While winter winds still whip across the fields, the Vineyard’s high school athletes are braving the elements and taking on the challenge of spring sports in not-so-springlike weather.
The girls hockey team will travel to TD Garden on March 16 to be honored during the hockey state championships with the James F. Mulloy Ice Hockey Team Sportsmanship Award.
Four Vineyard high school basketball players will be competing alongside the best of the Cape and Islands in the annual Cape Cod high school all star basketball game on March 16 in Hyannis.
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.
The wrestling team was crowned Cape and Islands champions, the swim team excelled at sectionals, girls hockey is on a tear, and the basketball teams are keeping playoff hopes alive.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School swim teams have found success this season, with the boys’ team undefeated in league meets and some swimmers already qualifying for the state championships.
The Vineyard boys hockey team is firing on all cylinders to start the season, and Nate Averill notched his 100th career goal, scoring four against Dennis-Yarmouth.