Sports
By IVY ASHE
Nearly all of the Vineyard teams compete at home this week; of particular note are the sailing team’s races against Harwich on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Competition takes place on Lagoon Pond and can be viewed from Sailing Camp Park.
Baseball
The Vineyarders rose to the challenge of playing three games in two days last week, taking home two wins on clutch performances.
“Two out of three was pretty awesome,” head coach Gary Simmons said. “Things are falling into place.”
Save the date, next Saturday, April 28 beginning at 10:30 a.m. the 2012 Little League baseball season officially opens with a parade down Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Bring some apple pie, mamas and papas. This is small town living at its best.
Teams gather at 9:30 a.m. at the Oak Bluffs police station. The parade route rolls up Circuit Ave to Veira Park, where an opening day ceremony awaits.
Batter Up!
Girls tennis and boys lacrosse and baseball will all play home games this week before the start of April vacation, with tennis taking to the courts today at 3 p.m. and the boys’ teams playing tomorrow at 12:30 p.m.
Baseball
The Vineyarders’ baseball record stands at 1-0, despite playing two games. After traveling to Plymouth South last Wednesday and completing 11 scoreless innings, the teams were forced to reschedule the rest of the game.
The beef additive known as pink slime is off the menu at all Vineyard public schools.
Vineyard schools superintendent Dr. James H. Weiss said this week that as of two weeks ago all the meat in question has been put aside. “We are not using it in any student lunches across the Island, anywhere,” he said.
By IVY ASHE
Spring sports hit their stride this week, with several games taking place on home turf. Tomorrow, boys’ lacrosse plays Falmouth at 11:30 a.m., while the girls’ squad takes on St. Helens/St. Katherines — visiting all the way from Britain — under the lights at 6:30 p.m.
On Monday, the girls’ tennis team plays Sandwich at 3:00 p.m.
If you are looking for a successful measure of the bay scallop season, which ended this week, the results can be found in large piles of shells in three down-Island towns.
There was a huge pile of shells next to a fish shack at the foot of Skiff avenue in Tisbury last week, as well as similar piles at the old Edgartown dump and in Oak Bluffs at Madeiras Cove. It was a good year, though there are many who have memories of better ones.