On South Shore, Private Youth Sports Leagues Are Bumping Up COVID-19 Rates: Officials

BOSTON — Youth hockey is now taking a hit from COVID-19, especially in communities along the South Shore of Massachusetts.

“A kid that we were playing against had it, so we had to…take a break from hockey, which was fine because we want everyone to stay safe,” said 15-year-old Joe Hennessey, who plays for a team in a private league in Hingham. It’s one of several towns south of Boston that just moved into the high-risk red zone on the state’s color-coded map of virus rates.

Joe and his mom are hoping it won’t get worse. “There’s a mental aspect that we all have to look at too, where we can’t just keep our kids at home 100 percent of the time,” said Lisa Hennessey.

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