April 1, 1999
Lou Reale got a good look at his two young pitchers, Jaclyn Ewing and Erin Bock, during Saturday’s four-way tournament that East Hampton High School played host to, and liked what he saw.
What he didn’t particularly like, however, were the mental mistakes that his young top-ranked team made in the championship game’s 9-8 loss to Sachem – mistakes that proved costly. Undoubtedly, Reale and his charges will work on decision-making during their 10-day spring training stay at Cocoa Beach Expo in Florida. The team is to fly to the Sunshine State from MacArthur Airport in Islip tomorrow morning.
. . . “Both Erin and Jaclyn had ball movement and their control was good, which I was happy to see,” said Reale. “If I can get them to change speed a little more to keep the batters off-balance, they’ll be fine.”
. . . Reale was also happy that day with the large turnout of 150 or so third-through-eighth-grade girls who showed up for his skills tournament, which comprised tests in throwing to a target, catching fly balls, blown about in a fluky wind, and hitting off a tee.
April 8, 1999
The first-year junior varsity boys lacrosse team at East Hampton High School is far better than advertised, though the magic carpet that has borne the team through the season’s first three scrimmages may be about to land.
On the other hand, who knows? Bring on Stony Brook. Bring on Comsewogue, whose varsity is the two-time state champion.
Certainly, Ralph Naglieri and Ed McGintee, the Bonac jayvee’s coaches, have nothing much to complain about at the moment. East Hampton in recent scrimmages handled Brentwood’s second jayvee squad, Southampton, and Westhampton, in that order.
Playing here on March 31 — the first lacrosse game ever to have been played here — East Hampton swept through the Mariners 9-0. And that was the score with several minutes left in the third quarter, when the game was called because of an injury sustained by a Southampton player.
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As of today, the only undefeated softball league leader in Suffolk is Pierson High School.
The Whalers earned their momentary place in the sun to a 16-5 win at Wyandanch on March 31, the day before spring break began.
Ranked ninth among 11 teams in a power-rated conference, the Whalers, who have a number of good athletes on the team — including half a dozen girls who played in the last two state field hockey finals — appear to have a playoff spot well within reach.
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Asked during the course of Tuesday’s league-opening high school baseball game here if the electronic scoreboard was on the fritz, Ed Bahns, East Hampton’s coach, said, “Yes, thank goodness.”
It was one of those days for the Bonackers, who, it should be noted, were playing without the services of three senior starters, Adam Gledhill, Matt Barbour, and Chris Zay.
. . . “The good thing about baseball,” Bahns said, in conclusion, “is that you get to play tomorrow.”