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Sports
September 22, 2005
By Don Lyons
Photos by Ralph Stewart
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Matt Lucier caught two passes scoring two TDs.
Touchdown! Tristan Atwood raises the ante to fifteen.
Tyler Hathaway eludes Jeremy Pallodino.
Sarah Bergeron whoops it up.
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Islanders crunch Crusaders in grid opener
The MVRHS varsity football team opened its ‘05 season with a one-sided 37-6 win over Carver at the Dan McCarthy Memorial Field, Sunday.
The only points posted in the first quarter were by E.J. Sylvia's big toe; E.J. kicked a 35-yard field goal late in the period, but it was already abundantly clear that the Vineyard had fielded the stronger team.
Sylvia's foot and the MV line served notice that the Crusaders would not be any more successful at moving the ball against the Islanders than Richard was at taking Jerusalem from Saladin.
Early in the second quarter, a 31-yard Ryan Rossi to Matt Lucier pass made it 9-0. The two-point conversion attempt, a pass, was unsuccessful.
Sylvia's boot put the Crusaders back on their heels again starting from their own 4 yard line. Lucas Landers intercepted a Crusader pass and Rossi's pass to Tristan Atwood produced a 15-0 advantage. Sylvia added the extra point.
The next TD was by John Swan who intercepted a Carver pass and returned it 30 yards to the end zone. Sylvia was good again and at the half the score stood at 23-0.
Tony Cortez returned the second half kickoff 15 yards to the MV 33. A series of short runs moved the ball to the Carver 45 from where Rossi found Lucier down field all by himself. Lucier stepped into the end zone and it was 29-0. Sylvia made it 30.
A series of personal fouls, mostly called on the Vineyarders for taunting, marred the quarter.
The Crusaders mounted a six-play 75-yard drive for their first points early in the fourth period. The attempt to add an extra point was blocked by MV's kicker, Sylvia.
Sophomore Cliff Ibarrondo replaced Rossi at quarterback and engineered a seven-play scoring drive climaxed by Cortez's run into the end zone from the eight. Taylor Pierce, a 145-pound, 5' 6" sophomore, proved to be an illusive runner who knows how to follow his blockers.
Sylvia kicked his fourth extra point for the game's final mark.
The Islanders are home to Lynn Classical, Saturday, at 1 pm.
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Chasing
tennis glory
Early in the summer, Chase Urban, 12, of Vineyard Haven, ranked 105th in New England, set himself the goal of reaching NE's top twenty 12 and under. Last weekend he made it in spades.
Chase won the USTA 12 and under championship tournament at the Centre Court Tennis Club in East Providence, R.I., held Friday to Sunday.
One of 32 players in the tourney, Chase won four matches to qualify for the Sunday finals including a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Barnstable's Jonathan Zelman, the second seed and, in the semi finals, fourth seeded Carl DeFranco of Belmont. In the final match, Chase faced Michael Fallone of Providence, who was playing on his home court. Chase won handily, 6-1, 6-3.
The tournament win earned Chase 400 ranking points and moved him up to 19th in New England.
The Islanders are home to Lynn Classical, Saturday, at 1 pm.
Back row (left to right), Pamela Thomas, Melissa Walley, Danielle D'Angelo, Jessica O'Connor, Marylee Schroeder, Bonnie Kingsbury. Front row, Dana Gaines, Neal Sullivan, Patrick Parker, Garry Metters, and David Diriwachter
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Reach the Beach
Twelve Vineyarders drove through sheets of rain last Thursday to Bretton Woods, N.H. to compete in the 7th annual Reach the Beach Relay, the longest relay race in the U.S. The race starts at Bretton Woods resort Friday, winds through five of New Hampshire's state parks to end at Hampton Beach on Saturday.
Teams of up to 12 runners are rotated through 36 transition areas over the 213 miles course; 285 teams were entered.
This was the third year that a Vineyard team entered the fray behind the leadership of Garry Metters, and the second year that the Joslin Diabetes Center sponsored the team, proceeds going to the Joslin's High Hopes Fund. Last year the team raised $9,000. This year the figure has reached $4,500 and is still rising.
The Islanders relay consisted of Garry Meters, Dana Gaines, Pamela Thomas, Danielle D'Angelo, Marylee Schroeder, Melissa Walley, Bonnie Kingsbury, Jessica O'Connor, David Diriwachter, Larry Johnson, Patrick Parker, and Neal Sullivan.
The Islanders reached the beach in 28:04:.
Thomas Bena, Richard Wright, and one identified surfer make the most of Saturday's swell at Squibnocket.
Photos by Ralph Stewart
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Surfers take to storm swell
Along with rain and wind, the last remnants of Hurricane Ophelia brought a storm swell that summoned surfers from all across the Island last weekend.
The gloomy weather on Saturday failed to depress the wave riders' enthusiasm. Squibnocket, which was ground zero for many surfers, was bustling from the early morning hours on Saturday to late in the afternoon, when the swell finally began to diminish.
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