Happy hump day everyone, and today we continue our fall sports recaps with boys golf and girls swimming, who full disclosure still has the state meet left this weekend. The boys golf team enjoyed yet another successful regular season finishing 13-3 overall, including going undefeated in league play. The team finished off its season with a 5th place finish at the sectionals match. While they certainly will lose some key pieces look for this squad to be once again a force to be reckoned with next fall.

The girls swim team as I said still has one meet left, as they will head to the state meet this weekend at WPI. The girls have already enjoyed quite the remarkable season, as they finished their regular season undefeated at 12-0, and then proceeded to take 2nd place at the Bay State meet, and first at sectionals. This team will certainly look to continue this success next season, but first things first we hope they have a very successful state meet! Stay tuned tomorrow as we will recap both the cross country teams.

As we continue along on this Tuesday morning, it’s time for day 2 of our 2017 fall sports recaps, as today we take a look back at the field hockey and girls volleyball teams. The field hockey team once again made it to the postseason after finishing the regular season 12-4-2, earning the 10 seed in D1 South. The girl’s shut out Hingham in the preliminary round but then went up against archival Needham and saw their season come to a disappointing end with a 1-0 loss to the Rockets. That being said there was still a lot to be proud of for this Raider team and look for them to be right back in the thick of things next season.

Meanwhile the girls volleyball team also earned a trip to postseason play for another season as they finished their regular season 11-5 under first year head coach Tasha Odemwingle, earning the number 9 seed in the D1 Central-West bracket. The girls went on the road and defeated Shepherd Hill in a thrilling 5 set match in the first round, but then could not overcome the top seeded Groton-Dunstable Crusaders in the quarterfinals losing 3-1. That being said this team fought and battled to the very end, and gives a lot of reason for optimism, as they will look to battle for another postseason berth in 2018. Stay tuned tomorrow as we take a look at boys golf and girls swimming!

With the fall sports season in its final days, it’s time to look back at the season that was with our annual fall sports recaps. We start off today by taking a look back at both the boys and girls soccer teams who both achieved post-season berths in 2017. The girls, after missing the tournament in 2016, used that as motivation as under first year head coach Cat Whitehill the team battled its way to a 7-6-3 regular season mark earning the 15th seed in D1 South. After a 1-0 victory over Durfee in the preliminary round the team saw it’s postseason hopes dashed by Newton South as the girls fell 4-1 to the Lions. Despite that there’s a tremendous amount of reason for optimism for the Raiders as they’ll look build on this run next year.

The boy’s soccer team also had a very successful season, as they not only finished 13-2-1 overall in the regular season but captured the Bay State Herget crown in the process. That record earned the team the 2 seed in D1 South, where they defeated BC High 4-1 in the first round, before seeing their season cut short after a quarterfinal upset loss to Weymouth 3-2 in penalty kicks. That being said coach Tim Mason and his squad certainly have reason to be happy with this season, and will look to defend their conference title come fall of 2018. Keep an eye out tomorrow as  we will recap field hockey, and girls volleyball!

As we continue into another Monday in November, it is time to brighten up your day with another edition of Monday Poll! Last week’s question saw the Big 10 take 7 out of the 12 votes for best college football conference. This week’s poll question is…which Boston sports radio station do you prefer, WEEI or the Sports Hub? Comment with your answers!

Believe it or not there are still 3 Raider teams remaining. in postseason play as both cross country teams and girls swimming have advanced to the all-state competitions this coming weekend. Along with that I am including in the schedule the annual JV and Freshmen football battles with Needham that will take place Saturday. Here’s a look at next weekend’s action!

Saturday 11-18

Cross Country @ All State Meet (Wrentham Developmental Center) TBA

Junior Varsity Football vs. Needham 10 am

Freshmen Football vs. Needham 12 pm

Sunday 11-19

Girls Swimming @ State Meet (WPI) 3 pm

The weather outside may have felt more like January than November but that didn’t stop both girls swimming and boys and girls cross country, who faced a sectional meet and an Eastern Mass meet respectively this morning/afternoon. Could all 3 teams come out on top we’ll find out momentarily but first speaking of running here’s the answer to yesterday’s Raider Friday Trivia question! The Wellesley native who finished highest in the 2017 Boston Marathon was… Austin Susmann who finished 376th overall. Now onto the recap!

Results for 11-11-17

Girls Swimming: Finished first at south sectional meet!

Kate Mullin set the state diving record!

Boys Cross Country: Finished first at Eastern Mass meet!

Girls Cross Country: Finished second at Eastern Mass meet!

It was a bitterly cold Friday night but that didn’t stop the Raider football team from making the trip down to Franklin for their final game before Thanksgiving. After a tough loss last week against Newton North the Raiders were looking to get back to 500 prior to their annual clash with Needham. Could they get it done, let’s find out!

Result for 11-10-17

Football: Wellesley 21 Franklin 0

It’s another beautiful Friday, albeit cold, which means it’s a perfect time for another edition of Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is… who was the highest finishing Wellesley native in the 2017 Boston Marathon? Answer tomorrow!

With the fall sports season wrapping up and the winter season fast approaching, it’s time to start looking back and ahead at the same time. Starting next week I will be rolling the fall sport season recaps, and then starting the week following Thanksgiving will be looking ahead to the winter season, with team schedules and previews. Also keep an eye out for our annual Thanksgiving game previews leading up to the actual game in Wellesley on the 23rd.

It certainly was a big Tuesday afternoon/night of tournament action as both boys soccer and girls volleyball looked to keep their seasons alive as the boys hosted Weymouth in the D1 South quarterfinals while the girls traveled to Groton-Dunstable looking to upset the top seeded Crusaders. Could both teams keep going at least one more game, let’s find out!

Results for 11-7-17

Boys Soccer: Weymouth 3 Wellesley 2 D1 South Quarterfinals

Team finishes 14-3-1 overall. Congratulations on a great season and Herget title and best of luck to the seniors going forward!

Girls Volleyball: Groton-Dunstable 3 Wellesley 1 D1 Central-West Quarterfinals

Team finishes with a 12-6 record. Congratulations on a great season and tournament run and best of luck to the seniors!