06/28/20092009 Providence Journal All-State Girls Lacrosse team With second-team, All-Division, Academic All-State, SENE All-League, U.S. Lacrosse R.I. All-America and U.S. Lacrosse R.I. Academic All-America listings.
Rhody roster announced for R.I.-Connecticut football game EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Rhode Island will be looking for its first victory in seven years Saturday night (June 27) when 55 of the state's top senior football players travel to Renteschler Field in East Hartford, Conn., for the 11th annual Connecticut-Rhode Island Senior High School Football All-Star Game.
Cranston West baseball, Central Falls softball win Reynolds Sportsmanship awards The award is special because the only way a team can be selected is if it is nominated by either an opposing coach or a game official. Coaches cannot nominate their own teams, fans can’t vote for their favorite team. The nominations must come from people who are not cheering for a team, but are watching the way the team plays the game.
06/23/2009Rhode Island's Lou Lamoriello named to Hockey Hall of Fame The former La Salle and Providence College star, who also served as coach and athletic director at PC, was selected in the builders' category for his work as president of the New Jersey Devils
06/15/2009Bill Reynolds: In Andrew Springer, we’re seeing the biggest track star in R.I. history This weekend Springer is scheduled to run a two-mile race at the nationals in North Carolina, and with his Westerly teammates in several relays. That will be the end of this fabulous high-school career, this one that seemed to come out of nowhere, this one that kept getting better, this one that figures to live in the record book for a long time.
06/14/2009High school notes: Scituate softball program has come a very long way What the team accomplished this season, according to Scituate's athletic director, demonstrates what can happen when a community embraces a sport and a group of young people make a commitment to themselves and to each other to be the best that they can be.
Westerly’s Springer now the nation’s best one-mile runner On Saturday, Springer ran the boys mile in 4 minutes, 2.70 seconds at the Midwest Distance Gala, in Lisle, Ill. The Westerly High School senior not only bettered his own his own state-record time of 4:08.79, but set a New England record as well.
John Gillooly: Springer was one of many high school athletes who made it a spring to remember I have often said with everything that’s going on in their lives, the spring can be the toughest season for high school students to stay focused on athletic achievement. Yet, somehow, the state’s high school athletes delivered a host of exciting, and often inspirational performances this spring.
Four runs in fifth send Hendricken back to McCoy Stadium Top-seeded North Kingstown raced out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning, but defending champion Hendricken scored one in the fourth and four in the fifth for a 5-3 victory in the winners’ bracket of the Division I state baseball title Sunday at McCarthy Field in West Warwick.06/07/2009Division II softball: Moses Brown slugs its way to state championship Unleashing a 12-hit attack and playing errorless defense, Moses Brown jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, defeating Barrington, 9-3, to capture its second straight Division II title.
Division I Region 4 final: South Kingstown routs Smithfield The Rebels will join Hendricken, North Kingstown and the winner of Wednesday’s Cranston West-Portsmouth game in the double-elimination Final Four tournament that gets under way this weekend.
Classical's new field exceeds athletes' dreams The new Albert Morro Athletic Field was paid for by Citizens Bank, the Champlin Foundation, Providence Parks Department, the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation and the National Football League Grassroots Program.
06/02/2009Division I softball: Coventry rolls on, routs North Kingstown Putting together an impressive 14-hit attack, Coventry posted a 12-2 victory over North Kingstown in the winners’-bracket final of the Amica Insurance Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division I Softball Championships at Rhode Island College’s Dayna A. Bazar Softball Complex.06/01/2009Division II softball: Moses Brown fights back to top Middletown With the victory, Moses Brown earns a chance to defend its state title, advancing to the Division II finals, to be played Saturday at 4 p.m., also at RIC.
Jim Donaldson: Sometimes the best sports events are the ones that most people miss If you love sports for the games themselves, and not for the hype and hoopla that go hand-in-hand with big-time events; if you appreciate the effort and enthusiasm of the players, as much as the talent and athleticism, then seeing high school girls play for a state title is every bit as enjoyable as watching college men play for a national championship.
06/02/2009Baseball and softball playoff highlights Cumberland’s Casey McDonald hit a two-out, two-strike triple over an outfielder’s head that drove in Shauna Smith and McDonald scored on an infield error in the top of the eighth as the Clippers defeated defending champion La Salle in a Division I softball losers’-bracket game.
05/31/2009Division I boys lacrosse: Moses Brown makes its debut RIIL season a championship campaign “It’s a wonderful feeling. For so many years in the SENE or as an independent we knew we had very good teams for Rhode Island, but we were never recognized for it,” Moses Brown coach Peter Sheehan said. “To be able to play in this game rather than watching from the stands made it a lot of fun.”
05/27/2009Bill Reynolds: The story continues for Juliet Vongphoumy, even in defeat CRANSTON –– A year ago, Juliet Vongphoumy burst across the Rhode Island sports scene like a meteor in the night sky, the high school freshman who won the state high school golf championship, the first female to do so.
05/19/2009High school notes: Hendricken boys, La Salle girls look to repeat track championships Ranked first by their peers since the beginning of the season, there are two very familiar faces atop this week’s outdoor track coaches’ poll, conducted by the Rhode Island Track Coaches Association with the support of the Bill Falk Fund of the R.I. Track & Field Foundation.
05/18/2009John Gillooly: Beisel, Sogar take R.I. swimming to a new level Elizabeth Beisel, the North Kingstown junior who was a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic swim team, won the 100-meter backstroke title and Laura Sogar, the Prout senior who is headed to the University of Texas in the fall, captured the 200-meter breaststroke crown at the Charlotte UltraSwim championships.
High school highlights: Scituate baseball beats North Smithfield ace He’s been nearly untouchable all season. Monday, however, Scituate got to him. North Smithfield ace Nick Narodowy, who pitched 46 innings without giving up an earned run, was charged with seven as the Spartans beat the Northmen, 7-4, in eight innings in a Division II-North baseball game.
05/11/2009Bill Reynolds: Tom Cannon’s basketball legacy is his soft touch The induction of Mary Burke and Christina Batastini into the R.I. Interscholastic League Hall of Fame shined the light on Cannon, who donated his team to help both -- among many others -- become better basketball players
05/06/2009Softball notes: Division I race is too close to call Each was asked the same question: How do you see the competition shaping up in Division I this season? And one by one, the three coaches said the same thing: “Anybody can be beaten on any given day.”
04/23/2009Jesse Pacheco Pacheco earned Independent School League all-star honors as she posted a perfect 11-0 League record playing at the No. 2 spot in the Dragons lineup.Courtney Jones The three-sport star once again proved she is one of the top high school squash players in the country as she earned MVP honors in the New England Independent School League. 2008 Providence Journal Winter Independent Stars With SENE boys and girls basketball All-League listings.
04/19/2009High school highlights, Saturday, April 18 Olivia Hendricks pitched a three-hitter with four strikeouts and Nicole Silva knocked in what proved to be the winning run with a single in the first inning as Mount St. Charles went on to defeat Cranston West, 3-0, in Division I softball. The win improved the Mounties’ record to 5-0. The Falcons slipped to 3-2. West threatened to get back in the game in the seventh by loading the bases with one out but came up empty.04/18/2009Cranston West's new outdoor track is a jewel04/17/2009Central Falls athletes, students learn life lessons on trip to Grand Canyon A Central Falls High School special-education teacher is leading a group of six Warriors athletes, three fellow students and a few coaches and parents on a hiking and camping adventure in the Grand Canyon in Arizona this vacation week. 04/18/2009High school highlights, Friday, April 17 Freshmen Marshall Vigneault and Shane Sandoval combined for six strikeouts for Prout on the way to a 3-0 shutout against Mount St. Charles in boys baseball. Sandoval singled in the first run in the fourth to start the scoring for the Crusaders. Prout goes 5-0 for the season. Vaughn Hayward struck out five in three innings for Mount St. Charles.
No stars? No problem for Cranston West baseball team After two-time All-State pitcher Anthony Meo, All-Stater outfielder Chris Famiglietti and All-State first baseman Dan Hopkins graduated last spring, some people may have wondered if the Falcons could be a title contender again this season.High school highlights: Mount St. Charles softball rallies past Westerly Shawn Hopton’s grounder up the middle scored Hailey DiSpirito with the winning run in the top of the eighth as Mount St. Charles edged Westerly, 5-4, in a Division I softball game.
04/10/2009Portsmouth boys, Davies girls basketball teams win Reynolds sportsmanship awards The Reynolds Awards, which are named in honor of late Providence Journal sportswriter Dick Reynolds and sponsored by The Journal and the R.I. Interscholastic League Injury Fund, are presented to a boys and a girls team in each of the three high school sports seasons – fall, winter and spring.
04/06/2009John Gillooly -- Duggan's K of C Relays still thriving Dick Duggan didn’t first organize the K of C Relays 41 years ago because he figured some day it would put him in the spotlight. He did it because he thought it would be good for high school track and “fun” for high school runners, and for 41 years it has been.
01/16/2009Tori Frank The New England Prep School All-Star and SENE first-team All-League selection led Wheeler to the SENE championship and a berth in the title game of the New England Class C prep tournament.Alex Reardon In her first season of high school competition, Reardon led the Lincoln girls cross-country team its first SENE title in four years, an undefeated dual-meet season and a victory in the PCD Chowder Cup.Kristina Morrocco After missing most of her sophomore season recovering from an ACL injury, Morrocco returned this season and played a major role in Wheeler’s drive to the SENE championship and a berth in the title game of the NEPSAC Class C title game.Ryan Andrews A three-sport star, the Portsmouth resident was a standout wide receiver and defensive safety.Randelle Boots The Knights' long-distance running star not only won the individual title in the SENE conference championship meet, she captured the New England Prep School Division 5 title with a course-record effort at Marianapolis.Drew Miller In the words of St. George's coach John Mackay, Miller is one of the top five players I have coached in my 30-year career.Brigid Behan The Ravens sophomore star earned first-team Evergreen Conference honors after a season in which she was the conference’s number-two scorer.Galimah Baysah Baysah's contributions this past two seasons led the Dragons to back-to-back 6-2 records.Olivia Fay Fay won the Evergreen Conference and NEPSTA Division III individual cross-country titles for the second consecutive year.Ryan Silva A standout running back and defensive back, the Bristol resident was the MVP of the Evergreen Conference this season.Leslie Muzzy An Independent Schools League honorable mention selection in both her sophomore and junior years, this season Muzzy earned first-team All-League honors for her all-around play that included six goals and four assists.Graham Knisley The heart of the St. George's defensive corps from his spot in the center of the Dragons' defensive three, the South Kingstown resident earned first-team All ISL honors this season after helping the Dragons to a berth in the quarterfinal round of the New England Division III prep tournament. Lindsey Brooks One of the top defenders in the Independent Schools League, Brooks earned her second consecutive first-team ISL all-star selection this season.Doyle Stack The defensive idea of a St. George's team that posted the school's first back-to-back victories over Middlesex, Stack had 91 tackles and picked off three passes.Max Fowler Fowler earned his second consecutive first-team all Independent Schools League honors this season as well as being selected to play in the New England prep school All-Star Game.11/03/2008Predict the high school football winners for Nov. 7 and 8 The polls will remain active until kickoff of each game.10/20/2008Pick the high school football winners for Oct. 24 and 2505/06/2009GAME OF THE DAY Dean Clarke scored six of his team’s seven goals, including the last one with 12 seconds left in double overtime, as Wheeler edged Narragansett, 7-6, in a Division II boys lacrosse match. The win improved the Warriors to 5-2 and put them in a first-place tie with Mt. Hope. The Huskies took care of Mount St. Charles yesterday, 9-5. Clarke’s teammate Will Field added a goal and an assist. Brian McGreen led the Mariners with three goals05/12/2009High school highlights: Monday, May 11 La Salle’s Jordan Tingley held Mount St. Charles to its lowest hit total of the season (four) while striking out nine in the Rams’ 6-0 win over the Mounties in a Division I softball game. It was only the second loss of the season for the Mount, which fell to 8-2. On offense, the Rams’ Ashley Impagliazzo had three hits, scored two runs and drove in another in the victory. La Salle improved to 8-3.05/17/2009John Gillooly: South Kingstown’s James McKinney’s numbers land him in MIT’s lineup They’re the type of statistics that will make you a top major-league draft choice — a .487 batting average, 20 stolen bases in 14 games and a 750 SAT math score.
