It was a big rivalry night on the basketball court as both hoops teams battled Needham, with the girls looking to stay undefeated and the boys looking to snap a 2 game losing streak. In other action gymnastics played host to Walpole. Would it be a clean sweep, lets find out!

Results for 1-15-19

Girls Basketball: Needham 39 Wellesley 29

Boys Basketball: Wellesley 36 Needham 35

Gymnastics: Wellesley 129.5 Walpole 118.7

It’s that time of week again, Monday and that means it’s time for another edition of Monday Poll. Last week’s poll saw other take the title for top sports apparel brand with 9 out of the 16 total votes. This week’s question is who’s going to win this weekend’s AFC title game, Chiefs or Patriots?

Now that the Patriots have successfully moved on to another AFC title game it’s time to think ahead to another week of Raider’s athletics. Some teams have chances to clinch tournament berths this week while others look for big wins. Let’s see what’s on tap!

Monday 1-14

No Games

Tuesday 1-15

Boys Basketball vs. Needham 6:30 pm

Girls Basketball @ Needham 6:30 pm

Gymnastics vs. Walpole (Exxcel) 8 pm

Wednesday 1-16

Boys Swimming vs. Reading (Babson) 4:45 pm

Girls Hockey vs. Needham (Babson) 6 pm

Boys Hockey vs. Needham (Babson) 7:45 pm

Thursday 1-17

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

Wrestling @ Walpole 6 pm

Coed Skiing vs. TBA (Blue Hills) 6 pm

Gymnastics @ Brookline (Broderick Gymnastics) 7:45 pm

Friday 1-18

Girls Basketball vs. Natick 5:15 pm

Boys Basketball vs. Natick 7 pm

Saturday 1-19

Wrestling @ BSC Meet (Weymouth HS) 10 am

Girls Hockey vs. Natick (Babson) 6:10 pm

Boys Hockey @ Natick (Chase Arena) 8:10 pm

Sunday 1-20

No Games

Both boys and girls hockey came into today riding multi-game win streaks, and were looking to keep the positive momentum going against Newton North, especially with a date with Needham on the horizon. Could both bring home victories, lets find out! First off however it’s time to answer yesterday’s trivia question. The Raider basketball team’s overall winning percentage at the Good Sports Invitational is… 60% (3/5).

Results for 1-12-19

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 9 Newton North 0

Boys Hockey: Wellesley 2 Newton North 1

It was a Friday night of all league action for 3 Raider teams as both basketball teams battled Newton North while boys swimming took on Natick. Which teams would close out the first full week of 2019 with a win, lets find out!

Results for 1-11-19

Boys Basketball: Newton North 55 Wellesley 34

Girls Basketball: Wellesley 53 Newton North 37

Boys Swimming: Natick 100 Wellesley 81

It’s another beautiful albeit cold Friday morning and that means it’s a perfect time for Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is…what are both Raider’s basketball teams combined winning percentage at the Good Sports Invitational? Answer tomorrow!

With no games to report on today, I thought I’d take a moment to give an up to date look at team records thus far in the 2018-19 winter season. These are just overall records, not league records as we have entered the second half of the season.

Girls Basketball: 8-1

Boys Basketball: 5-1

Boys Hockey: 4-3-1

Girls Hockey: 4-2

Wrestling: 1-5

Boys Indoor Track: 3-0

Girls Indoor Track: 3-0

Boys Swimming: 3-3

Gymnastics: 1-1

As we reached the mid way point of the week, both hockey teams were looking for big league wins as they faced off against Brookline while wrestling looked to get back in the win column as they took on Milton. How would it all turn out on this Wednesday night, lets find out!

Results for 1-9-19

Boys Hockey: Wellesley 3 Brookline 1

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 2 Brookline 0

Wrestling: Milton 57 Wellesley 13

There were 3 contests on the docket on this Tuesday night as girls basketball tried to bounce back from their first loss of the season hosting Brookline, while the boys tried to remain undefeated facing their toughest test yet against an equally undefeated Warrior squad. Meanwhile the boys swim team played host to Framingham. How would it all turn out, lets find out!

Results for 1-8-19

Girls Basketball: Wellesley 57 Brookline 36

Boys Basketball: Brookline 65 Wellesley 28

Boys Swimming: Framingham 100 Wellesley 86

As we began the first full week of the new year it was boys hockey with a late afternoon tilt as they played host to non-league foe North Attleboro. The Raiders were looking were their first victory of 2019 after falling to Framingham last Wednesday. Could they boys get it done, lets find out!

Result for 1-7-19

Boys Hockey: Wellesley 3 North Attleboro 1