Sports Roundup: Boys & Girls Swim Wins, Boys Hockey Loses On The Road

This Whaler sports roundup includes an update on the boys hockey team, as well as the boys and girls swim teams following victories in their road matchups on Wednesday.

Boys & Girls Swim Earn Victories

The boys and girls swim teams went on the road and earned victories in their meet against Sandwich High School and Middleboro/Apponequet. 

The girls standings were:

Nantucket 58

Apponequet/Middleboro: 28

Sandwich: 18


The boys standings were:

Nantucket 36

Sandwich 31

Apponequet/Middleboro 27


Below are some notable times from the Whalers:

STATE TIMES:

- Sara Dussault, Zoli Day, Evie Phelps, and Myah Johnson placed first in the 200-yard medley relay with a state time of 2:02.96.

- Myah Johnson placed first in the 200-yard individual medley with a state time of 2:26.97. 

- Zoli Day placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a state time of 1:13.52.

- Sara Dussault placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a state time of 1:16.28.


SECTIONAL TIMES:

- Zoli Day placed second in the 200-yard individual medley with a sectional time of 2:27.31.

- Zoli Day, Sara Dussault, Evie Phelps, and Myah Johnson placed first in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a sectional time of 1:53.24.

- Evie Phelps placed fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke with a sectional time of 1:17.61.


OTHER FIRST PLACE FINISHES: 

- Pavlin Aleksiev, Markus Vitanov, Eli MacIver, and Andrick Mooney placed first in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:56.95.

- Eli MacIver placed first in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:17.36.

- Andrick Mooney placed first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.31.

- Finley Herlihy placed first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:01.85.

- Eli MacIver placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:09.87.

Boys Hockey Loses To Mashpee/Monomoy

The boys hockey team continues to play competitive hockey amidst a tough schedule, and on Wednesday they traveled to the Cape to play Mashpee/Monomoy - the #13 seed in Division 4.

Nantucket lost 4-2 after two third period goals by the Sharks to pull out the victory. Whaler head coach Jack Moran continues to praise his junior goalie - Thomas Schroeder - who made the sacrifice of playing forward to put on the goalie pads with his team not having a net minder this season.

Schroeder played goalie for most of his youth hockey career, so he wasn't unfamiliar with the role, however Moran said Schroeder had "over 35 saves" in Wednesday's matchup.

"Thomas is playing out of his mind," Moran said. "He had to have stopped at least 35 shots. A ton of them during penalty kills."

Nantucket's two goals were both scored in the second period after the Sharks took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission. Senior captain Canton Jenkinson scored 1:28 into the second period off an assist from Felix Soares. Then just over a minute later, Jeremy Jenkinson scored an unassisted goal to make it a 2-2 game.

"It was a great game," Moran said. "We played solid and we were tied at 2 going into the third. They went ahead on a screen shot and then on the last goal, Thomas grabbed it with his catcher but the force threw his glove back and the puck came out into the goal. Good, solid, physical hockey game."

Nantucket's next game is scheduled for Saturday, January 24th on the road against Foxborough High School at 2 p.m.

Current MIAA Power Ranking Positions (Top 32 make the state tournament + any teams with a record of .500 or better):

Boys hockey is at #24

Boys basketball is at #27

Girls hockey is at #34

Girls basketball is at #40


SCHEDULE AHEAD:

Friday, January 23rd:

The girls basketball team will be on the road playing Falmouth Academy at 4 p.m.

The boys basketball team will be on the road playing Falmouth High School at 4 p.m.


Saturday, January 24th:

The girls basketball team will be at home playing Barnstable High School at 12:30 p.m.

The boys hockey team will be on the road playing Foxborough High School at 2 p.m.


Sunday, January 25th:

The girls hockey team will host Plymouth South at 11 a.m.

The boys hockey team will host North Quincy at 2 p.m.

*The schedule is subject to change due to the forecasted snowstorm, so check back here or our events calendar for any updates on possible cancellations.*

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