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Friday, March 19, 2010

The annual St. Patrick’s Day(ish) 5K road race and fitness walk, a benefit for the Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club, is Saturday, March 28, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Ocean View Restaurant and Tavern on Chapman avenue in Oak Bluffs. The 3.1-mile, USATF certified course loops around East Chop, promising scenic views for runners and walkers.
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Sports from the Vineyard Gazette Archives

Friday, March 5, 2010

Ending a dream season, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys’ basketball team on Saturday lost 92-75 to Wareham in the second round of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament. With the loss the Vineyarders finish the season at 16-4, one of their best records in recent memory.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

A state legislator’s effort to make striped bass a recreational fish only is dead for now. The state’s Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture has sent the proposal back for further study.
» Full Story By Mark Alan Lovewell

Friday, February 26, 2010

The dream season for the the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys’ basketball came to end earlier today, as the Vineyarders lost a hard-fought and high-scoring thriller at Wareham by a final score of 92-75 in the second round of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Assocation tournament.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

Vineyard fishermen did well in the state’s annual saltwater fishing contest, with six Island anglers taking prizes at an event held on Valentine’s Day at the Eastern Fishing and Outdoor Exposition in Worcester.
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The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys’ basketball team defeated a determined team from Rockland at home last night by a final score of 70-62 in the first round of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

Friday, February 12, 2010

In their second year in the league, the Martha’s Vineyard boys’ basketball team this week earned a share of the Eastern Athletic Conference regular season championship, with a thrilling and hard-fought 59-55 win against foe Bishop Stang on Tuesday before the largest home crowd of the season.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

Friday, February 5, 2010

Vineyard sports fans had their fill of home team action on Saturday, with all four varsity winter sports teams playing and a fifth game played by the junior varsity girls’ basketball team for good measure. But there was little joy on a blustery winter day; three of the varsity teams lost and one played to a tie.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

The Martha’s Vineyard 20 Miler race bgins at 11 a.m. on Feb. 13. From highly competitive athletes looking for a test of their Boston readiness to dedicated recreational runners seeking to extend the length of their monthly long-run, this USATF-sanctioned course is a highlight.
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She jets around the world with Olympic medalists, is gunning for her own chance at a medal in 2012 and she’ll even put you in touch with her publicist. It’s heady stuff for a high-schooler, but Solvig Sayre of Vineyard Haven remains grounded, having to balance the grueling demands placed on an athletic and academic all-star. While many of her classmates bravely fend off acute bouts of senioritis, Ms. Sayre has been windsurfing her way to the top of the national ranks, all while staying on the honor roll.
» Full Story By Peter Brannen

Friday, January 29, 2010

The Vineyard boys’ basketball team lost 75-62 to conference rival Bishop Feehan on Tuesday, ending an 11-game winning streak.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

Friday, January 22, 2010

The boys’ basketball team continued to roll this week, improving its record to 10-1 — the team’s best start ever under head coach Mike Joyce.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

The Vineyard Tennis Center will hold a tournament on Valentine’s Day weekend to benefit Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard.
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Vineyard fishermen make trip to Beacon Hill, protesting legislation to change the status of stripers

Don’t make striped bass a game fish. That was the message delivered last week by a group of Vineyard commercial bass fishermen who traveled to the state house in Boston to object to legislation that would do just that. The fishermen, most of them members of the Dukes County/Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Association, spoke out with one voice against House Bill 796.
» Full Story By Mark Alan Lovewell

Friday, January 15, 2010

Vineyard football fans can dust off their cowbells and Harpoon the Whalers signs, because the Island Cup game is back.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

It was a jam-packed day of sports last Saturday on the Vineyard, as both the boys’ basketball and boys’ hockey teams posted big wins over conference rival Bishop Feehan, while the steadily-improving girls’ hockey team skated to a 2-2 tie against Marshfield.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

Friday, January 8, 2010

After a string of frustrating seasons, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School girls’ basketball team has jumped out to an impressive 5-2 record early this season, and could easily be 7-0 if not for a pair of tough overtime losses.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

Hearings begin next week on legislation that would make striped bass an exclusively recreational fish in state waters.
» Full Story By Mark Alan Lovewell

Friday, January 1, 2010

The three words sound scary: ring of fire. In the Pacific Ocean, it’s where a lot of earthquakes and volcanoes go off. To Johnny Cash it was where you fell in love. But to disc golfers, it’s where you triumph over all those who lack your finesse with a frisbee — on three, two, one — as everyone throws simultaneously into the chain-link cage called a hole in disc golf.
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Friday, December 25, 2009

Despite the snow and cold, the winter sports season is off to a hot start at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School with the boys’ basketball and hockey teams posting early big wins.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

Friday, December 18, 2009

A total of 292 deer were taken during the two weeks of shotgun season on the Vineyard, which ended on Saturday, Dec. 12. Hunters were successful and the numbers are close to what was expected, despite weather conditions that were less than ideal.
» Full Story By Mark Alan Lovewell

Friday, December 11, 2009

A chill is in the air and for many, cabin fever has begun to set in. This Sunday, Dec. 13, is a great opportunity to grab that antique firearm off the mantle and head over to the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club for the annual Black Powder Shoot.
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A man deer hunting on Chappaquiddick Saturday morning was accidentally shot by a member of his own party, marking the second time in a less than a week that someone was mistakenly shot in a hunting season that has been marked by minor mishaps.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

Friday, November 27, 2009

The final game of the season for the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School football team on Saturday offered plenty of excitement for the homecoming crowd, as the Vineyarders rolled over Brighton by a final score of 41-8.
» Full Story By Jim Hickey

Pending legislation to make striped bass a game fish in Massachusetts was further delayed this week when a public hearing was postponed at the request of backers of the bill.
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