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HIGHLIGHTS March 17, 2005 Goodells in Miami Thomas Goodell (12) and Macayah Goodell (8) were among the more than 600 gymnasts from 27 countries competing in the International Invitational at the Coconut Grove Convention Center in Miami, Fla., last weekend. At level 9 (13-15 year old boys) Thomas placed 12th all-around with a 46.6 score. His best event was the rings, even though he failed to “stick” his double somersault dismount. Thomas performed well enough to qualify for the national meet in May at Houston, Texas, when he hopes to make the Junior National Olympic squad. A highlight for Thomas was being able to practice with Todd Thornton of the Senior National team and winner at the Elite level at Miami. Macayah competed at the 7-9 age-level and was 17th overall. Macayah especially enjoyed meeting girls from other countries. She was particulary taken with the team from Tobago and Trinidad. She was the only English speaker on her squad of 28 gymnasts. Volleyball update After defeating West Tisbury three games to one, Tisbury, the defending interscholastic volleyball champions, ran into a buzz saw when Oak Bluffs came to call, Thursday. The coeds from Cottage City swept taking three games in a row. Tisbury had trouble returning the overhand slap-shot serves of David Fanders who ran off seven points including five aces to overtake Tisbury late in the second game, and Franklin Taylor who served up 12 points in a row, includng four aces, to close out game three, 25-19. The OB jayvees also dominated Tisbury winning three games in a row. Edgartown took the first two games with West Tisbury, then saw the Up Islanders even the count before winning the tie-breaking fifth game to remain undefeated in the early going. OB evens the count Oak Bluffs avenged its season opening loss to Edgartown winning the first two games and the fourth in their match in the Oak Bluffs gym, Tuesday OB scored seven points in a row at the end of the first game, with Tad Gold serving up a half-dozen aces to claim, 25-20. Tad was a key in the second game as well, serving up five points to get his team to 21. Jesse Steere was on the line for the final three points. OB won, 25-19 Edgartown took the third game. With Laura Jernegan serving, the Eagles racked up a dozen points and went ahead 16-2. The Blazers never really came close. Edgartown won, 25-12. OB spurted to an 11-3 lead in the early going of game four and kept a comfortable lead until the 25-18 conclusion. Monday’s Tisbury vs. West Tisbury game was postponed Fishermen release winter blues Many Island fishermen take advantage of off-season fishing shows to while away the time until the fish arrive. On Saturday and Sunday the Mass. Striped Bass Association will sponsor a sportfishing expo featuring more than 90 exhibitors, speakers, and seminars at the Independence Mall in Kingston. Island resident Greg Skomal, state Division of Marine Fisheries biologist and shark expert, will be among the featured speakers. Greg will be talking about the great white shark that caused a stir last fall. For more information go to www.msba.net Mush The third annual Woods Hole Riverdog half marathon was run Saturday in miserable conditions: snow and rain, slush on top of ice, uncomfortably cold and wet. It was a wonderful day to sit in front of a fire with a good book. But seven Islanders made the trip and the run. First Islander to finish was Tom Robinson in 1:42:41. He was second in his 50-59 age group. Not far behind was Patrick Parker in 1:43:06. Garry Medders reached the finish line in 1:45:03. Kim O’Callaghan and Bill Brown ran together and completed the course in 1:49:44. Joe Guerin missed the 8:15 ferry, and started the race at least a half-hour late so his “time” of 2:39:29 is misleading. Sunday the law Enforcement half marathon and five mile Run to Remember were run in Boston. Bill Brown’s time in the half marathon was 1:50:05. John McCarron made it in 2:01:28, and Jonathan Searle finished in 2:04:03. Jim Neville and Robert Ogden completed the 5-mile run in 42:16 and 42:57. Mick Vukota made it in 50:12, Dan Townes in 51:41, Eric Bettcncourt in 53:43, and David Murphy in 57:23. Congratulations to all. Correction please Due to a regretted misreading of the Red Kennedy tournament game sheets, four MV Black assists which should have been credited to Brahmin Thurber-Carbone were assigned to Wyatt Jenkinson. Wyatt, in fact, was the busy goal tender for both the MV White and Black teams. Surfing Sayres Solvig and Rasmus Sayre of Vineyard Haven competed in the mid winter windsurfing championships at Merritt Island, Fla., during the winter school vacation. After five races in the under-15 division, Solvig, a seventh grader in the Tisbury school, finished first. His sister, Rasmus, a second grader, was second. They have pretty good coaches. Their father is a former world champion windsurfer. Their mother was the Swedish windsurfing champ. Where are they? Ben Gunn, MVRHS ’03, helped the Boston Bulldogs of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League to the Atlantic Junior Hockey League championship, scoring a goal and assisting on four others in the team’s semi finals win at Salem, N.H., last Saturday. Ben was recognized as one of the three stars of the game. The Bulldogs went on to win the championship game, trouncing the New York Bobcats, 4-1. The Bulldogs had finished the regular season with an overall 69-7 record. The Wheaton College lacrosse team looks to its Division III All-American and three-time All-NEWMAC All-Conference choice, Vanessa Pisano, MVFHS ’01, to lead it to a third straight conference title and a return to the national tourney. Last year Vanessa scored a team high 81 goals and had 13 assists. She also paced the team in caused turnovers and draw controls. Squirts and Whalers The Nantucket Youth Hockey Squirt A team paid a visit to the MV Arena Saturday to play the MVYH Squirt As, twice. The Vineyarders won the morning game, 9-2, with three goals by Kyle Francis, all in the first period, and singles by Jordy Abrams, Max Davies, Harrison Rodigues, Shay Hill, Charlie Ashmin, and Conor Chisholm. Most of the scoring was unassisted, but assists were credited to Tyson Araujo (2), Jordy Abrams, and Kyle Francis (2). In the afternoon the Vineyarders won again, this time 7-1. Both Jordy Abrams and Tyson Araujo scored twice. Also beating the Whaler goalie: Kyle Francis, Bobby Perry, and Conor Chisholm — with help from Charlie Ashmun (3), Kyle Francis (2), and Tyson Araujo (2). Girl all-stars At the Sandwich tournament last weekend, the MV Youth Basketball all-star girls team won two of three games, beating the Sandwich B team, Saturday, 32-23, behind Lauren Gibson’s game high 19 points and Kia Minor’s 19 rebounds. Also Saturday, the Islanders had trouble finishing layups and lost to Falmouth, 30-16. Kayla Morris and Alexia Schroeder accounted for half the MV points, each with four. Alexia grabbed 10 rebounds. Sunday the Islanders beat Acushnet, 32-26. Alexia had a game high eight points. Also scoring: Lauren Gibson (5), Hayley Pierce, Erin Morris, and Katie Hines (all with 4). Kia Minor ruled the boards with 19 rebounds. The previous week the MV all-stars were at Falmouth, losing to the host team, 34-16 Saturday; to the Sandwich A squad, 28-15, Sunday; and beating Berkley 20-17. Coach Amy Maciel hopes the team can find the $200 entry fee to play in the Bourne tourney, March 26-27. All-star boys Two weeks ago the MV all-star youth basketball boys team won one and lost two in the Falmouth tourney. They beat the host club, 39-35, catching up in the second half and scoring winning points in the closing minutes. Mike McCarthy (11, including 3 treys), Franklin Taylor (9) and Justin Mercier (8) did most of the scoring. Fall River, an AAU all-star team, was too much for the Islanders to handle and walked off with a 58-21 win. Nick Gross was a defensive standout. Gross’s nine points were tops for the Islanders versus Yarmouth. Justin Mercier contributed seven more. Cody Brewer had six rebounds. MV fell behind in the first half then clawed its way almost all the way back in the second. Yarmouth 42, MV 39. Last week at Sandwich, the Vineyarders came close to victory but lost to South Plymouth, 34-32, and to Yarmouth, 26-24. Despite poor shooting MV stayed close to Plymouth with excellent team defense. The second half was a seesaw battle. Justin Mercier back-rimmed a final three pointer. The rematch with Yarmouth was a hard-fought battle that could have gone either way, but the Cape boys finished with the 26-24 edge. Billy Reagan and Peter Ferrini played solid defense. In their final match the Islanders ran up 43 points to Sandwich’s 28. Nick Goss led the parade to the hoop with 12 points. Randall Jette added six and Jess Swaringer had four. Gross and Andrew McElhinney ruled the boards. This weekend the boys are entered in the Barnstable tournament. PeeWees at Springfield The MVYH PeeWee A team finished their 25-4-2 season in the state championship tournament at Springfield last weekend. Their first game was a win versus Holy Name, 4-3. Both Colby Gouldrup and Jock Cooperrider scored twice assisted by Patrick Hart, Charles Goldthwait, and Chris Davies. The Islanders edged a strong Wakefield squad in their second game, 3-2. Gouldrup, Cooperrider, and Davies scored with help from Nelson Dickson, Teddy Kram, Davies, and Gouldrup. In the third game the Vineyarders went up against a powerhouse from Westwood and came in second, 7-2. Kram and Davies did the scoring. It was a season to remember. The Islanders were Cape Cod Conference champions. They won the Ryan Mone Tournament. They tied for first in the Charles River Challenge. Coach Dan Gouldrup remarked, “They had a great year. I felt privileged to coach such a fine group of young adults.” More kudos Bruce Mahaffey, a coach of the Bantam Yankees, shared the following in a letter to the players’ parents. Following the 6-0 defeat of Y-D at the Tony Kent Arena which put a lock on the division championship, the arena scorekeeper told the team that he had been keeping score at the Tony Kent for 16 years and had “never observed a group of youth hockey players as respectful and well behaved on the bench as our kids.” He also said he had “never observed as nurturing and supportive a staff of coaches as our staff.” He concluded by telling the kids that they were very fortunate to have such an exceptional group of teammates and coaches and that they should be very proud of themselves.”
G W L T Pts North Star 5 5 0 0 15 Coop deVille 5 4 0 1 13 Island Star 5 3 2 0 9 Paco Santana 4 3 1 0 9 Fogacas 6 2 2 2 8 Wrap n Roll 5 2 2 1 7 Benitos 6 1 3 2 5 Scottish Bake 4 1 3 0 3 J.R. Cleaning 6 0 5 1 1 Winners in the Sunday morning Futsal trifecta were Coop deVille, Paco Santana, and Island Star, victor over Scottish Bakehouse, Fogacas, and J.R. Cleaning. Relay Challenge At Sunday’s 8th annual St. Pat’s 5K road race, a benefit for the MV Boys & Girls Club, firemen and policemen from the several Island towns will compete as 3-men relay teams vying for the Martha’s Vineyard Boys & Girls Club Relay Challenge Cup. The U.S. Coast Guard has already entered a team and may be hard to beat. The Relay Challenge is the brainchild of St. Patrick Parker. |
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