EASTHAM — It was a beautiful night for football at Nauset Regional High School on Friday, Sept. 10 — the first fall football game for the Warriors since 2019. The Cape and Islands League had been forced to move its football season to the spring last year because of the pandemic.
Last season, fan attendance was limited. But on Friday a fair number turned out to watch the Warriors play a game that was anything but beautiful. Nauset fell hard, 43-0, to the Pembroke Titans, who play in the South Shore’s Patriot League Fisher Division. The game was essentially over after the first half, with the Titans ahead 35-0.
The Warriors couldn’t get anything going on offense and nearly fumbled two possessions in a row to the Titans in the second quarter, with the team already down 27-0. Pembroke came out strong and its defense played aggressively. Nauset looked a little shell-shocked early on and couldn’t match the Titans’ energy.
Nauset has a fairly young team this year with just four seniors and 15 underclassmen on the roster. The team will need to regroup and put on a better showing at its home field this Friday against another tough opponent in Hopkinton High School.
Meanwhile, the girls soccer and boys soccer teams are both off to 2-0 starts. The girls soccer team has outscored its opponents 14-1 in its first two games, defeating Monomoy Regional 10-1 at home on Sept. 7 and shutting out Barnstable 4-0 on its home field on Sept. 10.
The boys soccer squad edged New Bedford 1-0 on the road on Sept. 7, then scored a convincing 6-1 victory over Barnstable at home on Sept. 11.
Girls field hockey is also perfect on the season so far, having won all three of its games without giving up a single goal. The squad beat Carver twice, 3-0 on Sept. 8 and 2-0 on Sept. 13, and defeated Martha’s Vineyard 4-0 on Sept. 10.
Thursday, Sept. 16
Boys golf: The Barnstable Red Hawks travel to face the Warriors at Captains Golf Course in Brewster at 3:30 p.m.
Girls volleyball: The Rising Tide Charter School of Plymouth play the Warriors at 4 p.m.
Boys and girls cross country: The boys and girls teams compete in a meet against the Nantucket Whalers on Nantucket at 4 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 17
Boys soccer: The Falmouth Clippers come to Eastham to play the Warriors at 4 p.m.
Girls volleyball: The Sturgis East Charter School hosts the Warriors at the Hyannis Youth Community Center at 7 p.m.
Boys football: The Warriors play their second home game of the season against the Hopkinton Hillers at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 18
Boys and girls cross country: The two teams compete in the Health Parks Healthy People 5K at Nauset High at 9 a.m.
Girls field hockey: The Falmouth Clippers host the Warriors at 11 a.m.
Girls soccer: The Sturgis West Charter School will travel to Eastham to play the Warriors at 11 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 20
Girls soccer: The Falmouth Clippers host the Warriors at 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 21
Boys golf: The Warriors tee off against the Falmouth Clippers at Falmouth Country Club at 3:30 p.m.
Boys and girls cross country: The Red Hawks host the Warriors for a meet at Barnstable High School at 4:30 p.m.
Boys soccer: The Warriors are on the road to play the Dennis-Yarmouth Dolphins at 4:30 p.m.
Girls volleyball: The Barnstable Red Hawks play the Warriors at 5:15 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 22
Boys golf: The Warriors tee off against Cape Cod Academy for another match at Captains Golf Course at 3:30 p.m.
Girls field hockey: The Dennis-Yarmouth Dolphins play the Warriors at Nauset High at 4 p.m.
