Another day another tournament game as Boys Soccer hosted New Bedford today. Let’s see how they did.
Result for 11-5-15
Boys Soccer: Wellesley 2 New Bedford 1 MIAA D1 South First Round
Boys advance to the quarterfinals against Silver Lake/Xaverian winner Monday.
We had the first of several tournament games during the remainder of this week today as girls soccer squared off with Taunton in the D1 South First Round. How did they fare and could they keep their season alive, let’s find out.
Result for 11-4-15
Girls Soccer: Taunton 3 Wellesley 1 MIAA D1 South First Round
The girls finish with a 6-6-7 overall record. Congratulations to the team on a great season and good luck to the seniors in their future endeavors.
No games today either but starting tomorrow we will be getting back into action with the state tournament kicking off. Speaking of state tournament the last bracket (Girls Volleyball) was announced today and the weekly schedule has been updated to reflect that.
So there were no games today but there was big news as the MIAA announced the brackets for both boys and girls soccer as well as Field Hockey. The last remaining bracket will come out tomorrow for Girls Volleyball so again check the weekly schedule tomorrow as it will be updated to reflect that. Also want to wish all Raider teams participating in the tournament this week the best of luck and hope for some great wins this week.
Ok so here’s a disclaimer for this week’s schedule, the MIAA tournament brackets for soccer, volleyball, and field hockey will be announced within the next couple of days which means that this weeks schedule will be changing as a result. As the brackets are announced I will be updating this schedule to reflect those games so keep checking back to this schedule over the next couple of days. That being said here are the events we do know about.
Monday 11-2
No games
Tuesday 11-3
No games
Wednesday 11-4
Girls Soccer vs Taunton MIAA D1 South Preliminary Round (Sprague) 2:30 pm
Thursday 11-5
Boys Soccer vs New Bedford D1 South First Round (Sprague) 2:30 pm
Friday 11-6
Football @ King Phillip 7 pm
Field Hockey vs Hingham MIAA D1 South First Round (Sprague) 2:30 pm
Saturday 11-7
Boys Cross Country @ Last Chance XC Meet (Wrentham Dev. Center) 9 am
Girls Volleyball vs Shrewsbury MIAA D1 Central/West Quartefinals 7 pm
Sunday 11-8
Girls Swimming @ Bay State Conference Championships (Wellesley College) 8:15 am
Field Hockey @ Mansfield MIAA D1 South Quarterfinals 2 pm
So there was a good bit of action for the Raiders on this Halloween Saturday with football hosting a playoff game, girls soccer senior day and boys and girls cross country competiting at the BSC championships. Let’s get to all the action.
Results for 10-31-15
Football: Wellesley 14 Braintree 7 MIAA D2 South Quarterfinals
Cross Country: Boys won BSC championship, while girls finished in third, Thomas D’Aneiri broke course record
Girls Soccer: Wellesley 2 Wayland 0
So only one contest on this night before halloween as the Raider swim team hit the road to take on Natick. Before we get to that though here is the answer to the second trivia question of the week. The Raider baseball team last won a south sectional title back in 2005 as part of the Division 2 South bracket, the team then went on to fall to eventual state champion Lincoln Sudbury coached interestingly enough by Wellesley Middle School gym teacher Kirk Fredericks. Now onto the one result for today.
Result for 10-30-15
Girls Swimming: Wellesley 94 Natick 90, Kate Mullin set another new school record in diving with a score of 298!
So for the first time in a long time Hunnewell Field will play host to an MIAA football playoff game as your Wellesley Raiders square off with the Braintree Wamps in the D2 South Quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. Coach Jesse Davis was kind enough to take some time to answer a few questions as his team prepares for their first post season berth since 2013. The Raiders finished their regular season 6-1 but will have to rebound after a heart breaking 14-7 loss to Milton last Saturday that denied the team its first Herget title since 1999. That being said Davis believes that if any team can put a loss like that behind them quickly, it’s this team, “We have done a good job each week this year staying focused on what is ahead of us and not looking back or too far ahead. Our players know what is at stake. We just need to concentrate on having good practices and getting better each day.” The Raiders will be taking on a Wamp squad that comes in after a 3-4 regular season and who despite being in the Bay State League the Raiders haven’t faced since 2012 due to the new scheduling and playoff format. “I think they are a good football team,” Davis said about his teams first round opponents, “They are well coached and they have tough players. Their offense is explosive and they fly to the ball on defense.” In terms of the d2 south bracket as a whole Wellesley is the number 2 seed in what is considered by many to be year in and year out the toughest bracket in the state. Davis offered his thoughts on this sectional as his Raiders get set for their 2nd appearance in sectional play in 3 years, “The division is extremely competitive and has some of the best programs in the state. When you are playing teams of that caliber week to week in the playoffs, you need to play mistake free football in all three parts of the game.” The Raiders and Wamps will kick off at 1 pm Saturday with the winner advancing to take on the winner of Friday night’s Needham-King Philip game
Ok so now that today is actually Friday it is time for the second installment this week of Raider Trivia Friday. Today’s question is when was the last time a Raider baseball team won a south sectional title? Answer tonight in the Raider recap.
Lots of action today as the final week of the regular season winds down but first here’s the answer to round 1 of Raider trivia from yesterday. The answer is Catholic Memorial who after their first round victory against the boys basketball team went on to win the D1 state title vs Putnam. Now onto today’s scores.
Results from 10-29-15
Girls Soccer: Wellesley 3 Natick 3
Girls Volleyball: Wellesley 3 Natick 1
Boys Soccer: Wellesley 2 Natick 0
Field Hockey: Wellesley 3 Natick 0
