![Join WSPN’s Marissa Mendoza, Edge Wheeler, Ainsley Jay, Bowen Morrison and Sofia Ciciarelli as they cover seniors’ involvement in the election and the viewpoint from a WHS educator. “[The election is] a really toxic environment,” WHS history teacher Katherine Bassen said. “It would be disingenuous for me to say, ‘oh, everything's going great.’ Obviously it's not, right?”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_0282-1-1200x800.jpg)
![The Boy Scouts will be selling trees on Fridays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays noon to 6 p.m. until they sell out.
“This event is one of the things that [the Boy Scouts] get to have a direct impact on the community,” freshman Alex Macleod said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-11-at-8.38.38 AM.png)
According to the MetroWest Daily News, senior Megan Pierce earned second place in the 500-yard freestyle event with a time of 5:19.62. Pierce also earned second place in the 100-yard butterfly event with a time of 59.62 seconds. Sophomore Molly Pierce came in second place for the 200-yard IM and the 100-yard freestyle while senior Kristina Barakov came in third place in the 100-yard backstroke event. The Wayland girls won the meet with a total of 610 points, defeating Westford Academy, the second place team, by over 100 points.
“It felt great. We knew it was going to be tough because Westford is a strong team, but we really came through,” sophomore Mindy Lou said.
Friday’s meet was the sixth consecutive DCL win for Wayland’s girls’ swim team.
Sectionals will be held this Saturday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by State Championships on February 16 at Springfield College.
BORAT • Feb 6, 2013 at 9:14 AM
"edging out Westford Academy by over 100 points" "edging out" means it was close…