The high school winter sports season has arrived on the Vineyard, and the Island’s student-athletes are ramping up their practices in anticipation of the first games next week.
After 27 years of coaching the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys’ varsity hockey team, Matt Mincone is retiring. His long career included two state championship wins.
The boys and girls high school hockey teams both lost in the first round of playoffs Thursday, with the girls losing in overtime 3-2 to Pembroke and the boys losing 2-1 to Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School.
With the hockey team’s season not even at the halfway mark yet, the team has had a lot to celebrate as two players have now surpassed the 100-point mark.
The story of senior and captain Nate Averill’s 100th career point for the Martha’s Vineyard High School boys hockey team travels full circle.
The boys and girls high school hockey teams had their playoff runs cut down this weekend, with the girls team losing 3-0 to Algonquin on Saturday and the boys losing 6-3 to Ashland on Sunday.