It’s the first Friday of summer and summer vacation, and that means it’s a perfect time for another edition of Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is…what Wellesley Little League American League team was current Celtics president Danny Ainge assistant coach of?

On this second to last day of our spring season end reviews we take a look back at the boys and girls track teams who both enjoyed top 5 finishes this season. The boys finished their regular season with a perfect 6-0 mark, and then went on to finish 5th at the All State Meet at Greater New Bedford. This continues a very successful trend for the team that they will look to continue come spring 2018.

The girls meanwhile finished their regular season at 5-1. They then went on to finish third at the State Meet. Like their male counterparts the girls also have had quite the successful run over the last few years and will also look to continue that come next spring.

Stay tuned tomorrow for our final season in review segment as we will take a look back at girls golf and boys volleyball!

Happy hump day everyone, and to all the school aged children in Wellesley happy summer vacation! Today we continue our look back at the 2017 spring season by taking a look at the boys and girls tennis teams who both continued their successful trends over the years with deep tournament runs this season. The boys finished their regular season 16-2 earning the top seed in D1 South and went on defeat Framingham, Barnstable, BC High , and then Newton North to capture the D1 South title before falling in the state semifinals to Acton Boxborough. The boys will look to once again be in contention atop the Bay State and D1 South next season.

The girls meanwhile came into this season with high expectations coming off a D1 state championship in 2016. The girls finished their regular season unblemished at 16-0 earning the 2 seed in D1 South. The girls then went on to defeat Bishop Feehan, North Attleborough, and Newton North before falling to top seeded Sharon in the D1 South finals. Despite coming up a bit short this year the girls certainly should be one of the favorites in 2018 to compete for their second state title in three seasons. Keep a look out tomorrow as we continue our look back by taking a look at boys and girls track and field!

As we continue with our spring season end reviews today we take a look back at the boys and girls lacrosse teams who both earned tournament berths in 2017. The boys finished their regular season with a 13-5 mark and earned the 6th seed in the D1 South bracket. After defeating Mansfield in the first round 10-9 the boys saw their season come to an end at the hands of Duxbury 10-4 in the quarterfinals. Despite losing some key pieces to graduation, the boys will still have some key pieces returning as they look to make an even deeper run next spring and you can never count out a Rocky Batty coached team.

Meanwhile on the girls side the team enjoyed a 13-5 regular season of their own, good for the 5th seed in D1 South. The girls pulled off victories over Milton, and Braintree in the first round an quarterfinals respectively before seeing their season come to an end over arch-rival and eventual state champion Needham 14-7 in the sectional semifinals. The girls will also be replacing some key parts in 2018 but will still look to make another run at a Bay State title as well as another deep run in the tournament.

Stay tuned tomorrow as we will review the boys and girls tennis seasons!

How fitting that the last team to finish their 2017 spring season is one of the first teams that we take a look back at to close out spring 2017. The baseball team finished their regular season 11-9, and then preceded to go on a Cinderella run capturing the program’s first ever D1 South title and first South title since 2005 and then advanced to the state finals where they fell 5-1 to Taconic. With several key players returning next season including ace pitcher Henry Weycker the Raiders are already being talked about as one of the favorites in the Bay State league and in D1 in 2018.

Meanwhile softball had a tough time in 2017 as the team finished the season 5-15, failing to qualify for the state tournament. However the Raiders did end their season by winning 2 straight against Natick and Weymouth which hopefully gives them good momentum heading into 2018. The girls will try to break a bit of a tournament drought over the last few years when they begin the 2018 spring campaign.

Keep an eye out tomorrow as we will review both boys and girl’s lacrosse 2017 season’s.

It’s Monday, and as we start a new week it’s time for another edition of Monday Poll! Last week’s poll had another close vote as the World Series pulled it out with 6 of the 12 votes. This week’s question is… which Olympics do you prefer to watch? Summer or winter? Comment with your answers!

Now that the 2017 spring season has officially concluded it’s time this week to take a look back at all the exciting moments that this spring season produced with our spring team season reviews. Then the following week we will wrap up the entire 2016-17 school year with a retrospective from all 3 seasons. Lastly in terms of summer coverage, to go along with the usual Monday Poll and Raider Friday Trivia we will also be Little League weekly schedules every Sunday, and Little League Daily Schedule and Little League Recaps daily as well so stay tuned as there’s never an off-season here at the Sports Blitz!

 

It was the final day of the 2017 spring sports season as across 3 different sports state titles were on the line, including for the Cinderella story of the spring season, your Wellesley Raider baseball team who faced Taconic looking for the program’s first ever state championship. Could the Raiders make the slipper fit one last time and walk out on top, we’ll find out momentarily but first here’s the answer to yesterday’s trivia question. The last Bay State Conference team to win a state championship other than in the Super 8 was… Norwood who captured the Division 1 crown back in 2015. Now onto the recap!

Result for 6-17-17

Baseball: Taconic 5 Wellesley 1 Division 1 State Finals

Team finishes the season 16-10. Congratulations on an amazing journey that you’ll remember forever, and the whole community is so proud of what you accomplished. Also best of luck to the seniors going forward!

Rise and shine Raider nation, it’s Friday! That means along with being the start of another weekend, that it is time for another edition of Raider Friday Trivia. This week’s question is… who was the last Bay State Conference baseball team to win a non super-8 state championship? Answer tomorrow!

With the state title game just 2 days away, we take a look back at this magical postseason run by your Wellesley Raiders in part 2 of our state finals preview. Reminder that the title game takes place Saturday at 3:15 pm at Fitton Field in Worcester. Here’s a look back at how Wellesley got to this point!

Wellesley:

16-9 Overall Record

13 seed D1 South

Road to the Finals:

Beat 4 seed Mansfield 3-2 D1 South First Round

Beat 5 seed Barnstable 5-1 D1 South Quarterfinals

Beat 8 seed Durfee 7-6 (9 innings) D1 South Semifinals

Beat 3 seed Bridgewater-Raynham 3-1 D1 South Finals

Beat North Champion Lowell 1-0 D1 State Semifinals