Sports
The first official week of Holmes Hole Sailing Association’s 39th season offered the best and worst conditions.
The undefeated girls’ tennis team arrived at the division three state championship match ready to take no prisoners, and quickly swept the singles matches to take home the state title.
Making school history for the second time in two weeks, the undefeated regional high school girls’ tennis team steamrolled its way to the finals of the division three state tournament this week. The girls will play Hopedale Friday at 2:30 p.m. at St. John’s Prep in Shrewsbury for the state title.
The Holmes Hole Sailing Association begins another season, striking a balance of hot competition and warm friendship. Every Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon until Labor Day, as many as 25 boats will meet in outer Vineyard Haven harbor to race for fun and bragging rights.
Sometimes you have to look a gift horse in the mouth. That was the lesson of a hand Paul Laliberte and I played in an OKBridge tournament last week.
The Red Sox and the Cardinals faced off last Saturday, but not at Fenway Park or Busch Stadium. Instead, the teams played in the lush grass and freshly-watered dirt of Little League’s new Penn Field in Oak Bluffs. It officially opens Saturday for the Little League championship games.