Sailors rebound against Rogers
Women take 7th in NE championships
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      After tough losses to Harwich and Martha's Vineyard, the NHS sailing team earned a 3-1 home victory Sunday over Rogers High School of Newport, R. I. The win was doubly sweet because Rogers had upset Nantucket earlier in the season.
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11-0
LADY WHALERS IN LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      This is the fourteenth year that Chris Maury has been coaching the Whalers' softball team, and he's never seen anything like this before.
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Baseball team cruises to third straight win
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      Behind another strong pitching performance from Eric Lowell, the Whalers dismantled visiting Sturgis Monday afternoon, 12-1. Nantucket scored four runs in the first inning and was in control throughout, scoring three more times in both the third and fourth innings to put th...
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Whalers lacrosse finds the range in two wins
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      With two wins in their last two games, the Whalers' lacrosse team is playing with a newfound confidence that belies their 6-8 record. Coach Rick Blair hopes that confidence carries through this weekend when Nantucket takes on Bishop Connolly Friday on the mainland and Divisi...
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TIGHT LINES
SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A NUT, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T
with Andrew Spencer
      In case any of you are looking for the single coldest location on this island, I'm here to help you out. Go down to the Nantucket High School lacrosse field to watch a game. Mind you, it has to be during a game. It's right balmy ordinarily. But come lacrosse game days, the t...
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
SPOTTY
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      Imagine walking along the edge of a muddy pond on your toes, all the while with your head down and your rear end in the air teetering up and down. This is standard operating procedure for this week's bird, the Spotted Sandpiper. No one knows why they do it, but all of them d...
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From the
      THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Thursday, May 17 NHS girls' lacrosse vs. Barnstable, 3 p.m. JV baseball vs. Sturgis, 3 p.m. CPS baseball at Nauset, 3 p.m. CPS softball at Nauset, 3 p.m. Friday, May 18 NHS sailing at Falmouth, 3 p.m.
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Weekend games showcase talent of youth soccer
BY LINDAWILLIAMS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      It was another successful weekend on the pitch for NSSA soccer. The U8 #1 team shutout visiting Bourne, 6-0, controlling all 50 minutes of play. Simon Johnson netted a Thomas Murphy pass four minutes in. Johnson returned the favor to Natty Davidson for the 2-0 lead. Davidso...
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