NORTH EASTHAM – Nauset’s first-year boys basketball coach Kevin Harrigan knew this past week wasn’t going to be easy. With Cape and Islands League matchups with Cape Cod Academy and Martha’s Vineyard on the slate ahead of a non-league test against Plymouth North, Harrigan expected the Warriors would face one of their most challenging weeks yet. Although the week didn’t start how Harrigan hoped it would — Na...

Nauset Regional High School alumni and members of the Nauset basketball community are rallying around Anne Miller, the widow of former Nauset basketball coach Leo Miller, after her Pine Island, Fla. home was destroyed by Hurricane Ian in September. The Millers retired to Florida after devoting nearly 40 years to Cape Cod’s basketball community, specifically at Nauset, where Leo taught special education for 39 ...

ORLEANS – It’s not common that a team with 10 freshmen and two eighth-graders is viewed as being among the top best teams in the region. It’s even more rare for a team with that much youth to experience success under a first-year coach. Though it may be uncommon, that’s the story of the Cape Cod Furies, the girls co-op hockey program open to girls from Nauset, Monomoy and Cape Cod Tech. After posting a 13-5...

One of the characteristics Monomoy girls basketball coach Brian Tomasini likes most about his team is the players’ athleticism. With so many three-sport athletes, the Sharks boast a lineup of versatile girls who can handle various responsibilities. However, one downfall of having a team comprised of three-sport athletes is that it can take some time for those players to get into the full-swing of a new sport o...

EASTHAM –The connection and bond between the Nauset swimming and diving teams is easy to spot. Make your way to Willy’s Gym in Eastham for one of the Warriors’ home meets and their togetherness will be on full display. Although swimmers often attack their events with an individual focus and determination, they are never really alone as they make their way up and down their respective swimming lanes. Instead...

For many, the sight of the calendar turning to a new year often brings a sense of excitement and energy. As much as we were looking forward, the first few weeks of 2022 felt like a continuation of the two years that preceded it, as COVID-19 outbreaks forced area schools to pause their respective sports seasons, raising the question of whether this year would finally bring the “new normal” that had been promised t...

SOUTH DENNIS – With more than a dozen seniors on his roster, longtime coach Lew Alberti had a feeling that this year’s Dennis Yarmouth/Cape Cod Tech/Cape Cod Academy co-op boys hockey team might be a special group. Even with that inkling, Alberti didn’t know just how dominant his squad would be to start the season. Following a 10-3 thrashing of Assabet Valley to open the season, DY/CCT/CCA took care of Mashpee...

HARWICH – It’s not always easy for first-year coaches to ask players to do new things. It can be especially challenging when the players are seniors with years of experiencing working with certain systems and schedules. Cape Cod Tech’s new girls basketball coach Nick Conti has asked the girls to alter their habits while incorporating new ones — including practicing on Saturdays — this winter. The result has...

NORTH EASTHAM – Monomoy girls basketball coach Brian Tomasini doesn’t want to take this year’s team’s athleticism for granted. That’s why the Sharks placed such an emphasis on conditioning during preseason tryouts and practices. The hard work paid off in the team’s first game, as Tomasini and Monomoy showcased their defensive tenacity during a 45-36 season-opening victory over Nauset on Friday in North Eastham...

ORLEANS – The new era of Nauset boys hockey couldn’t have started any better. Led by first-year coach Connor Brickley, a former professional and the nephew of Bruins legend and TV commentator Andy Brickley, the Warriors have outscored opponents 17-5 through their first two games. Nauset opened the season Thursday with a dominant 10-1 road victory at St. John Paul II before skating to a 7-4 win over Nantucke...

HARWICH – It’s difficult enough for a team to jell when all of the players are familiar with each other. The task of getting teammates to grow closer with each other becomes a little more challenging when the players come from different backgrounds. With each of the four grades accounted for on its roster, the Monomoy boys basketball team has no choice but to bond with each other. Not only did the Sharks work ...

NORTH EASTHAM – It can be challenging to get used to a first-year coach. In many cases, new coaches mean new coaching styles, different plays and fresh ideas, all of which can lead to an adjustment period for players as they become accustomed to the new coaching environment. Although Nauset’s boys and girls varsity basketball programs will both feature first-year coaches this winter, both girls coach Jean Leyt...

SOUTH YARMOUTH – It was one of the most exciting football games played on Cape Cod this fall. It just didn’t end the way Nauset had hoped it would. Seeking its first Thanksgiving win over Dennis-Yarmouth since 2018, Nauset threw everything it had at its rival. The end result was an instant classic — a 26th installment of the Chowder Bowl that featured a combined 87 points, nearly 1,000 yards of total offense a...

HARWICH — If Las Vegas bet on high school football games, oddsmakers may have put the over-under for points in the Thanksgiving classic between Monomoy and St. John Paul II at around 40. Fewer points than the teams’ point total last year, but still a high-scoring affair. If that was the line on Thursday, the under would have hit and then some — as the game remained scoreless after four quarters of play. Def...

Prepare the turkey, mash those potatoes and make sure to stuff enough stuffing…but don’t forget to enjoy some pigskin Thanksgiving morning. All three of the Lower Cape’s high school football teams will be in action Thursday morning when they close out their respective seasons with another edition of Thanksgiving football rivalries. Harwich will play host to two Thanksgiving games, as Cape Cod Tech (2-8) wil...

MIDDLEBOROUGH – Even after losing last year’s starting goaltender Caroline Upson and leading goal scorer Caroline DiGiovanni to graduation, the Monomoy field hockey team still entered this fall with big expectations. With plenty of returning talent joining a first-year coach that many of the players were familiar with and thrilled about, the Sharks were reinvigorated and motivated to atone for last year’s Divi...