Wilmington's Finest

Wilmington Hockey team wins state title in 2012

With an 18 year career beginning here in Wilmington, sports have always been a part our lives.  Beginning with youth soccer, little league, and learning how to skate, Wilmington had a plethora of athletic activities to choose from.  Some sports were dropped along the way, leaving only the truly dedicated to play their respective sports.  It’s not just the ability of the players that makes Wilmington sports teams so special: It’s the sense of community that it brings.  It’s the baseball field full of people watching Wilmington’s rare Division 1 pitcher throwing 94 miles per hour.  It’s the headline that the Town Crier gave to the tennis team for making states for the first time in 30 years.  Wilmington sports are more than just an after school activity.  They bring the town together.  They make us feel honored to be a part of a community that desperately wants us to succeed.

School spirit is everywhere

New gym built in brand new school

Wilmington senior commits to Division 1 baseball program

The best part about Wilmington sports aren’t the individual teams, but rather the collective student-athlete coalition. On a nice night in March, hundreds of people filed into the new gymnasium to watch the students play the teachers in basketball Despite not having enough seniors to fully participate, the student vs. faculty basketball game was a smashing success.  Allowing the younger students to play was actually better because the entire school was included.  Although the teachers won the game, the entire town got their money’s worth. The teachers did not need to be there: your average teacher would not want to huff it down a basketball court for hours and hours against a bunch of highschoolers. The teachers in Wilmington, though, are something else. They care about the students and they want everyone to have fun. Taking time out of their schedule and time away from their own families, the teachers sacrificed to spend time with our community. It wasn’t just athletes that participated in the event to. It was a volleyball player, a tennis player, a baseball player, a Math League student, an average everyday student, all mixed in to come together to take on the faculty. For how competitive it was, it didn’t matter who won or lost: it was still a lot of fun. That’s what makes Wilmington so great. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do on your own time; we all come together and make memories that will last for a long time.








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http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2012/03/22/malden_catholic_burlington_and_wilmington_cap_title_runs_at_the_garden/