Sports

The water was choppy, the bike ride was hilly and at times windy, but the cloudy and cool weather was much to everyone’s liking at the Steve Tarpinian Memorial Mighty Hamptons Triathlon in Noyac Sunday.

Just about all of the high school’s 11 teams ought to be competitive, though the football program remains on shaky ground.

High school sports ramp up, with the Bonac boys and girls volleyball teams at home Thursday and Friday, and the cross-country squads heading to Sunken Meadow State Park on Saturday for the first time this fall.

East Hampton High School’s junior varsity football team debuted here Monday with a 28-8 win over Babylon, a school that has perennially fielded strong varsity teams.

Frank Ackley of Springs continued to climb the ladder in his United States Tennis Association age group by reaching the semifinal round of the U.S.T.A.’s national Level 1 grass court championships at the Philadelphia Cricket Club recently.

For people who perform and rely on a single item for success in their chosen profession, especially when they’re on a big stage, you can be assured that not just any run-of-the-mill knockoff will suffice. And that's particularly true of tennis rackets.

High school sports go full bore, while the Steve Tarpinian triathlon is Sunday in Noyac.

The East Hampton and Shelter Island High School boys and girls cross-country teams turned out for the 42nd running of the Great Bonac 5 and 10Ks at the Springs Firehouse Monday, and, predictably, the 5K’s top 20 largely comprised those teams’ members, who have been running all summer.

Mario Deslauriers and his 20-year-old daughter, Lucy, wound up going head to head in Sunday’s $300,000 Doha Inc. Grand Prix jump-off, joined by Devin Ryan. They were the only ones to enjoy fault-free trips among the 39 horse-and-rider combinations who vied in the Grand Prix’s first round.

Bobby Riggs on his epic “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match with Billy Jean King, plus a fond look back at lifeguarding contests and women's slow-pitch.

Groundworks Landscaping and the Clubhouse won East Hampton Town women’s and men’s slow-pitch softball playoff trophies, thanks largely, in the women’s case, to Emma Beudert’s high-arc backspun lobs, and, in the Clubhouse’s case, to some solid slugging last Thursday night.

An East Hamptoner is longboard champ, Red Devil ocean swims are Saturday at Atlantic Avenue Beach, and two youngsters rake in karate trophies.