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...
Girls basketball falls at Sandwich
The MVRHS girls basketball team traveled to Sandwich High School on Monday afternoon and lost to the Blue Knights, 68-36. Both teams had multiple scorers in the game, but the Vineyarders had trouble containing...
MVRHS boys hoops beaten by Bulldogs
An error-prone Vineyarder boys basketball team suffered a tough 73-39 non-league loss to the Old Rochester Bulldogs on Saturday in Mattapoisett.
“We had 29 turnovers. Our youth certainly showed,” Vineyard Coach Mike Joyce said. “We...
Middle school hoops roundup
Around the Island on Tuesday, the Tisbury girls grounded the Edgartown Eagles, 37-13. Emily Coogan scored 11 points, and Kellry Aredes added eight to lead the Tigers. Savannah Matthews scored eight for Edgartown, and...
Vineyarders split with Falmouth in hoops openers
The Vineyarder boys and girls basketball teams tipped off the new season on Tuesday against the Falmouth Clippers, with both teams giving impressive defensive efforts. The boys rallied for a 46-40 win in Falmouth,...
Boys basketball loses at Rockland High, 63-38
The ninth-seeded MVRHS boys basketball team led top seed Rockland High School 19-17 at the half on Saturday, but cold shooting in the second half resulted in a convincing 63-38 win for the host...
Boys Hoops wins first round of tourney
The ninth-ranked MVRHS boys basketball team traveled to Braintree on Wednesday, and came away with a hard-earned 64-60 win over eighth-ranked Archbishop Williams. The boys now move on to round two in the state...
Boys basketball preps for state tourney opener
The MVRHS boys basketball team spent the first half of school vacation week gearing up for their opening-round MIAA state tourney against Archbishop Williams in Braintree on Wednesday. The two 11-and-9 teams flipped a...
Girls basketball falls to Barnstable, 59-23
The MVRHS girls basketball team found themselves overmatched by a skilled, veteran Barnstable team on Friday at the high school. The hosts could not match the speed, size, and depth of talent of a...
Boys hoops qualify for postseason play
After beating Barnstable on Friday 65-59, the Vineyard boys basketball team fell to Wareham on Monday, finishing the season at 10-9, but qualifying for postseason play. The boys now await results from other teams...
Tournament window shrinks on boys hoops
Tournament qualification eluded the Vineyarder boys basketball team after they dropped a tough two-point home loss to the Sandwich Blue Knights Wednesday. The final score was 64-62.
Now sitting with a 9-8 record on the...
Boys basketball downs Nauset in seat-squirmer, 73-69
Updated Feb. 12
The MVRHS boys basketball team went toe-to-toe with the visiting Nauset Warriors for four periods on Tuesday before emerging with a tense 73-69 victory. The Senior Day win gave the hosts a...
MVRHS girls basketball falls to CCA, Nantucket
The Vineyarder girls varsity basketball team dropped a tough one to a game bunch of Cape Cod Academy Seahawks, 44-40, Friday afternoon at the Sancy Pachico Memorial Gym in Oak Bluffs.
CCA brought a roster...
MVRHS boys basketball edges Nantucket, 66-63
The MVRHS boys basketball team fell behind early, then rallied in the second half to defeat rival Nantucket, 66-63, in a Cape and Islands League Atlantic Division clash at the high school on Saturday....
Girls travel basketball heads to Cape league playoffs
A lot can change in a year, and no one knows that better than the Martha’s Vineyard girls travel basketball team.
The team, made up of a determined group of seventh and eighth graders, finished...
W.T. boys, O.B. girls are Island hoops champs
Updated Jan. 29
The Middle School basketball championships were decided last Friday night in a double-header that drew a spirited crowd of all ages to the high school gym. In the opener, the West Tisbury...
Girls hoopsters fall to Nauset
The Nauset Warriors visited the Vineyarders for a Cape and Islands League Atlantic Division girls basketball game last Friday, and left the Island with a 66-24 win.
Despite the outcome, the Vineyard girls gave an...
Vineyarders best Barnstable in boys hoops
The Vineyarder boys basketball team tipped off with the Barnstable Red Raiders in a feisty, physical Cape Islands League Atlantic Division tussle on Tuesday at the Sancy Pachico Memorial Gym in Oak Bluffs.
The Purple...
MVRHS girls basketball rallies to clip Seahawks
Taylor Hughes stole the ball twice in the final minute and passed to Kylie Estrella, who made a pair of clutch baskets as the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) girls basketball team rallied...
MVRHS girls basketball sinks Sharks
The Vineyarder girls basketball team bounced back from a tough home loss to Cardinal Spellman on Wednesday afternoon by gutting out a 35-33 come-from-behind win over the Monomoy Sharks, Thursday in Harwich.
Kylie Estrella made...