2017 is in full swing, and as we enter the second week of the new year, we have a full slate of games for you. So without further ado, let’s see what’s in store this week.

Monday 1-9

Boys Hockey vs. Oliver Ames (Babson) 4 pm

Girls Hockey @ Needham (St Sebastians) 4:30 pm

Tuesday 1-10

Boys Basketball @ Brookline 6:30 pm

Girls Basketball vs. Brookline 6:30 pm

Boys Swimming vs. Newton North (Babson) 7 pm

Gymnastics vs. Framingham (Exxcel) 8 pm

Wednesday 1-11

Boys Hockey @ Brookline (Walter Brown Arena) 6 pm

Wrestling vs. Framingham 7 pm

Girls Hockey vs. Brookline/Newton South (Babson) 8:20 pm

Thursday 1-12

No Games

Friday 1-13

Indoor Track @ D2 Relay Meet (Reggie Lewis Center) 4 pm

Boys Basketball vs. Dedham 6:30 pm

Girls Basketball @ Dedham 6:30 pm

Boys Swimming vs. Framingham (Babson) 7 pm

Gymnastics vs. Natick (Exxcel) 8 pm

Saturday 1-14

Girls Hockey @ Dedham (Nobles) 12:45 pm

Boys Hockey vs. Dedham (Babson) 8:45 pm

Sunday 1-15

No Games

It was a very exciting Sunday in Raider nation as both the boys and girls hoops teams headed to TD Garden for the Good Sports Invitational. For the girls it was their second straight appearance, while the boys last appeared in the inaugural invitational in 2014. Could both pull out wins on the parquet, let’s find out!

Results for 1-8-17

Girls Basketball: Wellesley 37 Lincoln Sudbury 31

Boys Basketball: Needham 47 Wellesley 32

Hope everyone is enjoying the lovely snowfall on this Saturday and even though it’s snowy out now it’s supposed to clear and be a lovely day for basketball tomorrow as both Raider hoops teams head into TD Garden for the Good Sports Invitational, again the girls will be taking on Lincoln Sudbury beginning at 11 am with the boys following against Needham at approximately 12:30. Now to yesterday’s Raider Friday Trivia contest. The answer to the team who played at BC was… football who played a road game against Newton North at Alumni Stadium, back in 2007, falling to the Tigers. Congratulations to Liam Sullivan who won this week’s contest and has a Dunkin Donuts gift card coming his way!

The first week of 2017 has come to an end, and on this Friday there was trio of action as both basketball teams squared off with Milton while Boys Swimming took on Brookline. How did it all turn out, let’s find out!

Results for 1-6-17

Boys Basketball: Wellesley 59 Milton 44

Girls Basketball: Wellesley 54 Milton 30

Boys Swimming: Wellesley 93 Brookline 93

It’s the first Friday of 2017, and thus the first new year’s installment of Raider Friday Trivia! We do a lovely Dunkin Donuts gift card on the line today once again so get those answers in and you could win! Today’s question is… what Raider team once played a road game at Boston College? Answer will be posted tomorrow!

It was a light day of action on this Thursday as it was just indoor track in action taking on Dedham. Could the teams run their way to a victory, let’s find out!

Results for 1-5-17

Boys Indoor Track: Wellesley 73 Dedham 27

Girls Indoor Track: Wellesley 69 Dedham 31

It was another busy Wednesday night in Raider sports as both hockey teams and wrestling opened up the 2017 portion of their schedules against Norwood and Braintree respectively. Could all 3 start off the new year on the right foot, let’s find out!

Results for 1-4-16

Wrestling: Braintree 57 Wellesley 12

Boys Hockey: Wellesley 2 Norwood 0

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 4 Norwood 1

It’s the first Raider recap of 2017, as it was the first night of games in the new year as boys and girls basketball took on Norwood, while gymnastics opened up it’s season at home vs. Weymouth. Could this trifecta of Raider teams get the new year off to a glowing start, let’s find out!

Results for 1-3-17

Girls Basketball: Wellesley 47 Norwood 28

Boys Basketball: Norwood 46 Wellesley 40

Gymnastics: Weymouth 126.3 Wellesley 118.5

It’s the first Monday of the new year and it’s also time for the first 2017 installment of Monday Poll. Last week’s poll asked which winter sport do you the reader most enjoy watching, and the winner with the only vote was… Basketball! Today’s poll question is… Should the new Wellesley High football field have lights? The results will be in next week’s Monday Poll!

We have officially entered the year 2017 and I first want to take a moment to wish all you readers out there a very very happy new year and hope that 2017 brings many more happy memories in Wellesley Sports. That being said let’s take a look at what the schedule looks like for the first week of 2017!

Monday 1-2

No Games

Tuesday 1-3

Boys Basketball vs. Norwood 6:30 pm

Girls Basketball @ Norwood 6:30 pm

Gymnastics vs. Weymouth (Exxcel) 8 pm

Wednesday 1-4

Girls Hockey @ Norwood (Badjko) 4 pm

Wrestling vs. Braintree 7 pm

Boys Hockey vs. Norwood (Babson) 7:45 pm

Thursday 1-5

Indoor Track vs. Dedham (Reggie Lewis Center) 4:30 pm

Friday 1-6

Boys Swimming @ Brookline (Tappan St Pool) 4 pm

Boys Basketball @ Milton 6:30 pm

Girls Basketball vs. Milton 6:30 pm

Saturday 1-7

No Games

Sunday 1-8

Girls Basketball vs. Lincoln Sudbury (TD Garden) 11 am

Boys Basketball vs. Needham (TD Garden) 12:30 pm