![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: Field hockey and girls soccer seasons in jeopardy
Credit: Kaitlyn Mabe
With COVID cases rising in Massachusetts, the Wayland field hockey and girls soccer teams have had to face some upsetting challenges towards the end of their fall seasons.
Most WHS fall sports teams were lucky enough to be able to play during this crazy time. That being said, COVID-19 cases have been rising in Massachusetts, leading to some challenges ahead for the girls varsity soccer and field hockey teams.
After the girls varsity soccer team won against Cambridge Rindge and Latin two nights ago in the first round of playoffs, they were expected to move on to the next round and play Waltham. Due to Waltham being in a hotspot of COVID cases, Wayland was unable to play them in the regular season. With the number of cases still high in Waltham, the Wayland board of health has declined the girls soccer team to play Waltham in the next round. However, the varsity team was able to schedule a “friendly” consolation game against the Weston Wildcats this Saturday at 2 p.m. The game will be a last hurrah for the seniors on the soccer team.
The last time the Wayland field hockey team played together was Wednesday, Oct. 28. Due to a confirmed positive case from the team this past Thursday, the whole team was required to quarantine for two weeks. The team was unable to finish their season or participate in the playoffs this week like other fall teams were able to do.
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Sammy Johnson, Class of 2022, is a 3rd year reporter and sports editor for WSPN. She plays soccer, basketball, and lacrosse for the high school. Outside...
Kaitlyn Mabe, Class of 2022, is a second year reporter for WSPN. She spends her time playing lacrosse and will be running track for the Wayland teams....