The Story
It’s time for a mid-season sports update, as we haven’t covered sports for the past two weeks. Our deepest condolences.
Baseball
The varsity baseball team swept BG this week with an 8-2 win on Monday and an 11-1 win on Thursday. They started off rocky, losing their first two games, but have since been on a 9-game winning streak. So unless they lose pretty much every single one of their remaining 6 games, it’s looking like varsity baseball is heading to the playoffs.
Softball
The varsity softball team has been doing solidly marginal this season, with a 5-5 record. We know the Bedford standard is above average, so we’ll see if they can improve their very average record with their remaining 5 regular season games.
Crew
We know some of you don’t think crew is a sport, but it is, in fact, a varsity sport, so we’re covering it. The boys team did decent in their race against Hanover, but the girls team didn’t do great. Their next races are May 23rd against Great Bay and May 29th against Concord, and we have no idea if those will be good competition because there is very little information anywhere about crew (RIP crew).
Lacrosse
Girls lacrosse has been dominating, with their only losses this season against BG last week. Boys lacrosse, however, has been slightly less successful. They’ve lost four games against Pinkerton, Salem, and BG. The girls have 5 more regular season games and the boys have 2.
Track and Field
The track and field team picked up where lacrosse fell short against BG – they stomped on BG’s throats. It was a similar story against Manchester Memorial and Concord. Track and field has been kind of killing it this year. They have two more meets against Keene and Nashua North before playoffs.
Tennis
Both tennis teams are undefeated forces to be reckoned with. They’ve also been killing it this season, with none of either team’s matches being at all close. Maybe tennis should be the spring version of football.
The Runaway
The Bedford athletics department is looking strong and standing tall (on most fronts) for the quickly approaching playoffs.
What to Say…
When prom was all it was meant to be…
On Saturday, seniors got to experience one of the key high school experiences that the class of 2020 missed out on (RIP the class of 2020). The big one. Senior Prom. All things went according to plan as the student council set the scene at the DoubleTree in Manchester. Everyone looked amazing, and there were some especially bedazzled masks, one of the hot new accessories proved necessary by COVID. About ⅔ of the senior class attended, and one student said that everyone was very happy to be there. Prom King and Queen Aiden Landmann and Grace Blias took to the dance floor, but a lot of the kids who attended left before dancing. Students had the option to leave before dancing because in the event that someone who stayed tests positive for COVID, everyone who stayed will have to quarantine. Maybe people left because they didn’t want to risk getting quarantined, or maybe they just don’t know how to bust a move. And one complaint we heard was that the DJ kinda sucked, but based on our past BHS dance experiences, that’s nothing new. Students were required to wear masks when they weren’t sitting at tables eating, but one student told us that there were a lot of people walking around without masks and no chaperones enforcing mask wearing. However, all the students we talked to enjoyed the prom and said it was well worth attending. And there’s another one this Saturday too!
When things are finally starting to look normal…
We have COVID updates. That’s right. There’s more than one. And we know you must be tired of hearing about COVID by now, but these are kind of important. First up, on Wednesday, the CDC approved use of the Pfizer vaccine for 12-15 year old kids. This is a crucial step in fighting COVID-19, as teenagers are known to spread germs very easily (shocker) and are a key group in reaching herd immunity. The only thing to note about the vaccine in adolescents is an increased chance for a fever. Other than that, things are pretty normal as far as side effects for a vaccine – a solid chunk of the people we talked to felt like they got hit by a truck after their second shot, but it’s worth it. New Hampshire opened registration for the 12-15 year olds last Thursday. And now for some other COVID news. On Thursday, the C.D.C announced people who are fully vaccinated no longer have to wear masks. Like at all. Indoors or outdoors, with other fully vaccinated people or not. States still have the option to enforce whatever guidelines they please but it’s looking like masks are starting to move towards going out of fashion. That’s right folks. We are finally achieving normalcy.
Things to Know
Let’s do it again…
Junior prom is this Saturday, May 22nd, same time, same place.
You swam the moat??
The school’s production of Once Upon A Mattress is this Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.