Sports
Attitude!” shouted high school cheerleading coach Stephanie Andrade before last Friday’s football game against Nauset. The eight members of the squad were warming up before the game by practicing their dance routine. Staggered in two lines, the all-girl squad marched head-on like models on a runway.
Friday was a warmup for this weekend’s Island Cup game. “We perform at our fullest for every game, but the Nantucket game is the biggest one, so we are preparing,” senior Ashleen Cafarelli said.
They haven’t played together in 50 years, but tonight the members of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s first football team will come together from as far away as Florida and as near as Oak Bluffs to attend a dinner at the high school before the Island Cup game tomorrow.
High school athletic director Mark McCarthy, whose late father was the coach of that team, has organized the event.
The scouting reports are in and Whaler Pride is back. The last Nantucket team the Vineyard faced finished the season 0-10, capped by an embarrassing 43-22 Island Cup thrashing that saw Vineyard coach Don Herman pull most of his starters by halftime.
The game is back. Every fall on the Island the leaves turn red and fall to the ground, scallopers take to Island ponds, and the V’s and W’s line up across from each other on the gridiron the week before Thanksgiving to add a new chapter to The Rivalry. Then, all of a sudden last year, they didn’t. The dead leaves might as well have clung to their branches. After the ensuing round of finger-pointing and resentment subsided the Game is back on the schedule.
In its first full season, the Anthony H. Meyer junior golf trust provided financial assistance for junior golfers throughout the Island.
It was always Mr. Meyer’s wish to help the youth of the Island become interested in the game of golf because he was so passionate about the ideals and concept of the sport.
The concept of the trust is to provide equipment, promote education and to provide lessons for any youth on the Island and to work closely with Island golf clubs to foster continuing interest in the game.
Name That Team
The Martha’s Vineyard summer collegiate baseball club is hosting a contest to name the team. Entries will be accepted through Sunday, Nov. 21, with the winning name chosen in early December. Once a team name is chosen, a color scheme and logo will be designed and team merchandise will be made available for purchase.
Suggestions can be e-mailed to [email protected]. The contest winner will receive VIP seats for the 2011 season.