Jodi Bailey was born and raised in Vineyard Haven but now lives a continent away from her Island roots. She’s a professional dog musher based out of Chatanika, Alaska, about an hour north of Fairbanks, and completed her fourth Iditarod race last month — a race of more than 1,000 miles.

The varsity girls tennis team is off to a winning start under coaches Nina Bramhall and Liz Roberts. And although both women are new to the varsity scene they are well known to this team, having been part of the Youth Tennis Center for years.

egional high school alumnus Mike McCarthy scored four touchdowns in his overseas football debut last Sunday, leading the Geneva Seahawks of the Non-Professional Swiss Romande American Football League (NSFL) to a 43-16 victory.

Capt. Karen Kukolich leads an introduction to fly fishing for women, including a brief history of women in the sport, an explanation of the equipment needed and casting techniques.