ORLEANS — The third part of the answer to the Sphinx’s riddle for Oedipus was on view, with a twist, at Charles Moore Arena in Orleans on Jan. 5, where […]
Sports
TRACK
A New Runner Sets Her Sights on an Old Record
For Amina Iliusinova, America is an invitation to take sports seriously
EASTHAM — Amina Iliusinova had never run track before she joined the team at Nauset Regional High School as a junior last spring. She had been a high jumper at […]
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Nauset Wrestling Welcomes Five Tech Students
This year’s team is up to 21 members but is still missing some weight classes
SANDWICH — Chaz Thomas walked onto the wrestling mat at the open meet at Sandwich Middle High School on Saturday, Dec. 14 and greeted his opponent. “He’s probably the strongest […]
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Girls Basketball Sees a Surge in Popularity
NRHS will have freshman, JV, and varsity teams this year
EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School girls basketball team is working on rebounding, with Coach Jean Leyton advising from just under the backstop. While the players know it’s important […]
GAMBITS
Nauset Chess Is a Winning Tradition
Lucas Wilson-Bevington bests Joey Smith in Miles Tibbetts Tournament
EASTHAM — Few onlookers were surprised when Joey Smith and Lucas Wilson-Bevington sat down across from each other at a table in Nauset Regional High School’s new cafeteria for the […]
TURKEY TROT
The Trot Must Go On
Truro’s first-ever ‘Gobble Hobble’ makes its rainy debut
TRURO — Saturday dawned, but only barely. The light was low, and the rain was heavy as I exited the car at Truro Vineyards and sloshed my way over the […]
SHOCK WAVES
Kiteboarders Mourn After a ‘Heartbreaking’ October
Fatal accident at Bee’s River was highly unusual, say kiters
EASTHAM — If the wind was right, Eli Winslow would be out there. A member of Cape Cod’s small but tight-knit kiteboarding community, he loved nothing more than riding the […]
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Nauset Football, at 6-3, Looks Ahead to Thanksgiving Classic
Soccer teams both knocked out in 2nd round of state tournament
EASTHAM — Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School’s football team arrived at the Nauset High turf about an hour before the home team showed up last Thursday. By the time […]
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Field Hockey Seniors Prepare to Pass Baton
Warriors finish regular season 7-8-3, qualifying for postseason play
EASTHAM — It was a bittersweet evening for Nauset’s field hockey players when eight seniors bid a tearful goodbye to their teammates before heading home on Thursday, Oct. 24. While […]
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Nauset Golf, Undefeated, Takes Fifth in State Tourney
Jack Martin caps off high-school career with 12th-place finish
PITTSFIELD — Nauset High’s varsity golf team was a long way from home on Monday in the highlands of western Massachusetts. The golfers were at Berkshire Hills Country Club as […]
BASKETBALL
Open Gyms Mean Hoop Dreams for Everyone
Pickup games show kids ‘how the game should be played’
PROVINCETOWN — Chris McKernan turns the key in the lock at the Veterans Memorial Community Center gym at 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday night for pickup basketball. Open gyms like this […]
OYEZ
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Town Crying Is More Than a Side Hustle
Provincetown’s first town crier competition is, by turns, historical and hysterical
This article was updated on Oct. 10, 2024. PROVINCETOWN — Ten bastions of North America’s crier culture came to town hall on Oct. 7, each one there to cry twice […]
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Halfway Through Season, Nauset Soccer Teams Lead the League
Boys varsity qualifies for postseason; girls are well on their way
EASTHAM — Nauset High soccer has something of a reputation. The boys varsity won all 23 games in 2016, then did it again in 2018, when they finished third in […]
TREASURE ISLAND
Tiny Tyke Soccer Is a Kick
Smiles, tears, cartwheels, and water breaks at Provincetown Rec’s soccer for kids 6 and under
PROVINCETOWN — The little chickens sitting on small soccer balls like round yellow eggs flew into a frenzy at the chirp of a neon whistle. They ran around, sometimes kicking […]
POND BY POND
A New Way to Be Happy: Fighting Garbage
A group of women comes into view by doing small things in great ways
BREWSTER — On their last dive of the 2024 season, Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage retrieved an abandoned anchor, a half dozen golf balls, and at least a cooler-full of […]
