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Woburn Athletes Participate in Bay State Games
Several Woburnites will play in the Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation tournaments.
Although many eyes will be on the 2012 Olympics in London soon, Massachusetts has its own tournament for amateur athletes.
The Bay State Games, which began 31 years ago, with the Summer Games, has evolved into winter and summer tournaments and year-round physical fitness, sportmanship development. The Massachusetts tournaments are "quality Olympic-style athletic competitions," according to the Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation.
This year's Summer Games feature several Woburnites, as well as other area athletes. A complete list of Woburn residents taking part is below.
| Athlete | Sport |
| Amin, Jayesh | Badminton |
| Connolly, Chris | Soccer |
| Connors, Joe | Ice Hockey |
| Dalton, Nicholas | Soccer |
| Deane, Andrew | Soccer |
| Deulofeu, Maximiliano | Soccer |
| Kiely, John | Wrestling |
| Lafferty, John | Wrestling |
| Lake, Rebecca | Track & Field |
| Marshall, Erin | Basketball |
| Peary, Kayla | Track & Field |
| Philippe, Carmelle | Track & Field |
| Salian, Rajesh | Badminton |
| Trickett, Charles | Shooting-Rifle |
| Trickett, Maureen | Shooting-Rifle |
| Zheku, Philippa | Swimming |
For a schedule of remaining Bay State Games events, click the PDF attached to this article.
J Moran
8:38 pm on Monday, July 16, 2012
I believe you missed the woburn athletes that played ice hockey this past weekend.
Danielle Masterson
11:41 pm on Monday, July 16, 2012
I will go back and take another look at the list, J! If I missed them, I will most certainly add them. Thank you!
Danielle Masterson
7:50 pm on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
All fixed! :)