Wellesley High Student/Athlete Drew Gallerani passed on a link to a GoFundMe page for Wellesley High teacher and coach Mark Yanchewski. Coach Chew as he is referred to by his players and students has been battling medical issues and is looking for help in renovating his home to make it more handicapped accessible. Let us all help this Raider in need and give back to one who has given so much to students over the years! The link is below.
https://www.gofundme.com/handicapped-access-for-coach-chew

So this week’s schedule will be in a bit of a different format this week, as with the fall season pretty much over and there being no games most the days during the week, I’m just going to post the days that there are games. I’m also including JV and Freshmen football games being held this week including their annual pre Thanksgiving meeting at Needham on Saturday. Let’s take a look at what’s on tap!

Monday 11-14
JV Football vs. Braintree 3:15 pm

Saturday 11-15
Cross Country @ State Meet (Gardner) TBD
JV Football @ Needham 10 am
Freshmen Football @ Needham 12 pm

Sunday
Girls Swimming @ State Meet (Harvard) TBD

Today was actually a decent showing in terms of Raider action as Cross Country traveled to the D2 Eastern Mass meet and Girls Swimming headed into BU for the sectional meet. First things first here’s the answer to yesterday’s Raider Friday Trivia question. The Raider football team has posted 3 shutouts this season, coming against Framingham, Natick, and Norwood! Now onto the recap!

Results for 11-12-16
Boys Cross Country: Finished 1st at D2 Eastern Mass meet
Girls Cross Country: Finished 2nd at D2 Eastern Mass Meet
Girls Swimming: Finished 6th at Sectional Meet

On this Veterans Day afternoon there was one contest on the docket as the Raider football team headed to Brockton for their final contest prior to the Thanksgiving game. The Raiders were looking to bounce back from a tough playoff loss last week against Bridgewater-Raynham and head into their annual clash with Needham on a high note! Would they be successful, let’s find out!

Result for 11-11-16
Football: Wellesley 27 Brockton 20

It’s a beautiful Friday morning, and Veterans Day to boot, so first want to take a second to thank all the brave men and women who have put their lives on the line so that we can live in the greatest country in the world! That being said Friday is also a day for another installment of Raider Friday Trivia! First however, it’s time to answer yesterday’s Raider Trivia special edition question. The number of sports Wellesley and Bridgewater-Raynham have played in since 2014 is… 6 meeting in Boys Hockey, Boys and Girls Basketball, Boys Lacrosse, Baseball, and most recently Football. Now for today’s Raider Friday Trivia question. The question is… how many shutout victories did the Raider football team post this season? The answer will be posted tomorrow!

Yesterday I promised another special edition of Raider Trivia today, so here it is! The question is… since 2014 how many sports have Wellesley and Bridgewater Raynham played in? The answer will be in tomorrow’s Raider Friday Trivia post!

In this special edition of Raider Trivia I asked where the Cross Country teams hold their home meets? The answer is… Elm Bank! Stay tuned tomorrow for another special edition of Raider Trivia!

As I said yesterday with the fall season pretty much over, the next couple of days I will be posting some fall sports related Raider trivia questions special edition! Today’s question is… where does the Raider Cross Country team hold it’s home meets? The answer later tonight!

With the majority of the fall teams having completed their seasons, it’s now time to look back at the 2016 fall campaign for your Raider teams. Next week we will each day take a look back at the fall sports teams seasons, as well as preview the 129th Thanksgiving game to take place Thanksgiving morning in Needham. For the rest of this week we will have some special Raider trivia questions pertaining to all things fall sports!

Today was a busy, busy day in Raider tournament action as all 3 remaining teams were in action in sectional quarterfinal games, all the road. Could these Raider teams play road warriors and keep their championship hopes alive, let’s find out!

Results for 11-7-16
Boys Soccer: Needham 1 Wellesley 0 D1 South Quarterfinals
Team finishes 7-7-4. Congratulations on a great season and tournament run and best of luck to the seniors going forward!
Girls Volleyball: Acton-Boxborough 3 Wellesley 0 D1 Central/West Quarterfinals
Team finishes 11-11. Congratulations on a great 2016 season and best of luck to the seniors!
Field Hockey: Dennis-Yarmouth 1 Wellesley 0 D1 South Quarterfinals
Team finishes 11-3-4. Congratulations on a terrific season and tournament run and good luck to the seniors in their future endeavours!