Wayland withdraws from athletic events with Westford after racist, sexist taunts at game

CBS Boston 2/5/22: Wayland Athletic Teams Won’t Play Against Westford After Player Reports Being Called Racial Slurs. Word of last week’s game between the Westford Academy and Wayland High School girls’ basketball teams has traveled fast, but it is not the score that anyone is talking about. A Wayland High School player says she was subjected to multiple racial slurs during the game at Westford Academy.

NBC Boston 2/5/22: Wayland Schools Won’t Play Westford After Racist Taunts at Basketball Game. Wayland Public Schools will not play Westford for the rest of the season after a racist incident at a girls’ basketball game last Friday, Wayland’s superintendent said. In a letter, Wayland Superintendent Omar Easy told Westford Superintendent Christopher Chew that Wayland would not compete in any athletic events this spring against Westford Public Schools.

Westford Eagle 2/4/22: Wayland withdraws from athletic events with Westford after racist, sexist taunts at game. The Wayland school district is withdrawing from spring athletic events with Westford, after a spectator or spectators hurled racist and sexist taunts at a Wayland player during a Jan. 28 girls’ basketball game.

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