David Creed •
This Whaler sports activities roundup contains an replace on the ladies and boys swim groups after a powerful displaying within the Cape & Island’s league championship meet, the ladies basketball group following a powerful residence efficiency that resulted in a double digit victory, the indoor observe group following their league championship meet, and the boys basketball group following a crushing street defeat to a league rival.
Girls Swim Places First, Boys Swim Places Second In C&I League Championships
The women swim group earned themselves a Cape & Island’s league championship following a primary place efficiency at Saturday’s league championship meet at Sandwich High School whereas the boys earned a second place end.
Both groups, in addition to their coaches and oldsters, took the 6:30 a.m. gradual ferry and returned on the 8 p.m. gradual ferry with a view to make it to the meet as a result of Hy-Line having no alternative however to cancel quick ferry journeys as a result of frozen harbor regardless of doing no matter they might to run. The swimmers on each groups shrugged the lengthy journey day apart and pieced collectively robust performances to cap off the common season – with all eyes now on the sectional and state meets later this month.
Below are a few of the ultimate standings.
Girls:
Nantucket: 442
Sandwich: 330
Martha’s Vineyard: 214
Barnstable: 169
Nauset: 121
Boys:
Martha’s Vineyard: 375
Nantucket: 288
Sandwich: 211
Nauset: 151
Barnstable: 118
Below are a few of the notable scores from the meet.
Girls State Times:
Sara Dussault, Zoli Day, Evie Phelps, and Myah Johnson positioned first within the 200-yard medley relay with a state qualifying time of 1:58.50.
Sara Dussault positioned second within the 200-yard particular person medley however earned a state qualifying time of two:23.99 – simply .12 seconds off the primary place completed.
Zoli Day positioned third within the 200-yard particular person medley however earned a state qualifying time of two:27.44.
Myah Johnson positioned first within the 50-yard freestyle with a state qualifying time of 25.77. Johnson additionally positioned first within the 100-yard freestyle with a state qualifying time of 58.48.
Zoli Day, Sara Dussault, Evie Phelps, and Myah Johnson positioned first within the 200-yard freestyle relay with a state qualifying time of 1:48.52.
Sara Dussault positioned second within the 100-yard backstroke with a state qualifying time of 1:06.92.
Evie Phelps positioned first within the 100-yard breaststroke with a state qualifying time of 1:11.31.
Zoli Day positioned second within the 100-yard breaststroke with a state qualifying time of 1:11.68.
Other Notable Girls Times:
Leila Noddin positioned first within the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:10.89 and Sammi Nielsen positioned second with a time of 6:18.43.
Finley Herlihy, Leila Noddin, Inna Nikolova, and Charlotte Brooks positioned first within the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:18.45.
Boys State Times:
Eli MacIver positioned first within the 200-yard particular person medley with a state qualifying time of two:06.21.
Eli MacIver positioned first within the 100-yard breaststroke with a state qualifying time of 1:04.83.
Boys Sectional Times:
Pavlin Aleksiev, Markus Vitanov, Eli MacIver, and Andrick Mooney positioned third within the 200-yard medley relay however earned a sectional qualifying time of 1:52.99.
Andrick Mooney positioned second within the 50-yard freestyle with a sectional qualifying time of 23.88.
Girls Hoops Beats Sturgis East
The women basketball group picked up the win Friday night towards the Sturgis East Storm 52-27. Captain Marin Mooney, who was honored earlier than the sport together with Natalie O’Brien because the group’s two seniors, completed with 14 factors and continues to play an important position for this Whaler group on each ends of the court docket.
“Marin has been key defensively and offensively,” Whaler head coach Angela Paterson stated. “She plays 99 percent of the game, and she is key to our success. Natalie was injured in the beginning of the season, so she hasn’t been able to play much. But when she was on the floor today, she played great. We were trying to get her a basket, but it didn’t happen.”
Freshman level guard Ruby Steadman continued her robust play and completed with 12 factors. Nantucket’s protection continues to be stellar night time in and night time out retaining them in all of their video games whereas they proceed to develop their offensive recreation with a number of youthful gamers within the midst of their first or second seasons as varsity basketball gamers getting acclimated to the pace of the sport.
Nantucket is now 5-9 this season and they’ll be again in motion on Monday, February 2nd on the street towards the Barnstable Red Hawks at 4 p.m. You can view more photos from this game here.
Indoor Track Competes In League Championship
The girls and boys indoor observe groups competed within the League Championship meet on Saturday – navigating the identical journey schedule on Saturday because the swim groups needed to cope with.
Below are some notable occasions and outcomes in line with head coach Matthew Phipps.
JJ Chennis ran a faculty document 6.75 within the 55m for twond place. He’s now certified for the state meet in line with Phipps. Chennis additionally positioned 5th within the 300m.
Alex Horton and Morry Cardona positioned 5th and 6th within the 600m.
Brian Kimball positioned 4th within the 1000m with a private document of two:55.
Michael Sullivan positioned 5th within the one mile with a time of 5:00 and 1st within the 2 mile with a time of 10:57.
Travon James positioned 5th within the lengthy soar.
Tahirah Suragdeen positioned 2nd within the 55m bettering her personal college document (7.66). Suragdeen additionally positioned 4th within the 300m and improved her personal college document (45.25).
Grace Hanlon positioned 2nd within the 1000m bettering her personal college document (3:19.57) and certified for the state meet.
Anna Cronin positioned 3rd within the one mile (5:47) and a pair ofnd within the two mile (12:39).
Both groups tied Falmouth for fiveth place within the meet.
Boys Hoops Lose Low Scoring Game On The Road
Defense has been the problem for the Whaler boys basketball group this winter, however on Friday their protection held the Monomoy Sharks to 50 factors. The robust defensive effort was not sufficient nonetheless, because the Whalers mustered simply 46 factors to lose an in depth 50-46 recreation to their league rival.
Burke Lombardi and Gaven Smith every completed with 14 factors for Nantucket.
The Whalers are actually 6-5 this season and can attempt to get again within the win column on Monday, February 2nd once they journey to play Cape Cod Regional Technical High School at 3:30 p.m.
Current MIAA Power Ranking Positions (Top 32 make the state event + any groups with a document of .500 or higher):
Boys hockey is at #22 within the Division 4 bracket and has a 3-6 document.
Boys basketball is at #28 within the Division 3 bracket and has a 6-5 document.
Girls hockey is at #34 within the Division 2 bracket and has an 0-7 document.
Girls basketball is at #54 within the Division 4 bracket and has a 5-9 document.
SCHEDULE AHEAD:
Monday, February 2nd:
The boys basketball group might be on the street taking part in Cape Cod Regional Technical High School at 3:30 p.m.
The women basketball group might be on the street taking part in the Barnstable Red Hawks at 4 p.m.
Tuesday, February 3rd:
There aren’t any video games presently scheduled for this date.