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High School Sports
High school highlights: Lincoln wins 12th straight match in tennis
Lincoln avenged its only loss of the season, a 5-2 defeat to Cumberland on April 2, and in the process the Lions stretched their winning streak to 12 by beating the previously undefeated Clippers, 4-3, in Division II boys tennis.
Thursday's golf results
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05/08/2008
Lincoln sophomore raises scholarship funds in memory of lost friend
Alyssa Brennan says her best friend, Marissa Lorea, sends her signs every day. There are the lady bugs that appear in Brennan’s bedroom every night. Each time Brennan starts her car, Lorea’s favorite song — “Bubbly,” by Colby Calliat — always seems to be playing on the radio.
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Softball game will honor longtime North Smithfield coach and umpire
On Saturday, the North Smithfield and Lincoln softball programs will get together once again to remember two longtime contributors to Rhode Island high school softball.
High school highlights: Mount pulls out baseball victory over PCD
Trailing by two runs in the bottom of the ninth, the Mount St. Charles baseball team rallied with a sacrifice fly by Josh Lancellotti (four RBI on the day) scoring Tim Coffey to tie the game.
Wednesday's golf results
Baseball: Cranston West wins rematch with Hendricken
CRANSTON — The Cranston West baseball team moved into a tie with Hendricken for the Division I-West lead with a 4-3 victory over the Hawks yesterday.
High school highlights: Skippers beat Rebels in baseball showdown
Nick Savickas and Jamal Horne each singled in a run, and Nate Izzo had two hits and two runs scored as the North Kingstown High School baseball team defeated South Kingstown, 3-1, in a Division I-South showdown.
Tuesday's golf scores
Tuesday's track results
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05/06/2008
Baseball’s finish continues to thrill
Cranston West’s 3-1 victory over North Kingstown last Saturday makes today’s Hendricken-Cranston West baseball game a very interesting matchup.
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High school highlights: Lincoln hands Portsmouth its first baseball loss
The Portsmouth baseball team lost its first game of the season yesterday, against Lincoln, as the Lions scored six runs in the sixth inning en route to a 6-2 victory.
High school highlights: Cranston West gets big win in baseball
With yesterday’s 3-1 win over North Kingstown, the Cranston West baseball team pulled ahead of the Skippers by a half-game, moving to 11-2 on the season.
Thornton: RIIL expands sports beyond athleticism
Last year, the Rhode Island Interscholastic League began introducing a number of new initiatives to improve the athletic experience for the more than 20,000 high school students who participate in the 28 sports offered by the league over the course of the fall, winter and spring seasons.
05/03/2008
New kids on the block prove their mettle
In their first season in RIIL girls lacrosse, the Quakers have moved to the top of the standings after handing North Kingstown its first loss of the season behind Chloe Schmitz’ five goals.
High school highlights: Friday, May 2
Charlie Kwolak’s fielder’s choice RBI, knocking in Eric LaRoche tied the score 1-1 for Smithfield in the top of the sixth inning, but in the bottom of the inning, Woonsocket’s Justin Rainville led off with a single, took second on a wild pitch, went to third on a ground ball and batterymate Derek Mayer insured the win for his pitcher with a single that gave the Villa Novans a 2-1 win.
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05/02/2008
Choices of great RIIL baseball games abound
With only a little over two weeks remaining in the R.I. Interscholastic League regular season, a lot of games these days have playoff implications. But on Tuesday, high school baseball fans will really have a tough time deciding where to travel for the biggest game of the day.
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High school highlights: Rogers storms back to beat St. Raphael
Rogers overcame an 8-4 deficit with four runs in the final two innings as the Vikings rallied for a 9-8 victory over St. Raphael in Division I baseball.
Thursday's track results
Thursday's golf results
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05/01/2008
Softball: 'Bolts bats storm up comeback win over Broncos
CRANSTON — When the Cranston East softball team lost three players — one to injury, one for health reasons and another because of personal issues — all in one game a couple of weeks ago, coach Michael Rachiele said he was more than a little concerned.
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High school highlights: Perfect game, 19 Ks for Portsmouth's Westmoreland
Senior Ryan Westmoreland pitched a perfect game and struck out 19 to lead the Portsmouth baseball team to a 2-0 victory over Barrington in Division I-East.
Wednesday's track results
Wednesday's golf results
The quest for a scholarship: It's not easy, but some Rhode Island athletes do get coveted offers
If you play high-school sports in Rhode Island, your chances of receiving an athletic scholarship from a Division I college are about as small as a Del's Lemonade lasting more than five minutes on a hot August afternoon at Scarborough Beach.
The quest for a scholarship: R.I. girls basketball stars will converge at Holy Cross, Northeastern
Bill Gibbons, women's basketball coach at Holy Cross, knows Rhode Island well.
The quest for a scholarship: URI doesn't like to let top local athletes get away
University of Rhode Island coaches don't like to see homegrown athletes get away, especially to schools URI plays.
The quest for a scholarship: Where some Rhode Islanders will be playing next year
04/30/2008
High school highlights: Tuesday, April 29
Dan Iannucci and Brian McGreen each scored four goals and Mark Bolster added two goals and two assists in Narragansett’s 11-10 victory over Wheeler in Division I-A boys lacrosse yesterday.
04/28/2008
2008 Winter All-States: Find all sports here
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04/29/2008
BC’s Silva signs with the Colts
Despite having been passed over through the seven rounds of last weekend’s NFL Draft, Jamie Silva, a former Boston College star and the pride of East Providence, has found employment with a team — and a pretty good one, at that.
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Being R.I. baseball weatherman is tough
Rhode Island high school baseball this spring is a lot like New England weather –– if you don’t like the results, wait a minute –– or a few days.
High School Highlights: Monday, April 28
•Sai Lee, Andoluck Pathamavong and Christopher Xiong each contributed in different areas to lead the Mount Pleasant boys volleyball team to a 3-2 victory over Lincoln in Division II-North.
04/28/2008
2008 Providence Journal Winter Independent Stars
With SENE boys and girls basketball All-League listings.
04/27/2008
Johnston teams up for soccer facility
JOHNSTON — When the development of a community’s athletic programs becomes threatened by ever-tightening budgets, members of that community can respond one of two ways. They can sit back, complain and do nothing. Or they can roll up their sleeves and find a way to become part of the solution.
High school highlights: Saturday, April 26
With two outs in the fifth inning and tied 4-4 with Hendricken, the North Kingstown baseball team strung together six hits in a row and plated four runners, then held on behind starting pitcher Cody Normand for the 8-5 win over the undefeated Hawks.
04/26/2008
High school highlights, Friday, April 25
The battle of the top two baseball teams in Division II-North didn’t disappoint, as league-leading North Smithfield and second-place Mount St. Charles combined for 35 hits and 25 runs in a 14-11 win for the Northmen. The Northmen’s Matt Okruta had four hits and three RBI, including the game-winning, two-run triple in the ninth inning. Brian Van Pelt came on in relief in the sixth inning for the Northmen, holding the Mounties scoreless in the bottom of the seventh, eighth and ninth innings. Brendan Barry and Nick Naradowy each had three hits for North Smithfield.
High school highlights: Thursday, April 24
Cranston East relief pitcher John Healy entered in the fourth inning, retired nine of the first 10 batters he faced, struck out six and scattered three hits that led to one earned run, which tied the score in the bottom of the seventh, but he got the win when Mike Dunphy hit a two-out RBI single in the top of the eighth for a 7-6 win over North Kingstown.
High school golf scores: Thursday, April 24
04/24/2008
High school highlights: Wednesday, April 23
Alex Patinkin scored all three of his goals in the game’s final six minutes as PCD rallied from a two-goal deficit for its first Division I boys lacrosse win of the season, an 11-9 victory over Mt. Hope.
04/23/2008
Purple’s first vs. Hawks is second to none
There are still almost two months left in the outdoor track season, but the Classical boys are already flying high after handing Hendricken what is believed to be its first loss –– ever –– in dual-meet competition.
High school highlights: Tuesday, April 22
Westerly gave up three runs in the top of the ninth inning but came back with three of its own in the bottom half and won it in the 10th, 4-3, handing Cumberland its first loss of the season in Division I softball.
New title favorites have emerged in the lacrosse ranks
It may be too early in the season to make a definite declaration, but we might have seen the dawning of a new era in the R.I. Interscholastic League’s lacrosse ranks on April 14.
High school highlights: Monday, April 21
Classical’s Josh Okolowitcz and Davies’ Dino Gomes were engaged in a pitchers’ duel, but Okolowitz helped his own cause with a double in the bottom of the third and scored the winning run on a two-out double by Justin Tabis as the Purple edged the Patriots, 1-0, in a Division II-South baseball game.
04/20/2008
Tiverton’s Vasconcelos stopped in her tracks
Like most other high school students around the state, Brittany Vasconcelos had been looking forward to April vacation.
High School highlights, Saturday, April 19
East Lyme’s Don Elia scored with less than a second remaining to give his team a 12-11 win over La Salle in a nonleague boys lacrosse match. Elia received a pass from Sean Doherty just outside the crease and tucked it in for the victory. The Rams trailed 10-7 and tied it at 10 with 1½ minutes remaining on a goal by defenseman David Porcaro.
Tiverton’s Vasconcelos stopped in her tracks
Like most other high school students around the state, Brittany Vasconcelos had been looking forward to April vacation.
04/19/2008
Scituate’s Audets defuse Davies’ bats
SCITUATE — The Audet sisters, Kristen and Shannon, combined to throw a four-hitter with 11 strikeouts to help lead Scituate (4-1) to a 7-4 triumph over Davies (4-2) in an early battle for Division III supremacy.
High School Highlights, Friday, April 18
Kristen Oh scored with 22 seconds remaining to give East Greenwich a 9-8 lead and goaltender Lauren Eckles saved a penalty shot with three seconds left to preserve the victory in a Division I girls lacrosse match. The Avengers led 8-4 with 18 minutes to play before the Patriots rallied to tie it, 8-8, on a goal by Amanda Smith with 46 seconds left.
04/18/2008
John Gillooly: Diamond rivalries are set to heat up
Maybe it’s parity or maybe it’s just the unpredictability of playing early spring baseball in New England, but less than halfway through the regular season only 4 of the 49 Interscholastic League baseball teams came into yesterday’s action with undefeated records — and even one of those teams played a tie game.
High School Highlights, Thursday, April 17
Sophomore Kameron Luther belted a pinch-hit grand slam in the top of the ninth to break a 9-9 tie and give the Mount St. Charles baseball team a 13-9 victory over Johnston in Division II-North. Mount, now 7-1, scored eight of its nine runs on home runs. Other homers for Mount came from Ryan Levesque (solo), Chris Ford (solo) and John Guay (two-run).
04/17/2008
John Gillooly: La Salle boys hockey, Westerly girls basketball are real sports
He has been teaching high school hockey players the techniques of a game for more than 30 years.
Softball: Good times roll on for Hallam-led Barrington
MIDDLETOWN — “Focused fun” is the approach the Barrington softball team has taken to the game since Holly Morris took over as head coach of her alma mater last season.
High school highlights: Wednesday, April 16
In a pitchers’ duel, Portsmouth’s Ryan Westmoreland allowed only two hits and struck out 13 in seven innings. La Salle’s Joe Charest had one less “K” and allowed only two hits in five innings but took the loss as his defense committed five errors in a 4-1 Patriots win. John Pedrotty had three RBI, all coming on a bases-clearing double in the second inning.
High school highlights: Tuesday, April 15
South Kingstown snapped Barrington’s 30-game regular-season unbeaten streak with a 4-3 victory yesterday in Division I boys tennis.
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04/15/2008
Baseball: Portsmouth-Cranston West lives up to expectations
CRANSTON — The fans and pro scouts that flocked to Cranston West yesterday expecting to see a matchup between two of the top pitchers in Rhode Island — Cranston West All-Stater Dan Hopkins versus Portsmouth All-Stater John Pedrotty — were initially disappointed, as Pedrotty didn’t pitch in the nonleague contest.
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Boys Tennis: Always plenty on the line when Rebels, Eagles meet
History teaches that if the goal is to win the R.I. Interscholastic League boys state team tennis championship, then it’s not a good idea to be the winning team when South Kingstown and Barrington trade strokes during the regular season.
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Saints' Dunbar accepts player of the year award
Stanley Dunbar, the All-State star quarterback and defensive back who keyed St. Raphael’s drive to the Division I state football title last fall, was named recipient of the Gilbane Trophy as the Providence Gridiron Club’s Rhode Island High School Football Player of the Year.
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Olympian Chudy among Woonsocket Hall of Fame inductees
Lucia Chudy, the former Woonsocket High girls volleyball star who went on to play for the U.S. Olympic volleyball team, is one of 11 individuals who will be inducted into the Woonsocket High Athletic Hall of Fame later this month.
West Warwick seeks Hall of Fame nominations
The West Warwick High School Athletic Hall of Fame committee is looking for nominations for this year’s induction class.
High school highlights, Monday, April 14
Sean Furney pitched a shutout and Mark Melchiori provided the game-winning hit and threw a runner out at the plate as Pilgrim edged Warwick, 1-0, in Division I baseball. Warwick’s only threat came in the third inning when Josh Cliff tried to stretch a triple into an inside-the-park homer but was thrown out at home by Melchiori. Pilgrim scored in the top of the seventh when Kevin Stenhouse singled, went to third on Mike Nadiger’s double and scored on Melchiori’s single. Furney scattered five hits and fanned five. Kevin Dale was the tough-luck loser, finishing with a complete-game, five-hitter with five strikeouts.
Four sports become victims of budget-cutting at URI
The Rams have eliminated men’s tennis, men’s swimming and field hockey from their varsity lineup, and gymnastics had already been dropped.
High school highlights: Saturday, April 12
Some late inning fireworks, in the form of a three-run homer by Kevin Woodcock, coupled with less than perfect defensive play led to an 8-7 comeback win for the Coventry baseball team over Pilgrim.
04/12/2008
Boys lacrosse: Hendricken soars above PCD yet again
EAST PROVIDENCE — In a rematch of last year’s state lacrosse championship, defending state champion Bishop Hendricken dominated runner-up Providence Country Day, 10-1, yesterday at PCD.
High school highlights: Friday, April 11
East Greenwich sent nine batters to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning and came away with six hits and five runs as the Avengers erased a 6-2 deficit en route to a 7-6 win over Rogers in Division II softball.
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04/11/2008
Bay View survives pitchers' duel with Westerly
Bay View survived its first big test of the season, edging Westerly, 1-0, in a Division I fast-pitch softball game today at Cimalore Field.
Westmoreland's pitching performance for the books
“Had anyone ever done that?”
High school highlights, Thursday, April 10
The South Kingstown boys tennis team continued its mastery of Hendricken yesterday (before last year’s finals against Barrington, the Rebels had defeated the Hawks eight straight times for the state title), with a 4-3 win at home.
Boys outdoor track results
High school highlights: Wednesday, April 9
Mount St. Charles came back from a six-run deficit with six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and then won it, 7-6, with a run in the seventh, beating Warwick in a Division I softball game.
High School Highlights: Tuesday, April 8
North Kingstown scored five goals in the game’s final 6:41 to erase a three-goal deficit and post a 13-12 victory over Moses Brown in Division I girls lacrosse.
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04/08/2008
The stars are out, even if fans aren’t
WARWICK — If it had been a Rhode Island high school basketball game and there were five Division I college-bound players on the court, the stands would be filled with fans.
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Rhode Islanders Poulton, Marini lead Wheaton to hot softball start
The Wheaton softball team (21-7, 7-3) is off to its best start in five years, has won 20 games for the 15th consecutive season and has moved up to third place in the NEWMAC standings with six conference games to play.
Bryant men and women having their way on tennis courts
The Bryant tennis teams are hot.
Saint Michael's Wakem named goalie of the week
Saint Michael's College senior Courtney Wakem (Tiverton) was the Northeast-10 lacrosse goalkeeper of the week and the ECAC Division II goalie of the week for her play in an 18-3 victory over Assumption and a 24-6 rout of American International.
High school highlights: Monday, April 7
Hendricken drew first blood in what could be a preview of the Division I baseball state finals yesterday when the Hawks defeated two-time defending state-champion Cranston West, 5-2.
04/06/2008
High school highlights: Saturday, April 5
Classical’s Victoria Flowers won the hammer throw while La Salle took the Division I 4x1600 relay at the Knights of Columbus Relays yesterday at City Stadium.
04/05/2008
Foundation focuses on fortifying athletes’ skills
Identifying sportsmanship, character education, ethics and leadership as key components in the development of student-athletes, the Principals’ Committee on Athletics last fall established the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Foundation to assist member schools with programs that promote those qualities.
Westerly will pay tribute to two track champions
On Nov. 7, 1993 within a half-hour of each other and along the same rolling Bryant University course, Emily Selvidio and Jamey Vetelino were crowned the R.I. Interscholastic girls’ and boys’ individual state champions, respectively.
Track coaches clinics coming Wednesday
The second series of Rhode Island Track Coaches Associations Spring Coaches Clinics will be Wednesday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at three high school tracks around the state.
High school highlights: Friday, April 4
Mitchell Baldwin had 16 kills, John Brierly added 10 kills and Steve Ricci had 19 assists as the Lincoln boys volleyball team came from two games down to defeat Classical by set scores of 19-25, 19-25, 25-22, 25-19, 15-13, in a Division II-North match yesterday in Lincoln.
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04/04/2008
Mounties insurmountable
Mount St. Charles is off to a 3-0 start and the senior-laden team hasn’t lost a set yet.
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All-Staters have Falcons looking for another title
Come September, Anthony Meo will pack his bags and headed to Coastal Carolina University; Chris Famiglietti will take his explosive bat to Texas A&M and Dan Hopkins will be studying and playing baseball at UMass-Amherst.
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High school highlights: Thursday, April 3
It’s going to be a long spring for Interscholastic League hitters when they step into the batter’s box and face Portsmouth’s Ryan Westmoreland.
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04/03/2008
Carey’s first mound start for Rebels a hit
NARRAGANSETT — Although he had made an occasional relief appearance from time to time, Kevin Carey spent most of his first two seasons with the South Kingstown baseball team roaming the outfield.
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Kickoff nears for East Greenwich fields overhaul
EAST GREENWICH — School Department Athletic Director Vincent A. Varrecchione is looking forward to watching a varsity football game under the lights at East Greenwich High School on a crisp fall evening.
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High school highlights: Wednesday, April 2
West Warwick scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning to overcome a 3-2 deficit and went on to defeat Westerly, 6-3, in a Division I-South baseball game.
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04/02/2008
Hawks pick right up where they left off
WARWICK — Bishop Hendricken’s quest to win an unprecedented fifth consecutive Division I boys volleyball state title began on a solid note last night.
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High school highlights, Tuesday, April 1
Toll Gate overcame a 2-1 deficit by winning the final two sets as the Titans opened their Division I boys volleyball season with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Coventry.
Lincoln's Pickering off to a hot start for URI baseball
Pitching dominated the college baseball scene in the last week. But one hitter from Rhode Island is on a tear.
04/01/2008
Try as he might, Coker just can’t quit the tennis court
He taught physics to actor James Woods when Woods was a high school student back in the mid-1960s.
High school highlights: Monday, March 31
Jackson Geary pitched a three-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts and no walks and James McKinney had two doubles, an RBI and scored two runs to lead the South Kingstown baseball team to a 7-0 victory over West Warwick.
Amanda Kelley dominates at RIC track meet
What started as the Rhode Island College Invitational Track Meet Saturday ended as the Amanda Kelley Sensational.
Neveu leads Newbury to New England championships
The Newbury College men’s volleyball team, led by senior co-captain Jay Neveu (East Providence), is seeded first for the New England championships this weekend at Ramapo College in New Jersey.
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