When the high school football team took to the field last year for the annual Island Cup game, there were no Vineyard cheerleaders. Nantucket had brought their squad, and the Vineyard junior high team performed their routine at the earlier middle school game, but the purple and white had no sideline representation.

That will change this fall as junior high coaches Sue Costello and Shannon Capra take their talents to the high school level to rebuild the program, which was absent last season after years of shrinking attendance. Mrs.

After 23 seasons with the Vineyarders, boys’ varsity tennis head coach Ned Fennessy is stepping down. Coach Fennessy’s squad was a perfect 23-0 last season, and won the Division 3 state championships. Their win streak came to an end last week against Barnstable, a Division 1 team, but they quickly picked up three more wins.

In an effort to spread the success of raising mussels offshore, local Vineyard commercial fishermen and shellfishermen are being invited to a special workshop on mussel farming on Friday, May 17 in Rhode Island.

Kids can run for a great cause on Sunday, May 26, with proceeds benefitting Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard. Registration is from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Wesley Hotel, 70 Lake avenue in Oak Bluffs. Preregister on Saturday, May 25, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the hotel.

The boys’ varsity tennis team became the first spring squad to qualify for the postseason tournament, sweeping visiting Bishop Stang on Tuesday. Senior co-captain Justice Yennie moved into the number one singles spot, picking up a 6-2, 6-0 win.

The Bishop Feehan runners had no chance. Regional high school junior Jeremy Alley-Tarter opened his stride as soon as he left the starting line in the 800-metre run during last Wednesday’s home meet. He quickly pulled farther and farther away from the competition and crossed the finish line in 1:57:00, a full 10 seconds ahead of the second-place runner.