As we reach the midway point of our week, and our winter sports previews. We take a look at both the boys and girls indoor track teams who come into 2018/19 looking to build on last seasons success. The boys finished last season 4-2 before finishing in 7th at the all state meet. Like their female counterparts the boys are always a contender at the top of both league and state meets and I would fully expect more of the same this year.

The girls meanwhile had certainly the banner worthy season a year ago as after finishing the season 7-0, they went on to capture both the Bay State and state title. The girls appear to be in prime position to defend those crowns this year and I would expect for them to be right up front yet again come the end of the season.

Stay tuned tomorrow as we’ll preview gymnastics and boy’s swimming!

On this second day of our winter sport previews we take a look at both the boys and girls basketball teams who are looking to both contend for tournament berths once again in 2018-19. The boys finished last year 14-7 falling in the first round of the tournament to BC High. Coach Mike Reidy always has his squad in contention in both league and sectional play and with a solid core returning that should once again be the case this season.

The girls meanwhile finished 16-6 overall last year, defeating Whitman-Hanson in the playoffs before falling to Mansfield in the south quarterfinals. The girls return the likes of Gianna Pali and Brooke Guiffre among others and with coach Glen Magpiong at the helm, you can rest assured this band of sisters will be right in the thick of things once again in 2018-19.

Stay tuned tomorrow as we take a look at both indoor track teams!

As we count down the days to the start of the winter sports regular season, it’s time to begin our week of previews and what better way to start than with boys and girls hockey, who both had tremendous even banner worthy seasons a year ago. The boys finished last season with an 16-3-2 overall mark, capturing another Herget title and defeated Framingham in the D1 South tournament before falling to Xaverian. The boys return several key pieces and should be a contender once again in both the conference and D1 South.

Now onto the girls, who had a season to remember last year, as the girls went 19-2-3 overall capturing a Herget title of their own. They then went on to defeat Winchester, Norwell, Algonquin, before defeating Canton at the Garden to capture the programs first state title since 2006. The girls also return several key pieces to last years title team and will certainly be one of the early favorites to defend both their league and state crown in 2018/19.

Stay tuned tomorrow as we will preview both boy’s and girl’s basketball!

It’s the first Monday of December which means it’s a glorious time for another edition of Monday Poll. Last week’s question saw more than half the total votes (8/13) go to the Bruins for team that is playing best currently. This week’s question is… Who will win this year’s college football playoff, Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, or Oklahoma? Comment with your answers!

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, as we get ready for the first week of December. This week we will be rolling out our winter sports previews as we continue to look ahead to the 2018-19 season. To start out tomorrow we will preview the boys and girls hockey teams so stay tuned!

As we come to a close on this first day of December it’s time to answer yesterday’s trivia question. John Fadule’s career completion percentage at BC was…52%!

Today we wrap up our 2018-19 winter sports schedule unveil by unveiling the wrestling schedule. Wrestling will host all their home matches in the Wellesley High gym and all matches will begin at 7 pm unless noted. Here’s a look at the schedule!

12-8 @ Essex Tech quad 10 am

12-15 @ Wayland Holiday Tournament 9:30 am

12-19 vs. Braintree

1-3 vs. Framingham

1-9 @ Milton 4 pm

1-12 @ Weymouth Invitational 9 am

1-17 @ Walpole 6 pm

1-19 @ BSC Meet (Weymouth HS) 10 am

1-23 @ Brookline 5 pm

2-6 @ Needham

 

It’s the last day of November and it’s a Friday, which means it’s time for the last November edition of Raider Friday Trivia! Today’s question is…What is John Fadule’s career completion percentage at BC? Answer tomorrow!

It’s the second to last day of our winter sports schedule unveil and today we’re taking a look at the gymnastics and boys swimming schedules. For gymnastics all their home meets will take place at Exxcel Gymnastics in Newton and meets will begin at 8 pm unless noted. For boys swimming their home meets will take place at Babson and meets will start at 7 unless noted. Here’s a look at the schedules!

Gymnastics:

12-20 vs. Framingham

1-2 @ Weymouth TBA

1-15 vs. Walpole

1-18 @ Brookline (Broderick Gymnastics, Hyde Park) TBA

1-22 vs. Newton North

1-25 @ Needham 7:30 pm

2-1 vs. Braintree

2-6 @ Natick (Gymnastics Exoress) 7 pm

Boys Swimming:

12-18 vs. Ashland

1-4 vs. Newton North

1-8 vs. Framingham

1-11 @ Natick (Keefe Tech) TBA

1-16 vs. Reading

1-22 @ Brookline (Tappan St Pool) 4 pm

1-25 vs. Needham

 

As we enter day 3 of our 2018-19 winter schedule unveil we take a look today at the boys and girls indoor track teams. Since both these teams have identical schedules I am posting it as one combined schedule. All meets will take place once again this season at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, and all meets will start at 4:30 pm. Here’s a look at the schedule!

12-13 vs. Weymouth

12-20 vs. Framingham

1-3 vs. Brookline

1-17 vs. Newton North

1-24 vs. Natick

1-30 vs. TBA

2-6 @ Bay State Conference Meet