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The Hendricken boys outdoor track team turned what their coach predicted would be a clos

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Last Saturday’s R.I. Interscholastic League Class C Championship marked the end of a long drought for the Portsmouth boys outdoor track team.

After coming ``very, very close’’ last year, only to finish second to Classical, the Patriots came out on top this time, winning their first Class C crown since 1991.

``So for us, this was a very

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The Smithfield girls outdoor track team is ``probably the largest and deepest’’ squad John Marchand has had an opportunity to coach in his 15 years at the Sentinels’ helm.

On Saturday, that depth translated into a decisive victory at the R.I. Interscholastic League Class C Championships at Middletown High School.

Posting 20 top-3

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Javelin thrower Taylor Marge contributed to the Rebels' success.

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Sporting a nearly perfect record (9-1) and not far from clinching the regular-season title, the defending state champion Tolman slow-pitch softball team appears to be in great shape entering the home stretch.

Junior co-captain Shana Girouard, the Tigers' third baseman, and senior left center fielder Amanda Tremblay, also a captain, took some time this week to share their thoughts with The Providence Jo

>> Continue reading: Q&A with Tolman softball captains Shana Girouard and Amanda Tremblay

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Carolyn Thornton has been working at The Providence Journal for 17 years, covering everything from high school and collegiate sports, to all of New England’s major professional teams, to Super Bowl XXXVIII, to the Ryder Cup, to three Olympic Games.

A former All-State softball and All-Division basketball player, at Johnston High School --where she was also a member of the cross-country team -- Carolyn went on to become a three-time All-

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For those of you who feel that private schools sometimes bend the rules in their attempt to attract the state's best student-athletes, take a look at how bad it has gotten down in Florida.

Feeling that present transfer rules had resulted in the state’s most talented athletes being turned into ``free agents,’’ the Florida High School Athletic Association adopted a new policy in January that would tie a student’s athletic eligibility to

>> Continue reading: High School Recruiting, Florida Style

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