Hopkinton Parent Teacher Association

The team “Stealing Bases” won the HPTA’s first annual kickball tournament title, but Hopkinton schools took the biggest prize with more than $2,000 raised at the May 7 event.

Eight teams participated, including several neighborhood teams, a group of Hopkinton teachers and a team from Let’s Sing! Dance! Act!, who also contributed to the raffle.

“It was such a fun day and even with the weather all of the teams expressed enthusiasm and said they had a blast,” said event chair Shannon Hedstrom.

The “Stealing Bases” team included six couples: Heather and Gregg Butler, Kathy and Scott Fraser, Annabel and Bob Champlin, Paige and Tim Lind, Natasha and Sean Clarke, and Christina and Pavel Perlov.

Many children came to watch and cheer for their parents and teachers.

$1,600 of the funds raised came from entry fees, while the other $600 came from the raffle tickets sales.

The HPTA would like to thank Hedstrom for coordinating the event and all participants, raffle donors and sponsors.

Event sponsors include: Cornell’s, Hiller’s Cleaners, Comolli
Construction, Scott’s Landscaping, and Panera Bread.

Cornell’s donated use of the fields as well as the post-game pizza party.

Article by Jean Cann. Photo by Shannon Hedstrom.

A packed house in the Hopkinton High School Athletic Center enjoyed an entertaining afternoon of basketball on March 13 as the Harlem Wizards faced the Hopkinton Hot Shots, a team of Hopkinton teachers, administrators, students and community leaders.

After an opening act by two Let’s Sing! Dance! Act! dance groups, players from the Wizards basketball show team engaged the crowd with trick shots and challenges. The game itself was punctuated with physical and comical antics from the Wizards’ players targeted at opponents, the referee and members of the audience. At half-time many purchased refreshments, including Cold Stone Creamery ice cream. At the conclusion of the game, the Wizards signed autographs for the fans.

The event sold 962 tickets, but volunteers and cheerleaders helped to push the numbers over 1000. According the event chair Lauren Thomas, “Our fundraiser figure for the event is not final but we made in the range of $6700.”

The HPTA would like to thank Thomas, ticket sales coordinator Susan Nigrosh and birthday party coordinator Cathy Schaefer, as well as all the other volunteers, the good sports on the Hopkinton Hot Shots and all who bought tickets to support the schools.

By Jean Cann