Whalers score twice at Holbrook
BY STEVE SHEPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
The good news is the Whalers eclipsed their scoring total for the year and won the fourth quarter at Holbrook Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs had a 32-0 lead at the time.

MICHAEL GALVIN/The Independent Hunter Day finds some daylight against Holbrook on Oct. 20. The Whalers' 15 points on Saturday surpassed their season total entering the game. The team plays Old Colony this week.

Still, Nantucket enters this Saturday's home game against Mayflower Small opponent Old Colony on a high note, as it fought back and put together two unanswered touchdowns at the end of the 32-15 contest on Oct. 20. Before Saturday, the Whalers had scored just two touchdowns - one in the first game of the year at Southeastern, and the second last week against West Bridgewater.

Hunter Day scored both Nantucket touchdowns: the first from four yards out, and the second on a 22-yard pass from feisty Whaler quarterback Chris Welch. The other positive to build on is that each TD was followed with successful point after plays, the first two the Whalers have had this year. Josh Butler scored the first extra points on a conversion pass from Welch, and showed his versatility by kicking the point after through the uprights to end the game.

As it did in the fourth quarter, Nantucket held Holbrook scoreless in the first period. A Bulldog 80- yard runback of a Nantucket punt late in the quarter was called back to the seven yard line on a block in the back call against Holbrook, but the Bulldogs capped the ensuing 93-yard drive with a 28-yard scoring pass from quarterback Josh Savoy to Kevin DeSouza. Savoy threw for two scores and 159 yards on the day. Running back Vlad Santine then scored on Holbrook's next possession, one of his two touchdown runs on the day.

As it has all year, the Nantucket defense played tough, holding Holbrook - 3- 1 in the Mayflower Small and 5-1 overall - to two touchdowns in the first half. Tomas Smaliorius made some big defensive stops, including a huge quarterback sack to force a fourth down late in the first half, and Blair Jannelle and Mike Molta came close to grabbing interceptions.

For Holbrook, which has yet to lose at home this season, the victory was its first ever against Nantucket, no small accomplishment for a school that combines with neighboring Avon to field a team, has no cheerleaders and entertains fans with a sixpiece marching band.

It was Day's day for Nantucket, though, as the back followed up last week's 79-yard effort with 84

yards on 16 carries against Holbrook. I