Franklin Tucker
Watertown’s Christa Knell scored the game winning goal in the Raiders’ 2-0 win over Weston in the state tournament.
The Watertown High School field hockey team will take on a tough Manchester-Essex team in the Section final on Saturday, a team whose star player is a boy.
On a drizzly Wednesday night, the Raiders (19-0) won 2-0 over Weston (14-4-3) in the MIAA Div. 2 North Section semifinal at Reading Memorial High School.
Christa Knell scored in the first half on a pass from Michaela Antonellis to put Watertown on top. Weston kept the game close until the last minute of the game when Gabby Venezia scored to make it 2-0 Raiders.
Franklin Tucker
Watertown’s Kourtney Kennedy fires a shot at the Weston goal in the North Section semifinal.
Saturday, Watertown will take on Manchester-Essex, a team that has rolled through the playoffs thanks to the help of Robert Carter, a boy playing for the Hornets. He scored a hat trick against Triton in the section semifinal.
The Raiders will put their 157 game unbeaten streak on the line against Manchester-Essex (17-1-2) in the section final on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. at North Andover High School.
Franklin Tucker
The Watertown field hockey team’s defense pitched another shutout against Weston in the North Section semifinal.