Junior defensive end Aaron Lowe’s head hurt after the Sept. 15 football game against Bristol-Plymouth. It wasn’t the score of the game causing the headache — the Vineyard had just taken an exciting 28-26 win. Rather, Aaron had suffered a mild concussion after taking a hit during a routine play. Donald Herman, the seasoned high school football coach, noticed Aaron seemed a bit confused after the game and sent him to see athletic trainer Tania Laslovich. The next day Ms. Laslovich gave Aaron a cognitive test to determine the severity of the concussion.

In high school sports action boys’ soccer takes on Dennis-Yarmouth today at 3 p.m.

Vineyarders resume after the long weekend with a Monday golf match against Whitman-Hanson at 3 p.m. Girls’ soccer and field hockey play Coyle-Cassidy and Barnstable, respectively, on Tuesday at 3 p.m., and the cross country team hosts Coyle at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Field hockey takes on West Bridgewater on Thursday, while girls’ soccer plays Bishop Stang and the co-ed golf team takes on Falmouth.

David Nash of Edgartown was in the process of explaining how artificial fly lures are made when a neighboring fisherman’s rod bowed toward the water. A distinct whirring sound zipped through the air and the angler’s line raced out into Edgartown Harbor.

Mr. Nash looked up.

“That’s the sound of an albie.”

Despite a flurry of action around headquarters as the Saltwater Challenge Wounded Warriors weighed in their daily catches, one important feature of the small building at the foot of Main street in Edgartown remains stagnant.

The football team’s second home game of the season is tonight at 6:30 p.m. The Vineyarders play Randolph.

Home field action continues over the weekend, with the still-undefeated field hockey team playing Pembroke at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday and girls’ soccer taking on Bishop Feehan under the lights at 6 p.m.

The day before the centennial celebration of Shearer Cottage in Oak Bluffs, Gretchen Tucker Underwood noticed that the landscaping around the 100-year-old red inn on Rose avenue was not quite ready for the impending party.