Whalers on a roll
     The Nantucket High School softball squad qualified for Division 3 South Sectionals by defeating Sacred Heart, 11-3, on Friday. Olivia Hull pitched a no-hitter in the 11-3 win. Hull pitched all seven innings. She struck out 12 and allowed three unearned runs. Jess Guevara was 2-for-3 for the Whalers with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored. Kelly Reid and Cassie Moran each went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. On Saturday, the Whalers defeated Nauset at home, 8-5. At right, Lindsey Fry takes the throw just before tagging out a Nauset runner at second base. MICHAEL GALVIN/The Independent
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KEEPING IT IN PERSPECTIVE
      Idon't know what it is with kids these days. When I was a kid, my mother used to beat us over the head to write our thank-you notes for gifts we'd received. She'd inevitably give us some lecture about nice boys doing things such-and-such a way. And since we were nothing if not nice boys, we would most certainly be writing thankyou notes.
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     Heather Munley (#3) works her way past a New Bedford defender in girls' lacrosse action on Saturday. The Whaler team was ahead 6-2, but with two minutes left in the first half, referees shut the game down for what they said were unsafe field conditions. Because of an intense schedule (mostly due to weather postponements) the game cannot be made up, and will be erased from the standings. The team went on to beat Cape Cod Academy on Monday in a 9- 8 squeaker, raising their overall standing to 10-3-0. They are scheduled to play away at Martha's Vineyard this afternoon. ROB BENCHLEY/The Independent
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
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by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      If you are observant around Nantucket I bet you see this word a few times a week. Can you remember where? Put your thinking cap on and the answer will come later. This week's bird is responsible for many haunted house legends. It is one of the most nocturnal of birds, really preferring to be active only after dark.
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