Sports

The Hiller Varsity Softball team beat Millis 13-1.
Alissa Karjel was the winning pitcher, and also had 3 hits which included a 3 run Home Run and 7 RBIs.

Also on Wednesday the Hopkinton HS Girls Varsity Tennis beat Millis today 5-0. Record is now 5-1.

From the Boston Athletic Associaton website: Notice to all 2012 Boston Marathon participants:

We are looking closely at the current weather situation which is projected to be quite warm. The B.A.A. is closely monitoring this situation for for race day decisions. If the temperatures reach certain levels, running will put even the most fit athletes at risk for heat injury.

Want to see a new way to look at some of the Boston Marathon statistics? Bill Shander, CEO of Beehive Media in Hopkinton has created an interesting data visualization showing that the finish rate for men is only slightly higher than for women and the gap is narrowing every year. This fact, and others, are up for discussion at the April 13th program, "Celebrating 4 Decades of Women Running Boston" at the Hopkinton High School auditorium.

Come and meet the women who ran the Boston Marathon in 1972, the first year women were officially allowed to participate.