From the Walpole Youth Soccer Association website:

Travel Teams will be posted here as they are available starting Wednesday June 24th at 8pm

Girls Travel Teams
u10 Girls Travel Teams Parents – if your child was not selected for a u10 travel team – they will be playing on one of our 10 or 12 In-Town u10 Girls teams at Mylod. You will be contacted in late August with all the details by your coach. Have a great summer.

u11 Girls Travel Teams
u12 Girls Travel Teams
u14 Girls Travel Teams

Boys Travel Teams
u10 Boys Travel Team

u11 Boys Travel Teams – not yet ready – check back in a couple of days – we will post when ready

u12 Boys Travel Teams

u14 Boys Travel Teams – not yet ready – check back in a couple of days – we will post when ready

Read “Travel Teams” on the WYSA website

Read the entire article on the Wicked Local Walpole website:

Athletic fees next year at Walpole High School will be bumped up by $45 per student, per sport.

The School Committee last week approved the increase objections of one member who believes the toll is arbitrary and that parents are overburdened already with other fees.

With the increase, parents will pay $200 for their child to play a sport at the high school next year. If a student plays three or more sports, an individual cap has been put in place so they won’t pay more than $500 total in sport fees. A family cap has also been set at $1,000.

Those numbers are up from $155 per sport this year with a family cap of $775.

"(The increase) is ridiculously large, but it’s necessary to fund a program," said Jim Erker, who serves as the interim athletic director until July 1.

The fee boost, along with an increase in gate fees at football and basketball games and changes in how athletes are bused to games and scrimmages, should balance out a projected $60,000 deficit in the fiscal 2010 athletic budget, said Superintendent Lincoln Lynch.

"There’s a problem in the athletic …

From the Walpole Youth Soccer Association website:

Travel Teams will be posted here as they are available starting Wednesday June 24th at 8pm

Girls Travel Teams
u10 Girls Travel Teams Parents – if your child was not selected for a u10 travel team – they will be playing on one of our 10 or 12 In-Town u10 teams at Mylod.

u11 Girls Travel Teams

u12 Girls Travel Teams – Not enough coaches have volunteered yet, to make up all teams – Tom Grimes is still looking for additional coaches – please contact him if you are available to volunteer – they hope to meet on Thursday night, and will try to post on Friday June 25th at 8pm – sorry for the delay.

u14 Girls Travel Teams

Boys Travel Teams – are not yet ready – we hope to get them completed by Friday June 25th at 8pm – sorry for the delay.
u10 Boys Travel Team
u11 Boys Travel Teams
u12 Boys Travel Teams
u14 Boys Travel Teams

Read “Travel Teams” on the WYSA website

From the Walpole Youth Soccer Association website:

All travel teams for the upcoming season will be announced on Wednesday, June 24th by 8 PM. Watch this space for more information at that time.

Read “Travel Team Try-Out Update” on the WYSA website

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   Walpole High junior Erica Hawley is one of the top two high jumpers, triple jumpers and hurdlers in the Bay State Conference, but every now and then one would see her carrying a javelin down to the lower field at practice, or heaving a shot over to the side of it.
   It may have appeared to some that Hawley, an outstanding athlete, just couldn’t decide which event she wanted to do most or liked most, but that wasn’t the case at all.
   In fact, Hawley likes all the events and wants to do them all – the main reason she became fascinated with the women’s heptathlon as a freshman and has been doing it ever since.
Not only has she been competing in the grueling event every year since, but she has also kept improving each time. Following last year’s surprising fourth-place finish as a sophomore, Hawley returned to the heptathlon this year and brought back a medal for finishing second overall.
   Hawley was …

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   As they say, the third time’s always the charm.
   When John Lee announced his retirement as Walpole Athletic Director, longtime baseball Coach Bill Tompkins applied for the position, but lost out to good friend and track coach Jim Erker.
   Three years ago when Erker announced his own retirement, Tompkins again applied for the position, but found himself on the outside looking in once more when the selection committee went with football Coach Danny Villa.
   In December Villa abruptly resigned as a result of a rape investigation, and Superintendent Lincoln Lynch asked Jim Erker to return and navigate the program through troubled seas until the end of this school year.
   Erker did an admirable job of helping Walpole High and his hometown recover from the allegations, and the students responded well. Despite the great job he did Erker reiterated it was only temporary and he was back in retirement, which he came out of of an emergency basis, at the end of June.
   After the position was advertised over 20 applications came in, including another from Tompkins.
   Although a …

From the Walpole Youth Lacrosse League website:

The boys and girls programs of Walpole Youth Lacrosse have wrapped up their Spring 2009 season.
The board of directors of both programs would like to thank the players for their hard work and sportsmanship, the parents for their support, the coaches for their dedication, and the MBYLL for their guidance.
It’s been a lot [...]

Read “Thank you for a great season!” on the WYLL website

From the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse website:

Friday Night Lights Lacrosse is proud to offer their congratulations to the 2009 FNL Champions who have persevered through hard work, dedication, commitment, and sportsmanship.

Read “2009 FNL Champions” on the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse

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After several meetings with the cafeteria workers’ union, school officials decided last night not to privatize the school lunch program.

The decision came after the union agreed to make $38,000 worth of concessions and to give up some time off, said Brian Connolly, the school business administrator.

"The cafeteria workers have been outstanding," said Superintendent Lincoln Lynch.

All cafeteria workers agreed to switch their health insurance plan to what’s called the rate-saver program – a policy that has higher co-pays for workers and lower premiums for both the district and its employees.

That switch, Connolly said, will amount to about $15,000 in savings.

Cafeteria workers also agreed to forgo cost-of-living pay increases, which will save the school a projected $23,000, Connolly said.

They will, however, still receive step raises based on seniority.

Connolly said newly hired cafeteria workers will not receive vacation days and current workers will have their sick time cut by three days. Labor Day and the day after Thanksgiving will also no longer be counted as holidays.

School administrators promised there would be no layoffs or reduced hours for cafeteria workers employed by the district for now, but reserves the …

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Walpole High officially tabbed veteran Rebel coach Bill Tompkins to the athletic director position on Thursday. Tompkins, a Walpole High faculty member, has been the head coach of the Walpole baseball team for the last 31 years and is a member of the Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame. He also formerly coached the girls soccer program.

Tompkins replaces Jim Erker, who returned to the position on an interim basis after the resignation of football coach/athletic director Danny Villa. Read tomorrow’s Daily News Transcript for more details of Tompkins’ hiring.

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   It was a perfect ending to a near-perfect season.
   Playing their game and keeping the pedal to the metal from the get-go, the Walpole High laxmen made their lifelong dream come true when they beat St. John’s of Shrewsbury 17-8 yesterday at Commerce Bank Field in Foley Stadium, to win their first state title ever in the sport.
   The win came in typical Walpole fashion, with the Rebels controlling the majority of the face-offs and the balanced offense feeding off a stubborn defense that was often part of the offense that excelled in transition.
   The Rebels had jumped out to a 5-1 lead just 6:55 into the contest, and a brief St. John’s rally at the end of the first and beginning of the second quarter that temporarily gave the Patriots the momentum was thwarted by a goal from junior Tim McDonald, giving Walpole an 8-3 lead.
Our second line played a really good game,” offered senior Captain Leo Ajemian, who set …

From the Walpole Youth Soccer Association website:

Mylod & Ellis are OPEN

In-Town Jamborees – scheduled for MYLOD are on TODAY
+ parking will be very tight – please carpool if at all possible

TRAVEL Makeup Games – scheduled for today are ON
+ parking will be very tight – everyone should carpool if at all possible

Read “Sunday June 14th Update” on the WYSA website