After struggling to compete in the brutal ranks of Division III, where most schools are from western Suffolk County and have traditionally strong football programs, this offseason East Hampton decided to move down to Division IV, in hopes of revitalizing its football program.
To coincide with the rules and regulations of Section XI, Suffolk County’s governing body of high school sports, East Hampton needed to drop its enrollment in order to drop a division. The high school’s population has grown over the last decade to about 700 students, but the football program for years has been classified based on the additional populations of Pierson and Bridgehampton high schools, which send athletes to East Hampton for football.
With the additional schools, enrollment numbers ballooned and forced East Hampton to play in Division... more
To coincide with the rules and regulations of Section XI, Suffolk County’s governing body of high school sports, East Hampton needed to drop its enrollment in order to drop a division. The high school’s population has grown over the last decade to about 700 students, but the football program for years has been classified based on the additional populations of Pierson and Bridgehampton high schools, which send athletes to East Hampton for football.
With the additional schools, enrollment numbers ballooned and forced East Hampton to play in Division... more
Incorrect Mr. Budd. In year's past, the additions of BH and Sag harbor DID NOT put East Hampton in Division III. East Hampton would have been in Div III with its OWN enrollment. This year, East Hampton's enrollment has now dropped to a point where if they dropped Sag Harbor, they could slip into Div III, which they've done This was not the case in the past.