A local version of the Highland Games was a welcome change for Will and Dave Barron.

Competing as professionals, the two brothers often travel to different parts of the country as well as overseas. Yet when the annual Round Hill Highland Games in Norwalk added a pro division, the former Westonites were back for the first time in several years.

Both would take advantage of the opportunity. Will finished as the winner in the men’s division and Dave was third on Saturday, June 27, at Cranbury Park in Norwalk.

“I was told I won by a point,” said Will, noting it came down to a second place vs. third in one event. “It was quite close.”

Wilton/Weston’s Post 86 American Legion senior baseball team was rained out again Tuesday night. According to the schedule, Wilton should be well into the second half of its season. Instead, Post 86 has completed only 11 contests of a 27-game campaign. There is no question that make up games due to a soggy June could raise havoc with the rest of the season.

With the sun finally drying out soaked fields the Weston Women’s Softball League began its 21st season last week.

Hoping to pick up where they left off last year, the defending champ Wild Things hosted Peter’s Spirits. Between solid pitching and defense they did not allow a run in a 12-0 win in a game that was stopped after four and a half innings due to the mercy rule on Thursday, June 25.

The Weston Lacrosse Club’s under-15 boys blue team showed it could hold up well in a tough field at the Connecticut-New York (CONNY) tournament.

Weston was placed in one of the higher brackets in the 64-team tournament at Yale University last month. It turned out to be one of the better teams in the tournament as well, beating both opponents it faced to finish fifth in the state in the senior division on June 20.

The Diamond Jaxx, sponsored by Lang’s Pharmacy, won the Weston Little League AAA by defeating the Volcanoes 4-0. Dan Covino started the game for the Diamond Jaxx and pitched five and two-third innings of shutout baseball on June 6. Hunter Chandler relieved to record the final out. Also contributing with timely hitting and error-free defense were Jake Cavicchia, Daniel Olin, Evan Alvarado, Ben Averick, Andrew Bell, Alex Burns, Lucas DePalo and Sam Haliulin.

From left are Doug Olin (head coach), Evan Alvarado, Hunter Chandler, Andrew Bell, Ben Averick, Dan Covino, Daniel Olin, Sam Haliulin, Rob Averick, Jake Cavicchia, Alex Burns, Lucas DePalo and Elio Cavicchia (assistant coach).

Going into the State Open the Weston High boys tennis team appeared to have all the momentum.

Coming off their eighth straight state Class S title, the Trojans reached the finals in both the singles and doubles bracket, winning the latter in that tournament. This seemed to put them in a good position to go far in their next competition.

Ten-year-old David Gelfand of Weston was honored by the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) at its gala event, A Celebration of Heroes, Heart and Hope, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on June 10. The foundation raises funds for disabled people and gets them back into sports. Born with proximal femoral focal deficiency and missing part of his left thigh, David plans to complete the 1.2 mile swim portion of the San Diego Triathlon Challenge in October to raise funds for CAF. For sponsorship information visit. www.tinyurl.com/dgelfand.

The spring 2009 season was one to remember for the Weston High sports teams.

Nine championships, two runner-up finishes, three unbeaten regular seasons and numerous state tournament appearances were among the team accomplishments by the Trojans.

The Red Raiders won Weston Little League’s  American League by defeating the Royal Rampage 9-1 on June 6 as part of championship Saturday, which featured the NL, AL and AAA championships as well as the end-of-season picnic. More than 100 spectators watched second baseman Christian Watanabe field a ground ball and throw to first baseman Jason Lawrence for the final out.