Tournament season 6/4/12

The raiders have been on fire so far during this tournament season! Boy’s baseball beat Martha’s Vineyard 2-1 on June 3^rd during the first round of tournament games. Softball defeated 1^st seeded West Bridgewater   8-3.  They will move on to Greater New Bedford on June 4^th.  Boy’s lacrosse beat Swampscott 13-1 during their first round tournament game.  Their next game is against Medway on June 4^th.  Both girl’s tennis and girl’s lacrosse have been eliminated form the tournament bracket.  Girl’s tennis lost to Norwell 3-2, while girls Lacrosse lost to Hopkinton 15-7 on Tuesday May 29^th.  Boy’s tennis will continue on to the next round due to their 5-0 win against John Pope II.  Plans are underway for the new turf field that is said to be started as soon as school is out.  Boosters have raised the one million dollars that is needed to start phase 1.  The plans also state that phase I which includes minor improvements to the track, re-grading one of the booster fields, along with replacing the grass stadium with turf.  An article from the Dover-Sherborn patch states that phase one should be completed by the fall sports season.  Phase 2 and 3 are said to have the tennis courts move along with the creation of two more courts, which with be a total of 6 courts.  The plans also have the restoration and transportation of the Farm Street fields to multipurpose fields.  The Farms Street field will also receive minor improvements to the nests and other equipment.  All of the student’s athletes here at DS are very excited for the new athletic fields, and can’t wait to use them in the fall!