![The Wayland residents who volunteer to coach baseball try to make the environment fun and uplifting for players. “[I try] to build the kids up,” Co-Commissioner and coach for a Minors team Alex Ahmed said. “If someone strikes out, you encourage them, [and] say that [they] get another chance, [or they] could try again next time.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/unnamed-1200x801.png)
![On Thursday Oct. 10, football will face rival Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, aiming to improve their record to 4-1. “[LSRHS] has gotten the best of us over the last couple of years,” Parseghian said. “I feel that this team is willing to correct the last couple of years and, and get a [win]. I want to win a football game.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-12.53.35 PM-1200x801.png)
![A Wayland football player carries the football down the field. “We've cruised through the first three games,” head coach Scott Parseghian said. “[It’s a] combination of us being a good team and also the competition may not be as great as I had hoped.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_8114-1200x800.jpg)
On Nov. 26, 2023, the Wayland boys lacrosse team hosted the annual alumni game. With WHS boys lacrosse team alum returning home from college during Thanksgiving break, many former players made an appearance.
Credit: Edge Wheeler
Class of 2022 graduate Alex Mele and Assistant Coach Tony Marzilli chat prior to the game. Mele is now playing Division III Lacrosse as a defenseman at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
