The Bedford Citizen (https://www.thebedfordcitizen.org/category/sports/)
While pro sports teams are playing to empty stadiums, and high school athletes watch seasons evaporate, Bay State Baseball games were played on Bedford’s Page Field and others around the area.
There will be no football or competitive cheering at Bedford High School this fall.
But if the threat of the coronavirus mitigates, they could take place during a new “floating season” from February 22 to April 25, part of a realignment designed to safeguard participants and accommodate all activities as much as possible.
An online petition has been started by the rapidly growing number of Bedford pickleball players for the town to paint the lines for a pickleball court on the existing tennis courts at the John Glenn Middle School.
As Massachusetts begins its reopening plan, I had a chance to try one of the
first businesses to return to the “new normal.” Summit Health and Fitness on Wiggins Avenue this week started rolling out outdoor group fitness classes. They converted their parking lot into a spin cycling “room” and a CrossFit workout space. The classes were limited to 10 people, all 12 feet apart. Masks are required and everything is wiped down with disinfectant before and after use. The owners, Jane Karpovsky and Denis Mezhertskiy, of Bedford bought Summit on January 23 of this year. They consulted with the Bedford Board of Health to make sure all the protocols were met.
New England is at the forefront of developing woman hockey players, and two of the best are right here in Bedford.
Elise Lyons, grade 11, and her sister Monique, grade 8, daughters of Pat Lyons and Therese Franks, played wing on the first line of the co-state champion Cougars of Austin Preparatory School in Reading. The team was two days away from a showdown at TD Garden with Woburn for the MIAA title when the Covid-19 threat took over, truncating the tournament.
Alli Lua who teaches second grade at the Davis School in Bedford has hidden powers. In just 17.1 minutes (!) she climbed to the top of 200 Clarendon Street, previously known as the John Hancock Tower, on Saturday, March 7.
It was the trip of a lifetime for four Bedford Soccer players who play for Soccer Club’s East Elite Blue Team, the FC Stars.
Carter Rauch, Christian Hill, Eshan Pandey, all 8th graders at JGMS and Ansh Aggarwal, a 9th grader at BHS departed Boston on Friday, February 14, and began their 9-day journey to Lisbon, Portugal.
Residents of Bedford,
As our organization continues to grow each year, so does our need for help to enable our programs to run smoothly. Lacrosse is a truly great sport with a rich history and unique cultural heritage. We’re proud that so many young Buccaneers are a part of the lax community, but to properly serve our lax athletes Bedford Youth Lacrosse (BYL) needs many hands.
Bedford Babe Ruth Baseball and Softball would like to welcome all Bedford and Hanscom AFB residents, from Kindergarten through High School, to register for spring baseball or softball. Player and Volunteer registration for all leagues runs from January 1 to March 15, 2020, and can be found at www.bedfordbaseballsoftball.com
The Bedford Bucs 5th grade girls travel team won four games in three days to win the Woburn Holiday Tournament last week. The 5th-grade girls A Division included eight teams, Bedford, Dracut, Burlington, Chelmsford, Billerica, Haverhill, Marblehead and Woburn.
Jeff Hoyland was indefatigable on Thanksgiving weekend, covering everything from Wednesday noon’s Powder Puff Football game, through a rainy Turkey Trot, the BHS/CCHS football game, and the kickoff for the boys hockey season ~ a fundraising game where town employees and alumni battled the BHS squad on the ice at The Edge Sports Center.
The Mass Warriors, the semi-pro football team that played at Sabourin Field this year, decided to dedicate their final game of the season to Jeff Hoyland because “He made us feel welcome from the very start.”
Editor’s Note: Thanks to Jeff JHO Hoyland/Bedford Snapshots, the BHS Lookout, various BUCS Twitter feeds, and the Union College website for their help in pulling this list together.
Because of the EEE ban on outdoor activities between 6 pm and dawn, the BHS Varsity football game with Boston Latin School has been moved to 11:30 am on Saturday, October 11 at Sabourin Field.
Originally scheduled for Friday evening, the Buccaneer’s varsity football game with Arlington Catholic at Sabourin Field has been rescheduled to Saturday, September 21, at 12:30 pm.
Bedford dad Chris Morreale found The Launch, a Labor Day soccer tournament in Chelmsford last year, and put another team together this year.
Bedford’s football home opener with Saugus High School has been moved forward to 4 pm on Friday afternoon at Sabourin Field. The change will assure that the game can be completed before dusk.
Some players have been waiting for the season to start since early Summer, and some have been waiting since a cold night last November.
But 16 have been waiting for their Senior season since “JGMS days” — the largest group of Seniors on any one team in a long time: Nicolas Busse, Jessop Collins, Nolan Hafer, Andrew Harrison, Quinten Houck, Dexter Kennedy, Ryan Knight, Wesley Liou, Jeffrey Mascoli, Matthew McMillian, Alexander Oleksinski, Matias Ou, Andrew Presti, Christopher Venuti, Marcus Voss, and Joseph Watson.
Submitted by the Bedford Co-Ed Adult Slowpitch Softball League
On Sunday afternoon, August 11, at E Field, the 2019 Bedford Co-Ed Adult Slowpitch Softball League year came to a dramatic close, with the Orange team pulling out a 25-16 win over the Black team in the summer final.
The league, which just completed its fourth year of play, is open to Bedford residents over the age of 18, graduates of Bedford High School, and residents of Hanscom Air Force Base. The spring season, which runs from mid-April to late June, features Sunday afternoon games, and the summer season, which runs from late June until early August, has games on Sundays afternoons (or evenings) and Wednesday evenings.
Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
With a huge victory Saturday night, the Mass Warriors defeated the Worcester Wildcats who came into the game 3-0 as the defending champions in the AA division of the England Football League (NEFL).
By Mike Dirrane
Commissioner of the Bedford Summer Basketball League (BSBL)
The Hitmen beat the Sauce 57-47 to capture Bedford Summer Basketball League (BSBL) B-League title. In order to play in the League, athletes must be either a Bedford resident or a Bedford High School graduate.
By Mike Dirrane
Commissioner of the Bedford Summer Basketball League (BSBL).
In one of the greatest basketball games ever played in Bedford Summer Basketball League (BSBL) history, the Moonshiners captured their 4th Championship title in 7 years with a 35-32 victory over the Reservoir Dogs.
Compiled by the Minuteman Summer Baseball League
The Bedford Blue Bucs Babe Ruth baseball team captured another title this year – the Minuteman Summer Baseball League (MSBL) A Division title. Following up on their Spring championship win, the team cruised to another title, finishing the regular summer season with a 9-2 record, and then winning two games in the playoffs to secure the crown. The championship was a team effort, as each player significantly contributed over the course of the season. Some highlights from the regular season:
Submitted by the Wedgewood Swim and Tennis Club
Westford Swim and Tennis hosted Wedgewood Swim and Tennis club of Bedford for the final dual swim meet of the season on Saturday, July 27, before the Championships on Saturday, August 3. Both swim teams swam well!
By Martin Renzhofer
When Dave Salvi steps onto the artificial turf that is Sabourin Field on Saturday, August 3, it will mark a football journey that has come full circle.
“It’s really exciting,” Salvi, a 2002 Bedford High graduate, said. “My last football game for Bedford was Thanksgiving, and that was at Concord. My last two [high school] football games, really, were away games.”
Also, “it was a grass field when I played.”