Twas the Friday before Christmas, and what better time to unveil another edition of Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is…How many Wellesley Youth Basketball teams (boys and girls) are there this season? Answer tomorrow!

It’s was boys swimming and indoor track in action today as boys swim hosted Winchester while indoor track headed into Boston to battle Framingham. How would it all turn out, lets find out!

Results for 12-19-19

Boys Swimming: Wellesley 95 Winchester 87

Boys Indoor Track: Wellesley 74 Framingham 25

Girls Indoor Track: Wellesley 83 Framingham 16

It was a big early season test for girls hockey tonight as they traveled to Matthews Arena to take on powerhouse Austin Prep. In other action wrestling took on Framingham looking to stay above 500. How would it turn out, lets find out!

Results for 12-18-19

Girls Hockey: Austin Prep 1 Wellesley 0

Wrestling: Framingham 54 Wellesley 6

With no games on this Tuesday, I thought I’d pass the time with another special edition of Raider Trivia. The question is…Who was girls hockey last home opponent at Babson Skating Center? Answer in tomorrow’s Raider Recap!

Two games on the docket to start out this new week, as boys hockey hosted Cambridge and girls basketball traveled to Brockton. Could both come out with wins, lets find out!

Results for 12-16-19

Boys Hockey: Cambridge 4 Wellesley 0

Girls Basketball: Brockton 54 Wellesley 37

It’s the start of a new week and that means it’s time for another edition of Monday Poll. This week’s poll question is… which team will make it further in the playoffs, the Patriots or the Bills? Comment with your answers!

As we enter the final weeks of 2019 all the winter sports teams will have had their first action of the season by the end of this week and will either look to keep early season success going or start the year on a high note. Let’s find out what this week has in store!

Monday 12-16

Boys Hockey vs. Cambridge (Boston Sports Institute) 4 pm

Girls Basketball @ Brockton 7 pm

Wednesday 12-18

Girls Hockey @ Austin Prep (Matthews Arena, Boston) 7 pm

Wrestling @ Framingham 7 pm

Thursday 12-19

Boys Swimming vs. Winchester (Boston Sports Institute) 4 pm

Indoor Track vs. Framingham (Reggie Lewis Center) 430 pm

Friday 12-20

Boys Basketball vs. Framingham 630 pm

Girls Basketball @ Framingham 630 pm

Saturday 12-21

Boys Hockey vs. Framingham (Boston Sports Institute) 640 pm

Girls Hockey @ Framingham (Loring Arena) 7 pm

The new Boston Sports Institute was officially christened by a Wellesley High hockey team today as the girls opened their state title defense against Weymouth. In other action wrestling traveled to Triton a for a quad meet and boys hockey headed down to Weymouth to open their seasons. How would it all turn out we’ll find out but first the answer to yesterday’s trivia question. Wellesley scored the first goal in the January 2019 Wellesley-Needham boys hockey game although Needham came out victorious 6-1. Now onto the recap!

Results for 12-14-19

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 7 Weymouth 0

Boys Hockey: Wellesley 4 Weymouth 1

Wrestling: Triton 42 Wellesley 18, Wellesley 42 Belmont 39, Wellesley 45 Essex Tech 30

It may be Friday the 13th but we wanna help you feel lucky by getting the correct answer to today’s Raider Friday Trivia question. Today’s question is…Which team scored the first goal in the January 2009 Wellesley Needham boys hockey matchup? Answer tomorrow!

On this final day of our 2019/20 winter sports preview we take a look at the gymnastics team. The team finished last year 5-2 and has higher aspirations for this season. With the high level they have competed at over the years I expect this year to be another successful season.