Boys tennis sweeps three, capped by 5-0 rout of Cambridge
WAYLAND — Boys varsity tennis ran the table with a 3-0 week capped by a 5-0 shutout at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, headlining a Wayland High School slate that included a 17-0 girls lacrosse rout, a one-run softball win and a Tuesday-Thursday volleyball double that included a road victory over Acton-Boxborough.
TOWN
Town sports infrastructure stayed on the periphery of a busy municipal week. The Recreation Department's homepage continues to flag a delayed start to summer camp's Week 1 stemming from the "Blizzard of '26," along with an April 13 notice that all fields are open for the season and a new packet for field permit holders. Spring and summer program registration is open through the ActivityReg portal.
At the Capital Improvement Planning Committee's April 29 meeting, members revisited Article 16 — the former Article DD on the Holiday Road parcel — without resolving their split recommendation, while noting a separate Community Preservation Committee discussion about a possible $10,000 appraisal on an abutting Gleason Lane property. A Select Board warrant hearing the same week set up Monday's annual town meeting at the high school field house, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL
Boys tennis was the week's cleanest story. The Warriors edged Bedford High School 3-2 on Monday, held off Acton-Boxborough 3-2 at home Wednesday and finished the run with a 5-0 sweep at Cambridge Rindge & Latin on Friday — three wins in five days against a tough Dual County stretch.
Boys volleyball matched it for impact. Wayland handled Waltham/Weston 3-0 in the field house Wednesday, then went to Acton-Boxborough on Thursday and came home with a 3-1 win, a marquee result against one of the region's most consistent programs.
Girls lacrosse split, but the split included a statement. After dropping a 15-4 game at Acton-Boxborough on Tuesday, the Warriors returned home Thursday and shut out Cambridge Rindge & Latin 17-0 on the stadium field.
Softball found a needed win to close the week. After lopsided losses to Bedford (10-1 at home Monday) and Acton-Boxborough (13-1 on the road Wednesday), the Warriors held on for a 10-9 home win over Cambridge Rindge & Latin on Friday.
Baseball opened the week with one of its better wins of the spring, a 4-3, eight-inning decision at Bedford on Monday. The Warriors then dropped a 6-1 home game to Acton-Boxborough on Wednesday and a 9-6 result against Cambridge Rindge & Latin on Saturday.
Girls tennis went 1-2, falling 3-2 to Bedford and 4-1 at Acton-Boxborough before bouncing back with a 4-1 home win over Cambridge Rindge & Latin on Friday. Boys lacrosse had the toughest stretch of any varsity, dropping all three — 16-3 to Acton-Boxborough, 13-5 at Cambridge Rindge & Latin and 9-2 at Dover-Sherborn High School. Boys and girls track competed at a Tuesday meet hosted at Weston High School against Boston Latin School and another opponent, with no team scores reported in the schedule data. Sailing competed Wednesday at Bedford and Friday at Weston.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
No middle school athletic results were published in the available sources for this period.
YOUTH
Wayland Little League has closed spring registration; the league directs new questions to its registrar and has summer registration open through its SportsEngine site. WLL also flagged the completion of the Eliza J. Norton Foundation's Build with Heart dugout project at Cochituate Park, a project WLL backed as a champion sponsor.
Wayland Youth Soccer is highlighting its boys 7th-8th grade Strikers team, which has qualified for the MTOC tournament — the state's marquee club-level event. WAYS continues to take spring registrations and is recruiting WAYS-certified youth referees. Field status is listed as open.
Wayland Youth Basketball and Wayland Youth Lacrosse posted no new bulletins for the week. The Wayland Community Sports Center's site continues to advance its case for a multi-purpose indoor facility, citing Article 36's 75 percent approval at the April 2025 town meeting as ongoing momentum.
SENIOR
The Council on Aging's May newsletter is out, and the COA fitness schedule remains available through its program page, but no senior-sports-specific events were announced for the period.
LOOKING AHEAD
Monday's town meeting at the field house is the week's biggest civic event for anyone tracking fields, capital and the Holiday Road parcel. On the field, boys tennis and boys volleyball both carry momentum into next week's slate, and softball will look to build on its first win in three tries.