Youth soccer teams come away with convincing wins
BY LINDAWILLIAMS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      Only six Nantucket Student Soccer Association teams were in action this past Saturday in weather that felt like it was mid-January, though if recollection is accurate, January was warmer! All six traveled off island into soccer strongholds that proved daunting for two of the teams.
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TIGHT LINES
BABIES, BABIES EVERYWHERE
with Andrew Spencer
      It's baby-kissing season, as evidenced by Hillary and Barack and all the other hopefuls out doing their thing with the general American populace. I never understood the appeal of kissing babies as a way of garnering votes. I mean, unless I've totally missed the boat on some new legislation, the lit...
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COACH CROWLEY SEES BASEBALL'S RESURGENCE
by Steve Sheppard Independent Sports Editor
      Baseball coach Art Crowley takes a look at the numbers and he likes what he sees. "They're up the last three years," he says. "There's a definite increase.
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GIRLS WIN BIG IN SEASON'S FIRST GAME
     MICHAEL GALVIN/The Independent Buoyed by a 9 run second inning, the lady Whalers went on to defeat visiting Holbrook Saturday in the first varsity softball game of the season, 17-1. Although Holbrook struck first by scoring in the first inning, the lone run was all it could manage against Whalers pi...
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Boys drop close one to Holbrook
      Eric Lowell struck out eight, but Holbrook scored three runs in the top of the seventh to outpace the Whalers in their home opener, 5-2. Down, 2-1, in the sixth, Nantucket came back to knot the game in the bottom of the inning. Erik Hughes stroked a two out single and came around to score when Wil...
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Lax squad humbles Vineyard in double OT
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      The Whalers opened the new lacrosse season with a satisfying victory at home last Thursday, beating archrival Martha's Vineyard in double overtime, 7-6. The winning goal was a beauty as goaltender Keith Clements followed up a nice save with a quick outlet pass to Henry Farrell, who dropped it off t...
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
A SMIDGEN ABOUT PIGEONS
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      One of the great things about being a birdwatcher is it's so easy to pursue your hobby. There's almost always a bird nearby to watch. Compare this to being a snake or mammal watcher (excluding humans) - you could spend days without having anything to watch.
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From the
      CARON TO BE HONORED BY COACHES ASSOCIATION Dennis Caron, who has coached at Nantucket High School since 1972, will be honored with five other assistant coaches at the Massachusetts Football Coaches Association awards banquet April 29. "It's a great honor," Caron said this week.
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