Records fall during BCC championships
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      Three Nantucket High School records fell during Saturday's Bay Colony Conference swimming and diving championships, held on Nantucket for the first time since 1997. Beau Garufibroke the 200-yard freestyle record of 1.55.97 set by Luther Blount in 1999 with a new best time of 1.54.81. The junior a...
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Ferreiras are a basketball family
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      Jordan Ferreira admits he was a little nervous before last Wednesday's scheduled game against Cape Cod Academy. The Nantucket High School senior was poised to score his thousandth point for the Whalers, and not only would his parents be at the game, but kids throughout the school had been making ...
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Island Waves compete in Virginia
      Nantucket's pre-juvenile synchronized skating team, the Island Waves, was one of 17 teams to take part in a synchronized skating competition in Richmond, Va. on Jan. 25 and 26. The Waves competed well in the qualifying round and made it through to the finals.
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Dolphins have record-setting meet
The Dolphins traveled to Marshfield Sunday and broke six team records and two SEMSL records.
      SEMSL League Records Miles Geddes - 11&12 200 yard IM - 2:30.59 Ainsley Ellis - 15 & Over 100 yard Backstroke - 1:06.99 Team Records Miles Geddes - 200 yard IM - 2:30.59 Miles Geddes - 200 yard Backstroke - 2:35.
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
BUTTER-NOSE
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      This nickname takes me back to my childhood when my Mom would hold a buttercup up to my chin to see if it turned yellow. Of course the reflected light made it do that and she would proclaim, "See! You do like butter!" Although this week's bird is nicknamed 'butternose,' it never runs into butter....
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TAYLOR THAYER
Sophomore; Assistant Captain, Hockey
BY SAM TOOLE
      After a rough beginning to the season the Whalers hockey team is looking to get a few wins under its belt before the season closes. Assistant Captain Taylor Thayer hopes to be part of this upward trend. He has played since sixth grade and is a force to be reckoned with on the ice. An avid athlete,...
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GOING POLITICAL
      It's an election year, which means that we're going to be bombarded with a slew of ads from would-be politicos, all telling us what their opponents really mean when they say whatever it is they're saying.
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Girls continue to roll
      The Lady Whalers clinched a postseason playoff berth and improved to 12-1 on the season with three wins in the past week. At home against Provincetown Monday, Angela Paterson had 23 points, Aileen Fredericks had nine and Lindsay Fry and Whitney Butler scored eight in the 68-20 win.
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THIS WEEK IN SPORTS
      Wednesday, Feb. 6 • Girls' JV basketball at Martha's Vineyard, 3 p.m. • Ice hockey at Bellingham, 3 p.m. • Boys' JV basketball at Martha's Vineyard, 4:30 p.m. • NHS swimming, diving vs. Nauset, 5 p.m.
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Gymnasts host Carver
      Whaler gymnasts held their only home meet of the season Monday and performed well against Carver, who took the meet, 128- 112. "I'm very proud of our team," coach Richelle D'Elia said. "We had an excellent meet." Senior captain Maxine Daniels (pictured) competed in vault, bars, beam and floor ex...
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