Whalers rout Old Colony, 44-0
BY JACK MOLLOY
     Sophomore tailback Andriquez Farmer rushed for 183 yards three touchdowns and senior fullback John O'Mara scored twice as the Nantucket Whalers downed Old Colony 44-0 in a Mayflower Small football contest Monday.
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A thriller under the lights for varsity soccer
BY LINDAWILLAMS
     Still playing for a high tournament seed, Nantucket's varsity boys' soccer team annihilated Sturgis 13-1 last Wednesday. Coach Rich Brannigan stated that "it did not matter what we did or who played, everything we put on net went in".
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Wins put field hockey squad into postseason
BY LINDAWILLIAMS
     Facing a do or die situation at the beginning of last week, having to win at least two games with a minimum of a tie in the third of the remaining three games, in order to make it into postseason play, the team did exactly that.
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No helmets - a Whaler plays rugby
BY JOSH GALVIN
     Growing up playing sports on Nantucket I learned how important athletics were to my life. Besides the pure enjoyment I got playing sports such as baseball, football and basketball, I saw the value in the structure sports added to my life as well as the concepts they embodied - teamwork, persistence
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TIGHT LINES
ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER
with Andrew Spencer
     I'm not a big fan of NASCAR, but there are certainly plenty of people out there who are keenly interested in the goings-on of guys driving in circles. Despite my lack of interest in it, a lot of the people who watch NASCAR races have got a sense of humor. Case in point, consider the following joke:
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Varsity girls soccer fall just short of playoff birth
BY LINDAWILLIAMS
     At the beginning of last week, Nantucket's first-year varsity girls' soccer squad found itself unexpectedly in the playoff hunt. "We have come on strong at the end of the season and they deserve it," an enthusiastic Coach Jorge Rojas stated. The team started with a 4-6-3 record and finished the week
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CPS soccer squads finish strong in their first season
BY LINDAWILLIAMS
     It was a fitting way to end the season for the newly minted CPS boys' and girls' soccer teams last Friday with both teams winning convincingly against the Lighthouse Charter School. The boys' team finished with a 7-3 victory before a home crowd. Jose Ramirez, a raw talent at the beginning of the sea
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