Raider Recap 1-29-16 (Plus Trivia Answer))

Tonight was a big night for both boys and girls basketball as they took on Walpole at home in the Think Pink Night doubleheader. Also the boys swim team had a big meet against Needham in their regular season finale over at Babson. Would the Raiders make it 3 for 3 on this night we’ll find out but first the answer the today’s trivia question. The answer is Walpole as the Raider Girls basketball team knocked off the Rebels on March 8th, 2008 48-44 to capture the D2 South title on their way to the schools first state title. Unfortunately no one won the prize today so we’ll try again next week. Now on to the recap!

Results for 1-29-16

Boys Swimming: Wellesley 94 Needham 92

Girls Basketball: Wellesley 49 Walpole 39

Boys Basketball: Walpole 55 Wellesley 33

Raider Friday Trivia (With Another Prize)

It’s that time of week again, time for Raider Friday Trivia! This week we have another prize giveaway as we have a $30 Olympia Sports gift card up for grabs for one lucky reader who can answer the following question correctly. Here’s todays question, in 2008 what team did the Wellesley Girls Basketball team beat in the D2 South Sectional Finals en route to their first ever state title? Answer and prize winner in tonights Raider Recap!

Raider Recap 1-28-16

To the track we go on this Thursday as the Raider indoor track teams squared off with archrival Needham in the Bay State Conference Inter-Divisional meet. Would the Raiders be able to vanquish the Rockets, let’s find out!

Results for 1-28-16

Boys Indoor Track: Needham 82 Wellesley 18

Girls Indoor Track: Needham 54 Wellesley 46

 

John Brown Named Athletic Director Of the Year

As reported today by Hometown Weekly, Wellesley High School athletic director John Brown was named Athletic Director Of The Year in District C. We here at Wellesley Sports Blitz would like to send along a big congratulations to Mr. Brown on this tremendous award and keep up the good work! For the full Hometown Weekly Article see the following link. http://hometownweekly.net/wellesley-athletic-director-wins-district-c-award-p16178-202.htm

Raider Recap 1-27-16

It certainly is getting to be crunch time for your winter Raider teams as we get towards the end of January with conference titles, and tournament berths all on the line night in and night out, and tonight was some big action with both hockey teams, wrestling and gymnastics all in action. How did they all turn out, let’s find out!

Results for 1-27-16

Gymnastics: Wellesley 135.35 Braintree 127.4

Boys Hockey: Newton North 4 Wellesley 3

Girls Hockey: Wellesley 6 Newton North 1

Wrestling: Wellesley 54 Brookline 14

Press Release For Community Investors Events

Community Investors will be holding two very exciting events in March and have issued a press release with all the information about said events. You will find the release below!

 

`Press Release: Wellesley, MA, January 18, 2016

Community Investors, a non-profit organization serving the Wellesley youth community, is pleased to announce two new and exciting events in March.

“DodgeFest” will be an afternoon celebration of youth activity, featuring Dodgeball tournaments, performances from local youth bands, student art exhibits and an open gym for “free play”. The event will raise funds to support no-fee “Play For All” after school recreational programs at Wellesley Middle School and Wellesley Public School Parent Teacher Organizations (PTOs). Dodgeball tournaments will be held for Elementary, Middle School, High School and (yes) Parents, with teams competing to win DodgeFest Championship Buckets! Held Saturday March 19th, from 2-8 pm at Wellesley High School, “DodgeFest” will be co-hosted by “Wellesley Rocks” & Community Investors.

“The State of Play – Challenges & Opportunities in Youth Sports” will be a community discussion featuring Bob Bigelow, former NBA player and nationally recognized speaker. Bigelow will be joined by a panel of community members to add perspective on the many psychological and physical issues in today’s youth sports environment. Held Monday, March 21st, from 7-9pm in The Wellesley Middle School auditorium, “State of Play” will be co-hosted by The Wellesley Youth Commission & Community Investors.

“We look forward to hosting “a day of play” and “a night of perspective and reflection”, stated Joe Roberts, President of Community Investors. “While different experiences, both events will support our mission of helping kids connect, build life and leadership skills through community based recreation.”

Both events are free of charge but require pre-registration. Information and registrations are available at http://www.communityinvestors.net.

 

 

Raider Recap 1-26-16

It was all about the hoopsters tonight as both boys and girls basketball faced tough tests tonight in the Newton North Tigers. Would both teams come away with much needed victories, let’s find out!

Results for 1-26-16

Boys Basketball: Newton North 61 Wellesley 40

Girls Basketball: Wellesley 43 Newton North 39

Raider Recap 1-24-16

Today was a very exciting day in Raider nation as girls basketball took to the TD Garden floor to take on rival Needham as part of the Good Sports Invitational. Also gymnastics took the beams tonight as they hosted Newton North. Would both teams come out triumphant, let’s find out!

Results for 1-24-16

Girls Basketball: Wellesley 52 Needham 33 (All players on Wellesley’s roster scored in the game)

Gymnastics: Wellesley 140.85 Newton North 134.4

Schedule For Week of 1-25

As we enter the final week of January there’s a lot more fun winter sports action to be had with another full week of games. Let’s take a look at what this week has in store!

Monday 1-25

No Games

Tuesday 1-26

Boys Basketball @ Newton North 6:30 pm

Girls Basketball vs. Newton North 6:30 pm

Wednesday 1-27

Girls Hockey vs. Newton North (Babson) 6 pm

Boys Hockey @ Newton North (Fessenden) 7 pm

Wrestling vs. Brookline 7 pm

Gymnastics vs. Braintree (Exxcel) 8 pm

Thursday 1-28

Boys Indoor Track @ BSC Interdivisional Meet (Reggie Lewis Center) 4:30 pm

Girls Indoor Track @ BSC Interdivisional Meet (Reggie Lewis Center) 4:30 pm

Friday 1-29

Girls Basketball vs. Walpole 5:30 pm

Boys Basketball vs. Walpole 7 pm

Boys Swimming vs. Needham (Babson) 7 pm

Saturday 1-30

Girls Hockey @ Walpole (Rodman Arena) 5:20 pm

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

Sunday 1-31

No Games