11/07/2009Football: Barrington cousins run La Salle ragged, 54-33 BARRINGTON — Nobody can win a football game alone, but a family can have a profound effect on the outcome.GIRLS VOLLEYBALL •A.J. Pollock rushed for over 100 yards and scored four touchdowns as Portsmouth defeated North Kingstown, 28-12, in Division I football. Pollock had scoring runs for 14, 3, 5 and 1 yards in the win. Tom Mohr was good on all four of his conversion attempts for the Patriots.11/06/2009High school highlights: Thursday, November 5 •Katherine Corsi had 19 kills, 5 blocks, 25 digs, Ali Pino had 30 assists, 6 digs and Chloe Corsi had 30 digs as Scituate came from a two game deficit to beat Exeter/West Greewich, 3-2, in their Division II quarterfinal match. Kate Lonardo had eight service aces. The Scarlet Knights’ Clare Scroeder and Meg Doesnahan each had nine kills. Scituate moves on to play Mount St. Charles in the semifinals on Monday, 6 p.m.at the Ryan Center.Division II volleyball: Barrington ousts previously perfect Tiverton TIVERTON — Dominated in their two regular-season matches against Tiverton, Barrington showed up for the quarterfinals of the Division II Girls Volleyball Championships Tuesday night and shocked the undefeated Tigers, 3-2, in one of the biggest upsets of the RIIL fall sports season.High school football notes: Barrington, La Salle clash tonight in Super rematch It’s the rematch of last year’s Division I Super Bowl.11/05/2009Boys Div. II Soccer: Avengers roll Sentinels; Lions rock Knights WARWICK –– Rhode Island’s highest scoring offense generated another dazzling display Wednesday night in the Boys Division II semifinals of the 29th annual MetLife Soccer Classic.Girls Soccer: It’s Rams-Rebels for D-I title CRANSTON — The Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division I Girls Soccer Championship is going to have a familiar feel this year.Boys soccer: Lincoln bounces back after 1-4 start WARWICK – The 2008 Division II state champions in boys soccer started the 2009 season by winning their first game and then losing their next four.High school highlights: Wednesday, Nov. 4 •Fifth-seeded Chariho advanced to the quarterfinals after it beat fourth-seeded Ponaganset, 3-1, in their Division I playoff game. Chariho will play Prout at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Chariho’s Mary Toth had 21 kills, 3 aces and 22 digs, Kelsea Loffredo 31 digs and Coral Holly added 25 digs in the win.Girls D-I soccer semifinals: La Salle, South Kingstown advance CRANSTON — The Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division I Girls Soccer Championship is going to have a familiar feel this year.Boys D-II soccer semifinals: East Greenwich, Lincoln win WARWICK –– Rhode Island’s highest scoring offense generated another dazzling display Wednesday night in the Boys Division II semifinals of the 29th annual MetLife Soccer Classic.
Boys soccer semis: Hendricken upsets La Salle; Chariho ousts North Kingstown CRANSTON — Bishop Hendricken lost to La Salle Academy twice this season, 4-0 and 4-1, so the Hawks were confident when they took the field against the Rams on Tuesday night in the first semifinal of the 29th Annual MetLife Soccer Classic.
High school highlights: Tuesday, Nov. 3 Tolman and Bay View traded shots and went to the wire in a Division II opening round girls volleyball playoff game that was won by the Tigers when Amy Fernandes served out the final six points of the fifth set for a 15-8 win and 3-2 (23-25, 25-17, 22-25, 25-20, 15-8) match victory. 10/10/2009Pick the winners of this weekend's high school football games Polls will remain open until kickoff time for each game.
Division II field hockey: Wheeler captures long-coveted title After three years of experiencing bitter disappointment, Wheeler left Cranston Stadium positively walking on air Sunday night, defeating Classical, 4-1, in the title game of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II Field Hockey Championship before a crowd of close to 300.
High school highlights: Thursday, October 29 North Kingstown, the seventh seed in the Division I boys soccer playoffs, pulled off a major upset by defeating second-seeded and defending-champion Barrington, 2-1, in a quarterfinal match. Andrew Hess gave the Skippers a 2-0 lead with goals three minutes into the second and with 12:30 remaining. Barrington’s Anders Weiss scored with nine minutes left to get the Eagles within one. “They played totally phenomenal,” said Barrington head coach John Denham. “(North Kingstown head coach) Kyle Froberg had them absolutely ready to play.”
High school highlights: Wednesday, October 28 After a scoreless first half, Middletown had a run on goals by Ryan Bersch, Yuri Maipira and Tommy Garcia-Figueras, two of those assisted by Maipira, as the Islanders beat Classical, 3-1, in their Division II prelimiinary round boys soccer game. Saul Talavera scored the lone goal for the Purple. The Islanders move on to the quarterfinals against Smithfield on Saturday at Smithfield, 3 p.m.Girls soccer notes: Broncos’ Gonzalez piling up the points Before their teams launch themselves into the postseason, let’s catch up with some more of the top regular-season performers in girls soccer:Boys soccer: Staying healthy a concern as playoffs get under way Speed, skill and depth are always factors in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League’s boys soccer playoffs, but this year an additional factor may determine the eventual champions.Girls soccer playoff dates clarified The dates of several high school girls soccer playoff games were incorrectly reported in Wednesday’s Journal sports section. The following Division I quarterfinal games will be played Thursday: Cumberland vs. East Greenwich, at Eldridge Field, 7 p.m.; Toll Gate at Portsmouth, 7 p.m.; Barrington at South Kingstown, 6 p.m.10/28/2009High school highlights: Tuesday, October 27 North Kingstown’s Joe Haley tied the score at 3-3 15 minutes into the second half to force overtime. The Skippers then won the penalty shootout, 4-3, giving them a 4-3 victory over Hope. North Kingstown advances to play number two seed Barrington on Thursday at Barrington, 6:30 p.m.Former Eagle Ruggieri carries big stick for PC Barrington’s Julie Ruggieri stars for the Friars’ playoff-bound field hockey teamHigh school notes: Hockey finals feature familiar faces
10/26/2009John Gillooly: Another hoops title is no slam dunk for Hendricken With Billy Baron having graduated and Ricky Ledo having transferred to St. Andrew’s School, it should be very interesting this winter as Hendricken tries to tie the record for consecutive Division I boys basketball titles.
High school highlights: Monday, October 26 Classical’s Emily Grande-Savick scored with seven minutes remaining on a shot inside the circle off an assist by Zoe Beiser for the winning goal against South Kingstown for a 2-1 final in their Division II field hockey playoff game.
Division II girls tennis: Smithfield was best when it counted the most PAWTUCKET – Practice makes perfect — and sometimes it makes a champion.Division III girls tennis: Portsmouth completes second straight undefeated season SEEKONK – How does a team top an undefeated championship season? With yet another one, of course.Division IV girls tennis: Seniors lead PCD to championship victory over Coventry PAWTUCKET – Last year they suffered the agony of defeat, but this year Lisa Brendlinger, Lynette Esteves, Sophie Hamblett and Alexandra Prentice made sure they and their teammates on the Providence Country Day girls tennis team made sure they would experience the thrill of victory.Booth’s touchdown runs make the Huskies go WEST WARWICK — Apparently Mt. Hope football coach Ron Silva is a tough man to impress.High school highlights for Saturday, Oct. 24 In what was described by Mount Pleasant coach Paul Rao as an “ugly’ game, the Kilties got an early touchdown from Marcel Greene (55-yard run) and added what would prove to be an all-important conversion to slip past East Greenwich, 7-6, in Division III football. The Avengers would get a 5-yard touchdown run from John Lamendola in the third quarter, but the conversion attempt failed, making Monteiro’s PAT the difference in the contest. Kevin Dale contibuted to the Kilties defense, picking off two passes in the contest.Mt. Hope remains undefeated with 25-6 win over West Warwick WEST WARWICK — Apparently Mt. Hope football coach Ron Silva is a tough man to impress.Prout’s girls volleyball team out to prove it all Few athletes in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League have been as prepared to move up to Division I as the girls who play volleyball for The Prout School in Wakefield.Weather alters high school tennis schedule With rain forcing the postponement of the Division II and III Rhode Island Interscholastic League Girls Tennis State Championships Saturday, all four title matches will now be played Sunday.
High school highlights: Friday, Oct. 23 Quarterback Corey Fossa connected with Brandon Gomes on a 64-yard pass with 1:45 remaining in regulation to give undefeated La Salle a 28-21 victory over Cranston West in a Division I football contest.
John Gillooly: It’s time to put competition in competitive cheerleading A few years ago the Interscholastic League recognized cheerleading as a varsity sport. The only official Interscholastic League competitions for cheerleading, however, take place at the end of the year, a one-day team championship meet and another day for the individual state meet.
In North Smithfield, athletic fee just isn’t adding up North Smithfield’s effort to raise money by charging student athletes to play sports is thus far “disappointing.”High school highlights: Monday, October 19 The Division II-North regular-season finale between previously undefeated Moses Brown and once-beaten Cumberland went to the Clippers, 6-1, in girls tennis. The Quakers won the previous meeting, 4-3, with the same lineups. Cumberland’s Jen Bundy (third singles), Lia Hanuschak (fourth singles) and the first doubles team of Shauna Smith and Val Conway rebounded from their loss against Moses Brown opponents, this time, with wins. The Quakers finish at 12-1 while the Clippers finish 11-2 for first and second place, respectively. Both teams earned a bye for the first round of the playoffs.10/18/2009High school highlights: Saturday, Oct. 17 A Steven Vasquez pass to Andres Rodrigues in the corner of the end zone propelled third-place Central Falls to a 16-14 upset of first-place Hope in a Division IV football game on Saturday. Vasquez was 12 for 17 for 154 with no interceptions for the Warriors. Hope was plagued by penalties and three fumbles. The loss drops the Blue Wave into second place with a 3-1 record, behind 4-0 Middletown.Johnston teachers to hold tribute for late athletic director Colleagues of the late Bob Smith - the longtime athletic director, coach and English teacher at Johnston High school, who lost a battle with cancer in July - have organized a memorial tribute to be held Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. at the high school auditorium.Wheeler’s field hockey team is playing for a win, and a cure “Every day is a good day,” Amy Sugerman often used to say to her children.
10/16/2009Barrington bulldozes over Portsmouth, 27-0 BARRINGTON — It took the explosive Barrington offense longer than usual to ignite the fuse Friday night, but the way the Eagles defense is playing these days, there never was any danger of a misfire.
10/14/2009Field hockey: Eagles have their eyes on the prize Barrington has already clinched a Division I playoff spot, but coach Lee Markowski says the team is still looking to improve as the playoffs approach.
Girls volleyball: Townies have high hopes East Providence has only lost one set since Sept. 8, and is looking to add to its list of state championships.High school highlights: Wednesday, October 14High school highlights: Tuesday, October 13 Prout maintained its status as the only undefeated R.I. Interscholastic League Division I girls volleyball team as the Crusaders posted a 25-13, 25-22, 25-20 victory over La Salle in the HS GameTime Game of the Week Tuesday night.10/13/2009If you haven’t seen them, you’ll get a kick out of this talented trio The scorer is a returning first-team All-State and All-America selection. The keeper is the backbone of a team with a losing record. The rookie has burst on the high school soccer scene here like the grand finale of Fourth of July fireworks.Broken ribs won’t stop Jamie Silva During his playing days for the East Providence High football team in the early part of this decade, Jamie Silva was as well known for his toughness as his talent.10/11/2009Girls tennis: Curran wins state individual championship The Bay View junior defeats Taylor McEldowney of Mount St. Charles, 6-0, 6-1, for the title.High school highlights: Saturday, Oct. 10 Returning all-state running back Mike Reed rushed over 100 yards and scored two touchdowns as undefeated Barrington shutout East Providence, 14-0.
10/10/2009La Salle 29, Hendricken 21: Four TD runs for Rams' Hansen Dave Hansen, the younger brother of former La Salle All-Stater and current URI football star Matt Hansen, leads La Salle to a victory that keeps the Rams' two-year, 17-game undefeated string alive.
10/03/2009Field hockey notes: Wheeler hopes for a different ending this season The eight seniors on the Wheeler field hockey team have already made three trips to the Division II finals. Each time, they faced Moses Brown and each time, they left the field in disappointment, unable to top the Quakers.
High school highlights: Friday, Oct. 2 Cumberland’s Cam Glad, David Elkas and Ryan Sutcliffe combined to sack South Kingstown quarterback Ben Hamill on a two-point conversion attempt as the Clippers hung on to defeat the Rebels, 29-28, in double overtime in a Division II-B football game.
10/01/2009Football Weekend: Westerly always shows up to work The Bulldogs' blue-collar approach, which has paid off in two straight Division II victories, gets a big test Friday night against explosive Mt. Hope
High school highlights: Monday, Sept. 28 Cranston West’s Maddie Macaruso had 8 blocks and 3 kills and Victoria Branca had 6 kills as the Falcons defeated Mount St. Charles, 3-1, in a Division II-North girls volleyball match between undefeated teams. Cross country results: Monday, Sept. 2809/27/2009Field hockey coaches bond at workshop Some intense rivalries have developed between a number of the high school field hockey teams in the state. Very, very intense.High school highlights, Saturday, Sept. 26 •With Narragansett ahead, 22-16, at the end of the third quarter, Central scored halfway into the fourth quarter on a Mike Washington 1-yard run and again with 3 minutes remaining on a 42-yard pass from Joey Diaz to sophomore Washington for a 28-22 win in Division III. Washington ran for 197 yards on 17 carries, caught two passes for 51 yards and scored twice. Cardinal Washington had an interception at the 1-yard line with seven seconds left in regulation to save the win.
09/26/2009East Providence 24, Portsmouth 22: Goal-line stand halts Patriots' comeback attempt PORTSMOUTH — It was everything the standing-room-only crowd had hoped to see: two undefeated football teams with great traditions delivering big plays highlighted by a last-minute comeback and a final-second goal-line stand that decided the outcome.
High school highlights: Friday, Sept. 25 North Smithfield’s Roger Sherman ran for 180 yards on 16 carries and scored three touchdowns as the Northmen defeated Exeter/West Greenwich, 34-12, in Division IV football.
09/24/2009Football Weekend: Two traditional powers meet in a game with early-season shine They are Rhode Island's two most successful Division I football teams over the past two decades. Combined, East Providence and Portsmouth have won half of the past 18 Division I Super Bowl titles, with East Providence capturing five state crowns and Portsmouth winning four.
09/25/2009High school highlights: Thursday, September 24 •Trailing 1-0 in the second half, largely in part to the tremendous play of opposing goaltender Cody Gibb, West Warwick got back-to-back goals by Eder Valdez and Christian Medeiros and held on to defeat the Chieftains, 2-0 in boys soccer. Gibb kept Ponaganset in the game, stopping 13 of 15 shots, many of them of a difficult nature.09/24/2009Bill Reynolds: Sports lessons were life lessons for ex-South Kingstown and PC star Ray Johnson, who uses them to help battle kidney disease This is where Ray Johnson is on a beautiful morning: hooked up to a dialysis machine here in this building in Wakefield, only about a jump shot away from where he once led South Kingstown to back-to-back state titles back in the mid 1960s, back when he never lost a high school game in two seasons.
09/22/2009R.I. hoop stars Alex Murphy and Ricky Ledo are among the nation's most-watched sophomores Murphy has already been offered scholarships by Providence, URI, BC, UConn, Notre Dame, Arizona, Kansas, Florida, Michigan, Indiana and Wake Forest. PC coach Keno Davis, URI's Jim Baron and assistant coaches from BC, Villanova, Kansas, Notre Dame, Indiana and Penn State have all journeyed to Barrington over the last two weeks to watch Ledo play pickup games.
High school highlights: Monday, September 21 Nevin Roca scored with 15 minutes remaining to break a 3-3 tie and give St. Raphael a 4-3 victory over previously-undefeated West Warwick in a Division III boys soccer match. Christian Medeiros scored three unassisted goals for the Wizards, the top-ranked team in the division.Monday's boys and girls cross country results09/20/2009Central High School Football: Ten Years Later In the darkness of the team bus, the Knights of Central High School cried.High school highlights: Saturday, Sept. 19 Matt Eldridge’s three-yard touchdown run with four minutes left in the game gave Narragansett a 22-21 victory over Smithfield in a Division III football game on Saturday. The game featured six lead changes. Aaron Brown scored two touchdowns for the Sentinels, one on a 26-yard pass from Tim Jamieson and another on a 14-yard toss. Eldridge finished with three scores for the Mariners. He also had TD runs of four and 14 yards.Mt. Hope continues to honor Raposa’s memory Christine Raposa got her first sense of just how much the community was behind her and her family at the first basketball game after her daughter’s death.
High school highlights: Thursday, September 17 Portsmouth’s A. J. Pollock, who scored the first touchdown on a 70-yard run, took it in again from 2 yards out for the game-winner in overtime as the Patriots defeated Hendricken, 27-21, in a Division I football game. Hendricken’s Michael Flanagan had 25 carries for 150 yards and scored two touchdowns. Flanagan, however, also fumbled. Robert Manning had 3 receptions for 33 yards for the Hawks, who missed on two field goal attempts –– one of which was blocked.
09/11/2009Football: Cranston East gets its season started right CRANSTON — Mother Nature made it a long night, but nobody on the Cranston East football team was complaining after the Division II Thunderbolt opened their season with a 27-13 victory over Division I St. Raphael in a nonleague Division I-II crossover Friday night at Cranston Stadium.
High school highlights: Classical's goalie stymies Warwick Sara Zanfagna was outstanding in goal, turning aside 20 of 21 shots, but the one goal that beat her — by Alexia Costa — proved to be the difference as Classical edged Warwick, 1-0, in a Division II-South field hockey game Tuesday in Warwick.
High school highlights: Toll Gate comes back from two games down to beat Chariho in girls volleyball Toll Gate came from behind twice and edged Chariho, 3-2 (23-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25-19, 16-14) in Division I-South girls volleyball. The Titans scored the last four points in the fifth game. Morgan Neiley had 31 assists and three aces, and teammates Kelsey Howkins had 14 kills, three blocks and three aces for the Titans.
08/24/2009Former St. Ray’s basketball star Wright chooses LIU With the end of the basketball summer approaching, some important decisions are finally being made. High school prospects are choosing a school. Others are cutting potential schools from their lists and breaking the hearts of coaches and their fans in the process.
High school notes: North Kingstown girls tennis players get a close look at the pros While many fall sports coaches spent last week cramming in every possible second of instruction with their teams, one coach decided that his players could benefit from watching some of the best in the world play the game — and even doing a little teaching themselves.
08/21/2009Johnston football back on the field after storybook ’08 season JOHNSTON –– Never one to be at a loss for words, especially when it comes to the game of football, Joe Acciardo found himself frantically searching for the right thing to say when he first met with his team last August.
08/20/2009On the links: Vongphoumy transfers to prep school in S.C. Rhode Islanders take pride when any athlete from the state achieves success, but perhaps there has never been quite as big a community effort for one person as with Juliet Vongphoumy.
08/18/2009North Smithfield athletes willing to pay to play NORTH SMITHFIELD — The prospect of paying $150 to play soccer for North Smithfield High School did not deter 34 girls from sweating their way through the warmest morning of summer Tuesday.
Ban on school athletic fees stems from R.I. Supreme Court ruling The justices concluded that school committees can only wield authority granted to them by the General Assembly.In the dog days of summer, proper hydration is more important than ever SMITHFIELD — It was Emily Batek’s freshman year. She was nervous about trying out for the Smithfield High girls tennis team, so she didn’t eat much that morning before heading over to the courts. It was a pretty warm August day, although not nearly as steamy as it has been this week. The tryout started with a run, and Batek remembers getting dizzy. Then she started feeling a little nauseous.
08/17/2009High school sports heats up again on first day of practice in Rhode Island It may have been a Monday, just like any other day to many Rhode Islanders, but to high school athletes competing on fall sports teams, Aug. 17 marked the first day they are officially allowed to practice, according to Rhode Island Interscholastic League rules.
Woonsocket finds funds for high school sports WOONSOCKET — An unexpected surplus in the school district’s pension accounts has enabled the School Committee to restore interscholastic high school sports.
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.
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.
