On this hump day eve, one more Raider teams opened up their 2016-17 seasons as boys basketball traveled to Xaverian while also in action tonight wrestling held their home opener against Dedham. Could both get their new season and home season respectively off to successful starts, let’s find out!

Results for 12-14-16

Boys Basketball: Xaverian 50 Wellesley 29

Wrestling: Dedham 43 Wellesley 25

Only one event on the docket today as Boys Swimming opened up their 2016-17 campaign hosting Winchester. The boys were looking to get the season off to a good start coming off of a very successful 2015-16 campaign. Could they get the w, let’s find out!

Result for 12-13-16

Boys Swimming: Wellesley 90 Winchester 67

As I mentioned before both the boys and girls basketball teams will be participating once again in the Good Sports Invitational at TD Garden on Sunday January 8th. The girls will square off with Lincoln Sudbury at 11 am, followed by the boys squaring off with Needham at 12:30. Tickets can be purchased by going to either tdgarden.com or Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are $18 apiece, and not only get you access to both Wellesley games but all of the games being played on that day.

It’s the first full weekly schedule of the 2016-17 winter season as winter sports begins to get into full swing this week with several teams opening their seasons. Let’s take a look at what your favorite Raider teams have coming up this week.

Monday 12-12

No Games

Tuesday 12-13

Boys Swimming vs. Winchester (Babson) 4:30 pm

Wednesday 12-14

Boys Basketball @ Xaverian 6:30 pm

Wrestling vs. Dedham 7 pm

Thursday 12-15

Indoor Track vs. Natick (Reggie Lewis Center) 4:30 pm

Friday 12-16

Boys Basketball @ Weymouth 6:30 pm

Girls Basketball vs. Weymouth 6:30 pm

Saturday 12-17

Wrestling @ Wayland 9 am

Boys Hockey @ Weymouth (Weymouth MDC) 5 pm

Girls Hockey vs. Weymouth (Babson) 6:45 pm

Sunday 12-18

No Games

It is the first winter season installment of the Raider Recap and boy was it a fun first day of regular season games. Wrestling opened up with a quad match at Triton, while boys hockey traveled to Quincy, and girls hockey hosted Herget rival Milton. Before we get to the recap however, it is time for the answer to yesterday’s Raider Friday Trivia question where I asked what holiday tournament the boys and girls basketball teams participate in. The answer is… the Rockland Christmas Tournament which they will once again travel to later this month. Now onto the recap!

Results for 12-10-16

Wrestling: Triton 48 Wellesley 27, Lost to Essex Tech, Wellesley 40 Belmont 30

Boys Hockey: Wellesley 1 Quincy 0

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 3 Milton 3

On this final day of our winter sports previews, we take a look at one of the teams that will open their new season tomorrow, the wrestling team. The team is coming off a 2015-16 season that saw them go 1-9 overall but did also see Josh Cohen finish third in the all state match. With Cohen returning among others, the Raiders will look to go up, up, up this season as they look to put the rest of the Bay State Conference on notice.

Tis the season… actually more like tis the time for another edition of Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is… what tournament do both the Raider Boys and Girls Basketball teams participate in during winter vacation? The answer will be posted tomorrow in the first winter edition of the Raider Recap!

On our second to last day of winter sports previews we take a look at the Boys Swim and Gymnastics teams who both are coming off Bay State Conference titles in 2015/16 and looking to continue that success into the new campaign. The swim team finished last year 12-1 overall, winning the Bay State regular season championship, and then finished second at the Conference Championships. The boys then went on to finish third in the sectionals meet, and then advanced to the all state meet where they took 9th place. The gymnastics team finished the season a perfect 9-0 winning yet another Bay State Conference title and then went on to finish 8th at the sectionals meet. The team will look for another banner worthy season this time around.

Happy hump day everyone, as today we continue our week long preview of the winter sports season by taking a look at both the boys and girls indoor track teams. Both teams are coming off successful 2015-16 seasons and are looking for bigger and better things in 2016-17. The boys finished last year 4-2 overall and then went to place 4th at the Bay State Conference championships. The girls finished their season 3-3, and went on then to win the Bay State Conference championship and are looking to repeat this season, while the boys will look to capture the title themselves as well.

On day 2 of our winter sports preview we look at the first teams to start their regular season this weekend, the boys and girls ice hockey teams, both of whom are coming off of tournament appearances in 2015-16. The boys had an up and down campaign finishing 9-9-3 overall and falling to eventual state champion Franklin in the first round of the D1 South tournament. The team returns a solid core and will be looking to once again compete for a Herget title and tournament berth this season. The girls on the other hand had another magical season last year finishing 18-3-2 overall, winning the Herget, and for the third year in a row advancing all the way to the state finals, where they unfortunately fell to Notre Dame Academy. The team begins a new chapter this season under new head coach PT Donato, who will look to guide the girls to another Herget title and potentially a 4th straight trip to TD Garden.