Youth and High School Sports in Walpole, Massachusetts
Archive for September, 2009
Walpole Night at the Revolution – SAT Sep 26th @ 7:30pm vs Seattle Sounders
From the Walpole Youth Soccer Association website:
Click on the Button on the left that says “Walpole night at the Revs” for all the details
FREE Player Skills Clinics – Updated 9/14 – K thru 8th grade
From the Walpole Youth Soccer Association website:
Based on the success of the Girls & Boys Summer Skills Training – we have added some FREE skills sessions for the Boys and Girls players this Fall. All players in the agegroup are invited to come and learn, as well as all coaches. Bring a ball, 2 water bottles, wear a white shirt and dress to play soccer. Due to the limited number of skills training slots each week, and fading daylight, not every age-group will practice every week.
Skills Sessions for u10, u11, u12 and u14 players will be done by Darrin Marshall who is a National “A” [highest you can get] coach. Darrin has also coached for the MA ODP [Olympic Development Program], the Regional Team – including taking teams overseas, and clinics for the Boston Breakers and CLUB Soccer. We are glad to have Darrin available for the youth of Walpole.
K & u8 Clinics will be done by MPS professional coaches – MPS is also helping us on many of the Sunday sessions for K’s and u8’s as well.
Week One – done
Week Two – done
Week Three – done
Week Four
Wednesday – 9/23 – Mylod Field 2B
3:15-4:30 – u12 Girls
4:45-6:45pm – u11/12 Boys
Thursday – 9/24 – Mylod Field 3B
3:45-5pm – u10 Boy
Week 5
Monday - 9/28 -none
Tuesday – 9/29 Mylod Field 3B
4-5:20pm – u8 Girls
5:30-6:45 – u8 Boys
Wednesday – 9/30 Mylod Field 2B
3:15-4:30 – u12 Girls
4:45-6:30pm – u11 Girls
Thursday – 10/1 – Mylod Field 3B
3:45-5pm – u10 Girls
Week 6
Monday – 10/5 – ELLIS FIELD
4:45-6:30 – u14 Girls
Wednesday – 10/7 – Mylod Field 2B
3:15-4:30 – u12 Girls
4:45-6:30pm – u11/12 Boys
Thursday – 10/8 – Mylod Field 3B
3:45-5pm – u10 Boy
Week 7 -
Monday 10/12 – none – Columbus Day
Wednesday – 10/14 – Mylod Field 2B
3:15-4:30 – u12 Girls
4:45-6:30pm – u11 Girls
Thursday – 10/15 – Mylod Field 3B
3:45-5pm – u10 Girls
Week 8
Monday – 10/19 – Ellis Field
4:45-6 – u14 Boys
Wednesday – 10/20
3:15-4:30 – u12 Girls – Mylod Field 2B
4:45-6:30pm – u14 Girls – Ellis Field
Thursday – 10/22 – Mylod Field 3B
3:45-5pm – u10 Boys
Week 9 – 10/26 – check back
Thursday – 1028 – Mylod Field 3B
3:45-5pm – u10 rain makeup
Read “FREE Player Skills Clinics – Updated 9/14 – K thru 8th grade” on the WYSA website
“Save the Day” Goal-Keeper Clinics – Registration Now OPEN
From the Walpole Youth Soccer Association website:
Hi WYSA Soccer Families
** Registration is now open – click on the Button to the LEFT that says “Registration” **
If your son or daughter is a dedicated goal-keeper, or may want to be a dedicated goal-keeper, or just has an interest in learning more about being a goal-keeper position – this is the clinic series for you.
The Program will consist of specific drills and games for goalkeepers which will target the following areas.
· Stretching and warm up
· Hand/Eye Coordination
· Proper Diving and Catching
· Reaction
· Strength and Conditioning
· Angles/Positioning
· Distribution
· Foot skills
· Goalkeeper Games
This is a 4 session clinic series – which builds from week to week – so you will want to be able to attend all or most of the sessions.
Read the full BROCHURE by clicking here:
Sunday September 13, 20,27 and October 4th
u9/u10/u11 Boys & Girls 1:30pm to 3pm
u12/u13/u14 Boys & Girls 3-4:30pm
Location – ELLIS FIELD – although check the website for any last minuet field shifts due to wet fields or make-up games.
Cost: $40
BONUS – if your son/daughter attends all 4 sessions – WYSA will apply a credit for the full $40 to your WYSA account which you can then use to lower your cost for future registrations. This is to encourage the kids to come and get the full benefit of GREAT keeper training. And the answer to your next questions is NO – if you do not attend all 4 sessions – then you do not get the credit.
** Registration is now open – click on the Button to the LEFT that says “Registration” **
Read ““Save the Day” Goal-Keeper Clinics – Registration Now OPEN” on the WYSA website
Villa case helps spur town to consider updating communication policy
September 19, 2009
by Sean
in Wicked Local Sports News
Read the entire article on the Wicked Local Walpole website:
Pointing to the Daniel Villa case as an instance of extreme inappropriateness between an educator and student made easier by technology, Franklin schools are looking into a policy change that would restrict communication between school staff and students.
Villa, a former Walpole High School head football coach, athletic director and teacher, pleaded guilty to three counts each of statutory rape and enticing a minor last month after admitting to having a having a physical relationship with a 15-year-old student.
Prosecutors said Villa sent the girl more than 3,000 text messages in a two-month span last fall.
"I would not want a coach texting my child," Franklin School Committee member Susan Rohrbach said at a meeting earlier this month.
The policy being discussed in Franklin would prohibit students from communicating with staff, teachers and coaches through text messages or online social networks. Staff, coaches and teachers would also be forbidden from using personal e-mail accounts to contact students.
Walpole Superintendent Lincoln Lynch said his department already has an acceptable use policy that all technology users must sign. The policy served its purpose in December, Lynch said, when he was able to …
Lunch trumped Obama in Walpole
September 19, 2009
by Sean
in Wicked Local Sports News
Read the entire article on the Wicked Local Walpole website:
Very few Walpole students saw President Barack Obama’s back-to-school speech to the nation’s students live on Sept. 8, but the issue wasn’t political, schools officials say.
The speech was broadcast at noon during a lunch period, Superintendent Lincoln Lynch and principals said, and would have disrupted the school schedule just three days into the new school year.
Schools ended up recording the speech, officials said, and many planned on showing it this week.
The address sparked a firestorm. Many conservatives expressed apprehension that Obama’s speech would push a partisan agenda.
The president, however, avoided controversial topics, choosing instead to speak to kids about what is expected of them in the coming school year and the benefits of hard work.
"At the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities," he told students in the speech, "unless you show up to those schools, pay attention to those teachers, listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults, and put in the hard work it takes …
Walpole vs Needham, Sunday, Sept 20
From the Walpole Youth Football & Cheerleading website:
Week 3 action has Walpole playing Needham at home this weekend. The schedule is as follows:
- Week 3, Sunday, Sept 20, vs Needham
- E2 – 8:00 AM, Lower Turco
- E1 – 9:30 AM, Lower Turco
- D – 9:00 AM, Main
- C – 10:30 AM, Main
- B – 12:00 PM, Main
- A – 1:30 PM, Main
Read “Walpole vs Needham, Sunday, Sept 20″ on the WYFC website
Walpole Road Race Reaches New Levels
September 18, 2009
by Sean
in Rebellion Sports
From the WHSTheRebellion.com website:
The 35th annual Walpole Labor Day Road Race was a great experience and the 36th annual road race was no different.
The cool, crisp September morning started with the cross country team arriving at 7am to set up all of the tables, food, and trophies for the upcoming event, and by …
Read “Walpole Road Race Reaches New Levels” on the whstherebellion.com website
Rebel Football Overcomes Framingham for First Win
September 18, 2009
by Sean
in Rebellion Sports
From the WHSTheRebellion.com website:
Class of 2010
Last year the Walpole Rebels football team went 13-0 and won the division II emass championship. 37 seniors provided a star-studded core and helped create one of the best teams in Massachusetts.
Much has changed since then.
With the rise of new head coach Barry Greener, a brand …
Read “Rebel Football Overcomes Framingham for First Win” on the whstherebellion.com website
Wildcats Bowed over by Rebels, 21-0
September 18, 2009
by Sean
in Wicked Local Sports News
Read the entire article on the Wicked Local Walpole website:
Last year, junior quarterback Sonny Mastromatteo repeatedly and decisively reminded the rest of Massachusetts that the state champion Walpole High football team was not all all-scholastic Ryan Izzo.
Mastromatteo moved on to a private school, but it took no time for this year’s senior quarterback and first-year starter Peter Bowes to echo the sentiment.
Last night, on a chilly night in Milton, Bowes helped Izzo lead the Rebels to a solid, 21-0 victory over the hard-hitting Wildcats, running Walpole’s Bay State Conference unbeaten streak to 21 and counting with the victory.
Bowes stepping up on offense became even more necessary as wingback Troy Salavatore, Izzo’s running mate, suffered a game-ending leg injury in the first half.
Despite Salvatore’s loss, the Rebels never skipped a beat, however, as Kenny Woods filled in nicely, Izzo gutted out 88 yards in 19 carries and Bowes delivered the coup de grace, a 43-yard touchdown jaunt that gave the visitors a 21-0 lead with 4:08 left in the …
School charges going up
September 18, 2009
by Sean
in Wicked Local Sports News
Read the entire article on the Wicked Local Walpole website:
High school and middle school athletic fees and lunch prices districtwide will rise this year.
The School Committee last night voted 5-1 to double activity fees at Walpole High School and implement a $30 activities fees at the middle schools before unanimously deciding to raise lunch prices by 25 cents.
The activity fee increase will be effective immediately and the higher lunch prices will take effect on Oct. 1.
To mitigate budget woes this year, high school administrators were asked to cut $30,000 from their activities budget.
To achieve that level of funding, high school Principal Alan Bernstein said he was forced to cut several activities that paid teachers a stipend to run them.
Students were responsible for paying $30 per year to participate in as many groups as they wanted. With the vote, participation is still limitless, but students must now pay $30 per semester.
The schools brought in about $10,000 in fees last year, said Bernstein, so the best the school could hope for would be double that, which still wouldn’t make up for the entire cut.
"We’re going to get money but it’s not going to be near the …
Rebels Revel in Victory
September 17, 2009
by Sean
in Rebellion Sports
From the WHSTheRebellion.com website:
After 18 years, the trend of losing to Newton North was becoming almost habitual, but the girls’ cross country team quickly broke out of this old routine during their first meet of the season. On September 9, the girls left for a tri-meet against Needham and Newton North at …
Read “Rebels Revel in Victory” on the whstherebellion.com website
School Committee agenda (Sept. 14)
September 15, 2009
by Sean
in Wicked Local Sports News
Read the entire article on the Wicked Local Walpole website:
WALPOLE SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
John Desmond, Chairman
Brian Walsh, Vice Chairman
Nancy Gallivan
Michael Berry
Susan Flynn Curtis
Andrew Zitoli
William Buckley
Monday, September 14, 2009
Walpole Town Hall – Main Meeting Room – 7:30 p.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION – 6:30 P.M.
OPEN SESSION – 7:30 P.M.
6:30 P.M. Executive Session: For the purpose of discussing personnel issues and possible litigation matters.
OPEN SESSION – 7:30 P.M. – AGENDA
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
II. NEW BUSINESS:
1. Opening of School 2009-2010
2. Curriculum and Professional Development Update
3. H1N1 Update
III. OLD BUSINESS:
1. Proposed Student Activity Fee Increase
2. Proposed School Lunch Price Increase
3. Policies Review:
a. Agenda Format – File: BEDB-E
b. Public Participation at School Committee Meetings – File: BEDH
c. Reverse Side of Agenda
4. Walpole School Committee Goals 2009-2010
IV. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT:
1. FY 10 Budget
2. Update on Union Concessions
3. Update on GIC
3. NCAA Courses
V. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS:
1. Legislative Subcommittee
VI. CITIZENS COMMENTS
VII. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS, if any
IMPORTANT MEETINGS AND EVENTS:
· October 5, 2009 – Regular School Committee Meeting
· October 19, 2009 – 6:30 p.m. – School Committee Meeting at WHS (Conference Room A)
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