“Yeah, the weather gods have not been cooperating of late,” Ken Morse at Tight Lines Tackle in Sag Harbor said of the slow fishing. “The winds were relentless, but it appears things are finally going to calm down.”
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300-Plus Vied in Montauk Tri FestTriathletes taking part in Event Power’s triathlon festival in Montauk on Sunday saw the distance swims canceled because of high bacteria levels, but still competed in bike and run legs.
25 Years Ago in Bonac Sports for October 5, 2023Oct 5, 2023
From a homecoming celebration of 75 years of Bonac football to an epic hot dog eating contest, it happened here, sports fans.
A Resounding 42-0 Win on Bonac TurfThere was doubly good news Saturday afternoon: It didn’t rain and East Hampton High School’s football team ran through Amityville’s line like a knife through warm butter.
A Good Week for Field Hockey and SoccerField hockey, undefeated as of Monday, continued to give Bonac plenty to cheer about, defeating Sayville 2-1 here last week, while boys soccer bageled Westhampton Beach 4-0. The football team, however, lost its homecoming game with Harborfields.
Its QB Recalls the Team That Wasn’tRick Slater would have quarterbacked the 1978 East Hampton High School football team, but three “taxpayer revolt” budget defeats torpedoed the team. “It’s still a nightmare,” he said.
On the Water: Tight Lines Moves OnJust as Tropical Storm Ophelia ushered out summer, Ken Morse, the man behind Tight Lines Tackle in Sag Harbor, is moving out — to Southampton.
Fifteen Were Up to Parker’s 48-Hour ChallengeThey ran 48 miles over the course of 48 hours, with cat naps in between four-mile jogs, raising more than $145,000 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Parkinson’s disease research work.
Hamptons Marathon, Half, and 5K Drew Nearly 1,000Despite the foul weather, almost a thousand runners turned out for the Hamptons Marathon, Half-Marathon, and 5K at the Southampton Intermediate School Saturday. The races were won, respectively, by Jake Gallagher, 36, of Larchmont, N.Y., in 2 hours, 43 minutes, and 45 seconds, Jordan Daniel, 28, of Westhampton Beach in 1:08:43, and Danny Cohen, 24, of Solon, Ohio, in 18:01.
Longtime Bridgehampton Board Member Set to ResignRon White, the former president of the Bridgehampton School Board who also served as the varsity boys basketball head coach for six years, is stepping down from the board, according to a meeting agenda put out by the school on Wednesday afternoon.
25 Years Ago in Bonac SportsThere was a lot going on in September of 1998, including the day cricket came to Southampton.
On the Water: Same as It Ever WasThere’s bad news for anglers in NOAA’s analysis of its annual recreational fishing survey.