It might’ve been freezing outside but it was red hot inside Canton Ice House tonight as both boys and girls hockey looked to keep their seasons alive, in the D1 South Quarterfinals and D2 First Round respectively. For both teams it was personal as the boys were battling their neighboring rivals Natick, while the girls were facing off against Westwood a team who has ended the Raiders season 2 out of the last 5 years. Could both teams take that next step towards the Garden, let’s find out!

Results for 3-5-17

Girls Hockey: Westwood 2 Wellesley 1 D2 First Round

Girls finish season 14-5-3. Congratulations on a great run and best of luck to the seniors going forward!

Boys Hockey: Wellesley 5 Natick 1 D1 South Quarterfinals

Team will face Braintree in D1 South Semifinals

So with their being no tournament action tonight no recap so to speak but there was a Raider Friday Trivia yesterday and it’s time to reveal the answer. The answer is… St James Church which was torn down to make way for (again hopefully) a multi-purpose recreational facility including a hockey rink! Congratulations to Dale Crowe who is the winner of this week’s gift card!

The weather outside may be chilly, but the time is just right for another red hot edition of Raider Friday Trivia on this first Friday of March! Today’s prize is the final Dunkin Donuts gift card in my possession (for the time being at least) so get those answers in! The question is… what facility used to sit on the land, that will now be used (hopefully) for a new ice hockey and recreation complex in town in the coming years? Answer tomorrow!

Another night another home tournament game, as tonight it was girls basketball’s turn in the spotlight as they opened tournament play with a D1 South Quarterfinal against Marshfield. With both teams allowing less than 40 points per game this season, this one figured to be a defensive slugfest. Could the Raiders come out on top, let’s find out!

Result for 3-2-17

Girls Basketball: Wellesley 45 Marshfield 32 D1 South Quarterfinals

Team advances to play Mansfield in D1 South Semifinals!

On this first day of March, it was the tournament opener for the girls hockey game as they hosted Stoneham in the preliminary round of the D2 bracket. Could the girls take this first step as they try for a fourth consecutive trip to TD Garden, let’s find out!

Result for 3-1-17

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 3 Stoneham 0 D2 Preliminary Round

Girls advance to play Westwood in first round

Community Investors is hosting their second annual DodgeFest event Saturday March 18th from 12-3 at the High School. The event will feature food, music, and exciting dodgeball action. For details and to register go to communityinvestors.net

Following the Super 8 play in games last night the MIAA officially released the D1 South boys hockey bracket. Your Wellesley Raiders were seeded second and earn a bye into the quarterfinals, where they will meet the winner of Natick/Weymouth. Time, location, and date have yet to be announced, but as always stay tuned to our weekly schedule as one that information becomes official it’ll be posted on there!

Tournament time officially began tonight in Raider Nation as boys basketball squared off with Marshfield at home in the D1 South Preliminary Round. The boys who battled their way to an 11-11 regular season record were looking for at least one tournament win after missing the tournament a year ago. Could they get the job done, let’s find out!

Result for 2-27-17

Boys Basketball: Marshfield 57 Wellesley 53 D1 South Preliminary Round

Boys finish season 11-12. Best of luck to the seniors in their future endeavors!

It’s the last Monday in February and with the start of another week, it’s a good time for another edition of Monday Poll. In last week’s poll I asked you if you liked the new Wellesley High turf football field, and out of the 5 votes, 3 did not like it, while 2 did. This week’s poll takes a bit of a look forward as spring is fast approaching and thus spring sports as well. The question is… which spring sport do you the reader enjoy playing/watching the most? Baseball, Softball, Lacrosse, or other? Submit your votes and the results will be announced next week.

It’s tournament time! This week  4 Raider teams open up tournament play and are all looking for deep runs in their respective sectionals. As is always the case with these tournament week schedules the schedule will be updated based on results of the early rounds. Before we get to that however, here is the answer to Friday’s trivia question. Mary Anne MacDonald always donates lasagna to the Junior Class Auction. Now onto the schedule!

Monday 2-27

Boys Basketball vs. Marshfield D1 South Preliminary Round 6:30 pm

Tuesday 2-28

No Games

Wednesday 3-1

Girls Hockey vs. Stoneham D2 Preliminary Round (Babson) 6:40 pm

Thursday 3-2

Girls Basketball vs. Marshfield D1 South First Round 6:30 pm

Friday 3-3

No Games

Saturday 3-4

No Games

Sunday 3-5

Boys Hockey vs. Natick D1 South Quarterfinals (Canton Ice House) 6:30 pm

Girls Hockey vs. Westwood D2 First Round (Canton Ice House) 4:30 pm