Wellesley native Nate Freiman (05) made the announcement today on Facebook that he is stepping aside from the game of baseball and returning to Duke University to pursuit his MBA beginning in the fall. After graduating from Duke in 2009 Freiman went on to be part of 6 MLB organizations during his career including stints on the major league roster for the Oakland Athletics in both 2013 and 2014. Freiman most recently played in the Mexican Baseball league for both Acereros de Monclova and Pericos de Puebla in 2017 before being release prior to the start of the 2018 season. Wellesley Sports Blitz would like to wish Nate the best of luck as he begins this new chapter.

After having their quarterfinal date with Norwell pushed back two days due to snow the girls hockey team finally took to the ice against the Clippers trying to keep their hopes at a 4th trip to the Garden in 5 years alive. Before we get to that result however it’s time to take a look at the answer to yesterday’s trivia question. The current president of the Red Sox is… Wellesley resident Sam Kennedy. Now onto the recap!

Result for 3-9-18

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 6 Norwell 1 D2 Quarterfinals

Girls advance to face Algonquin in D2 Semifinals!

It’s another beautiful Friday morning, and all snow aside I hope everyone has a great second Friday of March. It’s also a great time for another edition of Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is…what Wellesley resident is currently the president of the Boston Red Sox? Answer tomorrow!

Due to the accumulating snow expected later this afternoon/evening the girls hockey quarterfinal game vs. Norwell has been postponed. The game will now be played Friday at 6 pm at Ryan Arena in Watertown. The weekly scheduled has been updated accordingly.

As of right now girls hockey is scheduled to play their D2 quarterfinal tomorrow night at 8 pm at Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton. However with snow predicted later tomorrow, if there is any change to the game status I will post on here and update the weekly schedule accordingly so keep an eye out!

It’s the first Monday in March, and that means it’s time for the first March edition of Monday Poll. Last week’s poll saw girls hockey take the top spot for team that would make the furthest tournament run taking 50% of the total votes. This week’s poll question is do you prefer the NCAA basketball tournament or the NCAA hockey tournament?

As we enter the second week of winter post-season play we find ourselves with one Raider team remaining as girls hockey advanced to the Division 2 quarterfinals with a win Saturday night over Winchester. Along with that there will also be other action this week with the dance team and skiing team in action. Here’s a look at when all that action will take place. With it being a slim schedule I am just going to list the days that there are events.

Monday 3-5

Dance @ State Championships (Framingham HS) 6:30 pm

Tuesday 3-6

Alpine Skiing @ State Championship (Berkshire East) 7:30 am

Friday 3-9

Girls Hockey vs. Norwell D2 Quarterfinals (Ryan Arena, Watertown) 6 pm

 

What a day of Raider playoff action it was as girls basketball traveled to Taunton to take on host Mansfield in the D1 South quarterfinals, while girls and boys hockey hosted a tournament double header at Babson against Winchester and Xaverian respectively. We’ll find out how it all turned out in a moment but first time to answer yesterday’s trivia question. After Thursday night the boys hockey team has won 4 tournament games against Bay State opponents in the Paul Donato era. Two vs. Milton, and one each vs. Natick and Framingham. Now onto the recap!

Results for 3-3-18

Girls Basketball: Mansfield 48 Wellesley 35 D1 South Quarterfinals

Girls finish season 16-6. Congratulations on a great season and best of luck to the seniors going forward.

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 3 Winchester 2 D2 First Round

Girls advance to play Norwell in the quarterfinals!

Boys Hockey: Xaverian 3 Wellesley 1 D1 South Quarterfinals

Boys finish season 16-3-2. Congratulations on a great season and best of luck to the seniors going forward.

It may be a wet and windy Friday but that doesn’t mean it’s not a great time for the first March edition of Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is…in the Paul Donato era of boys hockey (2007-present) how many Bay State Conference opponents (including last night) have the Raiders beaten in postseason play? Answer tomorrow!

It was the third straight night of tournament openers as tonight boys hockey opened up post-season play against Framingham. Despite being the top seed the Raiders were going up against a Flyer team that defeated them in the one regular season meeting by a 1-0 final. Could the Raiders exact revenge in this win or go home matchup, lets find out!

Result for 3-1-18

Boys Hockey: Wellesley 4 Framingham 3 D1 South First Round

Team moves on to face Xaverian in quarterfinals