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Their events will not be contested at the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Indoor Track & Field State Championships on Saturday, but triple jumpers, long jumpers and pole vaulters will still have a chance to battle for state supremacy.

They will have their chance to shine on Sunday at the inaugural R.I. All-State Jump Fest, also to be held at the Providence Career & Technical Academy's track and field facility beginning at 10 a.m.

The RIIL-sanctioned event is being sponsored by the R.I. Track Coaches Association with the support of the Bill Falk Fund/R.I. Track & Field Foundation. Although these are "exhibition" events and non-scoring competitions, they are being used to determine the Freshmen, Junior Varsity and Varsity state champions in the triple jump, long jump and pole vault.

Also on Sunday at the PCTA track, Classical High School will be sponsoring a weight throw development meet in conjunction with the Jump Fest.

"This is all in the spirit of track development and the betterment of our sport," said Bob Palazzo, head coach of Classical's boys and girls indoor track teams, as well as the president of the R.I. Track and Field Coaches Association.

Derryck Kilgore, a 6-4 junior forward, scored a team-high 16 points and pulled down a host of rebounds leading the North Kingstown boys basketball team to a 55-52 victory over previously undefeated and six-time defending state champion Hendricken last week.

All three of last year's girls indoor class champions successfully defended their titles, with La Salle capturing the Large Schools Class Championship for the fourth year in a row, Barrington holding off Toll Gate for the Medium Schools title and Smithfield taking the Small Schools crown for the sixth straight year.

Results compiled by Bob Leddy:

GIRLS' INDOOR TRACK
CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Large Schools
Team scores
1, La Salle 144; 2, N. Kingstown 83.5; 3, Pilgrim 52; 4, Cr. West 33; 5, Cumberland 28; 6, E. Providence 25; 7, Coventry 15.5; 8, Woonsocket 15; 9, Tolman 5.
Individual results
WT - 1, Aubrey Dowding, Pil. 39-10.75 (12.16 meters); 2, Kryssa Lachapelle, Cumb. 39-7.25 (12.07); 3, Maggie Dufault, Pil. 38-0.75 (11.60); 4, Michelina Cole, Woon. 36-11.50 (11.26); 5, Samantha Anderson, Cumb. 33-5.50 (10.19); 6, Macayla Kiryo, Tol. 32-8.25 (9.96).
SP - 1, Emily Trudeau, Cumb. 35-7.50 (10.85); 2, Dowding, Pil. 33-8.75 (10.28); 3, Shannon Fogarty, LS 31-10.50 (9.71); 4, Laesha Jean, Tol. 31-4 (9.55); 5, Alex Fowler, LS 31-1.50 (9.48); 6, Kelsey Gammell, LS 30-10 (9.39).
HJ - 1, Giovanna Cafaro, LS 5-0 (1.52); 2, Sophia Cole, NK 4-10 (1.47); 3, Caitlin Downing, NK 4-8 (1.42); 4, Beth Majewski, Woon. 4-8; 5, Sara Goes, LS 4-6 (1.37); 6, Becca Sherwood, NK 4-6.
3000 - 1, Arianna Colella, CW 10:44.5; 2, Emily Papazian, LS 10:55.0; 3, Tiana Kibbe, LS 11:01.1; 4, Danielle Renzi, LS 11:01.5; 5, Alex Hackett, CW 11:14.2; 6, Liz Hanke, Pil. 11:34.6.
1500 - 1, Caitlin Marino, LS 5:03.6; 2, Kate Lynch, NK 5:08.9; 3, Vicky Beardwood, LS 5:12.1; 4, Vicky Varone, LS 5:13.9; 5, Kelsey Evans, NK 5:14.2; 6, Liz Costa, EP 5:15.8.
1000 - 1, Molly Keating, LS 3:06.9; 2, Alex Stanton, CW 3:14.0; 3, Breanna James, LS 3:14.3; 4, Ari Stanton, CW 3:14.9; 5, Evelyn Jansen, LS 3:16.1; 6, Siobahn Kelly, LS 3:18.7.
600 - 1, Moira Crocker, NK 1:44.0; 2, Colella, CW 1:47.4; 3, Darian Daily, EP 1:47.8; 4, Maddy Byrnes, LS 1:47.9; 5, Kate Coleman, NK 1:49.2; 6, Shayla Murray, NK 1:49.3.
300 - 1, Amanda Terry, LS 43.9; 2, Erin Kane, LS 44.4; 3, Breyon Brown, Pil. 44.7; 4, Renee Dubuc, NK 44.9; 5, Lauren Allienello, EP 46.5; 6, Kerry Drapcho, Cov. 47.1.
55m -1, Brown, Pil. 7.4; 2, Terry, LS 7.5; 3, Dubuc, NK 7.6; 4, Kate Guillmette, Cov. 7.6; 5, Goes, LS 7.7; 6, Latoya Dythe, Woon. 7.7.
55mH - 1, Nicole Haar, EP 8.7; 2, Sophia Cole, NK 9.1; 3, Terry, LS 9.2; 4, Sophie Klipstein, Cumb. 9.9; 5, Downing, NK 10.0; 6, Emma Mascoli, Pil. 10.2.
4x200 - 1, La Salle (NNR) 1:52.5; 2, N. Kingstown 1:54.4; 3, E. Providence 1:58.2; 4, Coventry 1:58.3; 5, Woonsocket 1:58.9; 6, Cr. West 2:00.2.
4x400 - 1, N. Kingstown (NNR) 4:15.9; 2, La Salle 4:16.3; 3, Coventry 4:37.4; 4, Pilgrim 4:45.0; 5, Cumberland 4:46.8.
4x800 - 1, La Salle (NNR) 10:00.1; 2, N. Kingstown 10:47.3; 3, Pilgrim 11:01.0; 4, Woonsocket 11:29.0; 5, Cumberland 11:29.7.

Medium Schools
Team scores
1, Barrington 97; 2, Toll Gate 80.5; 3, S. Kingstown 70; 4, Hope 53; 5, Bay View 30; 6, Classical 23; 7, Westerly 22; 8, Warwick 12; 9, W. Warwick 11.5; 10, (tie) Mt. Hope and Chariho 2.
Individual results
WT - 1, Rena Oakley, SK 45-7.50 (13.90 meters); 2, Robyn McFetters, Barr. 44-7.50 (13.60); 3, Comfort Dentor, Hope 43-1 (13.13); 4, Charlotte Mintzer, Barr. 39-11.50 (12.17); 5, Cate Lauro, Class. 39-3.50 (11.97); 6, Elianna Boisse, Hope 39-0 (11.88).
SP - 1, Lydia Avila, WV 36-7.50 (11.16); 2, Amy St. Amand, TG 34-1 (10.38); 3, Kate St. Amand, TG 40-3.75 (9.23); 4, Aysha Moreino, SK 30-3.50 (9.23); 6, Lauro, Class. 29-0 (8.83).
HJ - 1, Maddie Brown, SK 5-0 (1.52); 2, Eva Stranska, WW 4-10 (1.47); 3, Linnea Totushek, Barr. 4-10; 4, Jenna Collins, SK 4-10; 5, Amy Roy, Char. 4-10; 6, (tie) Kaitlyn Cormier, WW and Rylee Candon, TG 4-8 (1.42).
3000 - 1, Abigail Jones, Barr. 10:21.3 (MR. OR: 10:28.7, 2009); 2, Stephanie Beaudette, BV 10:26.5; 3, Molly Malinowski, Barr. 10:36.1; 4, Connor D'Albora, TG 11:30.7; 5, Julia Watson, BV 11:33.4; 6, Melissa D'Albnora, TG 12:09.0.
1500 - 1, Sarah Barry, Barr. 4:52.6; 2, Kendall Feaster, SK 5:02.6; 3, Bridget Murphy, West. 505.1; 4, Rachel Orlando, West. 5:10.9; 5, Alex August, Barr. 5:17.1; 6, Morgan Johnston, Barr. 5:34.7.
1000 - 1, Barry, Barr. 3:10.6; 2, Jones, Barr. 3:11.4; 3, Jenna Moen, TG 3:13.8; 4, Fiona Paine, Barr. 3:18.4; 5, Malinowski, Barr. 3:19.2; 6, Feaster, SK 3:23.4.
600 - 1, Barry, Barr. 1:38.6 (MR. OR: 1:39.6, 2008); 2, Erica Johnson, BV 1:39.1; 3, Samantha Chace, TG 1:39.5; 4, Daria Braboy, BV 1:39.8; 5, Jordan Gray, TG 1:40.0; 6, Emily Caesar, Barr. 1:42.7.
300 - 1, Angie Quiah, Hope 40.8 (MR. OR: 41.8, 2004); 2, Molly Reilly, SK 43.2; 3, Royal Cheatham, Hope 43.3; 4, D'Joy Falaye, Class. 43.5; 5, Natasha Miller, SK 43.8; 6, Dara Falaye, Class. 44.3.
55m - 1, Quiah, Hope 7.1; 2, Cheatham, Hope 7.2; 3, Falaye, Class. 7.4; 4, Lauren Cranston, TG 7.6; 5, Kerstin Caesar, Barr. 7.7; 6, Lillian Lange, TG 8.0.
55mH - 1, Reilly, SK 8.2; 2, Cranston, TG 8.8; 3, Kelsey McKenna, TG 8.8; 4, Frances Vasquez, Class. 9.2; 5, Jess Hamada, WW 9.3; 6, Alyson Moreau, Barr. 9.3.
4x200 - 1, Hope (Quiah, Cheratham, DaCruz, Karowof) 1:48.0; 2, Toll Gate 1:48.8; 3, S. Kingstown 1:51.3; 4, Classical 1:52.3; 5, Bay View 1:52.8; 6, W. Warwick 1:56.5.
4x400 - 1, Toll Gate (Cranston, Lange, Chace, Gray) 4:05.1 (MR. OR: 4:15.4, 2002); 2, Barrington 4:17.7; 3, Bay View 4:22.0; 4, Westerly 4:22.6; 5, Hope 4:25.7; 6, S. Kingstown 4:28.1.
4x800 - 1, Toll Gate (H. Moen, J. Moen, Mullen, Garvey) 9:59.5 (MR. OR: 10:18.2, 2009); 2, Westerly 10:16.0; 3, S. Kingstown 10:27.2; 4, Barrington 10:31.4; 5, Mt. Hope 10:39.7; 6, Classical 11:30.6.

Small Schools
Team scores
1, Smithfield 135.5; 2, E. Greenwich 110; 3, Lincoln 33.5; 4, Shea 32; 5, St. Raphael 20; 6, Central Falls 19; 7, Moses Brown 16; 8, Mt. St. Charles 14.5; 9, Portsmouth 14; 10, Rogers 4; 11, Ponaganset 3.5.
Individual results
WT - 1, Georgia Elgar, Smith. 37-9.75 (11.52 meters); 2, Becky Cousens, Ports. 37-2.50 (11.34); 3, Nicole Johnson, CF 37-1 (11.30); 4, Grace Janes, Rog. 34-10.25 (10.62); 5, Gabby Smith, Narr. 34-9.25 (10.59); 6, Claire Sampson, Prout 34-2.50 (10.42).
SP - 1, Aleide Fernandes, CF 36-4 (11.07); 2, Elgar, Smith. 34-1.50 (10.40); 3, Amy Falcao, Smith. 30-5.25 (9.27); 4, Kerri Agrela, Smith. 27-9.25 (8.47); 5, Dana Schock, EG 27-3 (8.30); 6, Johnson, CF 27-3.
HJ - 1, Ali Sayles, MSC 4-10 (1.47); 2, Renee Lapierre, Smith. 4-10; 3, Eddye Golden, EG 4-8 (1.42); 4, Angela Ragosta, Smith. 4-8; 5, Sarah Goodwin, Smith. 4-8; 6, (tie) Kate Platek, MSC and Cate Dominick, Pon. 4-6 (1.37).
3000 - 1, Mollie Anderson, EG 11:14.3; 2, Kate Meinertz, Smith. 11:17.9; 3, Staphanie Ward, Smith. 12:04.0; 4, Sarah Blais, SRA 12:11.4; 5, Tara Notarianni, MSC 12:24.2.
1500 - 1, Kate Sloat, EG 5:17.5; 2, Danielle Stonely, SRA 5:22.1; 3, Emily Payne, Linc. 5:24.4; 4, Danielle Pelletier, MB 5:26.6; 5, Meinertz, Smith. 5:29.7; 6, Rebecca Tellier, Smith. 5:30.0.
1000 - 1, Merinertz, Smith. 3:21.8; 2, Stonely, SRA 3:25.0; 3, Kaeli O'Connell, EG 3;29.5; 4, Payne, Linc. 3:34.2; 5, Jess Sabourin, Linc. 3:38.4; 6, Hope Spector, 3;38.5.
600 - 1, Karly Gregory, Prout 1:43.9; 2, Sam Corbett, Smith. 1:44.6; 3, Skylar LeBlanc, EG 1:48.9; 4, Alex Jenkins, Smith. 1:50.5; 5, Meagan Hallworth, EG 1:50.9; 6, (tie) Samantha Melargrano, Smith. and Marissa D'Amelio, Linc. 1:51.5.
300 - 1, Jamiee Dorsey, EG 42.6; 2, Renee Perelman, EG 43.2; 3, Kim Ezeama, Smith. 43.8; 4, (tie) Saskia Morgan, Shea and Rachel Valerio, Smith. 44.1; 6, Agenia Jacobs, Shea 44.4.
55m - 1, Dorsey, EG 7.2; 2, Ezeama, Smith. 7.2; 3, Cedra Dalomba, Shea 7.5; 4, Jacobs, Shea 7.5; 5, Morgan, Shea 7.5; 6, Madison Shea, Pon. 7.6.
55mH - 1, Dalomba, Shea 8.6; 2, Angela Ragosta, Smith. 9.0; 3, Cara Nunez, EG 9.1; 4, Noelle Robinson, Ports. 9.4; 5, (tie) Marissa Gagnon and Mika Osaki, Smith. 9.7.
4x200 - 1, E. Greenwich (NNR) 1:49.0; 2, Smithfield 1:51.4; 3, Shea 1:51.7; 4, Lincoln 1:55.3; 5, Portsmouth 1:57.5; 6, Moses Brown 1:58.0.
4x400 - 1, E. Greenwich (NNR) 4:20.4; 2, Smithfield 4:22.1; 3, Lincoln 4:27.1; 4, Moses Brown 4:30.8; 5, Ponaganset 4:46.2; 6, Central Falls 4:47.5.
4x800 - 1, E. Greenwich (NNR) 10:36.4; 2, Lincoln 10:43.6; 3, Moses Brown 10:56.1; 4, Smithfield 10:59.0; 5, Mt. St. Charles 11:58.0; 6, Central Falls 13:11.6.
(All times hand-held)

Lincoln School is honoring 13 individuals and one team at it inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame dinner Friday night.

The alumnae include notable golfers, an Olympic gold medalist, the undefeated 1986 state championship tennis team and a family of scholar-athletes. They are:

Glenna Collett Vare, '22, a six-time U.S. Women's Amateur golf champion and 1975 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee for whom the LPGA's Vare Trophy for low average is named.

Constance Briggs Faxon, '36, supporter and benefactor for whom the school's Faxon Farm in Rehoboth is named.

Elizabeth Olney McLoughlin, '44, a staunch supporter of athletics who was instrumental in the building of the Boss-McLoughlin Gymnasium.

Julie Greene, '44, an 11-time R.I. Women's Golf Association champion and two-time New England champion, director of athletics, coach and field hockey and lacrosse official.

Amy Leeds, '70, basketball captain, president of the Athletic Association and benefactor.

Holly Metcalf, '76, field hockey and basketball standout, World Championship and Olympic gold medalist rower.

Margaret Field Kelly, '89, All-State and All-America field hockey player in high school and All-America at Dartmouth.

Sarah Bennett Allison, '90, field hockey and lacrosse star and four-sport athlete at Denison University.

Jill Craybas, '92, All-State tennis player who won NCAA championships at Texas and Florida and who has been ranked in the Top 11 on the WTA Tour for the last nine years.

The Boss Family
Marjorie Buonnanno Boss, '58, field hockey player, trustee, supporter, benefactor.
Robin Boss, '83, three-time state interscholastic champion, All-Ivy at Harvard.
Martha Boss Bennett, 85, field hockey and lacrosse captain, All-Ivy in lacrosse at Dartmouth.
Alexis Allen Boss, 89, four-time All-State and a high-school all-America in tennis, Ivy League player of the year at Dartmouth.

The 1986 Tennis Team
It finished 15-0 and won Lincoln's first state championship. Members were Kara Kee Borah, '88; Alexis Boss, '89; Jody Craybas Lucatello, '90; Homira Hussain Farrell, 88; Kerri Flanagan, '90; Meghan Fuchs, '88; Christine Franek Gray, '88; Wendy Kilborn, '87' Sophie Glenn Lau, '88; Giovanna Capo LoCiero, '90; Lianne Marshall, '88; Maribeth Colton, '89; Kristin DePasquale North, '89; Katherine Quinn, '88, and coach Linda Rice.

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They won Toll Gate's 2010 Winter Blast, then came back a week later and captured the Ram Rumble Cheerleading Invitational, as well.

Now the Portsmouth competition cheerleading team will be taking a break from competition to host its 2010 Cheerleading Invitational, Saturday at the Portsmouth High School Field House Gym, with the high school division competing in the morning session.

"We have a full slate with all the islanders participating for the first time - Middletown, Newport, Tiverton," said Portsmouth coach Deb Valente, whose Patriots will not compete Saturday since they are serving as hosts, but will instead perform an exhibition. "We have about 16 high school teams and 7 middle school teams, 12 all-star teams, 2 college teams and 2 recreation teams participating. So it will be a busy day at Portsmouth High School next week."

It will be a busy weekend of cheerleading, as the Warwick Veterans Memorial High School 2010 Hurricane Cheer & Dance Invitational, which was originally scheduled for earlier this month, will take place Sunday (Feb. 7) in the large gym at Warwick Vets. The high school division for that event also will be contested during the morning session, along with the junior high division.

There was a strong Purple presence at the 103rd Millrose Games, held last weekend at Madison Square Garden. Purple as in Classical track athletes Tim Phok and Angela Onye, who captured a gold and a silver in their respective weight throw events.

Phok, a senior captain, took first in the high school boys' weight throw with a heave of 63 feet, 9.5 inches. Onye, also a senior captain, placed second in the girls' weight throw with a toss of 49-1.

"Even with its storied tradition in track and field, this was a first for our school," Classical track coach Bob Palazzo said of the invitation Phok and Onye received to the prestigious meet. "They both represented Rhode Island very well."

Hillary Anderson will be continuing her field hockey career at Providence College. The four-time All-Stater and NFHCA All-Region selection from Barrington has accepted a field hockey scholarship offer from PC and signed a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday.

A co-captain and forward for Barrington, the senior led the league in assists with 19 last fall and was third in total points during the regular season, then guided the Eagles to the Division I Championship, netting both goals in their triple-overtime victory over East Greenwich in the title game.

Anderson will be reunited with former Barrington teammate Julie Ruggieri, who is now a junior at PC and helped the Friars to a 10-10 record and a Big East semifinal appearance last fall.

The East Providence and Warwick Vets girls basketball teams are also joining in the fight against breast cancer. Their Division II-crossover game, to be played Friday at East Providence High School, will be a "Pink Zone" game.

Fans attending are asked to wear something pink to show their support, said Townies coach Mike Solitro. A 50/50 raffle also will be held with proceeds going to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.

Two more girls basketball teams will be participating in the effort to raise breast cancer awareness.

Our Lady of Fatima will be hosting a "Pink Out" game when it takes on North Smithfield, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. A collection will be taken up during halftime of the Division III contest, with proceeds going to breast cancer awareness programs.

"Please come support this very worthy cause," said Fatima coach Frank Nolan.

MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer

WARWICK - Aaron Thomas has coached boys basketball at North Kingstown High School for 13 years, and Wednesday night was the first time he left Bishop Hendricken with a victory.

The Skippers (10-1, 11-3) combined their customary three-point prowess with tough play near the basket and pinned a 55-52 loss on the previously undefeated Hawks (9-1, 10-1) in the Providence Journal's Game of the Week and probably the Rhode Island Interscholastic League's Game of the Year so far.

"I've never won in this building, and we've probably played here seven times," Thomas said after the battle between the Division I South and West leaders. A capacity crowd packed the Ray Pepin Gymnasium and cheered both teams through a ho-hum first half and a second half that was worth every penny of admission.

Few teams win in Hawk territory. Central Catholic, the Lawrence, Mass., team that will visit Sunday, was the last, in 2008. Hendricken coach Jamal Gomes needed a minute to think of the last Rhode Island team to win here before mentioning Hope three years ago.

"To be the best you have to beat the best," Thomas said, a reference to the six-time defending state champion Hawks.

"I give all the credit to North Kingstown," Gomes said. "They got out and defended our guards and out-toughed us today. They man-handled us on the boards. How many second-chance opportunities did they have?"

The answer is a lot, especially in the second half, when the Skippers scored their first four baskets on easy offensive rebounds and layups. Derryck Kilgore, NK's 6-4 forward, scored two of those baskets en route to leading the Skippers with 16 points. Guard Tom DeCiantis provided the outside scoring with 15 points on four treys and three free throws. Guards James Factor and Robert Hazard each finished with eight points.

Bryan Vachon led the Hawks with 15 points, 10 in the second half. Nick Manning added 13.

North Kingstown enjoyed the biggest lead of the night, 40-34, but the Hawks rallied, tied the score at 45-45 on Vachon's pull-up jump shot from the free-throw line and went ahead, 48-45, on Sam Morgan's short shot and Tim Lyons' free throw with 3:29 to play. Hendricken seemed poised to take control.

North Kingstown reserve guard Tom Stacom, one of three former Hawks now playing for the Skippers, saved the night for NK when he sank a three-pointer from the left corner with 2:58 to play, got fouled in the process and calmly sank the free throw for a 49-48 lead. DeCiantis followed with a trey from the same spot for a 52-48 advantage, and Kilgore made yet another put-back of an offensive rebound for a 54-50 lead with 30.1 seconds to play. After a Morgan tip-in made it 54-52, Kilgore sank a free throw with 13.7 seconds left for a 55-52 NK lead.

Manning missed a three-point shot with about six seconds to play, and after an officials' timeout to sort out a clock problem, the Hawks had one more shot to tie the score. Steve Bevilaqua got a feed from Ryan Palumbo, got a good look from the left of the lane, launched a shot at the buzzer and hit the rim.

"If we have another game with them, I think it will be a great game," Thomas said.

NORTH KINGSTOWN (55): Robert Hazard 3 0-0 8, Robbie Walkler-Willians 1 0-0 2, Tom DeCiantis 4 3-4 15, Derryck Kilgore 7 2-4 16, James Factor 1 3-4 8, Tom Stacom 1 1-1 4, Ben Scott 1 0-1 2. Totals 19 9-16 55. BISHOP HENDRICKEN (52): Ryan Palumbo 2 2-4 6, Nick Manning 6 1-2 13, Bryan Vachon 8 1-1 19, Connor McMullen 2 1-2 5, Sam Morgan 2 0-2 4, Tim Lyons 1 0-0 2, Jorge Mercado 1 0-1 2. Totals 22 5-12 52. 3-point field goals: NK Hazard 2, DeCiantis 4, Factor, Stacom; BH Vachon 2. Halftime, NK 22-20. JV BH 54-46.

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