Sports Week in Review, Aug. 21 to Aug. 27

Bad news for boaters, beach-goers and sun-bathers: The summer is over. Well, at least according to the high school sports calendar it is.

With their summer breaks already in the rearview mirror, Lexington High School athletes returned to the field, court and pool this week in preparation for the upcoming fall season.

Football was the first team to get under way. Rain on Monday forced the team to hold a walk-through in the field house, but a break in the weather allowed the Minutemen to get to work on Tuesday.

Equipment was handed out and the Minutemen headed over to Lincoln Park for their first actual practice of the season. Coach Bill Tighe ran the team through conditioning drills and offensive positional work.

The football team had to wait the mandatory three days before strapping on the pads on Thursday.

That's the same day the rest of the Lexington teams started practice. It was the first chance for first-year head coaches Kate Blake of the girls' cross country team and Ellen Vera of the field hockey squad to work out their new teams.

Blake was an assistant track and field coach during the spring season and Vera comes to Lexington with 20 years of coaching experience.

But this isn't just the preseason for athletes and new coaches. LHS athletic director Naomi Martin is also gearing up for a new year.

On Thursday, Martin spoke about returning to Lexington for her second year leading the athletic department, and all that she learned in her first year on the job.