Fall may have brought us EEE and winter COVID 19, but the Wayland High School Athletes, Coaches & Staff continued to succeed

on and off the courts, ice, snow, mats and water!

Winter Season Newsletter June 2020

We qualified 3 relays and 5 individuals to the D4 Divisional meet this season. Both the girl’s (Nina Price, Molly O'Driscoll, Ella L'Esperance, Kayla Poulsen, alternate Lauren Mederios) and boy’s (John Silberman, Sean Keegan, Raseed Parham, Sidney Toga and alternate Zach Campana) 4x200m relay placed 3rd in the MA small schools Coaches Invitational before placing 14th and medaling in 8th place, respectively. The boy’s 4x800m relay (Lucas Thompson, Simon Goode, Josh Snyder, Owen Jay) qualified during the D4 Relay meet. Ella L'Esperance and Raseed Parham raced the girl’s and boy’s 300m placing 14th and 15th, respectively. Lucas Thompson PR'd in the 1000m nabbing 11th

place. Wayland sent two 55m hurdlers to divisionals: Nathan Weinstein-Molloy (18th place) and Zach Campana. Zach went on to score a 4th place in the DCL

Championships and 8th place in the D4 Divisionals.

INDOOR TRACKCoach Allison LaClaire

From the Coaches

The girls basketball program finished the regular season with a 13-7 record, getting a sixth seed in the playoffs. We had a home playoff game vs. Hopkinton and won 57-45. On Thursday February 27th we lost in the quarterfinals on the road to Medfield 56-51. We had four girls named DCL all stars, senior captain Emma Kiernan, senior captain Abi Macdonald, sophomore Haley Melvin and sophomore Sammy Johnson. 

Girls BasketballCoach Amanda Cosenza

SPORT HAL BARNETT JIM GRIFFIN BUZZ BOWERSCheerleading Elissa Perez Zoe Sodickson Allyson Christian

Boys Swim Anthony Xue Sam Cahaly Jack Brown

Girls Swim Jane Greenaway Julia Pak Hallie Bachman

Boys Nordic Ski Ry Yamaguchi Billy Caddoo

Girls Nordic Ski Jaya Mills Jenna Ferrick McKenna Kelemanik

Boys Track Robert Glazer John Silberman Sidney Toga

Girls Track Mia Wong Kayla Poulsen Molly O’Driscoll

Boys Basketball Gavin Moser Jack Melvin Gavyn Davies

Girls Basketball Abi MacDonald Emma Kiernan Isabella Arenas

Girls Hockey Caitlin Newton Sophia Fantoni Julia Wegerbauer

Wrestling Emma Sheehan Cam Jones Damien Parseghian

Girls Alpine Ski Sophia Goldstein Mallory Leonard Arden Knapp

Boys Alpine Ski Paul Gleason Josh Brient L. J. DiCarlo

BOOSTER AWARDS GIVEN FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES

Below is a list of student athletes individually recognized

for their achievements during the Winter 2020 season

The Hal Barnett Unsung Hero Award is awarded to a varsity team member who shows what hard work and dedication can mean in improving the overall quality and well being of the team. The criteria for this award are hard work, willingness to do what is needed for the best interest of the team, and good attendance at practices and games. The recipient should be a player not otherwise recognized.

The Buzz Bowers Sportsmanship Award is presented to a varsity player whose behavior is characterized by fair play, who shows generosity and general concern for others, who demonstrates sportsmanship in a loss and is a gracious winner. The Jim Griffin Booster Award is given to a varsity athlete who has shown outstanding merit in the areas of leadership, sportsmanship, team spirit and athletic ability. These qualities should be present both on and off the field.

DCL ALL STARSIndoor Track Zach Campana, Ella L’Esperance

Girls Basketball Emma Kiernan, Abi MacDonald, Haley Melvin, Sammy JohnsonBoys Basketball Jack Melvin, Gavyn Davies, Noah Lee

Girls SwimHilla Almog, Riley Kendall, Allie Nunn, Julia Pak, Remmi Shaw, Lily YuDCL Champion Julia Pak

Boys Swim

Armen Abrahamian, Jack Butts, Eric Cahaly, Sam Cahaly, Zach Mittelsteadt, Calvin Neprud, Lucas Pralle, Jason Shu, Tristan Wolff, Jiming Xu, Anthony XueDCL Champions Anthony Xue, Jiming Xu, Jason Shu, Armen Abrahamian

Alpine SkiSophia GoldsteinDCL Champions Sophia Goldstein, Arden Knapp, Emily Roberge

Girls Nordic SkiTali Wong, Jules ApseDCL MVP Tali Wong

Boys Nordic Ski Billy CaddooCheer Elissa Perez, Zoe Sodickson, Annabelle Cummings, Allyson Christian

Girls Hockey Honorable Mention Sophia Fantoni

Wrestling

1st Team Cam Jones, Marcos Pereira, Mason Bolivar, Matt Morris2nd Team Emma Sheehan, Oliver Cerne, Greg Deeley, Max Montes, Damien Parseghian, C. J. BrownHonorable Mention Shawn Bernier, Finn O’Driscoll

Other Awards D3 Central Section Coach of the Year Sean Chase

The Wayland-Weston WarCats finished their season with a record of 10-6-4 earning the #14 seed in the Division 1 Girls Hockey tournament.  Despite a hard fought battle, the WarCats saw their season end with a 3-0 loss to Reading in the preliminary round. The WarCats are a young team and look forward to continuing to build on this season's success!

GIRLS HOCKEY Coach Wink Van Ogtrup

This year’s team consisted of nine seniors. Sophie Goldstein, captain & DCL all star, finished 6th in the league and was a state qualifier. Arden Knapp, captain, finished 12th in the league and was also a state qualifier. Mallory Leonard finished 17th in the league, was a state alternate and team captain. Melissa Tilley has been a member of the team for four years. The senior boys included captains LJ DiCarlo, Josh Brient, Paul Gleason, and Quinn Fay along with James Mulhern. The Girls team had an undefeated season, becoming league champions and DCL champions. We had three state qualifiers Sophie Goldstein, Arden Knapp, a n d f r e s h m a n s e n s a t i o n E m i l y Roberge. Senior Mallory Leonard was a first alternate. 

ALPINE SKI Coach George Conlin

Boys basketball had a fantastic season!  It was a great group to coach.   We won the Division 2 Central Championship over Hopkinton High (61-49); the game was played at Worcester State University. It was the first time that the boys basketball team has won a sectional title since 1991. After an 0-3 start, the team finished with an 11-7 regular season record and 14-8 overall record. We lost in the D2 State Semi-Finals to the Western Mass Champion Taconic by a score of 62-56 at Western New England University.

BOYS BASKETBALL Coach Dennis Doherty

With snow on the first day of practice, the season started off with tremendous energy from the team. As the season progressed, the team stayed positive and carried that energy through till the end even though the weather was not in our favor. They trained hard in all types of weather and at times on a patch of snow that was at best 50 yards long and 10 yards wide. The girls team placed 3rd in an extremely competitive league, had 2 skiers in the top 10 (Tali Wong 1st and Jules Apse 7th) and 6th in the State. Coming into the season with only 2 returning varsity skiers, they rallied and showed that they were still in the game with Billy Caddoo coming in 2nd overall for the league and placing 9th in t h e State.

NORDIC SKI Coach Chris Li

CHEER Coach Kristen SaiaThis years winter team was mostly freshman, they entered the team eager and willing to learn. The upperclassmen and captains did an amazing job making them feel like part of the team.  They worked hard as a team and gained many new skills!

Herald All Scholastics AND Globe All Scholastics Sam Cahaly, (Anthony Xue, Jiming Xu, Armen Abrahamian, Lucas Pralle- relay team)

Metrowest Daily News All Stars Julia Pak, Sam Cahaly, Armen Abramian, Calvin Neprud, Jason Shu, Jiming Xu, Anthony Xue, Lucas Pralle

BOYS The boys of Wayland Swim and Dive capped off another terrific season, going 17-0, and defending their DCL, Sectional and State titles making it the 4th year in a row they have gone undefeated throughout the state at any meet. The team broke 6 varsity records throughout the season before celebrating in the final team splash at the BU pool after receiving their team trophy. This group has pulled together so immensely taking what some view as an individual sport into a remarkable place where team always comes first. The boys will wait now to see how they rank nationally as they look to make it a 3 peat of a "National Title" for small schools across the country through

NISCA's National Power Point Rankings.

SWIM & DIVE Coach Mike Foley

The Wayland Girls Swim and Dive team

completed another terrific season, going 12-3 overall on the season, with losses coming to both the Div I and Div II state champions. They defeated a strong Concord Carlisle team who took runner up at the Div I State meet both head to head and at the DCL championship meet where the Warriors were runners up themselves. The girls capped off the season finishing 3rd at the Div II state meet in late February, moving up from their projected 5th place finish entering into the meet. The team continued to pull together all season long, bringing the team to a very competitive place as the season progressed.

GIRLS

Final Record 18-4Wayland Holiday Tournament Champs (First time in 20 yrs)

Taconic Invitational Tournament Champs

DCL ChampsSectional Champs D3 State Finalists

Sectional Champions: Greg Deeley, CJ Brown, Mason Bolivar

D3 State Finalists: Greg Deeley, Cam Jones, Matt MorrisD3 State Placewinners: Damien Parseghian (8th), Marcos Pereira (5th), CJ Brown (3rd), Mason Bolivar (6th)All-State Placewinners: Greg Deeley (8th), Cam Jones (5th),

Marcos Pereira (8th), Matt Morris (6th)

New England Tournament Participants: Greg Deeley, Cam Jones, Matt Morris

WRESTLING Coach Sean Chase