Congratulations to the following students who received awards this past Saturday. The athletes received their distinctions in Gym B. Teams were scheduled at a specific time of arrival. The coaches talked about each awardee highlighting the athletes’ effort, dedication, and coachability.

Receiving the Award of Excellence were:

Stephanie Morin, 9th-grade Volleyball

Grace Grabowski, JV Volleyball

Maggie Xu, Volleyball

Sarah Laughlin, Unified basketball

Damian Sperrazza, JV Football

Lucas Maregni, Varsity Football

Skyler Shapiro, JV Boys Track

Daniel Glickman, Varsity Boys Track

Viveca Winston-Khan, Varsity Girls Track

Amanda Hart, JV Girls Track

Sade Arguello, Cheerleading

Avery Golub, Dance

110 % Award

Martha Haywood, Cheer

Luisa Pedreira, Dance

William LaCamera, Football

Jonathan Orelowitz, Indoor Track

Kaitlyn Shaughnessy, Indoor Track

Abebe Ticktin, Unified Basketball

Sabrina Ishanyan, Volleyball

DCL All-stars:

Hannah Balcanoff, Volleyball

Anthony Maregni, Football

Giovanni Rodriguez, Football

Thanks to its car wash fundraiser, the Cheerleading team is $765 closer to making their camp dream possible. They are thankful for the help that the cheer parents offered and to all who stopped by to make the event a success. Keep an eye out for more washes this spring!

COVID-19 Student Testing Required for Student-Athletes 

COVID-10 testing is now mandated for high school extracurricular activities. This is a mandate not only for students participating in athletics but for any students participating in in-person extracurricular activities.

If your student participates in any in-person extracurricular activity, they must be enrolled and participate weekly in our pool testing program. Here are the steps to enroll:

1. Complete the opt-in in Aspen (here’s the link)
2. High school students then create an account at JCM (do it here) for access to a QR code they use to check in their sample. PLEASE WAIT UNTIL MONDAY, APRIL 26 TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT WITH JCM.

We are excited to launch the Spring 2021 Athletic Experience, which includes all of its traditional programs. We are also offering Wrestling and Dance to our Spring schedules of events.

Throughout the year 2020-21, we have closely followed the MA Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) guidelines for athletic events for both our participants and our spectators, to ensure the safest possible conditions for all involved.

We are pleased to put forth the following policies on spectators for our Spring INDOOR and OUTDOOR events:

INDOOR EVENTS: Boys Volleyball, Dance and Wrestling (tentatively). For each HOME participant, two immediate adult family members are permitted to attend an event. Additionally, 2 family members of AWAY participants may attend an event. Attendees have to bring their DCL lanyard in order to enter the games home or away. Contact tracing will remain in effect and family check-in lists will be utilized at the indoor venue.

In addition, we will continue to stream indoor games for the fans to enjoy from home. The links will be posted on our website and on social media on the day of the events.

OUTDOOR EVENTS: (Lacrosse, Track & Field, Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Unified Track) As the recently amended EEA guidelines have stated, home and away spectator allowance at outdoor stadium events are capped at a maximum of 50% seating capacity at the stadium venue, with socially distanced six-foot seating on those bleachers.

At open area venues, such as parks and ball fields, home and away spectators must wear appropriate masks or face coverings at all times and remain socially distanced as much as possible.

The DCL Athletic Directors will continue to monitor information as it is made available from the EEA, DESE, and our local Boards of Health.

Please note that each district in our league has the ability to modify this policy based on its own facility limitations and/or local Board of Health restrictions.

It is our goal to focus on the health and safety of our community while safely permitting the appropriate opportunity to watch high school sports in person.