FLOURISHING IN FARMVILLE
FORMER WHALER PITCHER JOHN FARRELL FINDS SUCCESS IN COLLEGE BALL
by Josh Galvin + Independent Intern
      If you were to ask John Farrell what initially drew him to the game of baseball his answer would most likely come in the form of an, "I don't know." "When my brothers and I were young our father always encouraged us to participate in a variety of sports," said Farrell.
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Orioles are island Little League champs
      Despite being the victim of 15 overall strikeouts tossed by Pirates hurlers, the Orioles prevailed in Saturday's major league final, 5-2. The Orioles scored one run in the first inning, but it was a three-run outburst in the third inning, keyed by Toby Earle's 2 runs batted in, that sealed the ga...
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U12 girls take soccer championship
BY LINDAWILLIAMS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      Long after the echoes of "wolfy, wolfy, whahoooooo" had finished resonating across the pitch, Nantucket Student Soccer Association's U12 girls coaches Shelly Brannigan and Lousia Crosby sat contentedly on the team bench talking quietly about their team's outstanding season that culminated in last ...
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Miller's Builders dethrone Kitty's in slow pitch game
BY JOSH GALVIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      It was a heated battle between two of the league's top teams as Don Miller's Builders hosted Kitty Murtaugh's at the Boys and Girls Club softball field Thursday night in the adult rec league showdown of the week. Don Miller's dethroned the previously undefeated Kitty's by a 5-1 margin, knotting th...
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Tigers turn back Cubs in Little League softball finale
      The Cubs valiantly came back, scoring five runs in the fourth inning, but the Tigers lead was too much to overcome, as they held on for an 11-9 victory in Saturday's major league softball final. The Tigers are 2007 league champions.
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TIGHT LINES with Andrew Spencer
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE
      It seems like every so often in a big-time newspaper reporter's life, there are moments when he's faced with the inevitable choice of revealing the names of confidential sources or going to jail. I'm not a big fan of spending quality time in the pokey, but I did always want to have a confidential ...
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