When Kevin Lewis played tennis as a student at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, his coach Tom Rabbit said to him that if he tried he would be successful.
In the first girls hockey clash between the two islands, Ava BenDavid scored the first six Vineyard goals as the home team defeated the Nantucket Whalers 8-4.
After a rough start out of the gate, the Vineyard boys bounced back in a major way against a hyped-up and undefeated burly Old Rochester Bulldogs team.
Snagging rebounds, feeding her teammates and dominating in the post, Sasha Lakis scored 12 points and secured 13 boards as the Vineyard girls basketball team beat Dennis-Yarmouth.
Skates are sharpened, the court is waxed, the wait is over and winter sports are back. The traditional meet the coaches night was held last week; play begins Thursday for ice hockey, basketball, swimming and indoor track and field.
Facing competition in the form of familiar and new foes from towns all over Massachusetts, the Vineyard runners torched their way through the 3.1 mile course at the Gardner Municipal Golf Course.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is facing a slate of disciplinary action from the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association following an incident early this month.
