Another full day of Raider action today with several teams making a push towards the state tournament! Before we get to the recap however a big shout out to former Wellesley High baseball standout Nate Freiman (05) who as first reported by The Swellesley Report signed a minor league contract with the Red Sox! Nate last played a brief stint for the Atlantic League’s Long Island Ducks and will begin his stint in the organization with the Double A Portland Seadogs. Congratulations Nate and welcome home! Now onto the recap!

Results for 5-9-16

Girls Tennis: Wellesley 3 Brookline 2

Boys Tennis: Brookline 3 Wellesley 2

Girls Golf: Wellesley 6 Mount Alvernia 0

Boys Volleyball: Wellesley 3 Natick 2

Softball: Wellesley 6 Walpole 4

Baseball: Wellesley 5 Walpole 3

Girls Lacrosse: Needham 14 Wellesley 7

 

 

I forgot to post this last night, but I figured better late than never, as despite the early day rain and the skies cleared and little league did play ball last night. Here are the results from those games.

American League:

Nationals 11 Tigers 9

Reds 13 Dodgers 10

Cardinals 8 Red Sox 7

Pirates 10 Cubs 9

Indians 13 Braves 8

National League:

Orioles 12 Cubs 5

 

Before I get to this week’s schedule wanted to take a moment and wish all the moms out there including my own a very happy mothers day! Now this week offers some more exciting Raider action as we begin to hit the home stretch in the 2016 spring regular season. Let’s see what this week has in store!

Monday 5-9

Girls Golf vs. Mount Alvernia (Nehoiden) 3:30 pm

Baseball vs. Walpole (Sprague) 3:45 pm

Sailing @ Providence CC (RI Yacht Club) 3:45 pm

Softball @ Walpole (Bird Middle School) 3:45 pm

Boys Tennis vs. Brookline 3:45 pm

Girls Tennis @ Brookline (Waldstein Park) 3:45 pm

Boys Volleyball @ Natick 4 pm

Girls Lacrosse vs. Needham (Sprague) 4:15 pm

Tuesday 5-10

Girls Golf @ Saugus (Cedar Glen Country Club) 3 pm

Sailing vs. St Johns (Lake Cochituate) 3:45 pm

Boys Tennis vs. Weymouth 3:45 pm

Girls Tennis @ Weymouth 3:45 pm

Boys Lacrosse @ Newton North 4 pm

Girls Lacrosse vs. Newton North (Sprague) 4 pm

Wednesday 5-11

Girls Golf @ Auburn (Pakachoag Golf Club) 3 pm

Sailing @ Winchester (Winchester Boat Club) 3:45 pm

Softball vs. Newton North (Lee) 3:45 pm

Boys Tennis vs. Norwood 3:45 pm

Girls Tennis @ Norwood 3:45 pm

Boys Track vs. Natick 3:45 pm

Girls Track vs. Natick 3:45 pm

Baseball @ Newton North 4 pm

Boys Volleyball vs. Needham 4 pm

Thursday 5-12

Girls Golf vs. Saugus (Nehoiden) 3:30 pm

Baseball @ Xaverian 3:45 pm

Sailing vs. BC High (Lake Cochituate) 3:45 pm

Softball @ Braintree 3:45 pm

Boys Tennis vs. Needham 3:45 pm

Girls Tennis @ Needham 3:45 pm

Boys Lacrosse vs. Framingham (Sprague) 5 pm

Boys Volleyball vs. Framingham 5:15 pm

Girls Lacrosse @ Framingham 5:15 pm

Friday 5-13

No Games

Saturday 5-14

Sailing vs. Donald Green Regatta (Lake Cochituate) TBA

Girls Lacrosse @ Dover Sherborn 12:30 pm

Sunday 5-15

No Games

With another Saturday comes another installment of the Little League Saturday Recap so without any further ado here are the results from today’s contests!

Results from 5-7-16

3rd grade baseball:

Braves 8 Cubs 6

Angels 10 Phillies 5

Pirates 6 Mariners 5

American League:

Reds 7 Nationals 6

Cubs 6 Red Sox 5

Tigers 7 Dodgers 1

Indians 11 Pirates 5

Cardinals 11 Braves 8

There was quite a bit of Raider action on this Saturday with baseball, softball, girls lacrosse, and the track teams all in action. How would these teams fare on this overcast but relatively dry Saturday, let’s find out!

Results for 5-7-16

Girls Track: Rachelle Parker was named most outstanding runner at Frosh/Soph Meet

Girls Lacrosse: Wellesley 14 Hingham 5

Softball: Wellesley 12 Natick 2

Baseball: Wellesley 12 Natick 1

Well finally mother nature gave us a break today in the weather department so all games were able to get in this afternoon. Before we get to the recap let’s first get the answer to today’s trivia question! Last years American League champion for Wellesley Little League was the Indians who defeated the Dodgers in the AL Finals! Now onto the recap!

Results for 5-6-16

Softball: Braintree 5 Wellesley 1

Boys Volleyball: Wellesley 3 Norwood 0

Baseball: Braintree 6 Wellesley 4

Boys Tennis: Wellesley 3 Brookline 2

Well the good news is that it is Friday! That means that this very rainy week is at an end, and it also means it’s time for another edition of Raider Friday Trivia! Today’s question is…what team captured the Wellesley Little League American League title last season? Answer in tonight’s Raider recap!

Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone! On this Thursday wet weather wiped a couple of games off the docket but a good amount did get in this afternoon. Would the Raiders prevail, let’s find out!

Results for 5-5-16

Boys Lacrosse: Wellesley 14 Braintree 3

Baseball: Wellesley 7 Concord Carlisle 2

Girls Golf: Wellesley 5.5 Cohasset .5

Girls Lacrosse: Wellesley 15 Braintree 5

 

Well despite the afternoon rain that moved through the area, we actually got a whole slate of Raider contests in this afternoon with some mixed results. Which teams pulled it out, let’s find out!

Results for 5-4-16

Girls Tennis: Wellesley 5 Milton 0

Boys Tennis: Wellesley 4 Milton 0

Softball: Dedham 8 Wellesley 1

Boys Volleyball: Wellesley 3 Weymouth 1

Baseball: Dedham 3 Wellesley 1

Girls Golf: Wellesley 4.5 Cohasset 1.5

Girls Track: Wellesley 103 Walpole 28; Wellesley 80 Milton 51

Boys Track: Wellesley 75 Walpole 61; Wellesley 99 Milton 37

Well mother nature was a bit more cooperative today although baseball and softball didn’t get in all the other Raider events for today were played as scheduled. Could your Raider teams make light of a gloomy day, let’s find out!

Results for 5-3-16

Girls Golf: Wellesley 4.5 Westborough 1.5

Girls Lacrosse: Wellesley 13 Norwood 3

Boys Lacrosse: Wellesley 18 Norwood 5