Wakefield Sports

Published in the May 14, 2020 edition.

Legendary teacher/coach Bill Tighe passed away on April 15 at the age of 95. Tighe started his career at Wakefield High School in 1949. He influenced many people in the Wakefield community, including former Wakefield Daily Item sports editor Paul Rich, who started covering Wakefield High sports as…

Published in the May 12, 2020 edition.

The Intercity League Board of Directors met on Wednesday via Zoom to the discuss the ramifications that COVID-19 is having on the 2020 season.

It was the unanimous decision of the Board to make aevery effort to play an abbreviated version of the usual schedule only if it is…

Published in the May 8, 2020 edition.

Bill Tighe, who passed away on April 15 at the age of 95, was known as a legendary football coach. But he was also a dear friend to many. One of those friends was Wakefield’s Patsy Zagaria, a 1951 graduate of WHS. Tighe started in Wakefield as a…

Published in the May 7, 2020 edition.

By COLIN A. YOUNG

State House News…

Published May 6, 2020

WAKEFIELD — Students at the Galvin Middle School woke up to an uplifting surprise on Monday when the school’s virtual morning announcements included a…

Published April 29, 2020

[We know that in the current shutdown many of you, like us, are missing that lifelong rite of spring that is baseball. We hope that this piece, written 10 years ago by Item columnist Mark Sardella, will make your hardball withdrawal a little easier.]

Last week…

Published in the April 28, 2020 edition.

The first conversation that I had with Coach Tighe occurred in September 1954, during my freshman year at Wakefield High School. Several weeks before, I had ignored his appeal for all boys interested in Leaders Club to join.

When I realized what the Leaders Club was and approached…