Whalers defeat Chatham
      Playing its first home game of the year, the Whalers boys’ basketball team turned back Chatham Monday afternoon, 68-48. The win evens Nantucket’s record on the young season as the team dropped Saturday’s opener at always tough Avon, 92-83. “We ran well and finally played a little bit of D,” said he...
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Whalers hockey team begins second year
BY STEVE SHEPPARD
      With a year of experience behind it, the Whalers hockey team enters its second full season with optimism and enthusiasm. The lessons learned during last season’s opening run can now be built upon. The squad is not only better acclimated to the ice, but to playing as a team, which pleases new head ...
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Dolphins take Sunday meet with Sandwich
      The Dolphins hosted Sandwich last Sunday and weren’t kind to the visitors as they racked up 601 points to Sandwich’s 136. The Dolphins took 14 of 15 first place finishes in the relay events and had several swimmers capture two first place finishes. Ainsley Ellis and Hunter Burnham, who also swim fo...
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From the s i d e l i n e s
      CAIO’S LEGACY The accolades keep coming in for Nantucket soccer sensation Caio Correa. On Sunday he was named Division 3 player of the year by the Boston Globe and one of the paper’s select All-Scholastic Athletes. In its writeup the paper said: “No player in the state could rival Correa's offen...
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TIGHT LINES
GETTING THROWN UNDER THE BUS
Andrew Spencer
      Buses have recently been elevated from their status as strictly functional person-movers to a more hip and cool level, that of American slang icon. You see, lots of people these days are using buses as a metaphor for disrespect. The first time I heard this new usage was in reference to a profession...
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Triple Eight defeats Red Army to win Men’s League championship
      Josh Shuttleworth of Red Army moves in to score during first period action of Monday night’s Men’s League final. Triple Eight overcame the Red Army threat, 6-3, to take the championship. Triple 8 finished first overall in league competition this year.
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RESULTS • NANTUCKET DOLPHINS VS. SANDWICH WAHOOS • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2006
      Event 1 Girls 8 & Under 100 Yard Medley Relay 1           Nantucket Dolphins-NE           A       NT         1:32.
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