It was a very light day of action in Raider sports but there was one noteworthy item for today’s recap as the unified track team competed in the sectional championships at Franklin HS and came away victorious in the 4×100. Congratulations to the team on this tremendous accomplishment!

The first MIAA tournament pairings were released today for… Boys Volleyball. Your Wellesley Raiders having finishing the regular season 14-3 earned the 4 seed in the D1 South bracket and will open at home next Thursday (6-1)  against Taunton at 6:30 pm. For the full bracket log on to miaa.ezstream.com.

Despite the gloomy Monday evening weather, there was still plenty of action to go around on the youth sports front. Here’s a look at the results!

Little League Baseball:

National League:

Royals 13 Phillies 9

Astros 14 Giants 5

Rangers 10 Dodgers 7

Diamondbacks 5 Twins 3

3rd Grade League:

Dodgers 12 Tigers 4

Today was certainly one of those Monday’s weather wise where the old saying “someone’s got a case of the Monday’s” comes to mind, but that didn’t deter a full slate of Raider action as we enter the final week of the regular season. Before we get to the recap however, I want to send a special shoutout to the girls golf team, who had quite the day today capturing the Mass Bay League regular season and all star match titles, and send a congratulations to the teams 4 all stars and coach Ken Bateman who was named coach of the year! Now onto the recap!

Results for 5-22-17

Boys Tennis: Wellesley 4 Natick 1

Boys Lacrosse: Wellesley 18 Bridgewater Raynham 9

Baseball: Wellesley 6 Needham 3

Girls Golf: Wellesley 5.5 Ursuline .5

Softball: Needham 4 Wellesley 2

Girls Tennis: Wellesley 5 Natick 0

It’s a wet gloomy Monday as the start the week before Memorial Day but I’m about to brighten your spirits with another edition of Monday Poll. Last week’s poll was a tight one as the Patriots squeaked out a 5 votes to 4 win over the Red Sox for favorite Boston pro sports team. This week’s poll question is… which sport do you enjoy playing recreationally the most, basketball, tennis, baseball, or other?

We’ve come to the final week of the spring sports regular season and there’s a lot at stake. Not only are there tournament seeds on the line for teams who have already clinched but there’s also tournament berths still to be decided for certain teams. Let’s take a look at what the week ahead has to offer!

Monday 5-22

Girls Golf @ Ursuline Academy (South Shore CC) 2 pm

Boys Tennis vs. Natick 3:45 pm

Girls Tennis @ Natick 3:45 pm

Baseball vs. Needham (Sprague) 4 pm

Boys Lacrosse vs. Bridgewater Raynham 4 pm

Coed Sailing @ MBL Championships (Community Boating) 4 pm

Softball @ Needham (Claxton) 7 pm

Tuesday 5-23

Coed Varsity Unified Track @ Sectional Meet (Franklin HS) 3 pm

Coed Sailing @ MBL Championships (Community Boating) 4 pm

Wednesday 5-24

Girls Golf @ Auburn (Whitinsville) 3 pm

Softball vs. Natick (Lee) 3:45 pm

Boys Lacrosse vs. Lexington 4 pm

Girls Tennis vs. Andover 4 pm

Boys Tennis @ St Johns Prep 4 pm

Baseball @ Natick 7 pm

Thursday 5-25

Girls Golf vs. Saugus and Mount Alvernia (Nehoiden) 3 pm

Girls Tennis @ Hopkinton 3:45 pm

Softball vs. Weymouth (Lee) 3:45 pm

Friday 5-26

No Games

Saturday 5-27

Baseball @ Medfield 9 am

Sunday 5-28

No Games

 

 

While today was all star Saturday for both the national league and American League as well as for softball, there were other games that took place today as well and we have the results!

Little League Baseball:

3rd League League:

Cubs 11 Giants 10

Dodgers 5 Braves 4

Nationals 17 Tigers 3

Pirates 13 Rangers 8

On this Saturday of Wellesley weekend, there was also 2 spring sports contests on the docket as baseball hosted Xaverian, while girls lacrosse traveled to Hingham. Before we get to those results however it’s time for the answer to yesterday’s trivia question. The last time both Babson’s baseball and men’s basketball team won the Newmac tournament title in the same year was… 2004 as both programs defeated Springfield to win their respective conference crowns. Now onto the recap!

Results for 5-20-17

Baseball: Xaverian 12 Wellesley 6

Girls Lacrosse: Wellesley 10 Hingham 9

On what was a light evening of youth action to begin with we only have one result to share on the little league side of things, so without any further ado here it is!

Little League Baseball:

National League:

Angels 15 Phillies 7

It was a light Friday of action with just 2 Raider teams in action, as boys volleyball took on Brookline and boys tennis took on Algonquin. With both teams having already clinched tournament spots, it’s all about the seed now as they finish the final weeks of the regular season. Could both teams pull out important wins, let’s find out!

Results for 5-19-17

Boys Tennis: Wellesley 4 Algonquin 1

Boys Volleyball: Wellesley 3 Brookline 0