Boys fall short in opener at Mashpee
      The boys basketball team traveled to Mashpee for the season opener last Friday in what coach Beau Almodobar called a "learning lesson." Although the final score was 69-58, the Whalers fought hard in the second half. "We got off to a slow start," Almodobar said. "They came out and scored 11 points...
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New season, new coach for Whalers hockey team
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      It's a new season at the Christopher Nugent Bovers Rink with a young team, a fresh outlook and a new coach. Kris Marsh isn't daunted that he's the third coach in three years for the fledgling Whalers hockey team; he's glad to have the opportunity to keep his skates on.
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MANDY CAHILL Senior Basketball Captain
BY SAM TOOLE
      After an amazing season last year, the girls' basketball team looks to be a contender again this year. With her years of experience at the center position, Senior Captain Mandy Cahill is a force to be reckoned with in the paint, and she will be an essential part of the team's winning formula. She ...
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Digging it at Miacomet Golf
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      They've been digging and moving earth for 13 weeks so far and, if the weather holds, the refurbishment of Miacomet's original nine holes should be finished and ready to winter over early in the new year.
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From the Sidelines
      SWIM TEAM PLACES THIRD AT SANDWICH The NHS swimming and diving team took third place in Sunday's season-opening Bay Colony Conference Relay Carnival at Sandwich.
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
SUPERSIZED!
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      Do you enjoy watching woodpeckers? They are the carpenters and engineers of the bird world, appearing so industrious as they methodically hitch their way up a tree trunk. They are also great musicians but I'll make you wait a bit before I explain that one.
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THE MATHEMATICS OF GIVING
      So it's the Christmas season, which means that it's also time for buying gifts, which always makes me think of the old saying that it's better to give than to receive. There's something about that saying that's always bothered me, which might come as a surprise to many of you out there, given my n...
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