![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)
Sports Brief: Boys basketball takes home Central Division II Championship for first time since 1991
Credit: Haley Melvin
After defeating Hopkinton in the Central Division II finals this past Saturday, the boys basketball team will continue to advance to the State playoffs competing against the top Division II teams.
March 9, 2020
The boys varsity basketball became division champions for the first time since 1991 this Saturday with its most recent win against Hopkinton. The team will advance to the State Division II playoffs where they will face the Taconic Braves from Taconic High School, the winners of the West bracket. On Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m., the team will play in the state semifinal at Western New England University.
Central Division II Playoffs:
Quarterfinals: vs. Groton Dunstable on Feb. 28
Final score: 63-60
Semifinals: vs. Nashoba on March 4
Final score: 59-52
Finals: vs. Hopkinton on March 7
Final score: 61-49
State Division II Playoffs:
Semifinals: vs. Taconic (Winner of West Bracket)
7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11 at Western New England University
