By: Matt Murch
Mr. Scott Kittredge, varsity baseball coach for Westborough High School for the past twelve years, shares information about his past as a baseball enthusiast. As a high school athlete Kittredge was a pitcher and went on to coach every level of baseball from little league to high school.

While coaching high school baseball, his best moments include last year when his team beat Burncoat in the 9th inning bringing WHS to the finals. He also cites another highlight: three years ago during the semi-finals against St. John’s (coincidentally the day his daughter was born).

When asked about his responsibilities as a coach, he states the obvious answers of planning practices, coordinating games, working line-ups, and overseeing lower sub-varsity levels, but also the importance of teaching character and responsibility. Kittredge says that he loves to see students in “another realm”, which he would otherwise miss from the point of view of a teacher.

On the topic of this year’s team, Kittredge says he was encouraged by last year’s amazing season, in which the varsity team worked all the way up to the district finals, and that while the team lost a lot of talent with the graduated seniors, the incoming players will compensate for the loss with their hardworking character and good attitude.

On Tuesday, January 4th, the Freshman Girls’ Basketball team faced Notre Dame Academy. During the week or so off for the holidays, the WHS freshman team was only able to practice twice and on the returning Monday, their skills had not remained at their full potential.
“We’re excited to have the whole team back together. We had a good practice yesterday, but we were a bit rusty after relaxing during the winter break. If we continue to play hard on the defensive end, then we will be hard to beat,” said Coach Wentzell in a pre-game report.
Westborough began the game with the upper-hand, by winning the jump ball which led to an easy two-point lead. The WHS girls maintained their lead throughout the entire game eventually stretching it to a 20-10 point lead. They went on to defeat Notre Dame with a 48-23 victory.
The freshman team is undefeated with a 6-0 record. Point guard Janet Khoury and forward Melissa Mastrogiacomo contributed a large number of points to the game. Their next game is away against Groton-Dunstable.