Wednesday, May 16, 2012
On espnW's "The Word" guests debate Southampton teen Keeling Pilaro's situation.
The debate over Keeling Pilaro, a Southampton eighth-grader who was granted permission Tuesday to play a third season of field hockey with the Lady Mariners varsity team, has gone national. When the decision, made on an appeal, was handed down Tuesday, newswires lighted up. And espnW's "The Word" had a debate over whether boys like Keeling should be permitted to play on traditionally girls' teams. Keeling started playing with the Southampton girls after his family moved back to the United States two years ago from Ireland, where boys learn field hockey in gym class. In Ireland, he belonged to his school's team and competed in a league. "I see it as a girls' sport," said Fox Chapel High School Field Hockey Coach Michele Fisher. "They work …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Section XI allows Southampton's Keeling Pilaro a third season.
Suffolk County sports officials on Tuesday decided to let a local boy play field hockey on the Southampton girls team for at least one more season, despite earlier worries that his advanced skill diminished opportunities for female players. "I'm so excited that I can play with the team," said Southampton's Keeling Pilaro on Tuesday afternoon. "They're like my family." Section XI, the governing body for school sports in Suffolk, made the decision at a special meeting in Smithtown, after originally denying the eighth-grader the opportunity to play on the varsity team again this coming fall, a decision the Southampton School District appealed. The Pilaro family had promised they would sue Section XI if Keeling was told he couldn't play. “We …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Killer Bees recognized for winning Suffolk County Class-D Championship.
At the Suffolk County Legislature general meeting on April 24 at the Riverhead County Center, Legislator Jay Schneiderman honored the Bridgehampton High School boys varsity basketball team. The Killer Bees claimed the title of Class D County Champions for the first time since 2000. The Killer Bees' victory for the County Class-D Championship was the team’s best basketball game of the year, overpowering the Greenport Porters 73-50. “The coaching and the strategic perception of the players, together with the camaraderie and skill of each team member is to be commended,” Schneiderman said.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Lady Mariners are Class B champs.
At the Suffolk County Legislature’s Tuesday meeting this week at the Riverhead County Center, Legislator Jay Schneiderman honored the Southampton High School girls varsity basketball team. The Lady Mariners’ triumphed as Suffolk County Class B Champions for the first time since 1998, claiming the title with their victory over Hampton Bays in an intense 35-31 game. "The resilience and tenacity of the entire team is to be commended, during the regular season the Lady Mariners claimed extraordinary honor of being undefeated," Schneiderman said. "The Lady Mariner coaches and the Southampton High School Girls Varsity Basketball Team exemplify dedication and success."
Second annual race to benefit pediatric cancer research and childhood bereavement is Saturday.
The Katy's Courage 5K, a race in honor of Katy Stewart, a 12-year-old Pierson Middle School student who died in December 2010 of a rare form of pediatric liver cancer, is coming up Saturday morning in Sag Harbor and there is only a short time left for runners to pre-register. Proceeds will benefit a scholarship awarded to a Pierson and East Hampton High School student, a donation to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the creation of the first East End childhood bereavement center. Registration and check-in will take place from 7 to 8:15 a.m. and the race will begin at 8:30 a.m. Both competitive and casual runners are encouraged to participate. Between 1,700 and 1,800 ran in the inaugural event last year. Day-of registration is…
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Southampton's Keeling Pilaro told he can't play on the traditionally female varsity team for another season, Newsday reports. Athletic director says school is appealing to Section XI to let him play.
A eighth-grade boy was permitted to play varsity field hockey with the Southampton High School team last fall, but Section XI has decided that he cannot compete on the girls team again when the new season starts, according to Newsday. The attorney for the family of Keeling Pilaro, a 13-year-old boy who learned field hockey while living in Ireland, told Newsday that, after exhausting all appeals through Section XI, Suffolk County's governing body for high school sports, the family intends to sue to demand Keeling be permitted to play. But the Section XI attorney said that Keeling's participation in the sport precluded a female player from receiving all-conference honors last fall, and that, as one of the league's top scorers, his playing …
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Celebration of Anne Aspinall's life planned in May.
The organizers of the Hampton Classic Horse Show will honor one of their own by renaming a ring at the annual showjumping event in Bridgehampton in her memory. Anne Aspinall, a leading figure at the Topping Riding Club and a founding board member of the Hampton Classic, succumbed to cancer in February. In her memory, the feature hunter ring will now be called the Anne Aspinall Ring. Additionally, on Sunday, May 20, at 4 p.m., a celebration of Aspinall's life is planned at the Topping Riding Club hunt field in Sagaponack. "Anne’s friends and all those whose lives she touched are invited to join in celebrating her many accomplishments and contributions," reads a Hampton Classic statement. "Anne was one of the original founders of the Hampton…
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Hamptons Collegiate Baseball is looking for housing for its players during the 2012 season.
The Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League is searching for families to house their players for eight weeks during the upcoming season. With new teams to start this year on Shelter Island and in Center Moriches, and new players ready for the roster of the Southampton Breakers, players are looking for housing, part-time jobs and other opportunities to participate in the community. Host families are required to supply a player with a room, a bed, laundry and meals, but will not need to provide transportation. The Southampton Breakers are one of seven teams playing in the 5th season of the The Hamptons Collegiate Baseball Division, which is sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball with top college players from around the country that …
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Whalers lose 63-25 to East Rockaway Rocks.
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Wednesday, March 7
Suffolk County Class C champs the Pierson Whalers fell to their Nassau County counterpart, the East Rockaway Rocks, in the Long Island Class C championship on Tuesday in Farmingdale, The Sag Harbor Express reports. The Pierson boys basketball team lost 63-25 to the fierce Rocks, who had a 24-0 run during the first half, according to The Express.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Southampton girls advance to face Elwood-John Glenn.
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The Southampton High School Lady Mariners, the Class-B champs, defeated Class-C-D champs the Southold First Settlers on Saturday in Patchogue, 56-21, The Suffolk Times reports. The Lady Mariners will now go up against Elwood-John Glenn, the Class A title holders, on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Farmingdale State College in the Small School Championships. The victors Wednesday will face either Riverhead or Hauppauge in the Section XI championship.
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10:46 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Maria commented via Southampton Patch's Facebook page, "why was this even an issue? Girls are allowed to play boys' football and boys' wrestling. Yet, this boy has to request permission every year. Really? Isn't this a double standard? Filed Hockey historically is a men's sport, only added to the Olympics for women in 1980. Around the world, it is a men's sport that women eventually garnered … more ›