![The Wayland Police Department have issued a warning on the rise of scammers during the holiday season. “Hang up [the phone]. if you get a text and you do not know who it's from, just delete it. Don't click on any links, nothing,” Wayland police chief Edward Burman said. “Every single one of them is a scam.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_0954_720-e1734676255647.jpg)
![WHS’s Connect Program ran its annual holiday gift drive to fulfill the wishlist of children enrolled in the Dorchester based non-profit daycare organization, the Yawkey Center. This drive brought the town together and impacted both the students in Connect, as well as the greater Wayland community. “You could see how helpful the town was and how our community came together and wanted to help out a community that wasn't our own [and] kids who were less fortunate than we were,” senior and Connect Program member Jordynn Lee said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot_2024-12-20_at_12.21.24___pm_720-e1734734228474.png)
![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)
The Falcons currently have a record of 21-2 and are the returning Division III North champions. Danvers and Wayland also met last year in the Division III North semifinals where Danvers pulled off the win, advancing to later win the state title.
Wednesday night’s game was held at Burlington High School, a neutral location for the two teams.
Although the Warriors were down by four points at halftime, they came from behind in the second half to clinch another victory.
Senior Cameron Chin’s three-point shot in the third quarter brought the Warriors up a point ahead of North Reading and started a scoring streak for Wayland.
“I have to give credit to my teammates for opening up the floor for me,” Chin said. “That shot gave us some well-needed momentum, which carried through the rest of the game.”
Senior Jaleel Bell had a strong performance, recording 34 points, 14 rebounds and nine steals.
Although the fan bus for Wednesday’s game was canceled due to lack of interest, numerous Warriors fans showed up at Burlington High School to support their team.
“It’s always exciting to knock off the top seed, and since there was a lot of energy between our fans and North Reading’s fans, it made the victory even better,” senior fan Isabel Schwartz said.
![Wayland High School Class of 2019 alum Devin Wong is the new assistant coach of Harvard University Nordic Ski Team. "I’m excited to be a part of a new team and coaching staff am motivated to learn from [head coach] Cate Brams and grow as a coach and wax tech," Wong said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/09-27-24-NSKI-Wong-Announcement-1920x1080-1-e1730466291327-1200x704.jpg)
