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Hundreds of Islanders flooded the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School gymnasium on Sunday to remember Waylon Sauer during an inaugural basketball tournament. Students and classmates organized the annual Waylon Madison Sauer Memorial Basketball Tournament, named in honor of the MVRHS junior who passed away tragically in a single-car crash in November last year. The high […]

The MVRHS boys basketball team didn’t come away with a win from their matchup against Nantucket at TD Garden in Boston on Sunday afternoon. But Coach Mike Joyce said that they had an amazing experience playing on the Boston’s Celtics’ parquet. “They were eating it up,” Joyce said of his squad after the game. “They […]

Boys’ hockey legitimizes their winning streak Going into their rematch against Dennis-Yarmouth on Wednesday, Jan. 18, the Vineyarders had posted seven wins in a row, starting with their run at the Heuchling and Swift Classic at the end of December. The last team to beat them? Dennis-Yarmouth, on Dec. 17. Not only was a chance […]

It was another exciting week of hoops at the Martha’s Vineyard Youth Basketball League. Good times, friendly competition, close games and a buzzer-beater were just a sample of the events of the week. Tuesday, March 29 Purple 54, Lime 30: Purple’s Kamel Timmons’ 24 points were too much for the shorthanded Lime to overcome. For […]