This Whaler sports activities roundup consists of an replace and pictures from the women basketball crew’s dwelling opener on Tuesday, in addition to an replace on the girls and boys swim groups following a highway meet towards the Vineyard.
The ladies basketball crew performed a tough and aggressive recreation Tuesday afternoon at Nantucket High School of their dwelling opener, however misplaced to Falmouth Academy 37-28.
Nantucket solely trailed 16-15 at halftime, however Falmouth Academy managed the third quarter and outscored the Whalers 13-5 to tug away and create a spot Nantucket couldn’t shut.
Sophomore guard Grace Schroeder led the Whalers with 9 factors. Freshman Chloe Washington had seven factors.
Nantucket is now 0-2 this season and remains to be trying to find their first victory however could have two extra makes an attempt to take action earlier than Christmas. They will host the Sturgis West Navigators on Friday, December 19th at 5 p.m. after which host the Monomoy Sharks on Tuesday, December 23rd at 5 p.m.
At the underside of the roundup, you will discover some pictures from Tuesday’s recreation taken by Chris Tran.
The girls and boys swim groups traveled to Martha’s Vineyard on Tuesday to compete with their island rival, and the women crew dominated to win their meet 132-38 whereas the boys misplaced their meet 100-61.
Below are a number of the notable instances for Nantucket.
GIRLS:
Sara Dussault, Zoli Day, Evie Phelps, and Myah Johnson positioned first within the 200 yard medley relay and earned a state qualifying time of two:02.02.
Myah Johnson positioned first within the 50 yard freestyle with a state qualifying time of 25.76. She additionally positioned first within the 100 yard freestyle with a state qualifying time of 57.52.
Zoli Day, Sara Dussault, Evie Phelps, and Myah Johnson positioned first within the 200 yard freestyle relay and earned a sectional qualifying time of 1:52.02.
Leila Noddin, Sasha Noddin, Harper LeBrecht, and Finley Herlihy positioned second within the 200 yard medley relay with a time of two:14.56.
Sammi Nielsen positioned first within the 200 yard freestyle with a time of two:31.58.
Zoli Day positioned first within the 200 yard particular person medley with a time of two:30.91, Leila Noddin positioned second with a time of two:38.48, and Charlotte Brookspositioned third with a time of two:56.34.
Finley Herlihy positioned second within the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 29.36.
Evie Phelps positioned first within the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 1:10.96,Harper LeBrecht positioned second with a time of 1:13.02, and Inna Nikolovapositioned third with a time of 1:21.59.
Sara Dussault positioned second within the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 1:04.22.
Leila Noddin positioned first within the grueling 500 yard freestyle with a time of 6:02.56 and Sammi Nielsen positioned second with a time of 6:49.59. Presy Penkova additionally swam it and positioned fifth with a time of 8:37.15 – choosing up two further factors for the Whalers.
Sasha Noddin, Gabby Nikolova, Inna Nikolova, and Harper LeBrecht positioned second within the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of two:04.06.
BOYS:
Markus Vitanov positioned first within the 200 yard particular person medley with a time of two:39.29.
Andrick Mooney positioned first within the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 24.88.
Robert Graves positioned first within the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 6:21.02.
Maksin Zotau positioned second within the 200 yard freestyle (2:32.53) with an in depth loss to Dylan Hitchen (2:30.80).
Andrick Mooney positioned second within the 100 yard freestyle (57.54) with an in depth loss to Claus Smith (56.17). Pavlin Aleksiev positioned fourth with a time of 59.22.
Maksin Zotau, Finnley Seip, Chase Pignato, and James Donahue positioned second within the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of two:16.59.
The subsequent meet is presently scheduled for December 18th at dwelling towards the Barnstable Red Hawks at 5 p.m.
SCHEDULE AHEAD:
Wednesday, December 17th:
The ladies hockey crew might be on the highway taking part in Barnstable at 4 p.m.
The boys basketball crew might be at dwelling taking part in Falmouth at 5 p.m.
The boys hockey crew might be at dwelling taking part in Bourne High School at 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, December 18th:
The boys swim crew might be at dwelling for a meet towards Barnstable at 5 p.m.
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