While winter winds still whip across the fields, the Vineyard’s high school athletes are braving the elements and taking on the challenge of spring sports in not-so-springlike weather.

The girls hockey team will travel to TD Garden on March 16 to be honored during the hockey state championships with the James F. Mulloy Ice Hockey Team Sportsmanship Award.

Four Vineyard high school basketball players will be competing alongside the best of the Cape and Islands in the annual Cape Cod high school all star basketball game on March 16 in Hyannis.

The boys and girls high school hockey teams both lost in the first round of playoffs Thursday, with the girls losing in overtime 3-2 to Pembroke and the boys losing 2-1 to Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School.

The team scored its most points ever in a state meet to wrap up a breakout season. 

The wrestling team was crowned Cape and Islands champions, the swim team excelled at sectionals, girls hockey is on a tear, and the basketball teams are keeping playoff hopes alive.