Team sports remain an important part of the Wachusett program.  Competition typically includes such sports as basketball, softball, and soccer.  Boating meets, swimming meets, and water polo matches add another dimension to team sports.  Wachusett teams do not compete against other camps; instead, the focus is upon vigorous intracamp competition, participation, teamwork, and sportsmanship.

Division of campers into teams for several weeks has been a convenient way to approach competitive sports and to strengthen the idea of team participation.  Several times a week the boys compete during a one-hour period devoted to team sports -- with the understanding that the "heat" of the competition ends with the final whistle.  In addition, regular soccer and basketball games are options for interested boys.  Although the competition is frequently by Junior, Intermediate, and Senior divisions, there are occasions that boys of different ages and members of the staff enjoy team sports together -- during the immensely popular evening softball, Frisbee, and soccer games, for example.

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