With the winter season almost at an end it’s time to start looking back and also to start looking ahead to the spring season, despite what the weather outside may tell you. Starting next Monday, I will be doing 2 posts daily, one reviewing each of the 2017-18 winter teams, and another previewing each of the 2018 spring teams as practices begin. The following week I will post each spring teams schedule for the new season. Lastly in terms of girls hockey I will post game time information for Sunday as soon as it becomes available and tomorrow and Thursday I will post short previews of both Wellesley and Canton as they get ready for the D2 final.

The Raider girls hockey team stood one step away tonight from another trip to the TD Garden for the state finals, potentially their 4th in 5 years. How fitting that their state semifinal battle with Algonquin would take place on the practice ice of the Boston Bruins at Warrior Ice Arena. Could the girls earn that trip back to Causeway Street and another chance at a state title, lets find out!

Result for 3-12-18

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 5 Algonquin 0 D2 Semifinals

Girls advance to face Canton Sunday in state finals!

With just one team remaining in this 2017/18 winter season instead of giving a complete weekly schedule I’ll just give you the info you need to know for girls hockey big D2 semifinal game. The girls will play Algonquin tomorrow at 6 pm at the Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton, with the winner moving on to the state finals on Sunday to take on the winner of Canton/Archbishop Williams. Tune in tomorrow night for the Raider Recap as we will find out if the girls were able to punch a ticket to Causeway St. for the 4th time in 5 years!

Wellesley native Nate Freiman (05) made the announcement today on Facebook that he is stepping aside from the game of baseball and returning to Duke University to pursuit his MBA beginning in the fall. After graduating from Duke in 2009 Freiman went on to be part of 6 MLB organizations during his career including stints on the major league roster for the Oakland Athletics in both 2013 and 2014. Freiman most recently played in the Mexican Baseball league for both Acereros de Monclova and Pericos de Puebla in 2017 before being release prior to the start of the 2018 season. Wellesley Sports Blitz would like to wish Nate the best of luck as he begins this new chapter.

After having their quarterfinal date with Norwell pushed back two days due to snow the girls hockey team finally took to the ice against the Clippers trying to keep their hopes at a 4th trip to the Garden in 5 years alive. Before we get to that result however it’s time to take a look at the answer to yesterday’s trivia question. The current president of the Red Sox is… Wellesley resident Sam Kennedy. Now onto the recap!

Result for 3-9-18

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 6 Norwell 1 D2 Quarterfinals

Girls advance to face Algonquin in D2 Semifinals!

It’s another beautiful Friday morning, and all snow aside I hope everyone has a great second Friday of March. It’s also a great time for another edition of Raider Friday Trivia. Today’s question is…what Wellesley resident is currently the president of the Boston Red Sox? Answer tomorrow!

Due to the accumulating snow expected later this afternoon/evening the girls hockey quarterfinal game vs. Norwell has been postponed. The game will now be played Friday at 6 pm at Ryan Arena in Watertown. The weekly scheduled has been updated accordingly.

As of right now girls hockey is scheduled to play their D2 quarterfinal tomorrow night at 8 pm at Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton. However with snow predicted later tomorrow, if there is any change to the game status I will post on here and update the weekly schedule accordingly so keep an eye out!

It’s the first Monday in March, and that means it’s time for the first March edition of Monday Poll. Last week’s poll saw girls hockey take the top spot for team that would make the furthest tournament run taking 50% of the total votes. This week’s poll question is do you prefer the NCAA basketball tournament or the NCAA hockey tournament?

As we enter the second week of winter post-season play we find ourselves with one Raider team remaining as girls hockey advanced to the Division 2 quarterfinals with a win Saturday night over Winchester. Along with that there will also be other action this week with the dance team and skiing team in action. Here’s a look at when all that action will take place. With it being a slim schedule I am just going to list the days that there are events.

Monday 3-5

Dance @ State Championships (Framingham HS) 6:30 pm

Tuesday 3-6

Alpine Skiing @ State Championship (Berkshire East) 7:30 am

Friday 3-9

Girls Hockey vs. Norwell D2 Quarterfinals (Ryan Arena, Watertown) 6 pm