Whalers defeat Avon/Holbrook
BY STEVE SHEPPARD
     After a long month of away games, the Whalers returned to the green, green grass of home Saturday afternoon to turn in a dominant,
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Junior varsity, freshman teams doing well
BY STEVE SHEPPARD
     It's been a good year for the Whalers junior varsity football team, as evidenced by its 4-0-1 record. The freshman squad is also doing well, with a 1-0 record so far.
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Frosties Away!
     Despite strong steady winds of 18 to 20 knots, the 20th annual Scallop Cup was a rousing success, with participants traveling to the island from up and down the east coast.
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Field Hockey team outpaces Wareham, Chatham
BY STEVE SHEPPARD
     The Whalers kept the pressure on early and late to overtake visiting Wareham Saturday, 3-1, and Chatham Monday, 4-0.
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TIGHT LINES
SPEAKING OF TRAFFIC . . .
with Andrew Spencer
     Igot a text message recently from T. Walsh, everyone's favorite builder extraordinaire. Tom took a little time out from his hectic coffee drinking schedule to suggest that I write a column on text messaging. It was pretty much a meta-text-message (say THAT three times fast)...you know, a text messag
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THISWEEK IN SPORTS
SPORTING EVENTS AROUND THE ISLAND FROM OCT. 25 ~ NOV. 1
     Wednesday, Oct. 25 + NHS boys' soccer vs. Sturgis 3 p.m. + NHS girls' soccer at Savio Prep 3:30 p.m. + NHS field hockey at Scituate 4 p.m. + JV field hockey at Scituate 5:30 p.m.
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Boys' soccer forges ahead
BY LINDAWILLIAMS
     In back to back action last Wednesday against Cape Cod Academy and Thursday against South Shore Christian High School, Nantucket managed to come away with two hard fought wins against tough opponents and a few bruises to show for it.
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Boys and Girls Club travel team off to successful start
BY STEVE SHEPPARD
     After years of gearing up for just two games, the Boys and Girls Club sixth, seventh and eighth graders are playing a league schedule against off-island teams.
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From the s i d e l i n e s
     THINK SPRING Registration for both spring travel soccer and Nantucket Little League will be held this weekend at the Delta Fields.
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Girls duel to tie in "game of season"
BY LINDAWILLIAMS
     With Friday's game against Lighthouse Conference opponent Sturgis cancelled due to no fast boat, the Nantucket varsity girls' soccer team only had one game last week, but what a game it was. In what a proud and virtually speechless coach Jorge Rojas called "the best game of the season," the girls to
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e x p l o r e n a n t u c k e t
POND-OPENING STROLLS TO HUMMOCK AND SESACHACHA
with Peter B. Brace
     I'm lying in bed Sunday morning around 10:32 a.m. trying to come up with a walk for this week's column and I get nothing.
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
A HAWK FOR A LADY
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
     "The Boke of St. Albans" (1486) is known as the earliest example of color
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Golfers can't advance
BY STEVE SHEPPARD
     "Iwas ecstatic with the opportunity to play in this sectional
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