Friday Night Drop-in Program for Middle School Students To attend Friday Night Drop-In events, simply fill out the FDI registration form.
Once you are registered, you can show up to any FDI event,
and bring the money for that event MOVIE NIGHT Friday January 27thfrom6:00 - 8:30 pm at Saugus Youth & Recreation Center~400 Central Street, Saugus
All 6th , 7th , & 8thGraders welcome!!!!
We will be watching a movie in our comfy clothes,
while enjoying some hot cocoa and freshly baked cookies!!
This event is $3.00 per person.Bring your friends!!!
Boys & Girls Town Team Basketball Program for Boys in Grades 5 thru 12 and Girls in Grades 5 thru 8 and
Boys Travel Team Baketball Program for Boys in Grades 5 thru 8
Programs begin the week of November 1st click here to view / print the flyer for this program
The Saugus Youth & Recreation Mat Dogs recently competed
in a wrestling tournament at Chelmsford High School. Approximately 600 youth wrestlers participated in this tournament.
18 local youths represented Saugus and made the town extremely proud.
The youth program went 37-15 for the day.
16 wrestlers competed in the novice division and two competed in the select division.
Saugus took home 10 first place finishes and 3 second place finishes.
The first place winners were:Mikey" bones" Howard at 3-0 with three pins,
Donovan Clark at 3-0, Dougie Clark at 3-0, Salvatore "the bull" Franco at 3-0
with two pins, Nicholas Franco at 3-0 with three first period pins,
Tommy St. Cyr at 3-0, Sean Hebert at 3-0 with three first period pins,
DominicDecrencenzo at 3-0, Joe Alba at 3-0, Tommy Falasca at 2-1,
Shane Meredith at2-1, William King at 2-1, Ethan Graylin at 2-1.
Isaac Graylin at 0-2 with a bye in one round losing two tough matches, one
went into overtime, Zachary Cummings went 0-2 with a bye in one round.
The youth program went an astounding 35-8 during this tournament.
Due to the waiver recently passed for Saugus varsity,
7th and 8th graders can now compete at the varsity level.
7th grader and varsity wrestler Mike Titus went 1-2 at the novice division.
7th grader and varsity wrestler Anthony Trang went 0-3 in the select division.
6th grader Danny McCullough, wrestling varsity, went 1-2 in the select division.
Two years ago the Saugus Youth & Recreation Department started
the youth wrestling program.The first year we had 15 youth wrestlers,
the second year it grew to 30 wrestlers.Now we are 40 strong and still growing.
I would like to say how proud the coaches and parents are of these kids.
A special thank you to coaches Chris Howard, Dougie Clark, and Tommy Falasca.
I would also like to thank sophomore wrestler Brandon Milton who donated
12 hours of his Sunday to help coach.
I am also grateful to the parents who showed up to support Saugus Youth Wrestling.
Youth & Recreation Director, Greg Nickolas, would like to express his thanks
to the coaches and parents that help make this program outstanding.
He stated, “This program provides the youth with skills that will help them
not only on the mat, but in life.”Darren McCullough, Saugus Youth Wrestling Staff
The Saugus Youth & Recreation Department, along with the Youth Commission,
would like to extend a big thank you to those who participated in and helped out
during the 2011 Founder’s Day.
The day went exceptionally well, and all those who attended had a great time.
We are especially grateful to:
First and foremost, Donna Gould, for everything
Town Manager, Andrew Bisignani and Chief Administrative Aid, Sue Dunn
The Inspectional Services Department –
Frank Giacolone, Charlene Berridge and Lorna Cerborne,
and Ralph Materese and the Building department
The Department of Public Works –
Kevin Vater, Mike Dockery, and the DPW Crew
Bob Wright and the custodial department
Police Chief, Dom DiMella and the police officers who worked details that day
Fire Chief, James Blanchard and Staff, Rick Porter and the Firemen manning
the Fire Safety House, and Cataldo Ambulance
Town Clerk, Joanne Rappa for making it possible
to still have time to register to vote
The Public Library and director Diane Wallace for help
with restrooms and handicapped parking
Home Depot for running a great “Kids Workshop”
All of the Food Vendors who helped out schools with Fundraising –
Harrows, Qdoba, Fuddruckers, Border Café, La Vita Mia, Five Guys Burgers,
Kowloon, Hilltop, Hannaford’s, Knights of Columbus, & Boy Scouts
SCTV – Rich Garabedian, Roger Froilian, James Woydka
AND Our Local News Papers and Websites–
The Saugus Advertiser, The Daily Lynn Item, The Saugus Advocate, Saugus.com, Susan Pretti,
and Saugus.net – For providing coverage of the day for those who could not attend.
Boy Scout Troops 61 and 62 were a BIG help as usual.They helped with
the early morning rush, as well as cleaning up at the end of the day!
The men and women of the Friendship Club.
You help and support Founder’s Day every year - Thanks!!
Those who supported our Military Families & Cpl. Scott J. Procopio
Memorial Scholarship Fund
SaugusBank for the wonderful concert after Founder’s Day, Saugus Iron Works,
and all the great performers
FOBR, DCR, Ed Murray, and Peter Rossetti for the annual Road Race
A huge thank you to our volunteers this year – Joan Regan, Kathy Blasingame,
Phil Rando, Paul Petkewich, Lynn Petkewich, Kimberly Politano, and Glen Davis
A special thank you goes out to Julie Mitchell and Mike Nelson.
This year they worked together to organize the entire Fun Area.
It was a great success!
Lastly, an ENORMOUS thank you to the local Businesses and Neighbors
for their understanding and cooperation during Founder’s Day.
Without your continued support and help, we would not be able to run such
a successful event.
See you all next year!Saturday, September 8, 2012
Thank You Hannaford's Supermartket Saugus Youth & Recreation would like to thank Hannaford Supermarket of Saugus
for their recent donation of $255.00 toward the S.A.L (Saugus Athletic League).
Hannaford recently held a company-wide cookout event to raise money for local
organizations. We appreciate that they designated our department as a recipient.
Thank you Modell's and Hannaford's The Saugus Youth & Recreation Department along with Paul Petkewich would
like to thank Modell's Sporting Goods and Hannaford’s for donating their time
and for their generous donation towards our S.A.L. Program which we run for
FREE throughout the year for all the youth of Saugus. It's people and businesses
like this who make our community a better place.
S.A.L. Program Thank you from Paul Petkewich, Director click here to read Paul's letter _____________________________________________________________
Saugus Youth Wrestling 2nd Season April 7, 2011 Saugus Youth Wrestling successfully completed their 2nd season recently with an in-house dual meet.The group of 40+ wrestlers ranging in age from 7 to 14 were
grouped together by weight and competed against each other.All participants
received a tee shirt and medal along with a pizza party afterwards.
This program was taken over this year by the Youth and Recreation Department
and has grown in numbers from 15 to 45 kids.The program is for all children
regardless of height or weight.Kids are taught the basics of the sport along with
the conditioning, discipline and sportsmanship it takes to compete.We expect this
program to grow rapidly in the next few years and become a feeder program to the
Saugus High School team.
High school coach Rudy Howard would like to thank his dedicated youth coaches,
Darren McCullough, Chris Howard, Doug Clark and Tom Falasca for their hard work
and dedication to the program.He would also like to extend a big thank you to Greg
and Deb Nickolas for their overwhelming support in providing us the resources to
grow the sport of wrestling in Saugus.We would also like to thank Rich Garabedian
of S.C.T.V. for the coverage they have provided us.Last but not least thanks to
Phil & Tracy Franco and J&M’s Italian Specialty for their support.
The Saugus Youth and Recreation Department would
like to thank Hannaford for their continued support. They have donated money and goods towards many of
our programs, such as S.A.L Bootcamp and Basketball.
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