Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition Caio Correa gives Whalers a leg up Sets school scoring records in consecutive years BY STEVE SHEPPARD      Caio Correa's reputation as a soccer player preceded him - when he was still in More ... Field Hockey Team overtakes Sturgis      The varsity field hockey team went 1-1 over the weekend, besting Sturgis, 4-1, and taking a moral victory in a 1-0 loss to Falmouth Saturday at home. More ... Keen competition in Cranberry Cup BY STEVE SHEPPARD      They arrived on Nantucket with pads and sticks, looking for a place to stay, the closest bar and the location of the island ice rink. More ... Boys play "best game of season" BY LINDAWILLIAMS      After triumphing over Norwood 4-1 in their first meeting, Nantucket again bested Norwood at home Sunday, 4-0, for the squad's fifth shutout of the season, a record of 10-2-1 and second place in the division just behind Martha's Vineyard, the loser of two games last week for a record of 11-2-2. More ... Girls continue to improve      The Nantucket varsity girls' soccer team hit the home pitch Sunday prepared to meet a much bigger and stronger Norwood squad. The team had only seen action once in the past ten days due to a hole in the schedule and a previously cancelled game against Norwood, but put the time to good use in intense More ... Wildcats best Whalers BY STEVE SHEPPARD      Anyone who still needed to know why high school football captures our attention in the fall had only take a short trip to West Bridgewater last Saturday, where two small-school teams with each having something to prove met once again on the gridiron. On a glorious mid-October afternoon, the Wildcats More ... From the s i d e l i n e s      INSHORE CLASSIC RESULTS The first annual Nantucket Inshore Classic fishing tournament came to a close Saturday afternoon. The month-long "derby" was sponsored by the island's four tackle shops and the Nantucket Anglers' Club. The overall winners are: More ... TIGHT LINES with Andrew Spencer      GOING MEDIEVAL Aperiod, in the grammatical sense, is not a major thing. When you get right down to it, it's a dot without the "dot-com" connotation. But, when you really, really get right down to it, a period is so much more than just a dot. In its most basic form, a period serves to indicate the More ... THISWEEK IN SPORTS SPORTING EVENTS AROUND THE ISLAND FROM OCT. 18 ~ OCT. 25      WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18 + NHS girls' soccer vs. Cape Cod Academy 3 p.m. + CPS girls' soccer vs Mattacheese 3 p.m. + CPS field hockey vs. Mattacheese 3 p.m. + CPS boys' soccer at Mattacheese 3 p.m. More ... e x p l o r e n a n t u c k e t BEACHCOMBING BEHIND THE DUNES OF MIACOMET AND CISCO with Peter B. Brace      Beachcombing is what the off-season is all about for some island hikers. More ...