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April 14 - April 20, 2005 Edition
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HIGHLIGHTS April 14, 2005 Track and field In their first dual meet of the season, the MVRHS girls track and field team had an unexpectedly easy time outdistancing West Bridgewater on their turf, Thursday, 92-44. Morgan Ibarrondo was a double winner of the low and high hurdles and took second in the triple and long jumps. Alice Hopkins won both the shot putt (29’ 7”) and discus (77’ 9”) and was second in the 400. Gen Flanders won the mile. Allison Flanders and Nica Sylvia were 1-2 at two miles. Kate Nevin was first at 200 meters and won the high jump by clearing 4’ 6”. Cassaundra Gaines took gold in the javelin throw at 75’ 6” and Ashley Rebello did as well in the long jump with a 13’ 10” leap and Gwen Mayhew was first at 800 meters. Allison Flanders, Gwen Mayhew, Alice Hopkins, and Cassaundra Gaines won the 4x400 in 4:49. The MV boys were even more dominant, taking their meet 105-31. Derek Negangast doubled in the shot putt and 400m. Jackson Parker doubled in the distance races winning both the mile (5:12) and two mile (11:22), followed by Chris Post in the one and Mason Fisher in the two. Ryan Gorman (113’3”), Tim Luce (112’ 6”) and Jim Bishop (112’ 3”) swept the discus. Connor Rasmussen took the triple jump (35’ 7”) and was second to Lucas Brewer (18’ 3”) in the long. Brewer also won the dash. Mitchell Moreis cleared the bar at 5’ 6” to take the high jump and Spencer Hughes won the javelin (130’ 3”) Mitch Robinson and Logan Russell were 1-2 in the 800. Tim Luce was first over the high hurdles and second in the low. MV won both relays. Steve Serusa, David Bouck, Conner Rasmussen, and Lucas Brewer ran the 4x100 in 48.0. Ry Yennie, Ben Post, Derek Nagengast, and Mitch Robinson did the 4x400 in 3:54. Tuesday, the MV girls won two dual meets at Fairhaven running away from Bourne, 99-20, and from Fairhaven, 96-36.5 Ibarrondo won both high and low hurdles again and took second in the long jump. Alice Hopkins qualified for the state meet by putting the shot 31’ 1/2”. She was also second in the discus event. Both the MV 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams won. Meanwhile, the boys were winning a close meet at Bristol Plymouth, 71-65. Hit pay dirt Jacques Penicaud pitched a six-inning two-hitter at Falmouth, Friday but had to swallow the 3-2 loss when the Vineyard’s late rally fell just short. Trailing 3-0, MV scored twice in the sixth to draw within one, then loaded the bases in the top of the seventh before conceding. Penicaud fanned six Clippers. Falmouth’s Tyler Young struck out three and gave up three hits in six innings. MV continued getting strong efforts by its pitching staff, Monday, as Matt Kurth scattered four hits and held Foxboro to a single run, while striking out six. With the scored tied at one, the Islanders crossed the plate three times in the top of the sixth. Billy Panek singled. Ryan Rossi walked. Josh Cotterill’s bouncer went for a bases loading base hit. Adam Herman’s single drove in Panek, and another by Jacques Penicaud scored Rossi and Cotterill. The Islanders’ (1-2) next three games are all on the road: Thursday at Bourne, Friday at New Bedford, Tuesday at Rockland. Softies win two The MVRHS softball team got its first win of the season at home versus Dennis-Yarmouth on Thursday, when Kelsey Perry scored from third, driven in by Brittany Stone’s ground out in the bottom of the sixth. MV took an early 2-0 lead on Kathryn DeBettencourt’s two RBI double in the first. D/Y tied it in the top of the second. MV pitcher Brielle Leonard gave up six hits and struck out six. The Islanders went quietly Friday; Old Rochester shut them out, 6-0. It was no contest Monday at Chatham as the Islanders scored 16 times and pitcher Leonard struck out 12 allowing only two hits in a shutout. Brielle helped her own cause with a triple and four RBIs. Kathryn DeBettencourt had two doubles and a triple and drove in three. Kelsey Perry hit safely three times and Kelly Sylvia scored four runs. The girls varsity (2-3) is at Bourne today. The JV plays Bourne here. Potpouris MV Babe Ruth Baseball is still accepting players. Boys or girls, 13-15 years old, may sign up by calling Doug Reese at 693-3704. Practice has begun and games, on an off Island, start the first week of May. The 4th Look, Dolby, Rebello scholarship fund golf tournament at Farm Neck tees off at 10 am, Wednesday, May 4. This year’s tourney is in memory of Christian Manley. Four-person teams register by April 28 for $380. Buffet and Auction follow at the P.A. Club. To learn more, call Kathleen Parsons, 693-0367…. Vanessa Pisano’s six-point effort in Wheaton’s 11-4 lacrosse defeat of Springfield last week gave her a total of 305 points, 258 goals, both new scoring records at the college and was named NEWMAC player-of-the-week for the second time this season….The first Women’s League Softball practice/pick up game will be played at Tisbury’s Veteran’s Memorial Field, Tuesday, April 26 at 6 pm. Call 683-8365 for more information….News Editor and Fishy Columnist Nelson Sigelman is featured in Cabela’s Outfitter Journal, Stripers on Martha’s Vineyard, on the Outdoor Life Network beginning Friday, April 22 at 10:30 pm. If you happen to miss it, do not despair. Nelson’s segment is reshown eight times….The interscholastic baseball and softball seasons begin Thursday, April 28. The Edgartown School will be trying to repeat last year’s double wins. Fling The Rainbow Trouts (Lauren Dostal, Chantal Booker, Macayah Goodell, Bailey Moreis, and Wayman Harrison) edged the Toadstools, 102.4 to 101.1 in the last Island Gymnastics in-house meet of the season, “Spring Fling.” Also celebrating the season were the Dandylions (100.45) and the Dragon Flies (93.85). Twenty-six Island gymnasts competed. Futsal The futsal season ends Sunday when the first and second place teams, Coop deVille and North Star, play for the league championship, Sunday, at 9:45 am, at the Boys & Girls Club. The third and fourth teams, Wrap ‘n’ Roll and Paco Santana, will play for show honors. Girls youth lacrosse The Under 13 youth lacrosse team lost a close match to Scituate, Sunday, 6-4. Celia Mercier, Madison Hughes and Catherine Todd were strong on offense. Eva Saber and Shivonne Schofield were outstanding in goal. The MV U-15 team trounced Norwell, 10-2 on Anna Christina Jurcyzk’s hat trick and goals by Hayley Pierce, Alexandra Ferland, Kate Kenney, and Julia King. Kelly and Sarah Felder and Lauren Petkus had strong games and Zoe Fisher did a great job in goal. The girls next home games are with Hull, May 1. There is room on the U-13 team’s bench for more players. Netters win Led by the Smadbeck brothers, Patrick and Jamie, the MVRHS boys tennis team posted its first win of the season at Fairhaven, 4-1. Patrick won his match in a walk, 6-0, 6-1. Jamie, who has yet to be defeated in the early going, was perfect, 6-0, 6-0. At third singles, Nick Wallen, still feeling the effects of a stomach ailment, lost the first set, 4-6, but gained momentum claiming the second and third sets, 6-3, 6-0. Still searching for the best doubles combo, Coach Fennessy matched Jeremy Meacham with Tim McHugh and the pair won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4. Timo Nivala was paired with freshman Daniel Han and the coach was encouraged by their showing, finally losing in a third-set tie-breaker, 6-2, 4-6, 6-7. Cape Cod Academy was here yesterday. MV is at Sturgis on Friday. |
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