NORTH EASTHAM – The Nauset softball team chose the perfect time — and the perfect opponent — to have one of its best performances of the season. After suffering an extra-innings loss at Barnstable on April 27, Nauset got a little revenge Friday afternoon when it cruised to a 14-2 victory over Barnstable in a five-inning mercy-rule contest. “When we came into this game, we knew our issue in our last game was...

HARWICH – When it came time for Maddie Silvester to think about what college she would attend after graduating from Monomoy Regional High School, the Chatham resident knew her future school had to check off a few items on her wish list. For starters, Silvester knew she wanted to get away from Cape Cod, but she didn’t want to be too far from home. The Monomoy field hockey and lacrosse standout also knew that sh...

NORTH EASTHAM — The Nauset softball team was beginning to feel desperate. The Warriors needed to find a pitcher who could throw strikes and force other teams to swing their bats. Junior pitcher Kaylee Davis rose to the challenge for Nauset on Friday when she tossed a complete game to hold off Barnstable and lead the Warriors (4-10) to a lopsided 14-2 victory over their Cape and Islands League Atlantic Division...

PLYMOUTH – The Monomoy girls lacrosse team felt like it had more to give during the second half of Monday’s nonleague game at Plymouth South Monday. After taking a 5-4 deficit into halftime, the Sharks thought about why they wanted to schedule a matchup against the Panthers: they felt it would be a good opportunity to bolster their status for the state tournament’s statewide power rating system. Monomoy ult...

CHATHAM – Fifty-five years have passed since the 1967 Boston Red Sox pulled off what affectionately became known as “The Impossible Dream” after the team posted its first winning season since 1958 and advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1946. Peter Fraser was among the thousands of young kids who fell in love with the ’67 Sox while growing up in Massachusetts. There were a lot of players t...

HARWICH – The Monomoy boys tennis team entered the season with big expectations. With seniors accounting for half of the 16-player roster, there was a reason for the Sharks to be optimistic about what they might be able to accomplish. So far, those expectations have been spot on. Monomoy became one of the first Lower Cape teams to qualify for the postseason when it punched its ticket to the Division 4 state...

Even before this season began, it was widely known that Lucy Mawn is an impact player for the Monomoy girls lacrosse team. The junior from Harwich was a key contributor last year as a sophomore, so it was only natural that she would make a jump and take on an even larger role this season as an upperclassman. Monday was the perfect example of just how much Mawn can do to make a difference, as she scored six goa...

NORTH EASTHAM – Nauset boys lacrosse coach Jesse Peno tactfully scheduled Silver Lake knowing that the Lakers would likely provide his Warriors with a playoff-like test ahead of the Division 2 state tournament. Peno’s hunch was right, and Nauset passed the test with flying colors. Two days after losing to Sandwich in a Cape and Islands League showdown, the Warriors bounced back with a hard-fought 9-8 victor...

HARWICH – The Cape Cod Tech softball team didn’t leave its home field with a victory Monday night, but the result in the scorebook didn’t keep the Crusaders down. The Cape Tech players and their coach, Mike Manley, were in high spirits following a 14-13 loss to Rising Tide in Harwich. Although the loss brings the Crusaders’ record to 0-6 on the spring, Manley and his players were thrilled with the way the t...

HARWICH – Not all victories are measured the same. Over the course of a season, some wins will include a big margin of victory, while other games might require hard-fought finishes to eke out a nailbiter. Rarely does a team receive an all-around complete effort, but that’s what the Monomoy baseball team got Friday afternoon when the Sharks steamrolled Sturgis East for a 10-0 mercy-rule victory in five innings ...

Zach Coelho is plenty familiar with the feeling of being between the pipes, though the North Truro freshman’s past goaltending experience had mostly come on a sheet of ice while playing hockey. Due to a host of injuries to the Nauset boys lacrosse team’s goalies, Coelho has stepped into the crease and provided the team with a spark. He backstopped the team’s 9-8 victory over Silver Lake on Saturday after finis...

SANDWICH – Nobody would’ve been surprised if the Monomoy softball team displayed some rust against Sandwich on Monday afternoon. After all, the Sharks were playing their first game since traveling to Barnstable on April 11. The two-week layoff was no match for Monomoy, however, as the team’s bats exploded for 15 runs en route to a 15-9 victory at Sandwich. Although the team might have made it look easy, som...