Wellesley sports: Celebrating high school nordic skiers; Group raising funds for varsity baseball scoreboard

The latest Wellesley, Mass., sports news:
 

Celebrating Wellesley High School nordic skiers

 
The Wellesley High School boys’ nordic ski team won the Mass Bay Ski League East title, and the boys’ and girls’ teams won the combined league champion award. Seven Wellesley boys placed in the top ten of the league.

The skiers finished off the season at states, where the boys finished 6th and the girls 10th.

Parents shared thanks to the coaching staff of Mark Jacobson, Andy Milne, and Marshall Randolph.

(Clockwise) Luca Buchbinder (9th place at Mass Bay Ski League East championship), Leo Ventimiglia (3rd place tie), Coach Mark Jacobson, William Carroll (10th place tie), Nico Buchbinder (6th place), Parker Lee (5th place), and Wyatt Park (3rd place tie). Not pictured, Cooper Munro (7th place).

Group raising funds for varsity baseball scoreboard

 
The non-profit Wellesley High School Baseball Diamond Club is running a raffle through April 3 to raise money to support the Wellesley High School Baseball program. The specific goal is to raise enough to purchase and install a scoreboard at the Sprague Varsity Baseball Field (the group has obtained town permission to run the raffle).

Currently, the score and innings can be a bit of a mystery to spectators at games unless they are paying close attention or using an app (the season is slated to start later this month).

The group is aiming to raise $15k through the raffle, which features a great list of prizes.

Sprague Fields are under the purview of the Wellesley School Committee, and Wellesley High baseball supporters say they are working through the town’s process to try to get permitting for a scoreboard. The topic has come up at the town’s Playing Fields Task Force, though the School Committee has not yet discussed the subject as a group and does not have the scoreboard on its work plan.

The Diamond Club seeks to raise funds so that it will be ready to go with a scoreboard purchase whenever it can get a green light from the town on the project.

 
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