Above: Soccer-loving kids can get their kicks at Heritage Day. The Knights of Columbus will again challenge them to take their best penalty shots. (photo by Beth Melo)
For the 9th year, Heritage Day’s festivities on the field will include the popular “Soccer Challenge”.
The Southborough chapter of The Knights of Columbus hosts the annual free competition for kids and teens.
The competition will run from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm on Monday, October 13th.
Anyone aged 6-16 is welcome to shoot penalty shots on St. Mark’s field. Participation, as always, is free for all!
As usual, players are allowed to take 10 shots at the goal from the penalty line. Players are then scored for kicking goals into the marked corners of the goal nets. Medals will be awarded for high scoring participants.
Organizers tell me that the scoring may be tweaked a bit this year vs past years. (They hope to be able to award more medals.)
(For more stories on Heritage Day 2025 and related activities, click here.)
Updated (10/10/25 4:33 pm): Will this event take place despite the forecast? We should learn that sometime on Sunday. If Southborough Rec doesn’t cancel field activities, organizers will look at the forecast to decide if they too will go forward. So, stay tuned.
