EASTHAM — The arrival of the long-awaited high school football season, now one of the state’s “Fall II” sports, has been delayed a week as the Nauset Regional High team […]
Sports
BURNING BRIGHT
‘Tiger’: How Not to Wish Upon a Star
A golfer’s injury inspires reflection
There is a certain tier of athletes I like to classify as “one-namers.” That means they’re recognizable by their first or last name only. LeBron, Brady, Jordan, Serena, Babe, and […]
HOLY GRAIL
The Surprising Evolution of Sports Card Collecting
Value is in the eye of the beholder for a Barry Bonds card or a digital ‘moment’
People have collected sports cards for 135 years. The first set of baseball cards was released in 1886 by the Goodwin Tobacco Company. A Honus Wagner card from that set […]
AWARDS
Winter Sports All-Stars
12 Nauset athletes are honored by the Cape & Islands League
EASTHAM — Nine Nauset Regional High School winter athletes were named Cape & Islands League All-Stars this season. Nauset boys basketball was represented by juniors Seth Asiimwe and Keleb Daniels. […]
THE TIP-UP
Sunday on the Pond, With Pickerel
The primal pleasures of coming out from winter hiding
Ice fishing? That was everyone’s first question. And then, in varied order: Won’t you fall through? But what if you do? Won’t you be cold? Will you catch anything? Or, […]
LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Avery Burns Ends Season Proud of Her Team’s Effort
Nauset girls basketball gave their all despite championship loss
EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School girls basketball season didn’t end the way the team wanted it to, but senior leader Avery Burns feels good knowing that she and […]
OVERBOARD
Chess Club Makes a Virtual Move
Nauset, Sturgis, and Plymouth North students play online
EASTHAM — Most high-school sports have struggled to maintain a playable season this year, due to strict safety regulations and rescheduled games in a shortened season. But one club sport […]
TOURNAMENT TIME
Nauset Basketball Racks Up More Wins
League tournaments cap the winter season; skaters go virtual
EASTHAM — The Nauset Warriors boys basketball team came away with a win at the buzzer against Barnstable on Monday in the first round of the Cape and Islands League […]
DOWNHILL SHIFT
Skiing the Slopes for the First Time
Trying not to get squashed on Butternut
Snow sports are not my forte. I don’t ice skate, and I went snowboarding a couple of times on some golf course hills, but that’s about it. I’d never been […]
SCORING
Nauset Basketball Keeps Up Its Winning Ways
Girls remain undefeated as boys improve
EASTHAM — Nauset High School’s basketball players kept their success rolling on Saturday, Feb. 13, as both the boys and girls teams defeated the Dennis-Yarmouth Dolphins. The boys team made […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Facing a Blue Knights Weekend
A weekly preview of Nauset High sports
Thursday, Feb. 18 Girls basketball: The undefeated Warriors (9-0) travel to play the Falmouth Clippers (7-4) at 2:30 p.m. Girls ice hockey: The Cape Cod Furies (2-2-4) will play the […]
HOCKEY, BASKETBALL
Hussey Leads Warriors to Senior Night Win
Girls remain undefeated on the court
EASTHAM — Drew Locke secured his first victory as head coach of Nauset Regional High School boys hockey when the team beat Barnstable 4-3 at the Charles Moore Arena on […]
PATRIOTISM
Looking at Brady From Both Sides Now
The give and take of becoming a fan of the game
I am a New York Jets fan. I don’t know why it happened. My family is from New York and my dad is a huge Giants fan. Even though I […]
COLD WAVE
6 Questions Sane People Ask Winter Surfers
It might be crazy, but ‘it makes us smile’
Being a surfer on Cape Cod in the winter invites a lot of questions. Willingly jumping into the ocean when the temperature dips below freezing and the waves are big […]
HOOPS
Nick Minnerath’s Unlikely Path From Truro to Seoul
How the ‘Cape Cod Kid’ turned his life around to become a professional athlete
TRURO — Nick Minnerath was almost two years beyond high school when he and his dad, Michael Minnerath, drove from Truro to Nebraska to help his sister move in late […]
