherman, who wrote of Bronco Campsey, “People’s comments about you — they said not only are you a wonderful athlete, but you’re modest, and you’re polite, and you’re a great kid. And I said, ‘Well, that sounds like the kind of guy I’d like to meet!’ ”

Bonac basketball’s last game of the regular season was disappointing, a 55-52 loss to Harborfields, but the two could face each other again in the postseason. Meanwhile, East Hampton celebrated its senior players.

Five Bonac wrestlers are heading to the Suffolk County championship meet at Stony Brook University this weekend: Bronco Campsey, Juan Espinoza, Caleb Mott, Orson O’Brien, and Franco Palombino.

Bonac boys swimmers hit state-qualifying times in several events at the Suffolk County championship meet last weekend, sending five to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Boys Swimming and Diving Championships on March 6 and 7.

Mike Angiulo of Montauk was inducted into the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame Class of 2026, as the recipient of the Cecil Lear President’s Award, given to an individual who has made a lasting contribution in leadership or mentoring to East Coast surfing.

Before their final home meet on Sunday, the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter Hurricanes swim team hosted a grand send-off for its four seniors: Lizzie Daniels, Liam Knight, Lylah Metz, and Daisy Pitches.

The Bonac boys basketball team is playoff bound after a thrilling 72-67 victory over Westhampton Beach in overtime on Monday. The game capped an intense finish to the season, highlighted by scrappy home wins over Comsewogue and Hauppauge.

The Bonackers lost five of their last six matchups to end the regular season, but Bronco Campsey continued his winning ways, notching his 115th. Next up, the League V championships at West Islip on Saturday.

Bonac’s boys and girls track teams competed at the small schools championship meets last weekend. The girls set five personal records and broke the school record in the 55-meter high hurdles. The boys won the 4-by-800 meter relay and nearly broke the school record.

The Bonac boys swim team managed to glide into third in the League II swim championships, even though they had a disqualification in the 200-yard medley relay when the backstroke went past 15 meters under water off the start.

The score didn’t tell the full story of the Sink Pink game at East Hampton High School — though congratulations to Pierson on the dominant 48-19 win. This game was all about two local girls basketball teams coming together in the fight against cancer.

Toby Foster, Bonac’s senior point guard, scored his 1,000th career point, a rare milestone, on a 3-point shot early in the Jan. 23 home game against West Islip.

The Hurricanes migrated south this month to turn in strong performances in Winterfest, a three-day invitational meet hosted by the Severna Park Y.M.C.A. swim team at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Bonac boys and girls took to the track at Suffolk Community College in Brentwood on Saturday, preparing for the Small School Championship meet this coming weekend.

At the final home meet of the season, the Bonac boys swim team, the League II champs, honored its seniors: Ralph Carballal, Pema Edwards, Dylan Knapik, Liam Knight, Zeb Ryan, and William Salinetti.

After their final home dual wrestling meet on Jan. 16, the Bonackers said goodbye to eight of their seniors, honoring them with flowers, photos, and bittersweet farewells.

“I am very proud of how they all stepped up in the biggest meet of the season,” the track team's head coach, Kevin Barry, said on the ride home from Suffolk Community College in Brentwood, where the team finished sixth.

It was a tough week for Bonac basketball, as the boys dropped to 6-7 and lost Miles Menu, their best rebounder, to a knee injury.

Bonac’s girls track team had its best League IV championship finish since 2023, taking fifth place with 56.25 points. They set 17 personal records and broke two school records at the meet.

Roughly 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions get kicked to the curb by February, but not if LTV in Wainscott can help it. LTV has resolved to keep local bodies moving this winter, launching a new fitness program this week.

The Bonackers hosted West Islip on Jan. 18 in a crucial swim meet that paired two undefeated League II teams against each other. In the end, East Hampton prevailed 93-83.

The Bonacker girls basketball team was undefeated at home through Tuesday, their most recent win by 52-48 over Port Jefferson on Jan. 10.

The Bonac boys basketball team started off the year with a three-game win streak, adding victories against Hauppauge on Jan. 6 and Eastport-South Manor on Jan. 8 to the last win of 2025, a 78-65 triumph over Comsewogue on Dec. 30.

The winningest wrestler in Bonac history went into Eastern States ranked seventh in the 126-pound weight class and qualified for the quarterfinals, where he beat the number-two, Brock Frederick of South Jefferson, in a 4-0 decision. He then lost to third-ranked Vincent Mastrianni of Colonie in the semifinals.

From East Hampton High School to Hofstra University to Puerto Rico, if there is a lacrosse field, Melina Sarlo will find it. The college sophomore spent her winter break playing in the Pan American Lacrosse Association Sixes Cup in Humacao, Puerto Rico, where she represented Argentina and helped her team win a bronze medal.

She’s been playing middle school softball for only a year, but 12-year-old Ann Peterson is already hitting it out of the park. The Springs School pitcher competed in the All-American Select Games in Panama City Beach, Fla., this month, where she won the All-American Ace Award and was named tournament M.V.P.