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The Raiders soccer squads take the field in early September for the beginning of the 2018 season. See the boys and girls varsity schedules below. Last season, Watertown High School’s boys team won the North Section title and made it to the MIAA state semifinal. Meanwhile, the girls hope to return to the state tournament for the first time since 2015. The girls will be the first to play at Victory Field, on Sept.
The Watertown High School field hockey team’s unbeaten streak ended last season, but the Raiders kept their run of state titles alive, winning their ninth straight in 2017. The quest for 10 titles in a row begins next week with a scrimmage, and Watertown opens the regular season on Sept. 6 at Reading. The first home game for Coach Eileen Donahue’s team will be against Stoneham on Sept. 14. The Raiders lost two All-Scholastic players, Jonna Kennedy, the goalie for the past three years, and Sydney Poulin.
The New England Patriots are not the only team in the area playing preseason games. The Watertown Raiders will hold its first scrimmage of the year on Saturday at Victory Field.
Watertown High School made the deepest run in the playoffs so far in 2017, winning the North Section for the first time and making it all the way to the state semifinals. Coach John Cacace’s team also defeated Belmont on Thanksgiving. The Raiders will play three scrimmages before traveling to face Arlington Catholic in the regular season opener on Sept. 6.
The action in the Watertown’s Summer Basketball League heats up this week with the playoff semis and finals series. Open Gym and Donohue’s Kaos took the lead in the Papas Elite best-of-three semifinal series last week. New Day and HBC have their chance to even the series Monday night with games at 7 p.m. and 7:55 p.m. at the Basketball Courts at Saltonstall Park. View the highlights on the Watertown Summer Basketball Twitter account, @watsummerhoop
Here are the results so far:
Quarterfinals
Wednesday Aug. 15:
Donohues Kaos (5 seed) 79, Zards (4 seed) 72
Open Gym (6 seed) 66, Made Men (3 seed) 60
HBC (1 seed) 65, Middlesex Magic (8 seed) 56
New Day (2 seed) 75, Gray CO 3 and D (7 seed) 68
Semifinals
Game 1, Aug.
The Committee looking at the Renovation of the track and courts area of Victory Field heard from a variety of residents and users of the facility and came up with a plan they hope balances the needs of the school sports programs, people who use the area recreationally and neighbors. After more than a year and a dozen meetings, the Ad Hoc Committee on Victory Field Phase 2 presented a list of more than 50 recommendations. At Tuesday’s Town Council meeting, Town Council President Mark Sideris commended the members of the committee for recommendations they came up with. “I applaud all of them for listening to the community and coming up with a plan that in my opinion is a very good report,” Sideris said. The committee members included Town Councilors, neighbors of the field, Youth Sports, and representatives from the Town and the Watertown Public Schools.
Framingham State named Watertown native and FSU alum Sean Callahan its new head baseball coach.
Callahan moves to Framingham after three years working as an assistant coach, most recently at Stonehill College. He also worked as the hitting and catching coach at UMass-Boston. “We are thrilled to welcome Sean back to Framingham State to lead the baseball program,” said Framingham State Athletic Director Tom Kelley in the announcement. “Sean brings a wealth of baseball knowledge and as a former Ram, he is familiar with the University, the baseball program, and the league. We are looking forward to Sean guiding the program into a new era.”
The Watertown Youth Softball teams have had quite a summer, with the 12 and under team in first place after only losing once this year.
The 12U Raiders’ record is 11-1, recently suffering their first loss to Lincoln-Sudbury. Previously the team beat North Reading and the previously undefeated Medford team. With all the success, several members of the Raiders made the All-Star team. From the 12U Raider Red team: Zoe Ozawa and Hannah Childress
From the 12U Raider Black team: Isabella Sadkowski, Victoria Reilly, Brianna Cooper and Soline Fisher
Also, two members of the 18U Raiders team were named All-Stars: Jacquie Furbish and Stella Papadopoulos
This year’s All-Star games were be played at the Burnham Road Complex in Methuen on Saturday, Aug. 4.
Watertown native and Northeastern graduate Lauren Kelly is going pro. The defender signed to play for the Boston Pride of the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL). Kelly completed a successful career at Northeastern this spring, scoring 25 goals and adding 39 assists in 140 career games. In the 2017-18 season, she led all defenders in NCAA Div. I women’s hockey with eight power play goals.