There was only one tournament game on the docket today, but it was a big one as boys lacrosse traveled south to meet perennial power Duxbury in the D1 South quarterfinals. Duxbury eliminated the Raiders in the same round just a year ago, the second time the Dragons have eliminated the Raiders since they joined D1 South back in 2014. Before that result however let’s take a look at the answer to yesterday’s trivia question. The first opponent for baseball as a member of D1 South was… Franklin, a 6-3 win in the D1 South quarterfinals in 2014. Now onto the recap!

Result for 6-9-18

Boys Lacrosse: Wellesley 9 Duxbury 8 D1 South Quarterfinals

Boys move on to face winner of BC High and Needham in the semifinals!

The excitement of postseason action was on full display once again, as we had a trio of sectional quarterfinals with girls lacrosse, girls tennis, and boys tennis all vying for a spot in the sectional semis. Which teams could keep that postseason train chugging, lets find out!

Results for 6-8-18

Girls Lacrosse: Wellesley 9 Needham 6 D1 South Quarterfinals

Girls advance to play Old Rochester in semifinals!

Girls Tennis: Wellesley 5 Weymouth 0 D1 South Quarterfinals

Girls advance to play winner of Hingham/Newton North in semifinals!

Boys Tennis: Newton North 3 Wellesley 2 D1 South Quarterfinals

Boys end the season 13-7. Congratulations on a great run and best of luck to the seniors moving forward!

It’s another beautiful Friday so therefore time for another edition of Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is… who was Wellesley baseball’s first tournament opponent as part of the D1 South in 2014? Answer tomorrow!

It was another action packed day of tournament action today as this time it was baseball, softball, and boys lacrosse opening up tournament play against Natick, Plymouth North, and Newton North respectively. Who would be moving on and who would be going home, lets find out!

Results for 6-7-18

Baseball: Wellesley 3 Natick 1 D1 South First Round

Boys move on to face Durfee in quarterfinals!

Softball: Plymouth North 11 Wellesley 2 D1 South Preliminary Round

Girls finish season 9-8. Congratulations on an amazing season and best of luck to the senior’s going forward!

Boys Lacrosse: Wellesley 15 Newton North 5 D1 South First Round

Boys advance to play Duxbury in quarterfinals!

The first of two action packed days of tournament play was today, as both tennis teams and girls lacrosse opened up what they all hope to be deep tournament runs. Which teams would move on, lets find out!

Results for 6-6-18

Boys Tennis: Wellesley 4 Sharon 1 D1 South First Round

Boys advance to meet winner of Newton North/Mansfield in quarterfinals!

Girls Tennis: Wellesley 5 Brockton 0 D1 South First Round

Girls advance to meet Weymouth in quarterfinals!

Girls Lacrosse: Wellesley 19 Barnstable 2 D1 South First Round

Girls advance to meet Needham in quarterfinals!

The final brackets of the 2018 spring postseason were unveiled today as both baseball and softball learned their fates. The weekly schedule has been updated and for full brackets you can log on to miaa.ezstream.com.

Baseball:

Earned 3 seed in D1 South and will host Natick in first round

Softball:

Earned 16 seed in D1 South and will host Plymouth North in preliminary round.

As we await the final bracket releases for the 2018 spring postseason (baseball and softball) the Wellesley baseball program got some recognition recently by the New England Baseball Journal. In their June edition the journal chronicled the town wide success in baseball over the last decade, including the high school team’s run to the state finals last year, two state Little League championships (2012,2016), and the drafting and subsequent career of Nate Freeman in MLB. The link to the full article can be found here, http://www.baseballjournal.com/baseballjournal/june_2018/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1399595#articleId1399595

It’s the first Monday in June and that means it’s time for the first June edition of Monday Poll. Last week’s poll results saw the overwhelming majority of you (15-1) say this Celtics season was a success. This week’s question is, which Raider sport will have a team make a deeper tournament run in the upcoming state tournament? Baseball, Tennis, Lacrosse or Softball?

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or season I should say, playoff time! That’s right this week begins the spring season postseason and that means the schedules are subject to change based on results. To start I’m going to post the days where there are games and then add based on results.

Wednesday 6-6

Boys Tennis @ Sharon (Sharon Middle School) D1 South First Round 3 pm

Girls Tennis vs. Brockton D1 South First Round 4 pm

Girls Lacrosse vs. Barnstable D1 South First Round 4 pm

Thursday 6-7

Softball vs. Plymouth North (Lee) D1 South Preliminary Round 3:30 pm

Baseball vs. Natick (Sprague)  D1 South First Round 4:30 pm

Boys Lacrosse @ Newton North D1 South First Round 5 pm

Friday 6-8

Girls Tennis vs. Weymouth D1 South Quarterfinals 4 pm

Boys Tennis @ Newton North D1 South Quarterfinals 4 pm

Girls Lacrosse vs. Needham D1 South Quarterfinals 5 pm

Saturday 6-9

Boys Lacrosse @ Duxbury D1 South Quarterfinals 1:30 pm

 

Alright folks, I am back in the saddle and ready to bring you all the upcoming tournament bracket information that was posted Friday (Lacrosse and Tennis). Baseball and softball’s brackets are yet to be released but as soon as they both become available I will post that information. Before that however here’s the answer to this week’s trivia question. Rob Kane’s overall post-season record as skipper of the WHS baseball team is.. 9-11. Lastly for all bracket information log on to miaa.ezstream.com,

Girls Lacrosse: Earned 2 seed in D1 South and will face winner of Plymouth South/Barnstable in first round.

Boys Lacrosse: Earned 11 seed in D1 South and will face Newton North in first round.

Girls Tennis: Earned 4 seed in D1 South and will face Brockton in first round.

Boys Tennis: Earned 13 seed in D1 South and will face Sharon in first round.