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You have to go out of your way to see the Arabian oryxes at the Phoenix Zoo.
The paved loop that circles the zoo splits slightly after you leave the giraffes behind. If you go straight, you go by the lions and tigers, the zebras and cheetahs. This is what most people come to the zoo for, and this is the path that most people take.
If you walk off to the left, on the dusty trail that has only three animal enclosures on it, you can find the oryxes. They’re a type of desert antelope, off-white with humped backs and long, straight horns.
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.
A dentist, a rabbi, and a potter walk into the West Tisbury School.
It could be the beginning of a bad joke, or it could just describe a typical Tuesday or Thursday night for the Martha’s Vineyard Table Tennis Club, which draws its players from all walks of life, including the three mentioned above.
This is the second installment of the high school spring sports preview. A preview of the baseball team will appear in next week’s Gazette, along with game recaps from the first week of the sports season.
Royal purple, shell pink, peacock green, tangerine.
Wendy Jacobs changes people’s lives, one vividly described color at a time.
Spring sports are in full bloom at the regional high school, with the fields, courts and Lagoon Pond abuzz with preseason activity.
Girls’ Tennis