SANDWICH – After opening its season with a convincing 10-4 victory over St. John Paul II, the Nauset baseball team has seen how costly simple miscues can be. The team fell to 1-3 after suffering losses to Duxbury (11-5), Sandwich (5-1) and Falmouth (2-1), and one common theme throughout the slow start has been errors in the field, according to first-year coach Doug Mason. “One rough inning in three gam...

Monomoy boys lacrosse coach John Kent knew there would be question marks surrounding this year’s team. After losing much of last year’s core, including leading scorers Jake Burnie and Tommy Pandiscio, to graduation, Kent knew the Sharks would need some fresh faces to step up this spring. They’ve done just that. Despite suffering its first loss of the season on Monday — a 16-15 defeat at Cape Cod Academy in ...

NORTH EASTHAM – Although the Nauset softball team had experienced success before Monday’s game against visiting Nantucket, the Warriors really found their rhythm against the Whalers. After scoring six runs in the first inning, Nauset cruised to a 14-0 victory over Nantucket in a game that saw the mercy rule come into effect in the fifth inning. The win moves the Warriors to 2-1 on the season as they followe...

HARWICH – With only one senior and two juniors on a team comprised of mostly underclassmen, Cape Cod Tech boys lacrosse coach Mike Bell understands this spring won’t be easy. Bell acknowledges the Crusaders are going through some growing pains as they look to build the foundation of a program that can grow with the team’s five sophomores and 10 freshmen, who are gaining valuable playing time at the varsity lev...

NORTH EASTHAM – It didn’t matter if Grace Harris was standing at the plate or crouched down behind it, the Nauset senior catcher made plays all over the field to help lead the Warriors to a 14-0 victory over Nantucket Monday afternoon. Offensively, Harris scored four runs after reaching base safely four times. She walked twice, drove in a run with an RBI single and added a solo home run on a blast that rolled ...

Doug and Marissa Kenny are no strangers to the thrill that comes with crossing a finish line. In addition to owning and operating The Orleans Center for Dental Excellence, the married couple from Orleans are also avid runners, bikers and hikers, who have completed 18 marathons together. While all marathons are exciting, this year’s Boston Marathon on April 17 will be especially memorable for the couple, who ar...

HARWICH – At the end of a strong pitching performance by Monomoy starter Andrew Clifford, some early-season rust showed up and proved costly for the Sharks in the final innings. Monomoy dropped its season opener to visiting Mashpee on Monday afternoon after the Falcons capitalized on some defensive miscues by the Sharks to score three runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh en route to a 6-1 victory at...

HARWICH – The smiles were big, the cheers were deafening, and the dance moves were electric. And that doesn’t even account for the basketball, which was full of highlights. The local community packed the Monomoy Regional High School gymnasium on Friday night when the Harlem Wizards basketball team visited town for an exhibition game against Monomoy students, teachers and faculty. Like the Harlem Globetro...

HARWICH – On a day in which the Monomoy baseball team’s bats were stymied by poor luck, sophomore Finn Hyora came through late to provide the Sharks with their only run during Monday’s 6-1 season-opening loss to Mashpee. Hyora, a Chatham resident, went 2 for 4 at the plate, finishing with a single and an RBI double that one-hopped the left-field fence at Whitehouse Field. The double — which came with two outs ...

For decades, Jerry Gordon built his reputation as a defensive virtuoso on the gridiron. His passion for coaching football led him from the University of Massachusetts, Northeastern and Yale campuses to the high school ranks, where he taught and coached at high schools in Virginia, Sandwich, and most recently at Nauset. Although teaching and coaching throughout the East Coast provided Gordon with many memorable...

The effect of last year’s historic season served as motivation for the Monomoy girls golf team throughout the winter. The Sharks have remained hungry after posting a 12-0 regular season, capturing the Cape and Islands League title and finishing as the runner-up at last spring’s state championship. “A group of about six girls have been hitting simulators and practicing two or three times a week through the wint...

NORTH EASTHAM – Minutes after the buzzer sounded to mark the end of Monday’s scrimmage against Monomoy, Nauset girls lacrosse coach Heather Stevens reflected on what she saw and how it differed from last year’s preseason scrimmage against the Sharks. There was a lot that the Warriors’ coach liked about Monday’s 11-11 draw, though Stevens was especially happy to see her team’s depth and how well the players wor...