Sports
Against Sandwich, boys hockey goalie Graham Stearns was lights out in the net. The sophomore stopped 28 shots en route to his first shutout of the year.
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.
Numbers were up as the two-week shotgun season for deer neared the halfway mark Friday.
The shotgun season for deer hunting opens today and runs for the next two weeks. Hunters will be out on public lands, including the state forest.
As striped bass stocks have declined, the debate over how to best manage this prized fish has become more heated.
The Coast Guard called off its search late Monday for three missing fishermen who were lost after their commercial scalloping vessel capsized 24 nautical miles southwest of Martha’s Vineyard Sunday afternoon.