Warriors boys volleyball sweeps three in 3-1 wins to headline Wayland week
WAYLAND — Wayland High School's boys volleyball team capped a 3-0 week with a 3-1 win over Natick on Friday night, headlining a stretch in which the Warriors' spring slate split sharply by sport — three straight losses for baseball, but unbeaten runs from girls tennis and a closing surge from girls lacrosse.
TOWN
The Recreation Department spent the week pointing residents toward summer, with Town Beach set to open Saturday, May 23, and the 2026 Summer Beach Book and Spring/Summer brochure now posted on the town site. Recreation also re-circulated its new Field User Packet for permit holders and confirmed all fields remain open for the season following an April 13 status update. The Recreation Commission did not post action items in the period.
On the policy side, the May 11 Economic Development Committee meeting touched athletics only indirectly, with discussion of a possible playground at the town green tied to ongoing conversations with Raytheon, the Land Stewardship Program and a designer offered by Graffito. Recreation was floated as the natural coordinating department once site questions are resolved.
HIGH SCHOOL
Boys volleyball was the story of the week. The Warriors beat Cambridge Rindge & Latin 3-1 on Tuesday, Agawam 3-1 on Wednesday and Natick 3-1 on Friday — all by the same set score, all in different gyms, against three different styles of opponent. The Field House crowd saw the last two of those wins.
Girls tennis went 3-0 with a pair of one-point thrillers and a Waltham handling in between. The Warriors edged Weston 3-2 on Monday in Weston, beat Bromfield 3-2 on Tuesday and rolled past Waltham 4-1 on Wednesday at home. A trip to Newton South on Friday closed the week.
Girls lacrosse rebounded from a 19-7 road loss at Concord-Carlisle on Tuesday with two convincing wins. The Warriors lit up Waltham 20-9 at home Thursday on Stadium Field, then went to Wakefield Friday and won 15-10, the kind of road result that matters with tournament seeding ahead.
Softball split its two completed games, falling to Lincoln-Sudbury 7-5 on Tuesday before beating Waltham 6-1 on Wednesday at Cochituate Field. A Friday doubleheader at Lynn Classical was canceled.
The week was harder on the boys' diamond and turf. Baseball dropped all three games — 4-1 to Lincoln-Sudbury at Polar Park in Worcester on Monday, 6-0 at Waltham on Wednesday and 3-0 to Newton South at home Friday. The Warriors were shut out twice and scored just one run across the week. Boys lacrosse also went 0-3, falling 19-2 to Concord-Carlisle on Tuesday at Stadium Field, 14-7 at Waltham on Thursday and 14-3 to Advanced Math & Science Academy on Friday.
Boys tennis finished 1-2, swept Waltham 5-0 at Brandeis on Wednesday but lost 4-1 to Weston and 3-1 to Newton South in matches on either side of it. Both varsity track teams competed at a five-team meet at Bedford on Wednesday.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
No public middle school sports results were posted in the period.
YOUTH
Wayland Youth Soccer flagged Saturday and Sunday as Referee Appreciation Weekend across its fields and pointed parents to the BAYS Respect Campaign, noting all fields were open Saturday, May 16. The league also celebrated its 7-8th grade Boys Strikers earning a spot in the MTOC tournament.
Wayland Little League's spring registration is closed and the league is now taking summer signups, with questions directed to registrar@waylandlittleleague.org. The league also confirmed the Eliza J. Norton Foundation's Build with Heart dugout project at Cochituate Park is complete; WLL was a Champion Sponsor.
Wayland Youth Basketball remains in offseason mode with no new programming notes. The Wayland Community Sports Center continues to point supporters toward its second annual Hoops for a Home Court 3v3 tournament, set for Dec. 6.
SENIOR
The Council on Aging released its May newsletter and reminded residents the office will be closed Monday, May 19 and Monday, May 25. The COA fitness schedule remains posted on the town site; no new senior sports programs were announced this week.
LOOKING AHEAD
Boys volleyball will try to extend its winning streak as the regular season winds toward the MIAA tournament cutoff, and girls lacrosse looks to build on its Wakefield win. Out at the beach, Town Recreation has Saturday, May 23 circled as the official opening day of the 2026 Town Beach season.