Hockey great Ken Hodge on island Sunday
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      Many Nantucketers vividly recall the i "Big Bad Bruins" of the early 1970s, and the teams that won the Stanley Cup in 1970 and '72. Cable television was a relatively new phenomenon at the time (hard to believe, isn't it?), and winter nights were filled with the exploits of Bobby Orr, Phil Esposit...
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Cape Cod Tech prevails, 20-0
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      The Cape Cod Tech Crusaders showed the island crowd why they are a team to reckon with in the Mayflower Large on Friday night, as they controlled the ball, and the momentum of the game, to make the 20 points they scored in the second period hold up through the remainder of the contest.
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BRUINS SKATE
      What: Bruins alumni skate for Nantucket Police Charitable Assn. to benefit the Cyrus Peirce School hockey program, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Boys and Girls Club, Nantucket Cottage Hospital and Nantucket Ice.
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Whalers soccer: A week of highs and lows
BY LINDAWILLIAMS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard traded varsity and JV soccer teams last Wednesday, with the girls traveling to the other island and the boys traveling here.
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
THE SOLITARY SANDPIPER
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      Everyone knows sandpipers, the little clockwork toy creatures that tease the waves on the beach, running into the maw of the surf and then scampering back at the last moment. The ones you're thinking of are Sanderlings, tiny sandpipers, and just one of 85 species of sandpipers around the world.
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Tight Lines
TOO MUCH INFORMATION?
      Every so often, especially in times of political discontent, we hear of something called the Freedom of Information Act, and it usually involves somebody finding something out about somebody that somebody else would rather nobody else knew about.
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Time Out
CASSIE MORAN Captain: field hockey, basketball, softball
BY SAM TOOLE
      Although field hockey has had a little bit of a rough start this year, Whaler field hockey captain and four year player Cassie Moran has faith in a resurgence during the second half of the season. On top of that she is also the basketball and softball captain and already has her eyes set on a prof...
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COACH'S CORNER
NANTUCKET COACH VITO CAPIZZO
      This week's opponent: Bristol- Plymouth Where: High School Field When: Friday night, 5 p.m. "This is the last year of (head coach) Bill Moan's 29-year reign; he's retiring. I think the team wants to go out with a big hurrah. It's a numbers game, and against the larger schools we just don'...
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From the Sidelines
      FALL FAIR AT NANTUCKET ICE Afair featuring kids' games, face painting, crafts, cotton candy, a bake sale, silent raffle and more will be held this Saturday, September 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Nantucket Ice on Backus Lane. The event will be held rain or shine and will benefit the Nantucket S...
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