Watertown Boys & Girls Soccer Teams Kicking Off Season Soon

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.

Watertown Field Hockey Seeking 10th Straight State Title in 2018, See the Team’s Schedule

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.

Catch the Watertown Summer Basketball League Semis, Finals This Week

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.

Watertown Youth Softball Piling Up Wins, Several Players Named All-Stars

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’s Lauren Kelly Signs to Play for Boston’s Pro Women’s Hockey Team

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.