2005 Football Archive

11/10/05: South Shore slips past Whalers

They were playing for pride. They may not have won the game – a 22-8 loss to South Shore on Saturday – but the varsity football team might have earned the “W” back on their helmets....More

11/3/05: Titans take down Whalers in the snow

The slide continued Saturday for the varsity football team, as the Whalers fell to Pembroke 33-14 on a snow-covered field, extending their losing streak to four games. With the non-league loss, the team sunk to 1-6 overall on the season with three games to play....More

10/13/05: Whalers tame Wildcats for first win

It was a must-win situation. And they did. After losing the first two games of the season for the first time since 1965, the varsity football team dominated the visiting West Bridgewater Wildcats Saturday for a 37-26 victory at home....More

10/13/05: JV football downs Diman for first win of season

The junior varsity football team won its first game in nearly two years last Friday as they blanked Diman Tech 36-0. The Whalers distributed the ball to five different scorers and played an aggressive style of defense in the win.....More

09/15/05: Cohasset catches football for loss

For the fourth straight year, the Whalers dropped their season opener to Cohasset. The Skippers controlled the ball and drove through a porous Nantucket defense for much of the first half for the 27-8 non-league victory on Saturday....More

09/15/05: JV football falls at Cohasset in first game of the season

The junior varsity football team took an early lead against Cohasset in the season opener last Saturday, but the Skippers ran off 24 unanswered points for the 24-8 victory....More

09/08/05: Football prepares for season opener

In the first head-to-head competition of the 2005 football campaign, the Whalers took on Nauset in a preseason scrimmage last Saturday. While no official score was kept, Nantucket and Nauset each scored once under controlled scrimmage conditions....More

09/01/05: Football barrels toward opener

The final seconds of last year’s Island Cup game against Martha’s Vineyard still linger in the nightmares of head coach Vito Capizzo and most likely those of many of his players, coaches and fans....More