Registration for the 2010 Bay State Summer Games opens on April 1.

Athletes can sign up by clicking on the "Sports" tab to the left, selecting their sport and completing the online registration.

The Summer Games features 26 sports with tryouts and qualifiers taking place in June and the finals being played July 5-18 in the metro Boston area and central Massachusetts.

For more information, check out our website or contact the Bay State Games office by calling 781-932-6555 or
e-mailing info@baystategames.org.

If you are a Massachusetts coach who is looking to gain some valuable experience or simply want to get involved in a great event, the Bay State Games are an excellent opportunity for you.

Tryouts take place in June with the finals being held in mid July. Currently, the following teams are still in need of a head coach:

Southeast Baseball
West Baseball
West Boys Basketball
Metro Field Hockey
Coastal Field Hockey
Coastal Boys Ice Hockey
West Boys Ice Hockey
Northeast Girls Ice Hockey
Southeast/Coastal Girls Ice Hockey
Coastal Boys Lacrosse
Central Boys Lacrosse
Coastal Boys Soccer

If you are interested in coaching in the Summer Games, please contact Brittany Rheault at (781) 932-6555 or brittany@baystategames.org, or print the coaches application and mail it to: The Bay State Games, 55 Sixth Road, Woburn, MA 01801

The 2010 Bay State Summer Games will be held July 5-18.

The tentative schedule for individual events in the Summer Games is now available.

We are currently in the process of confirming the times, dates and locations for all sports. Please check back in March for more concrete information.

The Bay State Games are pleased to announce that three new sports - bowling, flag football and weight lifting - will be added to the 2010 Summer Games schedule.

From the more than 8,000 Massachusetts participants in the Bay State Summer and Winter Games, Amy Hicks has been selected as the 2009 Athlete of the Year.

Hicks, a Needham resident, is a senior competitor who won gold medals in both synchronized swimming and track & field at this year's Summer Games.

The Athlete of the Year Award involves over 38 states games programs across the country which represents over 400,000 nationwide participants annually. The program was developed to recognize outstanding state games participants from all member states. Each state games selects their representative who is then forwarded for consideration for recognition as the National Athlete of the Year.

The National Congress of State Games and each member state select their Athlete of the Year representatives based on a series of criteria which include length of participation in state games, number of medals won, sportsmanship, attitude and effort, overall athletic participation and achievement, the positive manner in which the athlete represents the spirit of amateur athletics and the state games movement, as well as other factors.

The 2009 Jack Aborn Memorial Archery Scholarship was awarded to Amanda Ferrie of Auburn, Mass. Amanda is currently a senior Johnson & Wales where she has twice been named to the Dean’s List and started an archery program. She is ranked in the top 20 nationally as a collegiate archer. Amanda participated in Bay State Summer Games archery competition in 2004-2007 and in 2009.

The scholarship is a $250 Scholarship that will be awarded to a participant in the Bay State Games Archery competition.

The Bay State Games are proud to announce that the Fifth Annual Marino Lecture and Sports Medicine Symposium is open to all the medical volunteers who were involved with the 2009 Summer Games free of charge.

For more information, please check the 2009 brochure.

Congratulations to the following schools for winning cash grants in the first annual High School Spirit Program.

Large Schools (more than 1,000 students)
1. Andover High School
2. Agawam High School
3. Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School
Medium Schools (501-999 students)
1. Belchertown High School
2. East Longmeadow High School
3. Northampton High School
Small Schools (500 or less students)
1. Pioneer Valley Regional High School
2. Georgetown High School
3. Millis High School

The first, second and third place schools are awarded $1,000, $500 and $250, respectively, for having the highest number of students participate in the 2009 Bay State Summer Games.

It was an incredible site this weekend at MIT, as 19 new Bay State Summer Games records were established. Highlighting the incredible individual performances was Hyde Park's Carla Forbes. The 14 year old set an unofficial national record in the triple jump with a leap of 39 feet, 3 inches.

After a day off on Monday, the 2009 Summer Games pick up with Ice Hockey at the New England Sports Center in Marlboro. The events that took place over the weekend were a huge success and we hope to carry that momentum over the next six days.

Results from the weekend's events are on the website.

Congratulations to the top three finishers from the scholastic air rifle competition held at the Reading Rifle and Revolver Club as part of the 2009 Bay State Summer Games.

Click here for full results from the event.

We just finished up the second of four wild days here at UMass Boston. Soccer, Softball and Basketball teams will compete tomorrow to lock up spots in the medal rounds on Sunday. The scholastic Wrestling competition is in full swing and will finish up Saturday afternoon.

Check back for results on all of the sports going on over the weekend.

Riding a strong start from Hanover's David Gibson, the Southeast beat Metro, 2-0, to begin baseball action in the 2009 Summer Games. More than 50 scouts and college coaches were on hand during the game keeping a close eye on the talented players from greater Boston and southeast Mass.

Check out the results page shortly after each game for recaps and box scores.

First pitch for the Bay State Games baseball tournament is slated for 9am Monday at Bentley College. The baseball game marks the traditional beginning of the Summer Games which will take place from Monday, July 6 through Sunday, July 19.

Check in here for updates and results on the 28th annual Bay State Summer Games.

Sarah MacLagan (pictured above with Rifle Shooting commissioner Bob McCorry) placed first at the Bay State Games Rifle Shooting qualifier with a score of 547-13x out of a possible 600 on a dark, cold and windy day Sunday, June 28 at the Reading Rifle and Revolver Club in Reading, MA.

The finals for Rifle Shooting will be held at the Reading Rifle and Revolver Club on Thursday, July 9 and Sunday, July 12. Visit the Rifle Shooting webpage for more info.

Congratulations to all the medal winners at the Bay State Summer Games' inaugural trap shooting competition held Saturday, June 27 at the North Leominster Rod and Gun Clun in Lunenburg, MA. The competition was a great success, and we hope to build on it for 2010.

More than 50 shooters took part with medals awarded in four age/gender divisions. Check out the Results webpage to see who took home gold.