The Vineyard postseason sports bus keeps rolling, with the boys’ basketball team picking up their first playoff win of the season Wednesday afternoon, defeating visiting Dedham 79-46. The team jumped out to an eight-point lead before Dedham broke through the Vineyard defense to score, and led by 23 points at the half.

Vineyard sports teams took home a pair of stellar postseason wins Tuesday afternoon, with girls’ basketball and girls’ hockey each picking up a first-round state tournament victory.

In a historic weekend for Vineyard sports, both the girls’ hockey and basketball squads punched tickets to the playoffs last Saturday afternoon, marking the first time in the regional high school’s history that all four winter varsity teams will compete in the postseason. The boys’ teams qualified for the state tournament earlier this month.

No matter what level of sport is being played, the adage remains the same: Defense wins championships. And it was on the strength of shot-blocking and rebound-grabbing, as much as their own shots themselves, that the Edgartown girls held off the West Tisbury squad 41-18 Tuesday night in the middle school basketball championship game at the regional high school gym.

On the surface, not much has changed at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard in the past few years. The unassuming building on Pennywise Path in Edgartown still draws Vineyarders old and young searching for the perfect new friend. Inside, shelves of pet care books line one side of the front office, next to a stand of colorful collars and leashes.