Weekly Sports Roundup:
Hudson High's state champion softball team to be honored with parade, dinner
By Ken Powers Contributing Writer

Region - The Hudson High School Booster Club will honor its Massachusetts Division 2 Champion softball team Tuesday July 31 in ceremonies that all fans of the team are invited to attend.

The festivities will begin at 4 p.m. with a parade that starts at the Esplanade and ends at Town Hall. At 6 p.m. at the Riverview at the Hudson Portuguese Club on Port Street, the team will be the featured guests at a buffet dinner.

Tickets for the dinner are $25 and must be purchased by Tuesday July 24 as no tickets will be sold at the door.

The 23-1 Hawks won the first-ever state title in the history of the Hudson High softball program with a 2-1, come-from-behind win over North Andover June 17 at Worcester State College. The players and coaches of the state title team will be on hand for the parade and the dinner.

To purchase tickets or for more information, contact the booster club at hhh_ boosterclub@yahoo.com or Terri Wood at 978-562- 4459.

Youth soccer

The Westborough Youth Soccer Association's Boys U-10 team completed its season with a flourish recently, compiling a 7-0-1 record in the Nashoba Valley Youth Soccer League's A Division.

Competing against teams from Northborough, Stow, Harvard, Ayer-Shirley and Groton-Dunstable, the team outscored the opposition by a combined total of 35-15.

Members of the team, all fourth-grade students at Mill Pond School, were Joe Areano, Jameson Bradley, Charlie Buress, Brandon Damiano, Ryan Darnley, Shreedhar Deshpande, Connor Fitzgerald, Jack Pierce, Jake Pirdy, Lucas Silva and Chase Taylor. The team was coached by Bob Damiano, Jim Fitzgerald and Wayne Taylor.

Local football

Citing a lack of interested players and financial issues, the Marlborough Shamrocks semi-pro football team has decided, for the second time in three years, not to field a team in the Eastern Football League (EFL). Bob Brennan, the longtime coach of the team who now serves as a consultant, confirmed the reasoning behind the team's self-imposed one-year leave of absence from the EFL.

Last year the team, under first-year coach Bob Devoe, compiled a 6-5 record. In 2005, for similar reasons, Brennan said, the team also opted to not field a team.

Brennan said he and Devoe are both optimistic the Shamrocks will have enough interest to field a team in 2008.

Youth basketball

The Westborough eighthgrade boys basketball team captured the MetroWest Boys & Girls Club Tournament for the third time in five years, defeating Framingham, Northbridge and Hudson in the playoff s.

Members of the team were Evan Cummins, Steve Gellar, Andrew Grant, Robbie Grosskopf, Tom Houle, Paul Iasiello, Nick Judd, Billy Kajos, Sam Klefstad, Sam Nichols and Tony Silva. The team was coached by Rick Grant, Casey Judd and Brian Orlando.

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