Exciting weekend at Victory Field!
WHS football advances to sectional final; boys’ soccer falls in 2 OTs; field hockey rolls
November 6, 2016
It was an exciting weekend of high school sports at Victory Field with Watertown High School teams participating in three MIAA postseason state tournaments.
The top-seeded WHS football team beat No. 4 Newburyport, 27-10, on Friday night. The Raiders (8-1) will host No. 2 Triton (7-2) on Friday, Nov. 11, in the Division 3 North finals. The winner will go on to play in the state semifinals and a chance to play in the Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium.
The No. 8 WHS boys’ soccer team fell to No. 9 North Reading, 2-1, in double overtime in the Division 3 North play on Saturday night. The Raiders (9-8-2) had a historic year, winning the Middlesex League (Freedom Division) title for the first time in school history.
The top-seeded field hockey team beat No. 8 Weston, 6-1, on Friday afternoon. The Raiders (19-0) will play No. 5 Triton (14-4-2) in the Division 2 North semifinals at Reading High at 5:30 p.m. The winner of that game will play in the sectional final Saturday at 11 a.m. at North Andover High School.
In other postseason news, the No. 13 WHS volleyball team (11-9) will play at No. 5 Burlington (18-3) on Monday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m., in the Division 2 North tournament.
–Nov. 6, 2016–
