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Northborough middle school baseball team fundraises for trip to Fenway Park

By Dakota Antelman Managing Editor

NORTHBOROUGH - Over a dozen middle school aged Northborough baseball players headed to Fenway Park June 12 thanks in part to a wildly successful car wash fundraiser.

As his team enjoyed a day watching the Red Sox face the Toronto Blue Jays, Coach Eric Mayo noted that this trip was more than met the eye.

“It’s come together really well,” he recently told the Community Advocate.

Mayo, alongside fellow coaches Tim Citro and Johnathan Freve watched their team struggle at times under the weight of COVID-19 this spring.

Particularly, students were unable to take field trips due to the coronavirus and the threat it posed.

Hearing that, Mayo and his fellow coaches saw an opportunity to play a role their baseball program does not always play.

Mayo’s second cousin is Red Sox President and CEO Sam Kennedy. So, Mayo got in contact and asked if the Red Sox would help bring Northborough’s middle school team to Boston.

“Sam said ‘absolutely,’” Mayo recalled.

As the Red Sox paid for students’ game tickets, Mayo anticipated they would have been able to also fund transportation and other costs associated with the trip.

That wouldn’t be necessary, though, as Northborough players and community members turned out for a car wash fundraiser on June 5.

“I thought it’d be a good opportunity for the kids to put in a little elbow grease,” Mayo said.

That fundraiser raked in over $1,500. Some of the money paid for transportation and concessions at Fenway. The rest went to the Red Sox’ cancer research and patient care charity, the Jimmy Fund.

“This was an easy opportunity and easy lift for us to make a statement to the Red Sox thanking them for the opportunity,” Mayo said of the decision to donate to the Jimmy Fund.

This major league experience ended the 2021 baseball season with a bang that few players or coaches expected even weeks earlier as the pandemic lingered.

Proud of what the team had done, Coach Citro offered a simple reflection on the year that’s been.

“Watching them come together as a team on the field this season has been fun to watch; seeing them come together off the diamond as friends is even better,” he said.

Baseball players Dominic Frallicciardi, Cooper Veron and Gilbert “Moo Moo” Prepetit help Coach Tim Citro wash fellow Coach Eric Mayo’s car. Northborough baseball player Ryan Roman washes Coach Jonathan Freve’s car.

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By Chris Wilson Contributing Writer

REGION - Another week of spring sports action last week saw the start of the Central Massachusetts Athletic Director’s Association postseason tournament. Regional schools competed in the first round, quarterfinals, and semifinals with their championship games on the horizon.

St. John’s and Algonquin qualified for the finals in boys tennis in their respective divisions, while Westborough beat Shrewsbury in girls tennis to qualify for the Division 1 finals.

Algonquin

BOYS LACROSSE – JUNE 7 Algonquin – 1, Marlborough – 0 GIRLS TENNIS – JUNE 7 Algonquin – 5, Shepherd Hill – 0 SOFTBALL – JUNE 8 Algonquin – 0, Wachusett – 22 BASEBALL – JUNE 9 Algonquin – 5, St. Paul – 13 GIRLS LACROSSE – JUNE 9 Algonquin – 17, Groton-Dunstable – 3 VOLLEYBALL – JUNE 9 Algonquin – 3, Nipmuc – 1 BOYS LACROSSE – JUNE 10 Algonquin – 16, Nashoba – 11 BOYS TENNIS – JUNE 10 Algonquin – 5, Nashoba – 0 GIRLS LACROSSE – JUNE 11 Algonquin – 20, Leominster – 10 GIRLS TENNIS – JUNE 11 Algonquin – 1, Wachusett – 4 VOLLEYBALL – JUNE 11 Algonquin – 3, Keefe Tech – 0

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An Algonquin pitcher throws a pitch during his team’s playoff game against Saint Paul.

An Algonquin baserunner calls for a time-out after hitting a double in what was ultimately a losing effort against Saint Paul, June 12.

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BOYS TENNIS – JUNE 9 Grafton – 4, Shepherd Hill – 1 BASEBALL – JUNE 10 Grafton – 1, Shrewsbury – 13 GIRLS LACROSSE – JUNE 10 Grafton – 12, North Middlesex – 10 SOFTBALL – JUNE 10 Grafton – 6, Shepherd Hill – 11 GIRLS TENNIS – JUNE 10 Grafton – 5, Leominster – 0 BOYS LACROSSE – JUNE 11 Grafton – 16, Wachusett – 7 BOYS TENNIS – JUNE 12 Grafton – 0, Algonquin – 5 Shrewsbury

BASEBALL – JUNE 7 Shrewsbury – 11, Marlborough – 0 SOFTBALL – JUNE 7 Shrewsbury – 9, Marlborough – 10 BOYS LACROSSE – JUNE 8 Shrewsbury – 15, Worcester – 5 GIRLS LACROSSE – JUNE 8 Shrewsbury – 15, Nashoba – 16 BOYS TENNIS – JUNE 9 Shrewsbury – 2, Wachusett – 3 GIRLS TENNIS – JUNE 9 Shrewsbury – 5, Worcester South – 0 BOYS LACROSSE – JUNE 10 Shrewsbury – 6, North Middlesex – 3 BASEBALL – JUNE 11 Shrewsbury – 9, St. Paul – 3 Westborough

BASEBALL – JUNE 7 Westborough – 10, Worcester South – 0 GIRLS LACROSSE – JUNE 7 Westborough – 10, Tantasqua – 11 BOYS LACROSSE – JUNE 8 Westborough – 11, Wachusett – 13 BASEBALL – JUNE 9 Westborough – 5, Tantasqua – 2 GIRLS TENNIS – JUNE 9 Westborough – 5, Nashoba – 0 SOFTBALL – JUNE 10 Westborough – 10, Tantasqua – 4 BOYS TENNIS – JUNE 10 Westborough – 5, Doherty – 0 BASEBALL – JUNE 11 Westborough – 0, Leominster – 7 BOYS TENNIS – JUNE 11 Westborough – 5, Wachusett – 0

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