The Valley Blue Sox were dominant throughout, although Sharks centerfielder Kai Nelson provided some excitement with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.

The Sharks open their season tonight with a home game against the Holyoke Valley Blue Sox, beginning at 6:30 p.m. It will be the first game in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

As spring training begins for Major League Baseball, a different sort of preparation is under way for summer baseball on the Island. The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks have switched leagues.

The Martha's Vineyard Sharks summer baseball team will join the New England Collegiate Baseball League after their current league dropped its opposition to the move.

The Island’s championship summer collegiate baseball team is mired in a court dispute with its parent Futures Collegiate Baseball League over plans to switch to another league.

They crushed pizzas just as often as they crushed baseballs. For the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks, this was a summer they won’t soon forget.