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Sports

    WARRIORS WATCH

    Boys Ice Hockey Hosts New Year’s Day Game

    A weekly preview of Nauset High sports

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    Note: Team records are listed as of the Independent’s deadline.  Friday, Dec. 27 Boys wrestling: The Warriors (0-1) will play in the Marshfield Holiday Tournament at Marshfield High School, beginning […]

    PUBLIC SAFETY

    Willy’s Gym Closed for ‘Numerous Violations’

    The timetable for reopening the fitness center is uncertain

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    EASTHAM —Willy’s World Wellness and Conference Center on Route 6 was temporarily shut down on Dec. 12 after Eastham Building Commissioner Thomas Wingard found the facility “unsafe.” Wingard’s notice, posted […]

    CHESS

    Playing in Memory: Nauset Club Honors Miles Tibbetts

    High school chess players prepare to defend their first championship

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    EASTHAM — To understand the story of the Miles Tibbetts Chess Club at Nauset Regional High School you must first know who Miles Tibbetts was. “He started playing chess when […]

    WARRIORS WATCH

    Winter Sports Season Kicks Off This Week

    A weekly preview of Nauset High sports

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    Thursday, Dec. 12 Girls ice hockey: The Warriors will play the Barnstable Red Raiders at the Hyannis Youth Community Center at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 Girls basketball: The Nauset […]

    BACKYARD FOOTBALL

    Keeping a Thanksgiving Tradition Alive

    How I found satisfaction at the Frodel family's Turkey Bowl

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    EASTHAM — Thanksgiving is about celebrating traditions with family and friends. Each family and group of friends is unique, but it’s clear that for many of us, these time-honored rituals […]

    FOWL PLAY

    Hunters Take Aim at Phaseout of Pheasant Stocking

    National Seashore may halt practice within five years

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    As upland game season wraps up on Nov. 30, many local hunters worry that a longstanding tradition of pheasant hunting will soon be ending. Following a 2002 court challenge by […]

    on the sheet

    Cape Codders Find Camaraderie in Curling

    People who aim at ice houses should throw stones

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    ORLEANS — “It’s chess on ice.” That’s how Bill Fragaszy of Yarmouth Port describes the intricate sport of curling. Fragaszy and other members of the Lower Cape Curling Club take […]

    SURFING

    At Home in a Portuguese Surf Town

    The tide and the wind are the same in any language

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    The sun is warm on my shoulders. The salt is starting to pinch the skin at the corners of my eyes as it dries. A small white cup of coffee […]

    BODY/MIND

    Press Pause: Developing Awareness with Yoga

    Interoception makes us less likely to ignore symptoms of larger problems

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    Ever walked out of a yoga class feeling peaceful? Even-keeled? Like you had hit the reset button? Same here. It was what first hooked me. I reluctantly walked into a […]

    WARRIORS WATCH

    Football Team Falls in Semi-Finals

    A weekly wrap-up of Nauset High sports

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    Note: Team records are listed as of the Independent’s deadline. Thursday, Nov. 14 Boys soccer: The Warriors (18-0-2) will play the Oliver Ames Tigers (15-3-0) in a Division 2 South […]

    CROSS-COUNTRY

    High School Girls Look to Defend Their State Title

    Nauset remains undefeated entering the Eastern Mass. Div. 4 Championships

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    EASTHAM — After ending the regular season with a 9-0 record and a first-place finish in the league championship meet on Oct. 26, the Nauset High girls’ cross-country team aims […]

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