Sports
By Don Lyons - November 30, 2006
Point guard Corly Perrotta is fouled. Photos by Ralph Stewart
Basketball jumps off
Six interscholastic games kicked off the Island basketball season, Tuesday. The Oak Bluffs boys teams paid a visit to the Tisbury Tigers. The Blazers ran off to a 22-5 lead in the first eight minutes of the varsity game. Then O.B. withdrew its first stringers and the Tigers rallied with 12 unanswered points. But at the half O.B. held a comfortable 30-21 lead. Final score: Oak Bluffs 65, Tisbury 44.
The Tigers took the JV game, 36-19.
The Tisbury girls varsity lost to Oak Bluffs, at O.B., 29-15. The lady Blazers JV also won.
The West Tisbury Hawks flew into the Edgartown Eagles aerie for a couple of boys games. In the varsity contest, Edgartown led at the half, 19-10, and at game's end: 33-20. The Eagles enjoyed balanced scoring. Colby Gouldrup dropped a couple of treys and led the Up-Islanders with eight points.
Edgartown also won the JV game, 17-8.
The Edgartown at West Tisbury girls games were bounced by West Tisbury's special town meeting and will be rescheduled.
Monday's scheduled Charter School vs. Tisbury game was canceled.
Tisbury's Gus Maki is pursued by William Stewart. Gus scored the Tigers' first 11 points.
High school hoops
High school basketball teams began practice Monday, The varsity is coached by Mike Joyce, J.V. by Jason O'Donnell, and the freshmen are under the tutelage of Sam Berlow.
The girls varsity hoopsters are coached by Lisa Stewart, the junior varsity by Justine Shemeth, and the freshmen by Ena Thulin.
All three boys teams open their seasons at home with Greater New Bedford Voke on Friday, Dec. 15. The freshmen will play at the B&G Club.
All three girls teams will open at Apponequet on Tuesday, Dec. 19, then play their first home games versus Fairhaven on Dec. 22.
Post Grads
A usually reliable source tells us that the RCBL (Recreational Center Basketball League) begins play Monday, Dec. 4, at the Boys & Girls Club.
The Legends, led by Julius Middleton, take on the Heat headed by Sandy Fisher at 6:15. At 8 pm it's Capt. Heath Estrella's Lakers versus The Timberwolves with Adam Rebello calling the shots.
Persons interested in playing in the RCBL but who have not yet registered are encouraged to show up Monday evening. Some of the teams could use more hands.
What about hockey?
The MVRHS varsity hockey team scrimmages with Nauset here, Monday, and at Armstong Arena with Marshfield, Wednesday, and Plymouth South, Friday, The final scrimmage is with Needham, at the Arena, Saturday, Dec. 9.
The season starts at the Bridgewater Arena vs. Bridgewater-Raynham, Wednesday, Dec. 13. The home opener is Saturday, Dec. 16, with Franklin.
The girls ice hockey team's first game is here, Saturday, Dec. 9, with Hingham.
As of now the girls JV season starts Monday, Dec. 18, at Needham but A.D. Mike Joyce is still looking for more schools with a girls jayvee program.
Matthew Lobdell of Vineyard Haven and Kenyon College, finished strong and first in the 5K for KJ. Photo by Jeremy W. Smith
The 5K for KJ
The weather couldn't have been better for a 5K run through the state forest, Saturday, and the cause was appealing, the Kevin Johnson memorial cross-country scholarship fund.
Two hundred and ten runners and walkers reported to the starting line, 38 more than last year. Coach Joe Schroeder and his family had everything organized to run without a hitch.
Matthew Lobdell, 21, of the MVRHS class of '03 and captain of the '02 cross-country team, now running for Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, happily renewed acquaintance with the state forest course and finished first in 19 minutes flat.
Max Conley, 14, of West Tisbury was second in 19:24, followed by Lucas Smith-Horn, 17, of Ellington, Conn., at 19:40. Forty-two-year-old Paul Vertefeuille of Oak Bluffs was fourth in 20:27. Daniel Vaughan, 31, of Edgartown rounded out the top five, just one second better than Dana Gaines, 49, also of Edgartown.
Robin Breen, 43, of Edgartown was the first female to reach the end of the course in 23:03, 18th overall and two seconds ahead of 20-year-old Genevieve Flanders of Chilmark.
Seven members of the Mayflower League's cross-country champion squad finished in the top 20.
The top five in the age categories:
Male 10 & under: (1) John Breen, 10, Edgartown, 30:07; (2) Nate D'Angelo, 9, West Tisbury, 30:58; (3) Chris Breen, 10, Edgartown, 32:22; (4) Max Solomon, 5, New Haven, Conn., 39:22; (5) Mitchell Chavez, 7, West Tisbury, 42:12.
Male 11-14: (1) Max Conley, 14, West Tisbury, 19:24; (2) Taylor Smith, 13, West Tisbury, 22:05; (3) Forrest Harcourt, 14, Oak Bluffs, 22:25; (4) Michael Kendall, 14, West Tisbury, 22:27; (5) Cooper Chapman, 11, Chilmark, 22:32.
Male 15-19: (1) Lucas Smith-Horn, 17, Ellington, Conn., 19:40; (2) Mason Fischer, 18, West Tisbury, 22:01; (3) Lucas Emin, 16, Tisbury, 22:04; (4) Evan Kendall, 17, West Tisbury, 22:06; (5) Robbie Osmers, 15, West Tisbury, 22:24.
Male 20-29: (1) Matthew Lobdell, 21, Tisbury, 19:00; (2) Cotton Whiddicomb, 20, Edgartown, 22:54; (3) Billy Sanfilippo, 20, Oak Bluffs, 58:43.
Male 30-39: (1) Daniel Vaughan, 31, Edgartown, 20:38; (2) Sean Sullivan, 37, Edgartown, 25:48; (3) Todd Frampton, 35, Jamaica Plains, 26:15; (4) Aaron Gowell, 38, Boston, 26:52; (5) Stephen Murawski, 33, Wakefield, 28:41.
Male 40-49: )1) Paul Vertefeuille, 42, Oak Bluffs, 20:27; (2) Dana Gaines, 49, Edgartown, 21:24; (3) Bill Eville, 41, N.Y., N.Y., 22:23; (4) David Venarde, 41, N.Y., N.Y., 22:48; (5) Neal Sullivan, 44, Edgartown, 23:11.
Male 50-59: (1) Jim Vercurysse, 50, Aquinnah, 23:28; (2) Wayne Guyther, 50, Tisbury, 23:41; (3) Bill Brown, 53, Tisbury, 24:07; (4) John Kelly, 59, Oak Bluffs, 28:58; (5) Steve Eriksen, 59, Marshfield, 30:14.
Male 60-69: (1) James Weisman, 65, Vineyard Haven, 29:08; (2) David Linton, 62, Edgartown, 29:30; (3) David Emerson, 61, West Tisbury, 33:20; (4) Roger Wey, 65, Oak Bluffs, 36:27; (5) James Rankin, 64, Edgartown, 36:27.
70 and over: (1) Paul Chapman, 75, Oak Bluffs, 52:26; (2) Tom Teller, 74, Edgartown, 55:14.
The gentler sex
Female 10 and under: (1) Samantha Solomon, 10, New Haven, Conn., 32:53; (2) Hadley Chapman, 8, Chilmark, 46:53; (3) Phoebe Solomon, 7, New Haven, Conn., 47:09; (4) Sarah Williams, 10, Blue Bell, Pa., 48:13; (5) Meredith Carlomagno, 6, West Tisbury, 56:03.
Female 11-14: (1) Amy Jeckovich, 12, Ambler, Pa., 25:43; (2) Hallie D'Angelo, 13, West Tisbury, 27:48; (3) Lauren Lucas, 13, Tisbury, 29:36; (4) Cafter D'Angelo, 11, West Tisbury, 30:37; (5) Meaghan Williams, 12, Blue Bell, Pa., 47:28.
Female 15-19: (1) Rebekah Nivala, 15, Vineyard Haven, 25:47; (2) Ceili Brennan, 15, Westwood, N.J., 27:07; (3) Sara Greenberg, 19, Gladwyne, Pa., 28:05; (4) Emma Frizzell, 15, Vineyard Haven, 28:50; (5) Eleanor Horowitz, 18, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., 29:11.
Female 20-29: (1) Genevieve Flanders, 20, Chilmark, 23:05; (2) Robin Zaragoza, 27, South Boston, 23:51 (3) Shawna Gillis, 25, South Boston, 24:18; (4) Jennifer Sepanara, 22, Brunswick, Me., 25:48; (5) Lydia Stein, 28, Barton, Vt., 28:03.
Female 30-39: (1) Andrea Richards, 33, Beverly, 25:19; (2) Julie Hatt, 36, Edgartown, 26:52; (3) Belinda Booker, 35, Aquinnah, 27:37; (4) Holly Geremi, Branford, Conn., 29:03; (5) Colleen Kyle, 35, Deerfield, 29:23.
Female 40-49 : (1) Robin Breen, 43, Edgartown, 23:03; (2) Ruth Rowe, 40, Sandy Hook, Conn., 23:46; (3) Anita Smith, 43, West Tisbury, 24:40; (4) Darce Vedrich, 44, Milford, Conn., 27:34; (5) Anne Williamson, 41, Edgartown, 27:44.
Female 50-59: (1) Karen Lobdell, 53, Vineyard Haven, 27:48; (2) Betsy Dripps, 59, Chilmark, 31:31; (3) Liz Fox, 52, Edgartown, 43:30; (4) Pamela Foster, 52, Tisbury, 43:37; (5) Rae Carter, 52, Oak Bluffs, 44:36.
Female 60-69: (1) Joan Eville, 62, Watchung, N.J., 32:18; (2) Betty Belacastro, 62, Littleton, 43:15.
Female 70 plus: (1) Liz Cornell, 72, Oak Bluffs, 1:04:27.
Photo by Ralph Stewart
Nantucket revisited
In last week's Times the wrong picture appeared above the caption "Alan Fortes does what he does best, plowing into the line "moving the pile."
The picture that should have run is shown at right.
All season long Alan has been "Mr. Dependable," picking up yardage the hard way, providing just the right block at just the right time, and doing his bit on special teams.
At Nantucket, typically, Alan quietly went about his business, carrying the ball 13 times, more than anyone else. He gained 72 yards, an average of 5.5 per carry, and caught one of the four completed passes. He, with Jeff Osborn and Tyler Hathaway, was credited with the most tackles. Alan also scored the Vineyard's first touchdown.
The picture we intended to show of Eric Dolliver scoring for the JV is at left.
