The remnants of Hurricane Michael wreaked their havoc on the Boston area this afternoon and also wreaked havoc on the high school sports schedule, as the majority of Raider contests were postponed. One match did get in however as girls volleyball traveled to Framingham looking to pick up a big conference win. Could the Raiders serve up victory, lets find out!
Result for 10-11-18
Girls Volleyball: Wellesley 3 Framingham 0
On this hump day afternoon, 3 teams total were in action, as both cross country teams took on Braintree, while boys golf took on Weymouth, Braintree, and Needham in a quad match. Could they make it a 5 for 5 day total, lets find out!
Results for 10-10-18
Boys Golf: Wellesley 102 Weymouth 50, Wellesley 102 Braintree 102, Wellesley 102 Needham 91
Boys Cross Country: Wellesley 15 Braintree 50
Girls Cross Country: Braintree 18 Wellesley 39
Now that the Red Sox have nearly given me a heart attack, and moved on to the ALCS it’s time to recap the day that was in Raider sports. 6 teams were in action today, would it be a perfect day for the Raiders, let’s find out!
Results for 10-9-18
Girls Soccer: Wellesley 4 Milton 0
Girls Swimming: Wellesley 95 Milton 83
Girls Volleyball: Milton 3 Wellesley 2
Boys Golf: Wellesley 101 Framingham 70
Boys Soccer: Wellesley 2 Milton 0
Field Hockey: Wellesley 3 Milton 0
As I continue to watch this Red Sox shellacking of the Yankees in the Bronx, it’s also time to recap the 2 games of Raider action from this Columbus Day. It was both soccer’s in action today as girls soccer took on archival Needham at Wellesley College this morning while the boys traveled to Sharon for an evening affair. Could both take home the w’s, lets find out!
Results for 10-8-18
Girls Soccer: Wellesley 2 Needham 1
Boys Soccer: Wellesley 2 Sharon 1
Happy Columbus Day everybody, and on this day off, it’s time for another edition of Monday Poll. Last week’s poll saw our hometown Red Sox squeak out victory in who is going to win the World Series. This week’s question is…Do you prefer sporting events to be at night or during the day? Comment with your answers!
We have entered the second week of October and you can feel the excitement continuing to mount, as we have some big matchups this week, and as always they come along with some big conference and tournament implications. Here’s a look at the week ahead!
Monday 10-8
Girls Soccer vs. Needham (Wellesley College) 10 am
Boys Soccer @ Sharon 6 pm
Tuesday 10-9
Boys Golf @ Framingham (Framingham CC) 3:30 pm
Boys Soccer vs. Milton 3:45 pm
Field Hockey vs. Milton (Sprague 3) 3:45 pm
Girls Volleyball @ Milton 5:30 pm
Girls Swimming vs. Milton (Babson) 7 pm
Girls Soccer @ Milton 7 pm
Wednesday 10-10
Boys Golf @ Braintree, Weymouth, and Needham (Braintree Municipal GC) 3 pm
Cross Country @ Braintree 4:30 pm
Thursday 10-11
Boys Golf vs. BC High (Nehoiden) 3 pm
Girls Soccer @ Framingham 3:45 pm
Field Hockey vs. Framingham (Sprague 3) 3:45 pm
Girls Volleyball @ Framingham 5:30 pm
Boys Soccer @ Framingham (Bowditch) 6:30 pm
Friday 10-12
Girls Swimming vs. Notre Dame Academy (Babson) 7 pm
Football @ Brookline (Parsons) 7 pm
Saturday 10-13
Cross Country @ Bay State Invite (Northfields Mtn. Rec Center) 9 am
Sunday 10-14
No Games
It was a beautiful day for football at Hunnewell Field as the Raiders hosted neighboring rival Natick, in a game with big conference and sectional implications. We’ll find out momentarily if the Raiders could come out on top, but first it’s time to answer yesterday’s trivia question. The sport John Brown coached before becoming AD at WHS was… baseball at Natick High School. Now onto the recap!
Result for 10-6-18
Football: Natick 34 Wellesley 28
2 contests were on the docket to close out this work/school week at girls swimming traveled to Framingham, while field hockey took on Weymouth. Could both end the week on a high note, lets find out!
Results for 10-5-18
Girls Swimming: Wellesley 93 Framingham 88
Field Hockey: Wellesley 3 Weymouth 1
It’s a Friday of a holiday weekend, and it’s also the first Friday of October so it’s a doubly good time for another edition of Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is…what sport did John Brown coach prior to becoming Wellesley High School athletic director? Answer tomorrow!
A late edition to yesterday’s recap but definitely worth mentioning is that boys golf captured the Bay State Conference title at the all conference match yesterday. The team was led by Michael Rosenbloom, Max Webb, Drew Cohen, and coach Ken Bateman. Congratulations to the team on this extraordinary accomplishment!
