In Historic First, Vineyard Boys Reach Soccer Championship; Game Tomorrow

By ALEXIS TONTI

For the first time in school history, the varsity boys' soccer team has advanced to the regional championships, with a 1-0 victory over Sandwich last night in the regional semi-final.

The regional final will be played at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Brockton High School againstMiddleboro, which advanced with a 2-1 win over Somerset.

It is 9:20 a.m., low tide, and a mild breeze is blowing across the Lagoon Pond drawbridge. Light from the eastern sky skips across the pond until it reaches the bridge's shadow, which darkens the outer harbor. The hum of the drawspan, which vibrates with traffic, has stopped. There is only the water below, lapping against the timber spiles.

Cool Million: Lunch Money Buys a Winner for Gail Croft

By CHRIS BURRELL

It was supposed to be her lunch money for Wednesday, but Gail Croft decided to drop her last $10 bill on two more scratch tickets Tuesday night.

The odds were less than one in three million, but when she saw the letter "L," the Martha's Vineyard Hospital social worker and Island native felt that first happy sensation.

She had won the newest instant game in the Massachusetts State Lottery - $1 million.

A proposal by the Steamship Authority to close down the Oak Bluffs terminal at the end of September instead of mid-October has stirred up protest from business leaders in town.

SSA Declines Release of Report on Accident

By JULIA WELLS

Three months after an accident that nearly claimed the life of one of its employees during a routine training exercise, the Steamship Authority is refusing to release the results of its own internal investigation into the mishap.

Superior Court Judge Will Not Revisit Ruling on Sovereignty of Tribe

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

A Dukes County superior court judge yesterday stood fast by a decision he made five months ago that the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) cannot be sued because of sovereign immunity.

"This court declines the … invitation to revisit [the] issues, leaving the propriety of its decision for resolution by a higher court," wrote the Hon. Richard F. Connon, an associate justice of the superior court.