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This Whaler sports activities roundup consists of an replace on the soccer crew following one other convincing victory to stay undefeated, the sector hockey crew following a pair of wins, and the volleyball crew following a house victory.
Hanlon’s Three Touchdowns Lead Whalers Past Dennis-Yarmouth
The Nantucket soccer crew made their manner over to Dennis-Yarmouth on a windy Friday afternoon to play the Dolphins, and sailed house with a convincing 49-22 victory below their belt to enhance their file to 6-0 this season – led by senior captain Arann Hanlon and junior operating again David Guillen-Taveras as soon as once more on offense, one thing that has turn into a typical theme with the duo combining for 5 touchdowns.
Head coach Reese Everett felt his crew was challenged by the Dolphins when DY made it a 27-14 sport. While the Whalers had been in a position to draw back and earn the win by a big margin, Everett sees this as a sport that may bode nicely for his gamers transferring ahead as they method state event time.
“I think we needed that,” Everett stated. “It was kind of like a wakeup call for us. The main conversation is we can’t give away free touchdowns. We got to make sure if our opponents are going to put points on the board, we got to make sure they earn it every step of the way. So when it comes down to it, we got to clean up the mistakes and understand that we can’t make these mistakes from this moment on going forward because it is just competition after competition, big games after big games coming up.”
Hanlon had another fantastic day for himself – running for 186 yards and scoring three touchdowns. Guillen-Taveras scored one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown, and now has a team-high 11 scores on the year.
“Arann has always been that guy for us for the past three years,” Everett stated. “Arann, you hear his name every week or every other week. He’s always going to be a playmaker. He should be. A lot of our opponents underestimate him. He proves every week that he’s someone that other teams have to prepare for. David is definitely stepping into himself but I’m not going to lie, even though we keep hearing his name over and over and over again, he hasn’t reached his full potential yet. We’re trying to produce David to be a little bit more physical, a little bit more agile, and just be a full running back. We see signs of him doing it. He’s a very hefty dude. He’s great in the weight room. He’s putting up a lot of weight. We want him to display that on the field. It’s not just do that in the weight room and not take care of your opponent, demolish your opponent, dominate your opponent. We have to show what he’s doing in the weight room on the field, and that’s our plan.”
Defensively, Everett continues to attribute the team’s success to a team effort. He has loved the way his team flocks to the ball and gang tackles. He said when it comes to pointing out any specific players, it becomes difficult to pinpoint one specific player above the rest.
“We’re all rallying to the ball. It’s 11 heads to the ball,” Everett said. “I’ve been preaching that since yr one. They’re all getting their job carried out.”
Nantucket is currently the #7 team in the Division 6 state tournament bracket and has now outscored their opponents 244-58 through six games on their way to the 6-0 record. Everett has been adamant from the moment he took over as head coach last season that his team was capable of winning lots of games, but the margin of victory has taken him surprise not because of how good his team has been playing, but instead because he feels they haven’t come close to their potential yet and have been making avoidable mistakes.
“The margin of victory, I’m very stunned by that with the errors that we’re making week after week,” Everett said. “We have had the identical dialog about these errors week after week, and the truth that we will rally again and discover our rhythm once more and proceed to place up numbers is only a nice sight to see. That simply means going into the playoffs, we’ve got that momentum to seek out ourselves once more and rally again. That’s been an enormous sight for me and the teaching employees, and we’re excited to see what we appear like as an entire program.”
Nantucket will host the Sandwich Blue Knights on Saturday, October 25th at 3:15 p.m. for his or her homecoming sport as they hope to enhance their file to 7-0.
Field Hockey Earns Two Victories
After a troublesome midseason stretch the place the Whaler subject hockey crew misplaced 4 of 5 video games from late September into the primary week of October, the Whalers have bounced again and received back-to-back video games over the weekend to enhance their file to 9-4 whereas extending their win streak to 4 video games.
The first win was a 3-2 victory over St. John Paul II at house on Friday. Senior Sadie Paterson scored two objectives whereas Evie Phelps scored one objective. The second victory was a 7-0 win over Sharon High School on the highway. Paterson scored two extra objectives on this victory whereas Rowan Paul scored a hat trick and Clementine Kelly scored two objectives of her personal.
“I’m definitely really proud of them, particularly after we had that little hiccup in the middle of the season where we weren’t playing so well,” head coach Dan Weber stated. “We had that Sturgis game last week (7-0 win), which kind of got us back on track, then we had a really gritty and really good win on Wednesday (1-0 over Dennis-Yarmouth) and then (Friday) might have been even more so after two of our better players go down with injuries. For them to play together and be composed and play strong after that happens… it’s hard to see your teammates go down, and the girls did a good job staying focused and staying composed. Back-to-back games are hard no matter what, so it was great that we took care of business and did what we needed to do.”
Nantucket will try to win their 10th game of the season on Monday, October 20th when they travel off island to play the Falmouth Clippers at 3:15 p.m. and then play Nauset on the road Tuesday, October 21st at 4 p.m. You can view more senior day photos here.
Volleyball Beats Rising Tide On Senior Day
The Whaler volleyball crew earned a win at house in opposition to the Rising Tide Herons Friday afternoon, beating them 3-0 on their senior day.
The units for volleyball had been:
Set 1: 25-7 Nantucket
Set 2: 25-12 Nantucket
Set 3: 25-7 Nantucket
The win got here following a pair of shut losses on the highway in opposition to the Monomoy Sharks and Mashpee Falcons October 15th and October 16th in 5 set matches, lastly giving the Whalers a consequence they deserved.
Nantucket has a younger crew, so solely two seniors had been acknowledged throughout their ceremony earlier than the sport: Mariana Silva (Captain) and Lee Moore.
Nantucket is now 3-9 this season and can attempt to earn their fourth victory on Monday, October 20th at house in opposition to St. John Paul II at 4 p.m. You can view more senior day photos here.
SCHEDULE AHEAD:
Monday, October twentieth:
The boys soccer crew will probably be at house enjoying Nauset at 3:30 p.m.
The volleyball crew will probably be at house enjoying St. John Paul II at 4 p.m.
The subject hockey crew will probably be on the highway enjoying Falmouth at 3:15 p.m.
Tuesday, October twenty first:
The volleyball crew will probably be at house enjoying Mashpee at 4 p.m.
The cross nation crew will probably be on the highway racing the Monomoy Sharks at 4 p.m.
The subject hockey crew will probably be on the highway enjoying Nauset at 4 p.m.
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