Sports
The Holmes Hole Sailing Association commenced its Thursday Evening series of handicap sailboat racing from Vineyard Haven Harbor on June 21 with a 6:00 p.m.
With a moderate west southwest wind of 8-10 knots, 13 boats posted for the start at red nun 6 outside of the Vineyard Haven breakwater. The fleet sailed a broad reach on the port tack to west chop, jibed onto starboard for a reach to East Chop, and sailed close hauled with one or two tacks to the finish line.
Ultimate Frisbee
With the summer Olympics approaching, one might be aiming for a sedentary approach to sport. Watch, watch and watch some more the best athletes in the word perform. But hopefully, all that sport will inspire a pro-active approach.
The Vineyard offers ample opportunity to run, jump, hit, swing or swim. This summer, frisbee fans need not look glum, either.
Pitchers’ duels ruled the day in the two Little League Championship games at Veira Park on Saturday afternoon. The league-leading Cubs picked up their second title in a row with a 2-1 win over the second-place Pirates in the Majors game, while the Marlins won 3-1 over the Reds in the Minor League contest.
Early threats of thunderstorms faded into cloudless blue skies as Cubs ace Aidan Aliberti took the mound for his first of four 1-2-3 innings to start things off.
Jack Roberts and Martin Aranzabe, two rising senior players for the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School soccer team have been named to the Mass.
The 2011-12 sports season started as those before it have, with a week of pre-dawn preseason workouts in August for the fall teams.
The Wellfest 2012 Raffle, A Year of Wellness, has been extended to July 9, 2012.