Beginning this week we will look ahead to the start of the spring sports season, which begins tomorrow with the start of practices. Beginning tomorrow we will roll out schedules for the each of the spring sports teams, followed by team previews next week so be on the lookout!

So in the midst of my crazy life I completely forgot to post the Wrestling season in review yesterday so apologies to all the wrestling followers of this blog. However there is no time like the present, as we close out our look back at the 2016-17 winter sports season. First off however it’s time for the answer to yesterday’s Raider Friday Trivia. The year that Wellesley Youth basketball went solely to Wellesley teams was the 2013-14 as prior to that Wellesley had played for a long time against Framingham among others. Now for the wrestling review, wrestling finished the regular season 5-6-1 and sent Josh Cohen on to the all state meet.

The Babson Beaver men’s hoops team are on top of the Division 3 college basketball world! The Beavers completed their historic season with a 79-78 victory over Augustana to capture the school’s first ever national championship! Congratulations to the Beavers players, and coaches on this amazing accomplishment!

As I told you last week the Babson mens basketball team was the cusp of their second Final Four in three seasons and after a victory over Keene State the Beavers earned that national semifinal berth which was this evening against top ranked and undefeated Whitman. After falling behind by as many as 25 the Beavers managed to climb all the way back to knock off Whitman 85-79 and earn a berth in the national championship game. The game will be tomorrow night at 6 pm at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia against the winner of the second semifinal between Williams and Augustana and can be seen live on the CBS Sports Network!

It’s another beautiful Friday morning here in mid-March and that means it’s time for another installment of Raider Friday Trivia. No prize this week, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get your answers in anyway! Today’s question is… what year did the Wellesley CYO/Youth Basketball program change to solely in-town teams? Answer tomorrow!

On this second to last day of our look back at the winter sports season, we take a look at the boys and girls indoor track teams who certainly had their share of successes in this 2016-17 campaign. The boys finished 5-1 during the regular season, and went on to a 6th place finish at the D2 State meet. Meanwhile for the girls they also enjoyed a 5-1 regular season record before moving on to capture the D2 State Championship! Please join us tomorrow as we will take a look back at our final team of the winter season, the wrestling team!

B Good, a new restaurant here in town will be holding a “Pay What You Can” Night to help support Community Investors who was the winner of their vote as part of their initiative to support a non-profit in this community. Here is more information for Lisa Perez of B-Good.

“b.good, the restaurant that’s all about “Food with Roots,” is celebrating the recent opening of its Wellesley location by supporting local charitable partner Community Investors with a “Pay What You Can” event in Wellesley on Tuesday Night April 4th from 6-8 PM. During the event, b.good guests can make donations for any b.good menu item (kale & grain bowls, seasonal salads, all-natural burgers, smoothies…), and 100% of the proceeds will go to Community Investors.

Community Investors aims to improve the physical and mental health and wellness of children through Community Sports Based Youth Development. Their mission is to create Positive Impactful Experiences to plant the seeds for mental and physical wellness and strengthen the emotional and social fabric of adolescents at a vital time in their lives.”

Happy hump day everyone and hope my local readers enjoyed being back at school or work after yesterday’s storm. Today we take a look back at the Boys Swimming and Gymnastics seasons who both looked to continue their success from 2015-16, into 2016-17. The boys swim team enjoyed a tremendously successful season as they finished 11-2 on the regular season, then finished 2nd at the Bay State championships, before finishing 8th at the all state meet. Gymnastics meanwhile finished their regular season at 3-6 and would go onto compete at the Bay State Conference championships. Tomorrow as we continue our look back we will take a look at the indoor track teams!

Today we continue our look back at the 2016-17 winter sports season by looking at the boys and girls ice hockey teams, who much like their basketball counterparts both earned berths into postseason play this season. The girls hockey team captured yet another Herget division title finishing the regular season 13-4-3 and earning the 10 seed in the D2 bracket. After beating Stoneham in the preliminary round the girls saw their season come to an abrupt and heartbreaking end as they fell 2-1 to Westwood in overtime in the first round. The boys team had another successful season as well finishing the regular season 14-5-1 and earning the 2 seed in D1 South. After handling rival Natick 5-1 in the quarterfinals, the boys came up against another Bay State Conference foe Braintree, and unfortunately came out on the wrong end of a 1-0 game in the sectional semifinal clash. Stay tuned tomorrow where we will recap boys swimming and gymnastics.

Today we begin our look back at the 2016-17 winter sports season by taking a look at both the boys and girls basketball teams who both made it into the state tournament. The boys finished their regular season 11-11 and earned the 15th seed in the D1 South bracket. Unfortunately the boys season came to a quick end as they fell to Marshfield at home in the preliminary round. Meanwhile the girls team had a bit more success, finishing the regular season 17-3 to earn a Herget division title and the 4 seed in the sectional. The girls posted a home quarterfinal win over Marshfield before seeing their season come to an end in the sectional semifinals with a loss to top seeded Mansfield. Keep an eye out to the blog tomorrow as we will continue our season in review with both hockey teams!