Football has already begun, the rest are this week
Published in the August 22, 2016 edition.
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Memorial High School fall sports are getting underway soon for most Warrior teams. Football practice has already started.
The Warrior football team began its camp dates on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 19 and 20 from 4-8 p.m. both days. The practices were with helmets only.
After an off day yesterday, Wakefield was back out this morning from 8 a.m.-noon. Once again, the practice is for helmets only.
The Warriors will continue with morning practices tomorrow and Wednesday from 8 a.m.-noon and will wear padding on the upper body both days.
Double sessions will be held Thursday and Friday of this week. On both days, the morning sessions will be held from 8 a.m.-noon with full pads while the second session both days will be from 4-6:30 p.m. with helmets only.
On Saturday, Aug. 27, Wakefield will have a dual practice at Woburn High School with the Tanners at 10 a.m. with Sunday being an off day.
The Warriors resume practice on Monday, Aug. 29, Wednesday, Aug. 31 and Thursday. Sept. 1 from 4-6:30 p.m. with full pads.
Wakefield has a scrimmage against Methuen scheduled on Tuesday. Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. at Landrigan Field and a scrimmage against Lynn English on Friday, Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. at Manning Field.
The Warriors have a practice with helmets only on Saturday, Sept. 3 from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. with Sunday and Monday off over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
Starting on Tuesday, Sept. 6, the Warriors will be practicing on Landrigan Field at their normal practice time of 4 p.m.
Most of the rest of the Warrior sports get underway on Thursday, Aug. 25.
The golf tryout schedule will be on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 5 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 28 at 5 p.m. and Monday, Aug. 29 at 3:30 p.m. at the Thomson Country Club in North Reading.
The field hockey tryouts will be held at the Shaun Beasley Field complex and the dates are Thursday, Aug. 25 from 3-6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 26 from 3-6 p.m., and Saturday, Aug. 27 from 9 a.m.-noon.
The volleyball tryouts will be held at the Charbonneau Field House. For varsity only (grades 10, 11 and 12), the dates are Thursday, Aug. 25 with an 8:30 a.m. session and a 2:30 p.m. session, Friday, Aug. 26 with an 8:30 a.m. and a 2:30 p.m. session, and Saturday, Aug. 27 with an 8:30 a.m. session. The freshman and JV tryout dates are Thursday, Aug. 25 at 11:30 a.m. and Friday, Aug. 26 at 11:30 a.m.
The girls’ soccer tryouts will be held at the Galvin Middle School. The dates are Thursday, Aug. 25 from 8-10 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. for all girls, Friday, Aug. 26 from 8-10 a.m. for all girls, and on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 9 a.m. to noon.
The boys’ soccer tryouts will also be held at the Galvin Middle School. The dates are Thursday, Aug. 25 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. for all boys and Friday, Aug. 26 from 5-7 p.m. for all boys. On Saturday, Aug. 27, Wakefield will have a scrimmage against Saugus at noon for all boys at Walton Field.
The tryouts schedules for cross country, girls’ swimming, cheer and dance team have not been posted yet.
