Today was a very exciting day in Raider nation as girls basketball took to the TD Garden floor to take on rival Needham as part of the Good Sports Invitational. Also gymnastics took the beams tonight as they hosted Newton North. Would both teams come out triumphant, let’s find out!

Results for 1-24-16

Girls Basketball: Wellesley 52 Needham 33 (All players on Wellesley’s roster scored in the game)

Gymnastics: Wellesley 140.85 Newton North 134.4

As we enter the final week of January there’s a lot more fun winter sports action to be had with another full week of games. Let’s take a look at what this week has in store!

Monday 1-25

No Games

Tuesday 1-26

Boys Basketball @ Newton North 6:30 pm

Girls Basketball vs. Newton North 6:30 pm

Wednesday 1-27

Girls Hockey vs. Newton North (Babson) 6 pm

Boys Hockey @ Newton North (Fessenden) 7 pm

Wrestling vs. Brookline 7 pm

Gymnastics vs. Braintree (Exxcel) 8 pm

Thursday 1-28

Boys Indoor Track @ BSC Interdivisional Meet (Reggie Lewis Center) 4:30 pm

Girls Indoor Track @ BSC Interdivisional Meet (Reggie Lewis Center) 4:30 pm

Friday 1-29

Girls Basketball vs. Walpole 5:30 pm

Boys Basketball vs. Walpole 7 pm

Boys Swimming vs. Needham (Babson) 7 pm

Saturday 1-30

Girls Hockey @ Walpole (Rodman Arena) 5:20 pm

Boys Hockey vs. Walpole (Babson) 8:45 pm

Sunday 1-31

No Games

 

The snow wreaked some havoc on today’s schedule as girls hockey vs. Braintree was postponed, but the boys were able to get their game this afternoon in against the Wamps so lets see how they did!

Result for 1-23-16

Boys Hockey: Braintree 3 Wellesley 0

It was a big Friday night in Raider Nation as girls basketball hosted the number 1 ranked, and 2 time defending state champion Braintree Wamps while boys basketball and boys swimming were also in action. First though congratulations to the first winner of Raider Friday Trivia… Scott Kavoogian who correctly guessed Wrestling as the other sport coached by Raider head football coach Jesse Davis. Now onto the recap!

Results for 1-22-16

Girls Basketball: Braintree 41 Wellesley 33

Boys Basketball: Braintree 59 Wellesley 37

Boys Swimming: Wellesley 97 Natick 86

 

Now I know I missed last weeks Raider Friday Trivia but no worries as today it’s back an better than ever. That’s because this week one lucky reader will go home with two AMC Theater Gold Passes. So make sure you submit your answer and if correct you will have a chance to win! This week’s question is what other sport at Wellesley High School is Raider head football coach Jesse Davis head coach of? The answer and winner of the Gold Passes will be announced in tonight’s Raider Recap!

Boys and Girls Indoor Track took center stage today as both took on Herget Division foe the Milton Wildcats. Would both teams come out with a key conference win, let’s find out!

Results for 1-21-16

Boys Indoor Track: Milton 64 Wellesley 36

Girls Indoor Track: Milton 54 Wellesley 46

Tonight was a big night for both boys and girls ice hockey as both teams were looking for big wins against Dedham to keep pace atop the Herget Division, meanwhile wrestling was also in action tonight taking on Walpole. Without any further ado, here are the results!

Results for 1-20-16

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 5 Dedham 2

Boys Hockey: Wellesley 2 Dedham 1

Wrestling: Walpole 58 Wellesley 18

So another busy Tuesday night in Raider nation with 4 Raider teams in action including girls basketball and gymnastics both looking to remain undefeated on the season. Would they continue down the road to perfection let’s find out!

Results for 1-19-16

Gymnastics: Wellesley 138.85 Needham 127.6

Boys Swimming: Wellesley 97 Framingham 89

Boys Basketball: Dedham 50 Wellesley 42

Girls Basketball: Wellesley 4 Dedham 26

Well on this Martin Luther King Day one Raider team was in action as boys ice hockey took to the ice against Milton. With a win the Raiders would move into a tie for first place in the Herget division. Would they be successful, let’s find out!

Result for 1-18-16

Boys Hockey: Wellesley 4 Milton 0

So as alluded to in my previous post the Wellesley High Girls Basketball team will be taking on archrival Needham next Sunday (24th) at 8:30 am as part of the Good Sports Invitational. If you are interested in buying tickets for this game you should either contact the Wellesley High School athletic office, email coach Glen Magpiong at magpiong@aol.com or you can buy them at tdgarden.com