Archive for October, 2008
Turco field. Final push to complete phase 1
Oct 30th
From the Walpole Youth Football & Cheerleading website:
Dear Friends:
We have come so far with your help!
It has been a year since the new turf field was opened and the complex at Walpole High School never looked better for the graduation this past June, but the Friends of the Walpole Community Athletic Complex are looking to raise the final funds needed to close out Phase 1 of the project which replaced the track and field.
Like many home improvement projects, the work is completed and the FWCAC is now looking to pay the final bills due for one of the largest privately funded improvement projects in town history. The project, which took three years of planning, pulled together the funds and resources to design and build a complex that will serve the Walpole community for years to come. While we encountered several bumps along the way, you generosity and support saw us through those challenges.
From a financial standpoint, the total project cost for Phase 1 which included the planning, design and construction of the turf field and synthetic track amounted to approximately $1,650,000. To date, the FWCAC has raised almost $1,635,000 and currently has a fundraising deficit of approximately $15,000.
Each of you has already been very generous to this project and we recognize that there are many demands on our families during these challenging economic times. We would like to ask you to consider a donation that will assist us in our goal of completing the first phase of this project.
Once we reach our goal for Phase 1, the planning for lights can begin!
Sincerely,
Greg Salvatore, President
Friends of the Walpole Community Athletic Complex
Read “Turco field. Final push to complete phase 1″ on the WYFC website
TUE 10/28 – Field Update – Fields Use List – High School Games – Training
Oct 28th
From the Walpole Youth Soccer Association website:
TUE 10/28 – Mylod & Ellis Fields CLOSED due to rain & mushy field conditions.
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This is a list we will try to keep up to date, of know field use that will have priority for Mylod & Ellis, including: youth make-up games, high school games, coaches training, player training, referee training and approved scrimmages
11/2 SUN 1-3pm U10 Boys In-Town Jamboree – Mylod 4, 3A, 3B – 3 referee’s will be needed
Walpole High School Soccer Schedule – Boys & Girls [Varsity, JV, Freshman]
Read “TUE 10/28 – Field Update – Fields Use List – High School Games – Training” on the WYSA website
Field Update – Fields Use List – High School Games – Training
Oct 28th
From the Walpole Youth Soccer Association website:
This is a list we will try to keep up to date, of know field use that will have priority for Mylod & Ellis, including: youth make-up games, high school games, coaches training, player training, referee training and approved scrimmages
11/2 SUN 1-3pm U10 Boys In-Town Jamboree – Mylod 4, 3A, 3B – 3 referee’s will be needed
Walpole High School Soccer Schedule – Boys & Girls [Varsity, JV, Freshman]
Read “Field Update – Fields Use List – High School Games – Training” on the WYSA website
Week 8 football standings and scores
Oct 27th
From the Walpole Youth Football & Cheerleading website:
The football standings and scores have been updated to reflect week 8 results (Walpole vs. Natick).
Please see the Football Page for the league wide standings; the A team remains undefeated!
Individual team scores can be found on the team web pages:
Read “Week 8 football standings and scores” on the WYFC website
Pictures added to the 2008 Cheerleading Competition album
Oct 26th
From the Walpole Youth Football & Cheerleading website:
Thank you to the Miceli family for adding their pictures to the 2008 Baystate Cheerleading Competition album.
The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed..
Read “Pictures added to the 2008 Cheerleading Competition album” on the WYFC website
New WYFC merchanidise items available
Oct 26th
From the Walpole Youth Football & Cheerleading website:
Marianne Stanton, our merchandise coordinator, would like everyone to know that we have some new WYFC items available for purchase at our home game merchandise tent, or by contacting Marianne directly at wyfc.merchandise@walpolesports.org
NEW football knit cap
NEW hoody sweatshirt
NEW special order jacket with WYFC logo
Read “New WYFC merchanidise items available” on the WYFC website
Pictures of Walpole vs. Natick, Oct 26
Oct 26th
From the Walpole Youth Football & Cheerleading website:
An interception by Walpole!
GREEN, GOLD, AND WHITE! WALPOLE! LET'S FIGHT!
Pictures of Walpole vs Natick have been posted to the Photo Gallery.
PLEASE send along any photos of Walpole vs. Natick to wyfc.webmaster@walpolesports.org
Read “Pictures of Walpole vs. Natick, Oct 26″ on the WYFC website
SUN 10/26 Field Update – Fields Use List – High School Games – Training
Oct 26th
From the Walpole Youth Soccer Association website:
SUN 10/26 Mylod & ELLIS are OPEN
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This is a list we will try to keep up to date, of know field use that will have priority for Mylod & Ellis, including: youth make-up games, high school games, coaches training, player training, referee training and approved scrimmages
10/26 SUN 10-11:30am Walpole Chargers [niden] v JP – Mylod Field 2B
10/26 SUN Noon-1:30 u8 Girls Rain Makeup Day – Games – no skills clinics Mylod 3 & 2
10/27 MON 3:45-5:30 WHS Girls Freshman vs Wellesley - ELLIS Field
11/2 SUN 1-3pm U10 Boys In-Town Jamboree – Mylod 4, 3A, 3B – 3 referee’s will be needed
Walpole High School Soccer Schedule – Boys & Girls [Varsity, JV, Freshman]
Read “SUN 10/26 Field Update – Fields Use List – High School Games – Training” on the WYSA website
Spring 2009 registration is now open
Oct 25th
From the Walpole Youth Lacrosse League website:
Both the boys and girls Spring 2009 lacrosse registration are open as of today.
Registration has moved online and you may now register your lacrosse player at:
https://secure.adminsports.net/walpolemalacrosse
Our registration fees are as follows:
Boys
U9 = $150
U11, U13, U15 = $200
Girls
U11, U13, U15 = $150
We do offer a sibling discount of $15 for each additional sibling. The discount will [...]
Read “Spring 2009 registration is now open” on the WYLL website
The ‘Laxicon’ – a lacrosse dictionary
Oct 25th
From the Walpole Youth Lacrosse League website:
A somewhat amusing lacrosse dictionary of lacrosse terms, hosted by e-lacrosse.com.
http://www.e-lacrosse.com/laxicon.html
My favorite is the Armadillo play, and, no, we will not be incorporating this into the WYLL play book.
Read “The ‘Laxicon’ – a lacrosse dictionary” on the WYLL website
Online ‘feed and shoot’ video game
Oct 25th
From the Walpole Youth Lacrosse League website:
ESPN has released a lacrosse ‘feed and shoot’ video game called “LAX Attax: Lacrosse”. Ok, it’s not the most realistic thing you’ve ever seen, but it’s better than playing another round of Scrabble.
LAX Attax: Lacrosse
Race the clock to score as many goals as you can.
Read “Online ‘feed and shoot’ video game” on the WYLL website
So, how do you subscribe to an RSS feed, anyway?
Oct 23rd
RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is probably one of the most under-utilized services available today. RSS allows you to receive a website’s latest information via delivery as opposed to having to actually go to the website to read it and see if anything is “new”.
The WalpoleSports.org RSS feed is kind of like the paper boy for youth sports in Walpole; it will bring the latest youth sports directly to you. It’s a very convenient service.
So, how do you subscribe to an RSS feed, anyway?
There are multiple ways for you to subscribe to an RSS feed. You can download an RSS reader application to your desktop, you can add feeds to your Google Mail app, you can add feeds to your Yahoo Mail app… essentially, you need a vehicle in which you can receive your RSS notifications and read them.
My personal favorite way in which to receive RSS feeds is via a Yahoo Desktop Widget. A desktop widget is something that runs on your desktop and when an internet connection is detected it will loop through your RSS feeds and retrieve all the latest news for you. Since it’s a completely free service, give it a try. Here’s how:
- Go to http://widgets.yahoo.com/
- Click on “Get Started NOW”, http://widgets.yahoo.com/download/
- Download the Yahoo! Installer by clicking on the “Get Started Now” button.
- After downloading the installer, pick up the NewsStand RSS widget, http://widgets.yahoo.com/widgets/newsstand
- Once the NewsStand widget is installed, add the WalpoleSports.org RSS feed to receive the latest information from your favorite Walpole youth sports website:
- Click the [+] button in the left panel
- Enter the feed URL, http://walpolesports.org/feed
- Enter a name for the feed, WalpoleSports.org
- Accept the default values of 50 RSS items, updated every 30 minutes
- Submit and save your RSS feed.
What you’ll have now is a desktop based system which will deliver to you the latest news for Walpole youth sports.
Other Walpole related feeds that you could add would be:
- Wicked Local – Walpole, http://www.wickedlocal.com/walpole/homepage/rss
- Walpole Town Meeting, http://walpoletownmeeting.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
