Weather missing? Click here

At Large Business Briefs Cartoons District Court Report Editorial Gone Fishin' Letters to the Editor Real Estate Transactions Sports Sports Highlights

Art Bestsellers Dance Edibles Film In Print Music Theater

This Week's Happenings Save That Date Ongoing Events Groups Libraries Museums and Tours Children's Resources Hotlines 12-Step Programs Religious Services Volunteer Opportunities

Achievements Astrology Birds Births Community Shorts Dean's List Engagements Garden Notes Honor Roll Obituaries Off North Road Short Subjects Town Meetings Visiting Vet Weddings

Aquinnah Chilmark Edgartown Oak Bluffs Tisbury West Tisbury

---

Directories

---

---

search the web www.mvtimes.com

The Martha's Vineyard Times is a weekly publication.
March 31 - April 6, 2005 Edition
Web Comments - Email Submissions

SPORTS March 31, 2005 By Don Lyons Nick Cuba makes a diving save for Oak Bluffs. Photos by Ralph Stewart Volleyball finals today Monday, at the Oak Bluffs school gym, the top-seeded OB Blazers defeated the Tisbury Tigers, weakened by “academic alerts,” three games to one. OB took game one convincingly, 25-13. Tisbury came back to win the second game as Madeline Penicaud, the smallest player on the court, served six aces to finish the game, 25-14. In game three, Tad Gold gave the Blazers a 15-4 lead with nine unreturned serves, almost immediately matched by Jason Schwab’s eight for Tisbury. OB won the game, 25-14. The Blazers finished the match by taking the fourth game, 25-18. The eight serves of OB’s Tyler Moreis overcame a Tisbury lead and put the home team ahead to stay, 20-15. They won, 25-18. At the conclusion of the published schedule, Oak Bluffs and Edgartown had the same 5-1 record, having split their home and home series, each team’s only loss. Top seed honors went to OB because they beat E-town at home, 3-1; while Edgartown beat OB in the Shiretown gym, 3-2. Semi finals In the Tuesday semis, OB (5-1) hosted West Tisbury (0-6) and Edgartown (5-1) was home to Tisbury (2-4).) WestTiz didn’t look like a winless team, nor did they play like one. They pressed the top-seeded Blazers to a fifth and deciding game. OB won the first game 25-9 and made it look easy. But WesTiz took the second, 25-11. Game three was a repeat of the first game, the Blazers winning again, 25-9. Game four was a hair-raiser won by the Up-Islanders 25-21. The peculiar rules of the game dictate that 15 points wins a tie-breaking fifth game. OB won the right to play in the Thursday finals at Edgartown, 15-7. Tad Gold started the game by serving seven aces and ended it with a spike for the 14th point, then served one more ace for the 15th. At Edgartown, the Tisbury Tigers lived up to their name and upset the favored Eagles by sweeping three games in a row, 25-16, 25-17, 25-20. The final match for possession of the Island Cup between Oak Bluffs and Tisbury is today at 3:30 at Oak Bluffs. Laker Heath Estrella moves to stop a streaking Timberwolf, Harrison Holmes. When Chris Joyce elevates the ball its out of reach for many. Timberwolves even the count The Timberwolves demonstrated why they were the top team in the RCBL all winter long by defeating the Lakers in the second of their three game championship series at the B&G, Monday evening, 94-87. Eleven Wolves reported for duty. Eight Lakers showed up. Dan Cassidy and Ryan Ruley wore the stripes and blew the whistles. The first period was a tossup. Chris Joyce put the Lobos on the board first with a three-pointer. Heath Estrella answered with a jam. After Asil Cash and John Healy swapped buckets. Mike Joyce hit from downtown to make it 8-4, Wolves. Both Estrella and Karl Kallinich cashed two foul shots and hoops by Albie Robinson and Healy gave the Lakers a 12-8 lead — for about two minutes. Harry Holmes dropped two foul shots and Cash dribbled through a crowd to find the basket, and the score was tied. Chuck Downing entered the fray and immediately sank two treys, matched by goals from Chris Forbes, Zach Johnson, and Kallinich.. In the final seconds of the period Cash and Johnson swapped triples. At the buzzer the Wolves were up by two, 25-23. The Lakers stayed close for five minutes and still trailed by two at 34-32. But a pair of triples by Mike Joyce triggered a Wolf run and by the half-time break they were up by 15, 58-43. The third quarter featured two eight-point rallies by the Lakers. Once they broke the double-digit barrier to trail by nine, but it was temporary. With the final 12-minute quarter remaining, the score stood at 81-69. Just when the younger legs and longer bench of the Wolves should give them a big advantage, they tend to go cold. They did it last week and did again Monday. The combined scoring of the team’s biggest guns, Mike Joyce and Asil Cash, amounted to two points in 12 minutes. Brian Welch and Harry Holmes each scored once. Chris Joyce scored twice. Chuck Downing rimmed one from beyond the arch for a team total of 13 points in the final quarter. The door had opened for the Lakers, but they could not enter. Estrella (10) and Kallinich (4) more than matched the T-Wolves total, but the rest of the crew could add only three more points. Asil Cash led the winners with 29 points. The brothers Joyce added 31 — 16 by Mike, 15 by Chris. Heath Estrella’s 30 was the game high. Albie Robinson contributed 17 to the losing cause and Karl Kallinich had 14. The final game of the series will be played next Monday at 7 pm. Originally scheduled for Thursday (tonight) it was discovered that the Lakers would have difficulty finding five players to start the game so the Timberwolves and league commissioner Jerry Maciel graciously agreed to change the game date to Monday. Jen Reekie and Mike Wilson plow through choppy seas. Photo by Louisa Gould Martha's mariners First of the MVRHS athletic teams out of the blocks this spring is the sailing crew. On Saturday, March 26, the team was at Hyannis YC to meet Barnstable HS, always a tough date. Conditions were ideal for the best 3 of 5 team races, with NNE breezes at 8-12 knots, gentle shifts and light puffs. The top MV skippers — Tristan Lodge, Ellery Whitworth, Elise Smartwood, and Jen Reekie (a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior) — were accompanied by light crews, D.J. Pothier, Amanda Brown, Chesley Wiseman, and Celeste Bailey (two freshmen, two sophomores). The Islanders came out strong, dominating the start of the first and third races, holding winning combinations around the windward and jibe marks. Coach Doug Heil was pleased to see his young team making good moves with the right tactics. But Barnstable was able to make conversions work for them in the third and final legs to finish with winning combos and take the regatta, 3-0. Weather and seas demanded a change in tactics and strategies for Tuesday’s regatta here with Falmouth. A north wind came down the Lagoon at 15-20 knots with a 1-to 2-foot chop as the current moved north toward the bridge. The Vineyarders prefer a heavy breeze and it showed. They were strong, kept their boats flat, and powered through the choppy water to win all three races. The skippers (see above) sailed with heavy air crews — Dylan O’Brien, Mike Wilson, Will Fielder, and Celeste Bailey — and dominated each race, finishing 1-2-3 every time. A string of home meets continues with North Kingston , R.I., Saturday at 11 am. Heavy winds and rain are forecast. Both teams are strong in heavy air and both went to the Great Oakes Regatta at New Orleans last November where NK finished second and MV was sixth. Next week Harwich and Chatham visit Tuesday and Thursday and the MV sailors are at Tabor on Saturday.

Send this page to a friend: Your Name: Your Email Address: Recipient Email Address: Subject:

©The Martha's Vineyard Times 2004 - www.mvtimes.com