Lady Whalers reached the heights yet again
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      There are times when high school sports are as good as it gets, and the tournament runs by both Nantucket varsity teams the past two years qualify as sports of the highest order.
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Whalers rack up satisfying season
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR
      Last year was 16-6, this year was 15-7, but what's important is that both Whaler editions made it to the quarterfinal round of the state tournament, the deepest any boys' basketball team from Nantucket has ever gone.
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JASPER YOUNG
BY SAM TOOLE
      The annual badminton tournament that continues through this week draws hundreds of kids and adults every year. A prominent and very wellknown competitor in this tournament is senior Jasper Young. He has taken part in Badminton-Mania since his freshman year and with his bandana and fierce drop-shot...
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WHAT'S YOUR SIGN?
      I've heard from a lot of female friends that they're having trouble finding male companionship. Why they choose to burden me with this issue is beyond me, but burden me they do, so I do my best to help.
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From the sidelines
      MITES WIN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP The Nantucket Mites youth hockey team won the Cape and Islands championship on Feb. 23 with its victory over Yarmouth-Dennis. Pictured are (bottom row): Keith Johnson, Max Duce, Cameron Jones, Aiden Bourke, Noah Hoffard, Simon Johnson, Ben Lombardi.
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Southeastern Mass. Swimming League Championships
Nantucket, Saturday, March 8
      Nantucket, Final Score Marshfield - 2,052; Nantucket - 1,726; Willy's East - 867; Sandwich - 496; Turbo - 486 League Records Broken (Five in the entire meet, two by Nantucket) Boys 11-12 Medley Relay - 2:14.18 - Miles Geddes, Jack Decker, Henry Blackwell, Jackie Trudel (Old record set b...
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BIRDS OF NANTUCKET
ARE BIRDERS GULLIBLE?
by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw
      Well, they should be, at least if they find themselves near any large body of water. You can't be outside on Nantucket more than a moment or two during daylight hours without having a gull in your life. Beginning bird watchers learn to look at every one, just to be sure it's 'just' a gull.
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