As I mentioned in the weekly Little League schedule, Williamsport play gets underway this week as District 10 play begins Friday. As always Wellesley will field two teams (North and South) with South looking to defend it’s district, sectional, and state title from a year ago. Below you will find both team’s full district schedules.  Good luck to both teams in the tournament!

Wellesley South:

7-7 vs. Newton American (Casey, Watertown) 7:30 pm

7-10 vs. Parkway National (McDonough, West Roxbury) 5:30 pm

7-12 vs. Newton Southeast (Casey, Watertown) 7:30 pm

Wellesley North:

7-7 vs. Newton National (McDonough, West Roxbury) 5:30 pm

7-10 vs. Parkway American (Casey, Watertown) 5:30 pm

7-12 vs. Watertown (McDonough, West Roxbury) 7:30 pm

 

Finals:

7-14 Pool 1 vs. Pool 2 (McDonough, West Roxbury) 7:30 pm

 

Just wanted to take a moment to wish all my readers out there a safe and happy July 4th. Thank you as always for your readership and I can’t wait to see what the rest of this summer and beyond has in store!

It’s the start of July 4th week, and that also means it’s time for another edition of Monday Poll! Last week’s poll saw the slim majority of you see less than 10 baseball games in a season. This week’s question is… will the 2017 Boston Red Sox make the playoffs? Comment with your answer.

It’s Independence Day week, and while the week starts off slow in terms of little league action, it more than makes up for it at the end of the week. Plus this coming weekend, Williamsport action starts up which is always fun to watch. That being said here’s a look at what’s on tap.

Monday 7-3

No Games

Tuesday 7-4

No Games

Wednesday 7-5

Baseball:

U11 American Red vs. Dedham (Kelly III) 6 pm

U8 Red vs. Needham White (Ouellet) 5:45 pm

U10 National vs. Parkway (Reidy) 5:30 pm

Thursday 7-6

Baseball:

U8 Black @ Needham Gold (Greene’s) 5:45 pm

U9 National @ Warrendale (Fitzgerald, Waltham) 6 pm

U9 American @ Westwood (Morrison) 5:30 pm

Softball:

U12 vs. Watertown (Hunnewell II) 7:15 pm

Friday 7-7

Baseball:

 

U9 American vs. Newton (Reidy) 5:30 pm

U10 National @ Westwood Green (Morrison) 7:30 pm

Saturday 7-8

Baseball:

No Games

Sunday 7-9

Williamsport South vs. Newton American (Parkway, West Roxbury) 11 am

Williamsport North vs. Newton National (Parkway, West Roxbury) 1 pm

Lou Tompkins B @ Stoneham (Recreation Park) 2 pm

Lou Tompkins A vs. Revere (Sprague) 5 pm

 

Earlier this week I posted about baseball coach Rob Kane earning coach of the year as part of the Boston Globe All Scholastic awards. Today the full listings of the honors    were revealed for all the spring sports, and several Raider athletes and coaches earned recognition. Here’s a full list of the Raiders who were recognized as we congratulate them on this well deserved accomplishment.

Julia Jordahl-Henry Sophomore Girls Track and Field

Henry Weycker Sophomore Baseball

Rob Kane Coach Baseball

Caitlin Chicoski Junior Girls Lacrosse

Alex Novins Junior Boys Tennis

Patrick Kley Junior Boys Tennis

Michael Ryan Junior Boys Tennis

Ken Bateman Coach Girls Golf

Malina Rufo Senior Girls Golf

John Walton Senior Boys Volleyball

July is here and it sure does feel like it. Hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend and getting ready for the 4th. Now to answer yesterday’s Raider Friday Trivia question. The answer is… 2002  when Wellesley North while still part of district 11 captured both the district and sectional titles before falling in the state final four.

Finally we get our first Little League Recap of the summer season  as despite the rain the first Reidy game of the 2017 summer season took place as the U9 American team took on Medfield. Could they pull out the win, let’s find out!

Result for 6-30-17

U9 American 5 Medfield 3