SPORTS
March
17, 2005
By
Don Lyons
Elmer
Silva is closely guarded by Sandy Fisher.
Photos
by Ralph Stewart
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Lakers
make it to the finals
In the third
RCBL semifinal playoff basketball game between the Patriots and
the Lakers at the B&G, the Lakers prevailed 108-87, thereby
winning the right to face the undefeated Timberwolves in a best-two-of-three
championship series.
Given the fact that the RCBL season began in early November and
that your team, no matter which, had already lost to the T-Wolves
four times, one might suppose that some would be tempted to opt
for a loss and win the right to stay home of a Monday night.
If anyone was so tempted it was not perceptible. Both teams played
as if their manhood hung in the balance.
At the end of the first 12-minute quarter, the Pats were up by one,
22-21.
The Lakers ran off 10 unanswered points to open the second quarter,
putting them ahead to stay. At the half it was 54-39. When three
quarters had been played the Lakers held a 78-67 lead.
With seven treys, Elmer Silva led Laker scorers with 28 points.
Heath Estrella (20), Karl Kallinich (20), Albie Robinson (15) and
John Healy (14) all made it to twin columns. Super sub Chris Forbes
was a tiger under the boards.
Damon Mello paced the Pats offense with 23 points. Jason Dyer had
20, 15 of which came from long distance. Also in double digits:
Sandy Fisher, Teejay Roginski, and Travis Baptiste, all with 13.
Ryan Ruley and Pat Mercier ably maintained law and order.
The Lakers vs. Timberwolves finals begin at the B&G, Monday,
at 7 pm. Admission is free.
A
glimpse at MVRHS girls spring sports
Lacrosse
Head Coach Betsy Dripps’ team which, won 7 of 18 games last
year, will miss the ’04 co-captains, Liza Reynolds and Emma
Lovewell, but those two and Samantha Schwager are the only ones
gone from a 20-player roster, so it will be an experienced team
that opens at home versus Sandwich on Friday, April 1, at 3:30 pm.
This year’s 18-game schedule includes Nauset, Marshfield, and
Nantucket, but not Wayland, Weston, Falmouth and Cohasset.
So far forty girls have signed up to play lacrosse. The team is
battle-tested with nine seniors and 15 juniors captained by Isabelle
Lew and Kerry O’Donoghue.
Kim Drew is assistant coach and Donna Nagle is coach of the junior
varsity.
Softball
Three players of the ’04 softball team graduated: Amanda Klein,
Catherine Silva, and Kim DeBettencourt. This year’s team is
more experienced than last year’s, replete with juniors, and
should improve significantly on the ’04 record of 5-15.
Katherine DeBettencourt and Brielle Leonard are co-captains.
Coach Pat Mitchell admits to being “guardedly optimistic.”
A 20-game schedule begins at East Bridgewater on Friday, April 1.
The next three games are here versus Sandwich, Dennis-Yarmouth,
and Old Rochester. D-Y and Carver replace Marian and Middleboro
on the agenda.
Bill Belcher and Lisa Knight are assisting coaches. Samantha Burns
will coach the junior varsity, scheduled to play 14 games, starting
at East Bridgewater, April 1.
Track and Field
The ’05 MVRHS girls track and field team is strong in the distance
and middle-distance races and in the weight throws, competitive
in the hurdles and jumps, and needs help in the sprints.
Twenty-one girls are signed up thus far.
There are six dual meets scheduled. The first two are away at West
Bridgewater (April 7) and Dighton Rehoboth. The next three meets
are here. Carver visits May 2, and Diman Regional May 10. Sacred
Heart, always tough to beat, the reigning Mayflower girls champion,
is here May 12. The final dual meet is at Barnstable.
Joe Schroeder has been coaching girls track and field since 1989.
Assisting coaches are Steve Barbee, Melissa Walley, Ray Leighton,
Kara Schemeth, and Joel Graves.
Tennis
The good news is that Stephen Hutchinson of Aquinnah has signed
on to be the new girls tennis coach and all of last year’s
varsity are returning.
The 17-game ’05 schedule has dropped Mashpee; otherwise it
is the same as ’04. The season opener is with Sandwich here,
March 29 at 3 pm.
Coach Hutchinson played tennis at Tabor Academy, where his father
was the coach, and later at Hobart. He has been the tennis coach
at the Chilmark Community Center for 25 years.
His team should improve on its 12-5 record.
We wish the new coach and the team well
Coed Sailing
The sailing team’s full schedule of 28 regattas begins at Barnstable,
March 26. Thus far, 30 students have enlisted in the MVRHS navy
with Admiral Doug Heil. MVRHS is ranked 14th of 80 New England schools
and looks to move up.
Of special note is the New England Scholastic Sailing Assn. Championship
regatta to be held here, May 21-22.
Looking down the road to 2006, the Vineyard will also host the National
Sailing Championship regatta when the top 12 schools in the country
will compete here on Memorial Day weekend.
Alex Bettencourt, an alumnus of the program, is assistant coach.
Of great help already are Sail Martha’s Vineyard and the Edgartown
and Vineyard Haven Yacht Clubs. Coach Heil says there’s room
for lots more help, especially during the championship regattas.
Ten year-old
Amanda Good shows winning form in a back walk-over on the
balance beam. Amanda was part of the winning Pot O'Gold team
at the in-house Leprechaun meet at Island Gymnastics Training,
March 14. Photo by Rebecca Sherman
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Thomas
to Texas
Thomas
Goodell was 7th all around with a score of 47.7 in the boys level
9 state gymnastics competition at Yellowjackets in Middleton, helping
his four-man team win the state title and qualify for the regionals
at Springfield College.
Other members of the winning team were Kip Weber of Stowe, who finished
in first place, Matt Felleman in second, and Dan Felleman, 8th. The
Kelleman brothers are from Medway.
Thomas medaled in the pommel horse, rings, and parallel bars events.
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