West Tisbury: Basketball town
On Tuesday, Jan. 24, Martha’s Vineyard middle schools wrapped up their playoff circuit for the 2022–23 basketball season. Played at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s Pachico Gym, both the boys’ and girls’ championship games...
A fondness for Fenway
For Christmas this year, my family gave me a ticket to see the Winter Classic, a hockey game being held at Fenway Park between the Boston Bruins and the Pittsburgh Penguins. My initial reaction...
MVRHS highlights
Boys’ hockey legitimizes their winning streak
Going into their rematch against Dennis-Yarmouth on Wednesday, Jan. 18, the Vineyarders had posted seven wins in a row, starting with their run at the Heuchling and Swift Classic...
MVRHS sports highlights
This week, the Vineyarders were scheduled to host games against Nantucket and then Abington high schools. Unfortunately, the co-ed matchup with the rival Whalers on Saturday was canceled due to weather concerns, making the...
MVRHS sports highlights
Boys’ hockey beats Nantucket in overtime
The Vineyarders extended their winning streak to five games with wins over St. John Paul II on Wednesday, Jan. 4, and Nantucket on Saturday, Jan. 7. While the win...
NHL feature to hit YouTube today
On Dec. 6, 2022, the National Hockey League’s public relations department announced that a film crew would travel to the Island to shoot a promotional video on the Vineyard’s hockey community, and its year-round...
An electric game-winning shot
Simply put, the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School’s junior high basketball team has the odds stacked against them. To start, boys’ coaches Jimmy Baird and Kenny MacDonald have a significantly smaller student body to...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
Boys’ hockey wins Heuchling & Swift Classic
This past week, the Vineyarders traveled to the University of New Hampshire to compete in the Heuchling & Swift Memorial Hockey Classic, hosted by Oyster River High School....
MVRHS sports wrap-up
High-scoring thriller at home for girls’ hockey
On Wednesday, Dec. 21, the Vineyarders welcomed the Falmouth Clippers to the M.V. Ice Arena for their first of two matchups this season. According to Coach Geoghan Coogan,...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
Girls hockey stand their ground against elite opposition
This past week, the Vineyarders played Sandwich away (Wednesday, Dec. 14), and the Nauset-Cape Cod Furies (Saturday, Dec. 17) at home. Preseason, Sandwich was ranked Top 10...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
Intense home opener for boys’ hockey
On an evening that an NHL production crew was shooting footage of the game, and the stands at the MV Ice Arena were packed, the stage was set for...
U.S. World Cup game draws a crowd
On a cool, damp Saturday morning in Oak Bluffs, an otherwise subdued Kennebec Avenue was decorated by American flags hanging outside Offshore Ale Co., alongside signs that read, “Watch the World Cup Here!”
Meanwhile, eight...
King of the courts
We recently moved to Oak Bluffs, just a block away from Niantic Park, where the basketball and tennis courts are located. And close enough for me to hear the gentle ping of tennis balls...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
MVRHS winter sports teams get ready
Over the next couple of weeks, the varsity hockey, basketball, swimming, and indoor track seasons will begin at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
The boys and girls hockey teams will...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
Vineyard cross-country runners compete at state finals
On Saturday morning, Daniel da Silva, Daniel Serpa, Alexa Schroeder, and Adrienne Christy raced at the MIAA Division II state finals at Fort Devens. The race was slow...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
Four cross country runners qualify for state finals
Last Sunday, the Vineyarders raced at the MIAA Division 2C Championships in Westfield. The Vineyarders were familiar with the 5K course at Stanley Park, running there a...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
Boys’ soccer advances to round of 16
On the weekend before Halloween, the Vineyarders capped off their two-loss regular season campaign with dominant shutouts over Cardinal Spellman (7-0) and Nantucket (3-0). Going into the playoffs...
Vineyard figure skaters show strong results
Fourteen Martha’s Vineyard Figure Skating Club members were medal winners in the Vineyard Open Figure Skating Competition on Saturday. One hundred and fifteen figure skaters from across New England gathered at Martha’s Vineyard Ice...
Run the 5K for KJ
The annual 5K for KJ run will take place on Saturday, Nov. 26, according to a press release. The race will begin at 10 am at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS).
The race was...
Fall Fuzzy was e(quine) fun
The Martha’s Vineyard Horse Council’s Fall Fuzzy Horse Show was held on Sunday, Oct. 30, on the grounds of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society in West Tisbury. The fall show included 36 participants, ages...