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By Don Lyons - May 10, 2007

MV Baseball
This is the play at first base that caused the controversy leading to the coach's ejection. Photos by Ralph Stewart

Bulldogs bite Vineyard

Coach Gary Simmons was ejected for protesting a close call at first base too strenuously, here, Monday, and the M.V. baseball team suddenly came alive scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth. It wasn't enough to catch the Old Rochester Bulldogs who scored four runs in the second and sixth innings to post a 9-4 win, their eighth win against two losses. The Vineyard remains winless at 0-9.

Duncan Meyst
Duncan Meyst takes a blow to the head on his way to the Whalers' net.

Revenge is sweet

With first-quarter goals by Riley Dobel and Josh Paulson, and second quarter points posted by Paulson and Duncan Meyst, the MVRHS lacrosse team led Nantucket at the half here Tuesday, 4-1.

The second half was a mirror image of the first as Peter Ferrini (2), Cliff Ibarondo, and Taylor Pierce added four to the M.V. total and the Whalers produced one more goal. Final score: M.V. 8, Nantucket 2, a gratifying pay-back for the April 4 overtime 7-6 loss at Nantucket.

Lainey Aristide
Lainey Aristide beats Falmouth to the ball.

Betsy's battlers beat Nantucket

A week ago Thursday, the Vineyard girls lacrosse team flew to Nantucket to take on their island rivals and played well enough to return with a 9-4 win. Alaina Aristide began the scoring, followed by two goals by Laura Jernegan. Nantucket broke the ice at 10:44 answered by Cristina Wiley. The Whalers scored twice in quick succession, but Aristide answered with two before the horn sounded at the half with M.V. up, 6-3.

Jane Alexander scored twice to extend the Vineyard total to eight and Sophie Lew made it nine. Nantucket scored the final goal of the game.

The next day the Vineyarders took on a big, fast, aggressive Falmouth squad and came in second.

Jernegan scored the first goal of the game before it was a minute old. Falmouth scored the next five. At the half, the Clippers led by two, 8-6.

M.V. played catch-up and went ahead by one early in the second half. But Falmouth had the last laugh and sent a tired but game Vineyard team home on the short end of a 15-11 score.

Tuesday, league-leading Bourne came to town bent on avenging their only league loss, to the Vineyard. And they did. The first half was close with teams taking turns at scoring unitl they reached 4-4. Then Bourne scored the final two goals of the period to take a 6-4 lead they would extend in the second half to finish 11-4.

Today the M.V. girls are on the road again at New Bedford.

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