Monomoy Regional High School is a regional
secondary school located in
Harwich,
Massachusetts
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, United States, within
Barnstable County
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. Monomoy Regional High School serves approximately 625 students in grades 8-12 from the towns of
Chatham and
Harwich.
Construction of the high school was completed in early 2014 and officially opened in September 2014. The school's mascot is the Sharks and the
school colors
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are Navy Blue & Silver.
Athletics
All the athletic teams from
Harwich High School
Harwich High School was a public high school located in Harwich, Massachusetts, United States. Harwich High School was the third smallest public high school on Cape Cod. Harwich High School closed in 2013-2014 due to the towns of Harwich and Cha ...
and
Chatham High School began competing cooperatively as the Monomoy Sharks in Fall 2012 for all sports offered by both schools.
Monomoy offers 20 interscholastic athletic teams along with multiple club and intramural teams. As of 2016, Monomoy is a member of the Cape & Islands League, which competes in the Division 4 level of athletic competition in Massachusetts, and is affiliated with the
Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association
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.
In May 2015, Monomoy Regional High School gained approval from the South Shore League at the annual league meeting to leave the league and join the Cape & Islands League,
citing travel expenses and competition as the main factors regarding their departure. Monomoy was a member of the South Shore League since the mid-1990s. The change will take effect during the beginning of the 2016–17 academic year. The football team's league affiliation is in question due to the change, as the Cape & Islands League does not sponsor football. Ultimately, the Sharks will either continue to compete in the South Shore League as a football only member, or pursue an independent schedule with no league affiliation. With the departure of Monomoy,
Mashpee is left as the South Shore League's lone representative from
Cape Cod
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.
Recent Success in Sports: The Monomoy High School's Basketball team went from 1–19 in 2015-2016 while competing in the South Shore League to 15-6 after switching into the Cape and Islands League. The team went under a controversial time after the school's administration decided to fire beloved Coach and Harwich High School Alumni Adam Rose. Rose was then hired as a head coach at
CCA. Monomoy then hired Coach Keith Arnold a former
DY and
Nauset
The Nauset people, sometimes referred to as the Cape Cod Indians, were a Native American tribe who lived in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. They lived east of Bass River and lands occupied by their closely-related neighbors, the Wampanoag.
Although the ...
boys basketball coach to take over. Part of the team's core of Junior-Meehan and Senior-Mazulis were
Nauset
The Nauset people, sometimes referred to as the Cape Cod Indians, were a Native American tribe who lived in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. They lived east of Bass River and lands occupied by their closely-related neighbors, the Wampanoag.
Although the ...
Transfers who founded the foundation for Monomoy Basketball success. The team won the Cape and Islands Large League Title and also made it to the Division 4 South Sectional Finals as the #9 seed after beating
Sturgis East,
Southeastern
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, and
Old Colony in the MIAA tournament. Later on the team would lose to D4 powerhouse
Cathedral Catholic. Players Nick Meehan, Chris Mazulis, Sam Reed and Eli Nickerson were vital to this team's cinderella run in the MIAA tournament.
Listed below are the sports offered at Monomoy Regional High School:
*Fall
**
Football
**
Field Hockey
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** Boys'
Soccer
** Girls'
Soccer
**
Cheerleading
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**
Cross Country
** Boys'
Golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
*Winter
** Boys'
Basketball
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** Girls'
Basketball
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**
Ice Hockey
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(co-op with
Mashpee)
**
Cheerleading
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*Spring
**
Baseball
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**
Softball
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** Boys'
Tennis
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** Girls'
Tennis
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** Boys'
Lacrosse
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** Girls'
Lacrosse
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**
Track & Field
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**
Sailing
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** Girls'
Golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
References
Monomoy High School cost estimated at $65.4 million
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2014 establishments in Massachusetts
Chatham, Massachusetts
Educational institutions established in 2014
Harwich, Massachusetts
Public high schools in Massachusetts
Schools in Barnstable County, Massachusetts