Today in the final part of our 3 part look back at the 2015-16 year in Raider sports we take a look at the most recent season to come to an end, the spring sports season, which saw it’s share of excitement and tournament berths. Here’s a look at how all the teams fared.

Boys Lacrosse:

9-10, lost to Xaverian in D1 South First Round

Girls Lacrosse:

15-5, lost to Westwood in D1 South Semifinals

Baseball:

10-11, lost Bridgewater Raynham in D1 South first round

Softball:

7-13, missed tournament

Boys Volleyball:

9-8, lost to New Bedford in D1 South first round

Boys Tennis:

17-4, lost to Barnstable in D1 South semifinals

Girls Tennis:

24-0, won d1 state title

Girls Golf:

19-2, finished 2nd in state

Today in part 2 of 3 of our look back at the 2015-16 school year we take a look at the winter sports season which provided it’s fair share of exciting moments. Here’s a look at how the winter teams fared this year.

Boys Basketball:

7-13, missed tournament

Girls Basketball:

19-3, lost to Braintree in D1 South Semfinals

Girls Hockey:

18-3-2, lost to Notre Dame Academy in D2 Finals

Boys Hockey:

9-9-3, lost to Franklin in D1 South first round

Boys Swimming:

12-1, finished 9th at state meet

Wrestling:

1-9, Josh Cohen finished third in state meet

Gymnastics:

9-0, finished 8th at sectionals, won Bay State Championship

Boys Indoor Track:

4-2, finished 4th at Bay State Championships

Girls Indoor Track:

3-3, won Bay State Championships

 

 

Today begins a 3 day look back at the 2015-16 year in Wellesley High sports as we take a quick look back at the fall season, with teams records and finishes in the various state tournaments. Tomorrow we will take a look at the winter season!

Boys Soccer:

11-6-3, lost in D1 South finals to Brockton

Girls Soccer:

6-6-7, lost in D1 South preliminary round to Taunton

Girls Volleyball:

18-3, lost in D1 Central/West finals to Concord Carlisle

Football:

6-5, lost in D2 South quarterfinals to Braintree

Girls Swimming:

8-2-1, Finished 5th in south sectionals

Boys Cross Country:

11-0, won eastern divisional championship

Girls Cross Country:

7-4, finished 5th at eastern divisional championship

Boys Golf:

8-7, competed in sectionals

So with the beginning of the summer season, comes the always anticipated Williamsport tournament as both of the Wellesley Williamsport teams will compete beginning in early July with dreams of a trip to the little league world series. Now who can forget that magical 2012 Wellesley South team who won the town’s first state title, but since then no Wellesley team has made it out of districts but this years teams will look to change that. Below find the schedule for both Wellesley North and Wellesley South!

Wellesley North:

7-6 vs. Newton American (Lyons Field, Newton) 5 pm

7-8 vs. Waltham (Billings Field, West Roxbury) 5 pm

7-10 vs. Parkway National (Albermarle Field, Newton) 5 pm

7-12 vs. Newton Southeast (McDonough Field, West Roxbury) 5 pm

Wellesley South:

7-6 vs. Newton National (Casey Park, Watertown) 5 pm

7-8 vs. Brookline (Lyons Field, Newton) 7:15 pm

7-10 vs. Parkway American (Albermarle Field, Newton) 1 pm

7-12 vs. Watertown (Casey Park, Watertown) 5 pm

So now that another year of Wellesley High Athletics has come to an end, some of you may be wondering what will happen with this blog during the summer time. Don’t you worry there will still be plenty of content to go around. My plan is to post a weekly Little League schedule each Sunday much like I do during the school year but also adding a new wrinkle of posting a daily schedule along with continuing to do little league recaps whenever possible. Also next week I will be recapping each of the 3 high school seasons and also posting the schedule for the little league Williamsport teams that begin play early next month. Lastly if anyone is interested in contributing to this blog about anything Wellesley sports related whether it be a one time thing or on a regular basis, please send me an email at robbie90@comcast.net. Happy summer everyone!

This morning I asked the question who was the AD at WHS prior to John Brown and the answer is… Andy Levin, who also was the head coach of the last super bowl championship for the Raiders back in 1999. Levin served as AD up until 2006 when he retired and was replaced by Brown. No one answered this week’s question correctly so the Dunkin Donuts gift card will have to wait another week. Also a quick little league update, a big congratulations to the Giants who captured the National League title this evening at Reidy Field, defeating the Braves 10-4!

Happy Friday everyone, and that means it’s time for another edition of Raider Friday Trivia, where once again we have a Dunkin Donuts gift card up for grabs. Today’s question is… prior to John Brown who was the athletic director at Wellesley High School? Answer later tonight!

We all hear the term “Raider Pride” thrown around when it comes to Wellesley Sports, but what does it really mean. A term like this I’m sure can have several different meanings to several different people and so I want to put it out there to you the reader, what does Raider pride mean to you? Send me your responses!

Today was the big day for the Raider girls tennis team as they squared off with Nashoba for the Division 1 State Championship! For the girls a perfect season was on the line as they entered the match 24-0! Could the girls end their season perfectly and capture the ultimate prize, let’s find out!

Result for 6-15-16

Girls Tennis: Wellesley 3 Nashoba 2 D1 State Final

Congratulations to the girls on an amazing, perfect season and for capturing the ultimate prize the state title! Also best of luck to the seniors in their future endeavours!

Tomorrow will be a day that the Raider Girls tennis players have dreamed of, as they take to the court one final time with the D1 State title on the line. The girls will square off with Nashoba tomorrow at 4:15 at St John’s High School. Before that however I wanted to take a quick look at how each team got here.

Nashoba: D1 Central Champions (1 Seed)

15-1 Regular Season Record

Beat Algonquin 5-0 in D1 Central Quarterfinals

Beat Wachusett 4-1 in D1 Central Semifinals

Beat Shrewsbury 3-2 in D1 Central Finals

Beat Longmeadow 5-0 in D1 State Semifinals

 

Wellesley: D1 South Champions (1 Seed)

18-0 Regular Season Record

Beat Brookline 4-1 in D1 South First Round

Beat Newton North 4-1 in D1 South Quarterfinals

Beat Barnstable 3-2 in D1 South Semifinals

Beat Sharon 3-2 in D1 South Finals

Beat Westford Academy 3-2 in D1 State Semifinals