Patriots Training Camp for the 2019 season opens on July 25 at 8 a.m. The schedule for the first three days of Training Camp are listed on the team's web site. Additional dates and practice times will be announced and updated here.
Training Camp practices are free and open to the public. No tickets are needed. Training Camp entrances will open approximately 1 hour before practice begins each day and will remain open 1 hour after practice ends. Practice typically lasts two hours.
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Boys and girls entering Grades 6th , 7th , and 8th are eligible for a summer volleyball clinic held this July. Instructors for the clinic are coaches and players from King Philip Volleyball Girls & Boys teams. The clinic will focus on the fundamentals of volleyball, work on skills, development, passing, setting, hitting,blocking, playing games and having fun.
Beginner and experienced players are welcome. The cost is $95.
The summer volleyball clinic is held at King Philip High School Field House, 6 to 8 p.m., on Wednesday evenings (July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 5) and on Monday August 12.
Registration is online here.
Sponsored by Wrentham Recreation Department
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King Philip High School hosted the Hockomock Unified Track and Field Championships on Tuesday. May 21. Approximately 300 students from 10 area high schools attended the event, including students from Attleboro, Canton, Foxboro, Franklin, King Philip, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Oliver Ames, Sharon and Taunton. Students took part in events including shot put, javelin, long jump, 100-meter , 400-meter, 800-meter, four by 100-meter relay and four by 400-meter relay.
Special Olympics Unified Sports teams provide opportunities for student athletes with and without mental and/or physical disabilities to train and compete together. At competitions, students are encouraged to do their best and no scores are kept.
"This meet was amazing and I was so glad to be a part of it," said Matt Anderson, coach of the King Philip Unified Track Team. "Watching close to 300 athletes compete, cheer for each other, smile and laugh for the afternoon was an incredible experience for the KP Community and I am thankful that the Hockomock League chose us to host the Unified Championship this year."
This is the first year King Philip has had its own Unified Track and Field team.
"It was a pleasure to Coach all of our athletes," Anderson said. "I was highly impressed with all the hard work the athletes did this season and how much they improved from the start of the season until the final meet yesterday. The level of teamwork and camaraderie was great and I can't wait to see how the program grows next year."
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Two King Philip Regional High School seniors were recognized at the Hockomock League's annual Scholar Athlete Dinner earlier this month.
Seniors Caroline Robertson and Justin Willson were among 24 student-athletes honored for success in academics and athletics at the Hockomock League's annual banquet.
"Justin and Caroline are two truly remarkable, well-rounded student-athletes," King Philip Athletic Director Gary Brown said. "They represent what being a King Philip Warrior is all about, and worked hard to find success both in the classroom and in their respective sports."
Willson played soccer earlier this year and is member of the outdoor track team. Robertson is a member of the girls' volleyball, indoor track and softball teams.
The students were chosen by King Philip Regional High School administrators for the Scholar Athlete Awards.
Willson will be attending Stony Brook University this fall where he will study Physics. Robertson will attend Boston College, where she will study neuroscience.
At the banquet, 24 student-athletes from all 12 schools within the Hockomock League were recognized for their accomplishments.
The banquet was held May 2 at Lake Pearl Luciano's in Wrentham.
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Ever since kindergarten, Sara Sylvestre and Jack Mullen have competed on local sports teams. Now as sophomores, they have accumulated a long list of sports-related injuries such as ruptured ligaments and broken bones. Looking to give back to the community sports leagues they once took part in, Sylvestre and Mullen set the mission of their 2019 DECA project on preventing youth sports-related injuries. DECA is an international business program KP has successfully participated in for many years.
Sylvestre and Mullen's first-hand knowledge of the misery and long-term problems sport-injuries cause, put this campaign in a special place in their hearts. The KP students partnered with the National Center for Sports Safety (NCSS), whose goal is to prevent youth sports injuries nationwide. The pair started an initiative called Sixteen Minutes named for a video called PREPARE that NCSS uses to teach the public on this topic. Sixteen Minutes is targeting their information to the King Philip Regional High School community and families in the towns of Norfolk, Wrentham, and Plainville. The goals of the Sixteen Minutes campaign is to raise awareness for the National Center for Sports Safety, educate parents, coaches, and athletes on how to prevent sports-related injuries. The two are focusing on dehydration prevention, how to handle injuries if they do occur, and raising funds for NCSS through donations and the sale of personalized monogrammed water bottles.
To find more information on the campaign or help the fight, view the project’s public service announcement on the Norfolk Community Televisions YouTube Page or check out the Sixteen Minutes Etsy page to purchase the monogrammed water bottles.
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By Patrick Coleman
Wrentham Barbarian Youth Rugby was treated to a visit from a world class two sport athlete. Nate Ebner, the New England Patriots special team expert and member of the US Olympic Rugby team, joined the local club for a Wednesday night practice.
The seven year NFLer arrived prepared to play, dressed in his USA Rugby t-shirt and shorts. He even changed into his cleats to run up and down the pitch with the Barbarians. Ebner first shared a few words on how rugby played a huge role in his life and helped form lifelong friendships.
Ebner’s appreciation of rugby was repeated throughout the practice. He spoke of how the game had taken him all over the world, forged special relationships, and provided valuable life experiences. Now he wants to give back and help the sport reach young players so they might enjoy the game the way he does. “It is extremely important to me,” he said about growing the game.
He first started playing rugby when he was six and could only participate in touch practices held for the men. It wasn’t until he was older that he could actually play on his own team. To see a youth program like the Wrentham Barbarians impressed Ebner. “I wish I had something like this when I was a kid,” he said.
This desire to give back to the game was how Ebner ended up in Wrentham. He asked the Patriots Community Relations department to help him find programs to visit. That led to a call with the Massachusetts Youth Rugby Organization (MYRO), and they suggested the Wrentham program. “The model here is terrific,” says MYRO’s Bill Good. “It’s a grassroot program that has developed over time.”
Good explained that rugby on all levels has a strong value system and places an emphasis on community. “You hear words like ‘respect’, ‘responsibility’, ‘teamwork’,” Good says. “Those are important to us. There’s a sense of a community that’s part of the game, and we’re trying to get kids involved in that early.”
The Patriot is doing his part for the local rugby community. He played sharks and minnows with the kindergarten and first grade players, declaring “I’m a shark.” The professional athlete kept his skills in check as Barbarian after Barbarian found ways to the move ball up the field and avoid Ebner's attempt to remove their flags.
After his time with the youngest players, Ebner moved over to the main pitch and joined the older kids for a game of touch. On the field he provided encouragement and served as a coach gently instructing players to “spread out” and “let the ball move.”
Ebner explained, “You coach the guy with the ball because you’re kind of his eyes behind him. That’s what we do on the field at the top level and that’s what you try and do with young kids. “
As his time with the Barbarians ran out, the players gathered around Ebner for a few more words. He spoke about the importance of passing, moving the ball, and communications and even sounded like his boss in Foxboro. “Sometimes it’s not your job to score,” he explained. “It’s your job to catch the ball and pass it as fast you can and get out nice and wide.”
He added, “It looks really good. Lots of enthusiasm. Let’s work on moving that ball.”
One of the younger players asked, “Do you drive a Lamborghini?”
Laughing, Ebner said he drives a Ford.
Before Ebner left he encouraged all the players to watch the upcoming Rugby World Cup Sevens starting July 20. He said that watching the best players in the world is a great way to learn the sport, and you never known were it might take you. “Keep working hard. Keep playing this game. You can get yourself on a USA team like I did, “ he said.
The evening was a success. Players, coaches, parents, and Ebner were all walking around with smiles. The fact that the Barbarians practice just 3 miles from the Patriots' homefield is an unusual but special situation. “To have a player like him in our backyard is exciting for us,” said Stephen Signes, Wrentham Barbarian Youth Rugby Club Leader.
While the season is almost over for the Barbarians, Signes says anyone interested in trying the game is welcome to come out. The program also offers a 10-week skills session starting in September that meets on Sunday mornings. Information will be available on the program’s website. ”If you want to come out and play, come out,” he says.
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Hockomock YMCA 12th ANNUAL TRIATHLON is Sunday, July 22. The USAT Sanctioned event is limited to 400 registered triathletes and online registration closes at 12 p.m. on Friday, July 20th.
Starting line is at Lake Pearl, 299 Creek St., and the sprint triathlon course is 1/4 mile SWIM, 9 mile BIKE, 3.1 mile RUN. Swim is in Lake Pearl, with an in-water wave start. Bike and run provide moderate hills through Franklin, Norfolk, and Wrentham.
Free tech tee and finisher medals. Top 3 finishers in each category will also be recognized with place medals. Club competition with trophy to first place team. Club members are also eligible for individual medals.
Anyone registered between July 10 and July 19, you will be entered into a raffle to win a Saris-Magnus Indoor Trainer.
Register online today at hockymca.org/triathlon
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Wrentham Recreation and the King Philip Track & Field program invite anyone of any age to come and compete in track and field events. Participants can compete one or all five nights.
Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. and races start at 6 p.m.
The series is scheduled for Wednesday Nights, July 11, 18, 25, August 1 and 8, at King Philip High School Track and Field Complex. The events are open to anyone, of any age, rom any town. Costs $5 per night or $20 for the whole season.
Order of Events:
Running Events:
50 yard “Diaper Dash” (5yrs. or Less)
100 meters
1 Mile
400 meters
800 meters
200 meters
4 x 100 Relay
Field Events:
Long Jump
Shot Put
Turbo Jav
T-Shirts to anyone competing in at least 4 of the weeks. edals for all competitors in week 5’s meet.
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