Charity

Watertown Middle School Kicks Off Pennies for Patients Drive

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Last year, Watertown Middle School students collected more than $30,000 in donations to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and they hope to beat it in this year’s Pennies for Patients drive, which begins March 2. The middle school sent out the following announcement about their drive:

This year, the Watertown Middle School will again be participating in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s School & Youth Program, Pennies for Patients — a three-week coin, cash, and check drive to raise funds to find cures for blood cancers. Our drive will run from March 2 through March 23. As you may know, leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer among children and young adults under the age of 20. Mr. Johnson, our physical education teacher, is a lymphoma survivor.

Entertainment

See When You Can Catch the Watertown High School Musical

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Watertown High School will present The Pajama Game this month. 

The musical will hit the Shaw Auditorium Stage on March 19, 20 and 21 at 7 p.m. each night. The book is by George Abbott and Richard Bissell with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. It is based on the novel “7 1/2 Cents” by Richard Bissell. The play is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International.

Weather

Snowy Weather Heading Toward Watertown Sunday

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Another several inches of snow could fall on the Watertown area Sunday evening. The National Weather Service issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the Boston area. Snow will begin Sunday afternoon and continue overnight, with heavy snowfall at times. The WHDH Channel 7 forecast (see map above) puts Watertown near the line between the areas that will get 2-4 inches and those which will get 4-6 inches of snow. A reminder, Watertown continues to be in a snow emergency, during which on-street parking is prohibited.

Sports

Watertown Boys Hockey Team Rolls Into Section Semifinals

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Watertown’s boys hockey team routed Northeast Regional Friday afternoon and moved on to the semifinals of a wide open Div. 3 North Section tournament. The Raiders led 1-0 after one period and then netted two more in the second against the No. 2 seeded team. The game at Chelmsford Forum ended 4-1, improving seventh seeded Watertown’s record to 12-3-7.

Schools

Survey of Watertown Teens Finds Rise in Alcohol Use, Depression

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The Watertown Youth Coalition’s survey of Watertown High School students found a sharp rise in alcohol use and depression among students. 

Preliminary results of the 2014 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that more than 40 percent of students drank alcohol over the previous 30 days, and more than 35 percent reported binge drinking during that time, according to the data released at the WYC’s annual meeting on Wednesday night. Alcohol use was 35.5 percent in 2012 but that number rose to 42.8 percent in 2014, according to the survey of 533 students in the spring of 2014. Binge drinking went from 21.5 percent in 2012 to 35.5 percent in 2014. Attendees were asked to come up with ideas for why this was happening, ways to prevent it and other information that might be useful to study the issues. Watertown High School students who work as peer leaders with WYC reported it is easy to get alcohol from friends or older siblings.

Sports

Watertown Girls Hoops Holds Off Tewksbury, Sets Up Clash with Belmont

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{Note: the day of the next girls’ basketball game has been changed, see below}

The Raiders girls basketball squad held on to defeat a pesky Tewksbury Thursday night and now have a clash with their rivals in the MIAA Div. 2 North Section semifinals. Undefeated and top seeded Watertown trailed at halftime, 21-19, to eighth seeded Tewksbury (13-9), and led by just one after three quarters Thursday, according to the Lowell Sun. The Raiders, who were led by Shannon Murphy’s 15 points, pulled away to win the section quarterfinal 49-45, according to the Boston Globe report. The Raiders (19-0) now have a rematch with Belmont, the team they beat on the opening day of the season in December.

Sports

Register Now for Watertown Youth Baseball and Softball Leagues

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Registration is now open for Watertown’s young baseball and softball players. 

Watertown Youth Baseball and Youth Softball have started registering players for the 2015 season This also includes the Challenger league for children with disabilities. “This has been a great tradition for our youth and great way to break into Spring,” said the league announcement. Register today and help melt that snow!! You can register at www.wybb.org