Photo Gallery: 2026 Fall Sports Preseason Begins

The 2026 Nantucket High School fall sports season officially began on Monday as all Whaler sports teams were allowed to begin their preseason practices with regular season action right around the corner. Below are the schedules for each team and photos taken at each team's practice during the first day of the training window. Expect season previews to be published as we get closer to the regular season openers.

The field hockey team will be scrimmaging Wednesday, August 26th at 10:30 p.m. at home against Barnstable and begin their regular season on Thursday, September 10th at home against the Falmouth Clippers. You can view their full schedule here.

The boys soccer team will be scrimmaging the Cohasset Skippers on Friday, August 28th at 1 p.m. and Canton High School on Sunday, August 30th on the road at 12:30 p.m. They will begin their regular season on Thursday, September 10th on the road against Falmouth. You can view their full schedule here.

The football team will be scrimmaging the Monomoy Sharks on Saturday, September 5th at 11:30 a.m. The Whalers, as well as the cheerleading team, will begin their regular season on Saturday, September 12th at home against East Bridgewater at 2 p.m. You can view their full schedule here.

The golf team will be the first Whaler squad to begin regular season play. They will travel to take on Cape Cod Academy on Tuesday, September 1st at 3:30 p.m. You can view their full schedule here.

The volleyball team will begin their season on Wednesday, September 9th on the road against the Nauset Warriors at 3:30 p.m. You can view their full schedule here.

The boys and girls cross country teams will begin their season on Wednesday, September 9th on the road against the Sturgis East Storm at 3:30 p.m. You can view their full schedule here.

The girls soccer team will begin their regular season on Thursday, September 10th at home against the Falmouth Clippers at 4 p.m. You can view their full schedule here.