As if Connor Searl didn’t have enough on his plate this summer, he decided to compete in the Jamesport Triathlon over the weekend.

That began a memorable three successive days in as many sports.

On Sunday, Searl finished third in his age group (male ages 15-19) in the triathlon, and 41st overall among 321 contestants.

On Monday, he recorded an assist on Mattituck’s lone goal in its 2-1 loss to Riverhead Charter in the Town of Brookhaven summer soccer league.

And on Tuesday, Searl showed no signs of fatigue, ripping the nets for 30 points in a 77-37 win over Greenport in the summer basketball league at Shoreham-Wading River H.S.

“Getting the most out of his days,” Tuckers boys basketball coach Paul Ellwood said.

Indeed, he is.

Competing on consecutive days is nothing new to Searl, who will be a junior when the fall semester begins in September.

He plays summer soccer on Mondays and Wednesdays and basketball on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

“It’s definitely difficult, and definitely my legs start to feel it, especially on the Wednesday and Thursday games,” Searl said. “It’s hard. But actually, I feel like playing both really helps me because it just makes me enjoy the game and takes the pressure off when I’m playing basketball and soccer. I can just have fun playing both sports.”

Searl and his teammates sure had fun on Tuesday night. The summer league basketball games have a running clock for 22-minute halves.

Elwood said that “77 points is a lot for a summer league game. Usually, the games are in the 40s and 50s because obviously shorter games, running time. Today we had our transition game going, and he was scoring. He was doing it unselfishly. He was doing it in the flow of the game. It wasn’t like he was going one-on-one and calling his own number. He took it when the opportunity was there. That’s why he gets opportunities, because he shares the ball. If you know he’s going to take the ball every time, everyone will clog the paint.”

Searl was far from a one-man show for the Tuckers (2-2). Juniors Antonio Sparacio collected 17 points, and Oakley Carr-Smith contributed 16 points and 15 rebounds, and Vincent Sparacio added 12. Noah Foster led the Porters (2-2) with nine points.

“Our defense and our rebounding set the tone for a lot of transition breaks,” Searl said. “We were able to get out quickly and then capitalize on a lot of opportunities on the fast breaks.”

On Sunday, Searl challenged himself in the triathlon, which consisted of a 500-meter swim through Peconic Bay, a 15.5-mile bike ride through the North Fork, and a 5K run.

“It was just kept on going throughout the whole thing,” he said. “I think the swimming is obviously very tough. I enjoy running a lot, and the summer leagues definitely helped me with my running with soccer and the basketball up and down.”

With his busy summer sports schedule at night, Searl trained for the triathlon during the day, when he wasn’t playing basketball or soccer.

“Which definitely took a toll on my legs,” he said.

Searl’s older brother Owen, a Mattituck graduate, finished second overall.

“He does triathlon training, full, really intensely,” Connor said.

After the Mattituck-Greenport game, Southold (2-2) faced host Shoreham-Wading River (3-1) and dropped a 47-30 decision. The Settlers, who trailed 21-19 at halftime, are a Class C school. The Wildcats compete in Class A.

“I’ve been playing summer league varsity since I was a freshman,” Settlers senior forward Kyan Olsen said. “This is by far the best we’ve ever played. A couple years ago, it was like the game was over in the first three or four minutes. We’re down 20. So, to be in it for half, that was something that we can take away and be happy with because it hasn’t happened before. It’s a testament to this group of guys and how we’ve grown.”

Southold coach Will Fujita is trying to mesh returning seniors and sophomores together.

“The big thing for us is going to be learning how to play together with this new group,” he said. “We have a lot of seniors; we have a lot of sophomores. Trying to bridge that gap and create some type of new chemistry with this group is going to be important. That’s going to come from not only playing during summer league, but pick-up games as we get ready for the season. Never like to lose, but there’s a lot of growth that I think we can continue to build on here.”

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