For Gregory Beagan, a senior at Bishop Feehan High School, learning chess wasn’t simply a game. It was the final step for him to earn all 138 Boy Scout merit badges, which he finally did on Saturday.
Beagan, 17, is a member of Attleboro Troop 25 and one of only a few hundred individuals in the history of Boy Scouts, founded in 1910, to achieve this recognition. For context, only 21 merit badges are required to earn Eagle Scout status.