Wakefield Sports

By DAN PAWLOWSKI 

WAKEFIELD —  The Wakefield Townies made their Friday night plans pretty clear early on in their Northeast Baseball League semifinal matchup against Mercedes Baseball of Lawrence last night at Walsh Field. 

With a 5-run 1^st inning, a 9-0 lead after 3 and an 11-1 final in 5 innings, the…

(WAKEFIELD, July 26, 2023) Northeast Baseball League playoffs starting tonight when they take on Mercedes Baseball of Lawrence in a semifinal matchup at Walsh Field. The game will start at 5:45 p.m.

The Townies are the top seed in the Northeast League’s 16U Div. 1. 

Mercedes made the semifinals by defeating Danvers 6-2 on…

FRANKLIN — The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association announced on Friday that all Bishop Fenwick sports are ineligible to participate in MIAA postseason tournaments for the upcoming 2023-24 school year.

According to the MIAA, the one-year postseason ban is due to Bishop Fenwick’s failure to comply with Rule 87.6.

Rule 87 refers to waiver eligibility for individual…

DREW BARRETT was recently named an Honorable Mention by the Boston Herald in their baseball All-Scholastic article. Barrett, the Middlesex League Freedom Division MVP, was a league All-Star and All-Conference member this season. The senior had a .398 batting average and an on-base percentage of .493. Barrett, a left fielder, had 22 hits, scored 14…