Sports highlights
Tuesday, the Vineyard varsity boys soccer team won its second Eastern Athletic Conference game, dropping Coyle-Cassidy, 4-1.
Big kids, little kids enjoyed Derby kids day
Scup may be the backbone of this fishing Brigadoon, but there were some very respectable other species caught that morning, including sea bass.
St. Mary’s rumbles over Vineyard in football home opener, 44-22
Martha's Vineyard had few answers to a charging Spartan team. The Island record is now 0-2.
Olivia Smith is sixth in USEF national pony competition
Olivia Smith, a seventh grader at the West Tisbury School, placed sixth out of 139 competitors in the over fences class and eighteenth overall in the United States Equestrian Federation's pony competition finals at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky.
50th reunion this weekend for MVRHS Class of 1961
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School Class of 1961 will gather for their 50th class reunion this weekend: September 16, 17, and 18.
66th Derby begins with a somber reminder of loss
The Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby kicked off Sunday. For the next five weeks Island life is all about fish.
Martha’s Vineyard Horse Council hosts first Tashmoo competition
This past weekend the MV Horse Council hosted the first Tashmoo 2-phase competition.
Sports highlights
In the past the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School football team has frequently opened its season with a game versus the Old Rochester Bulldogs.
Vineyard falls to Bishop Stang in EAC field hockey opener
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School field hockey team opened its home schedule, Tuesday, against arch-rival and perennial Eastern Athletic Conference power Bishop Stang of North Dartmouth.
Feehan dominates MV Invitational, Vineyarders run well
Fourteen schools sent their cross country teams to the Vineyard for the fifth annual Martha's Vineyard Invitational on Saturday.
Vineyard warrior Mark Desautelle swims, bikes, runs fastest
A seasonal Island resident won the Island's first triathlon Sunday.
Vineyard boys blank D-Y, lose to Nauset in opening matches
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School boys varsity soccer team evened its record at 1-1, following a 5-0 shutout over Dennis-Yarmouth, Friday afternoon at Dan McCarthy Field in Oak Bluffs.
The Derby is the perfect antidote to summer stress
The 66th Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby begins Sunday. For fishermen, it is a season unto itself.
All Island tennis tourney for Hospice a winner
The All Island Championship Tennis Tournament, to benefit of Hospice of Martha's Vineyard, was held at the Farm Neck courts, Friday to Sunday, September 2 to 4.
Vineyard teams tune up for regular season
Several Vineyard teams hosted scrimmages last week in preparation for the upcoming fall high school sports season.
The 21st Oar and Paddle regatta
The twenty-first annual Oar and Paddle Regatta, postponed one week by Hurricane Irene, splashed off Sunday on Sengekontacket Pond at the Little Bridge with 55 people and one dog entering the lists.
Sports highlights
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School varsity field hockey team began the regular season with a trip to Scituate for a Labor Day weekend tournament against strong division-one competition.
Vineyard golfers get MVRHS fall sports off to good start
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School golf team was the first to play a varsity contest in the new school year and got the fall sports season off to a good start with a 249-271 win over the Nauset Warriors, Friday afternoon at the Edgartown Golf Club.
Rule makers and fishermen focus on striped bass
On Martha's Vineyard in the fall hooking a big striper is the stuff of dreams and long nights. Increasingly it is difficult to find big fish.