Nutmeg State runner wins the tenth Scoops
Four hundred eleven runners completed the Vineyard Scoops 5K Tour of Edgartown on a hot and humid Sunday morning last weekend.
When the fishing is impossible, fish the possible
The "possible dream" was a fishing trip. But when the fish could not be found it was time to be resourceful.
Martha’s Vineyard and white sharks linked in fiction not fact
Discarded fishing line is a hazard for reincarnated fishermen known as fish hawks. Ignore that fact and you could come back as a cuttlefish.
Boston College holds hockey clinic at MV Arena
Three members of the Boston College Eagles Ice Hockey team came to the Vineyard to conduct a clinic for the MV Mites and Squirts last weekend.
Sports Highlights
Four of the 765 stalwarts who completed the Third Nantucket Sprint Triathlon, Saturday, were Vineyarders.
Oak Bluffs summer basketball heats up
Four games were scheduled, but only two were completed in a rain-shortened Oak Bluffs Summer League basketball slate, Tuesday night at Niantic Park.
Women’s softball make up rain outs
Tuesday was make up night for the Women's Softball League at Tisbury's War Veterans Memorial Park.
Men’s Monday softball
In the Men's Summer Softball League Monday triple header, the Hurricanes ran away from the Treds, literally, 30-4.
MV Sharks attack
Hero of the day, again, was the Sharks leadoff batter, Robbie Zinsmeister of Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Farm Neck Club Champions
Elmer Silva of Tisbury defeated Gary BenDavid of Oak Bluffs, 4 and 3 in the Championship Flight at the Farm Neck Golf Club's Championship tournament, last weekend.
A chance encounter with striped bass makes a perfect adventure
Sometimes it all works out. The striped bass show up and there is a cop down the road.
Jeremy Alley-Tarter back on track
Fifteen year old Jeremy Alley-Tarter of Oak Bluffs won the 800 meter race at the Needham Youth Classic Invitational Track Meet on Saturday, July 16.
Vineyard Football Association round-up
Shirley's Hardware leapfrogged MV Celtic into second place in the Vineyard Football Association standings after a 1-0 victory over the league leaders, Monto Orthopedics, on a hot, humid Tuesday night at Veterans Park.
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital holds 25th benefit golf tourney
Martha's Vineyard Hospital held its 25th annual benefit golf tournament, Monday, at Farm Neck.
Sports highlights
In Tuesday's Women's Summer Softball League triple header, the Snaps took on the Honeys in a game that – on paper – was a competitive, fair fight.
Nathaniel Packer, 10, takes VFW fluke derby crown with 10.1
A ten-year-old bested some of the Island's hardest fishermen in the 12th annual VFW fluke derby this past weekend.
Young riders excel in Martha’s Vineyard Horse Council hunter show
The Martha's Vineyard Horse Council hunter show took place at the Agricultural Fairgrounds in West Tisbury on Sunday.
Men’s softball recap
The Treds tromped on the Wildcats, 15-6, Monday, at Veterans Park, Tisbury, in the Vineyard Summer Softball League.
Sports highlights
The Eastern Athletic Conference has named five Vineyarders to the Girls All Star Lacrosse team: seniors Molly Fischer and Niki Alexander, junior Madison Hughes, sophomore Alayna Hutchinson, and freshman Isabel Smith.
M.V.Sharks in unfamiliar waters
The Martha's Vineyard Sharks dropped a 7-6, 11 inning decision to the Seacoast Mavericks, Tuesday at Vineyard Baseball Park, despite getting home runs from Ronnie Rosario and Robbie Zinsmeister and ended the week in third place for the first time this season.