WCVBtv 2/1/13: Social media turns Weston-Wayland rivalry ugly. Weston High School Principal Anthony Parker addressed the student body on Friday regarding the behavior of certain students during a hockey game against Wayland on Wednesday, our news partners at the MetroWest Daily News reported. “Our once healthy and innocent competition with Wayland has turned ugly,” Parker said.

Metrowest Daily News 2/1/13: Weston High Principal concerned with rivalry with Wayland. Weston High School Principal Anthony Parker addressed the student body on Friday regarding the behavior of certain students during a hockey game against Wayland on Wednesday. “Our once healthy and innocent competition with Wayland has turned ugly,” Parker said. “Fueled in part by Facebook, we have crossed the line separating appropriate and fun competition to inappropriate and offensive behavior characterized by vulgar language, mocking, threats and fighting.”

The full text of Parker’s address is online here

Wayland Student Press 2/3/13: Police present at basketball game as Wayland-Weston rivalry heats up. Every Wayland High School student knows about the famous Wayland-Weston rivalry. Weston High School is considered to be Wayland’s greatest rival in athletics, and the annual Wayland-Weston Turkey Day game attracts many viewers from both schools. However, this past week, the friendly rivalry escalated to new heights, which were considered severe enough to involve local law enforcement and segregate the two student bodies during Friday night’s Wayland versus Weston basketball game at Weston High School.