Sports
A fatal accident in downtown Vineyard Haven last Tuesday left a young mother dead, and her family and friends devastated; it also has badly distressed many Islanders who witnessed the sudden tragedy.
Services were held yesterday in Melrose for Dina DeCecca, the mother of two young children who died while bicycling with her family and friends from the ferry on State Road, when she fell under an 18-wheel tractor-trailer.
This is a big week for sailing on Martha’s Vineyard.
It begins with the 87th annual Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta, which starts on Thursday and continues through Saturday.
And this weekend the Vineyard Cup, the popular annual regatta sponsored by Sail Martha’s Vineyard, gets under way in Vineyard Haven with racing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
For the first time in the three-year history of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s annual sojourn to Martha’s Vineyard, the John Connors trophy did not end up in the hands of the Falmouth Commodores.
Sail Martha’s Vineyard, organizers of the Vineyard Cup Regatta next weekend, have been certified as a clean regatta by Sailors for the Sea, the only ocean conservation nonprofit focused on the sailing and boating community. The three-day event features daily races, plus evening food and refreshments open to everyone on the Island.
The music of the Star-Spangled Banner gave way to the sounds of emcee Allen (Deejay Lefty) Pires’s turntable as the eighth annual Vineyard Streetball Classic got underway this Saturday in Niantic Park in Oak Bluffs. For the next five hours, would-be NBA stars from 14 teams — six from the age 10 to 12 division and four each in the age 13 to 14 and 15 to 18 — battled through round robin and double elimination play before the two strongest sides met in each division’s final championship game.
Take Me Out to the Cape League
Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Lowell, Mo Vaughn and Kevin Youkilis all started in the Cape Cod Baseball League. So it’s scouting time on Thursday when the Falmouth Commodores take on the Hyannis Harbor Hawks here, at 1 p.m. at the main baseball diamond at the high school.
Batting practice begins at 11 a.m. Entry is by donation (say, $4).