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Projo.com will have photo galleries from tonight's playoff games between North Providence and Classical, and South Kingstown and Shea.
Tomorrow, we'll have stories on the Division I games between East Providence and North Kingstown, and Hendricken and La Salle, as well as the Division II game between South Kingstown and Shea.
Tonight, we'll post scores as we get them on the high school
WHAT HAPPENED: The Rebels rode the running of Greg Hanna and a defense that held North Kingstown to just two first downs in the second half.
STARS OF THE GAME: Hanna had four touchdown runs, and Nathan Dubois returned an interception for a touchdown for South Kingstown.
SERIES NOW STANDS: South Kingstown leads, 4-3
South Kingstown 12 0 22 0 - 34
North Kingst
WHAT HAPPENED: After being held scoreless in the first half, Cranston East scored two touchdowns in the second to pick up the victory.
STAR OF THE GAME: Jon Pirolli rushed for more than 100 yards and both 'Bolt touchdowns, and added two interceptions on defense.
SERIES NOW STANDS: Cranston West leads, 19-17
Cranston East 0 0 7 7 - 14
Cranston West 3 0 0
La Salle 0 2 0 6 - 8
East Providence 0 6 0 6 - 12
East Providence scoring: Touchdowns -- Isaac Spivey (5 pass from Nate Lovett); Jess Blakely (recovered blocked punt in end zone).
La Salle scoring: Touchdowns -- John Sullivan (1 run). Safety -- East Providence punt snapped out of end zone.
WHAT HAPPENED: St. Raphael opened with an eight-minute touchdown drive, culminating on Hershel Williams scoring run on a third-and-10 play.
STARS OF THE GAME: Williams and Jake Ober combined for 195 yards rushing for the Saints.
SERIES NOW STANDS: This was the first game of this Thanksgiving series.
St. Raphael 14 0 0 6 - 20
Rogers 0 0 0 0 - 0
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WHAT HAPPENED: The Mariners shut out the Avengers in the second half after trailing by a point at halftime.
STAR OF THE GAME: John Stone's 8-yard touchdown run made the difference.
SERIES NOW STANDS: Narragansett leads, 4-3.
East Greenwich 0 7 0 0 - 7
Narragansett 6 0 6 0 - 12
Narragansett scoring: touchdowns -- Michael Millen (1 run), John Sto
WHAT HAPPENED: The Broncos shut out the Chieftains until the final quarter. The two quarterbacks, Steve Hauser of Burrillville and Pat Fogarty of Ponaganset, received the two $1,000 Bradley LaFontaine scholarships that are awarded every year to each team.
STARS OF THE GAME: Brett Hereth caught five passes for 95 yards and a touchdown, and also had an interception for Burrillville. He was named Most Valuable Player of the
WHAT HAPPENED: The Huskies broke a multi-year skid to even the all-time series in front of their home crowd.
STAR OF THE GAME: Mike Borges ran for a 44 yard touchdown and caught a 46-yarder to lead the Mt. Hope attack. Borges was named Most Valuable Player for Mt. Hope, and Riley O'Connell won the designation for Barrington.
SERIES NOW STANDS: Tied at 7 wins apiece.
WHAT HAPPENED: The Bulldogs scored 14 points in the final quarter to pull this back-and-forth rivalry closer to even.
STARS OF THE GAME: Westerly's James Lathrop rushed for three touchdowns and more than 100 yards, putting him over 1,000 yards for the season. John Connelly accounted for all 14 Stonington points.
SERIES NOW STANDS: Stonington leads, 66-64-17
SCOR
WHAT HAPPENED: The Wizards shut out the Oakers to continue their domination of this Turkey Day rivalry.
STAR OF THE GAME: Rob Parent rushed for both West Warwick touchdowns.
SERIES NOW STANDS: West Warwick leads, 34-9-2
WHAT HAPPENED: The Lions broke a close game open by scoring 16 unanswered points in the second half.
STARS OF THE GAME: Dave Allen rushed for touchdowns of 3 and 25 yards, and John Paradis returned a fumble 80 yards for another Lincoln score.
SERIES NOW STANDS: Tied at 1-1
SCORING:
Lincoln 8 0 6 8 - 22
Johnston
WHAT HAPPENED: The Cougars took the lead after three scoreless quarters on Ken DePault's run.
STARS OF THE GAME: DePault carried the ball 23 times for 132 yards on the game.
SERIES NOW STANDS: Smithfield leads series, 21-14-1
Smithfield 0 0 0 0 - 0
North Providence 0 0 0 6
Scoring: DePault 7-yard run
WHAT HAPPENED: North Smithfield jumped out to a 13-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back.
STARS OF THE GAME: Quarterback Josh Euglow put on a show. He scored twice, on runs of 50 and 12 yards; passed for a pair of touchdowns (20 yards to Pat Keenan and 13 yards to Ryan Pandolfi), and kicked four extra points.
SERIES NOW STANDS: North Smithfield, 1-0
The score is all we have so far; check back later for details.
-- Art Martone
East Providence altered the Division I playoff picture by defeating previously unbeaten La Salle, 12-8, in the rain and slop at Pierce Memorial Field today.
Both the Townies and the Rams finished the regular season with one loss, but East Providence will be the top seed in the playoffs by virtue of its head-to-head victory.
The semifinals will be played Tuesday night, with all four Super Bowls scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 2. >> Continue reading: East Providence 12, La Salle 8
Today's scheduled game between Exeter/West Greenwich and Chariho has been moved to tomorrow night at 6. The game is at Chariho.
Happy Thanksgiving morning!
Though the weather doesn't seem to be nearly as bad as the forecasters predicted -- as I write this in Cranston, it's not raining and the sky, while cloudy, is actually pretty bright -- there's one early postponement to announce. The Exeter/West Greenwich-at-Chariho game has been postponed to Friday night at 6 p.m.
Three other games -- Woonsocket at Cumberland (moved to 7 p.m. Friday), Pilgrim at War
Tomorrow's Toll-Gate-Bishop Hendricken game has been postponed to Friday at 2 p.m., according to the Web site of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League.
The annual Woonsocket vs. Cumberland Thanksgiving Day game has been postponed to Friday at 7 p.m. due to the forecast for rain tomorrow, Clipper AD Frank Geiselman reports. The game will be played at Tucker Field.
Tomorrow's weather forecast is not looking promising, but if your high school team ends up playing tomorrow, projo.com wants to report about it. High school coaches can begin call in results to (401) 277-7340, beginning at 1 p.m. tomorrow. We'll post the results and summaries on our High School Sports Blog as they come in, until 7 p.m. The blog will also have information about postpon
Tomorrow's rainy weather forecast has claimed its first football casualty. The annual Pilgrim-Warwick Vets game, scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow, has been moved to 6 Friday night, Vets athletic director Ken Rix reports.
Don't despair if you can't make it to the East Providence-La Salle football game Thanksgiving morning at Pierce Field. Cox Sports Teleivision plans to air live coverage of the game, beginning with a pre-game show at 9:30 a.m., as well as a rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
Cox Sports Television provides more details below:
Cox Sports Television (Cox channel 3) will provide live coverage of the Thanksgiving Day football game between East Pr
Projo.com is asking for fans' help in publishing photos from this week's Thanksgiving football contests. Beginning Wednesday night, we'll be featuring a special slideshow where you may post your own photos of your favorite team in action. You'll be able to find the slideshow on http://www.projo.com/highschool.
We'll also be posting dozens of our own photos from the La Salle-East Providence, East Greenwich-Narragansett and Johnston-Linc
High school coaches can call in the scores and summaries from their Thanksgiving morning contest early in the afternoon on Thursday, and the information will be posted on projo.com for fans to see, before dinner.
The phones will be open starting at 1 p.m. Call (401) 277-7340; if there is no answer, it means we're busy with other calls; please leave a message so that we can get back to you.
Without question, the annual meeting between East Providence and La Salle is the top attraction of this year's Thanksgiving schedule. But there will be the full complement of traditional rivalries across the state to enjoy.
Projo.com will post results and photo galleries Thursday afternoon and evening. We're planning to feature galleries from Eas
The Wheeler School field hockey team will hold its annual alumni game on Nov. 25 - the Saturday after Thanksgiving - at 10:30 a.m. at the Wheeler Farm fieldhouse. A luncheon will follow.
The game, which will be played indoors, will feature this year's Division II runner-up Warriors against past Wheeler players. Any and all former players are welcome to participate, says coach Jean Car
Student-athletes who are considering a career in sports medicine today may be amazed at just how vast the field has become.
While the primary sports medicine team consists of the coach, the athletic trainer and the team physician, says Kai Aboulian, ''sports medicine has become a generic term that encompasses many different areas of sports, related to both performance and injury.
Sandy Collins writes in to say:
"There will be a run (not a race) on Thanksgiving morning at 6:45 a.m. called the "Panther Run".The run starts at Plainfield High School, Rt.12 Central Village, Conn. and finishes at their annual "Panther Plunge" location, Moosup Pond.
A 3.8 mile run.
A pledge of $20.00 or more gets you into the run. Medals are given to the top 20 finishers.The proceeds for this event go to th
Good morning. Someone wrote in inquiring about the full results of the New England Cross Country Championships. If you scroll down, the high school blog entry entitled: "N.H. girls state XC champ Griffin captures N.E. title" includes the girls results, and the blog entry entitled: "Conn. boys state XC champ Cabral also wins N.E. crown" includes the boys results.
Congratulations are in order for Keven O'Neil and Peter Dion, recipients of this year's Larry Gallogly Awards.
O'Neil, coach of the state champion North Kingstown girls cross country team, was selected by his peers as the Girls' Coach of the Year.
Dion, who helped resurrect the boys' cross country program at East Greenwich several years ago, was honored as the Boys' Coach of the Year.
>> Continue reading: O'Neil, Dion named Girls' and Boys' Coaches of the Year
Sid Griffin, the Class B champion and third-place finisher at the state cross country meet, added to an already extremely successful sophomore season by becoming the first Rhode Island boy at the New England Interscholastic Cross Country Championships.
After falling short of its goal of winning a record six-straight state championships last fall, the North Kingstown girls cross country team was definitely refocused this season.
The Skippers added a seventh title to their string of Class A Championships, won their sixth state crown in seven years, then capped it off with their third runner-up finish in the last six years at yesterday’s New England Championships.
Contributing
In preparing for yesterday’s 72nd New England Interscholastic Cross Country Championships at Ponaganset High School, North Kingstown boys coach Paul Tetreault says he borrowed a page out of the playbook of legendary high school coach Joe Newton.
The York (Ill.) High School coach, whose teams have won upwards of 26 state titles on a course that includes a 90-degree turn shortly after the start, holds hi
The top Rhode Island team at last year’s New England Cross Country Championships in Thetford, Vt. _ where it finished second to Amity, Conn. with the help of Tom Webb’s individual victory _ Hendricken fell victim to a pileup just 30 seconds into yesterday's race, held at Ponaganset High School, and went on to place a disappointing14th.
One of the teams lined up to the left on the starting line, the Hawks got caught in a logjam where ru
Less than a week after completing a rare sweep of both the boys and girls’ state titles, the North Kingstown cross country teams proved they are also among the best in the region, at the 72nd annual New England Interscholastic Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country Championships, held yesterday at Ponaganset High School.
Though unable to run as a pack the way it did so successfully en route to its seventh-straight Class A championship and its
Journal photo / Carolyn Thornton
Georgia Griffin
Most coaches wouldn't suggest that spending the summer in the pool is the best way to prepare for a cross c
Journal photo / Carolyn Thornton
Eventual winner Donald Cabral (bib #392) in first mile of the race
The Hope Blue Wave are Division I boys soccer champions, after beating the Mt. Hope Huskies, 2-1, in dramatic fashion this afternoon.
Winston Smith scored the game-winner with less than a minute to play, kicking the ball past Mt. Hope goalie Patrick MacGovern, who lost his footing on the play, from the right post in the closing seconds.
We'll have a slideshow late tonight and a full game story tomorrow.
Apparently Ashley Choiniere does have some company when it comes to doing flip throw-ins.
No coach or official who was asked at last night's Division I girls soccer final between Scituate and La Salle could recall any other female player competing in the Interscholastic League this season who executes their throw-ins as the Spartans' junior midfielder does, by performing a front handspring to gain more momentum and con
Kayla Dellefratte's goal just 1 minute and 29 seconds into the game was all Scituate would need, as the Spartans upset five-time defending champion La Salle, 1-0, in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Girls Division I final of the MetLife Auto & Home Soccer Classic tonight at Rhode Island College.
Scituate goalie Erica Florenz was named the tournament MVP for her 10-save performance.
With lots of rain in the forecast for the end of the weekend, the Rhode Island Interscholastic League has decided to reschedule three girls soccer finals from Sunday afternoon to Saturday. Tonight's Division I final between La Salle and Scituate will take place as scheduled, as will the three boys soccer finals scheduled for tomorrow.
Here is the new girls soccer schedule for Saturday. All games are at Pierce Stadium in East Providence
The region's top cross country runners, including Rhode Island's best, will be heading to Glocester tomorrow morning for the New England High School Cross Country Championships, which will be held at Ponaganset High School's Covered Bridge Trail.
The boys' race is set to go off at 11:30 a.m., followed by the girls' race at 12:30 p.m.
The North Kingstown girls, who regained the state crown last Sunday by placing 5 runners in the
Mt. Hope has upset six-time defending state champion La Salle and will move to the Division I finals on Saturday against Hope.
The Huskies got two goals and an assist from Michael Petriarca. They led 1-0 at halftime, took a 2-0 lead in the second half, and held on for the victory.
Earlier tonight, Hope beat Barrington, 3-2, on penalty kicks.
Mt. Hope and Hope will go at it at 2 p.m. Saturday from Rhode Island College. >> Continue reading: La Salle dethroned
The Blue Wave of Hope High School just defeated Barrington on penalty kicks in a marathon boys soccer semifinal game at Hendricken High School.
It took 13 penalty kicks after two scoreless, 10-minute overtimes for Hope to finally ice the game. With the score tied at 2-2, Blue Wave goalie Juan Velez made a diving, two-handed save on a shot by the Eagles' Ian McGarty. Joao Moreno then scored on the 13th kick to secure the victory.
The expanded Division II playoffs begin this weekend with four quarterfinal games. On Friday, it will be Westerly (3-4) visiting Shea (7-0) at 6 p.m., and South Kingstown (5-2) visiting Warwick Vets (6-1) at 7.
On Saturday, Chariho (6-1) hosts Toll Gate (4-3), while Burrillville (5-2) visits Cranston East (6-1). Both games begin at 6.
In Division I, the fourth and final playoff seed may be on the line when North Kingstown (4-3)
The Providence Journal is covering tonight's Division I boys soccer semifinals at Bishop Hendricken High School, and we'll post a summary on projo.com immediately after the games end.
The first semifinal, at 5 p.m., pits Hope (12-4-4) against Barrington (9-8-3). In the second game, scheduled for a 7 p.m. start, it will be La Salle (14-4-1) against Mt. Hope (9-9-2).
Projo.com will have full coverage tomorrow with reporting from
The Associated Press is reporting strange goings-on in North Carolina, where part of a speech by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels was read over a loudspeaker before a high school soccer game.
Click below to read the AP story
Six boys soccer playoff games and two girls soccer playoff games have been postponed tonight due to weather.
All of the postponed games will be made up tomorrow. The schedule:
Division I boys semifinals at Hendricken: Barrington vs. Hope, 5 p.m.; Mt. Hope vs. La Salle, 7 p.m.
Division II boys semifinals at Cranston Stadium: Pilgrim vs. Central, 5 p.m.; Cranston East vs. Tiverton, 7 p.m.m
Division III boys semifinals at
The Tiverton Tigers jumped out to a 3-0 halftime lead and cruised from there for a 4-1 victory over Johnston in the Division III girls soccer semifinals.
Tiverton got goals from four different players. The Tigers will meet the winner of tonight's Lincoln-Classical matchup in the state finals, Sunday at 12:30 in East Providence.
Both of tonight's games in Division III are at La Salle Academy.
Behind two hat-trick performances, Scituate's girls soccer team defeated North Kingstown tonight, 6-2, and advances to play La Salle in the Division I finals.
Scituate got three goals each from Ashley Choiniere and Emily Miller. Andrea Wilson scored both North Kingstown goals.
Earlier tonight, La Salle defeated Mt. Hope, 2-0.
The final is 7 p.m. Friday at Rhode Island College.
Pick up tomorrow's Journal for Rob
Freshman forward Daria Capaldi scored both goals as the La Salle Rams defeated Mt. Hope, 2-0, in tonight's Division I girls soccer semifinal.
After a scoreless first half, Capaldi scored off a corner kick from Alyssa Peckham in the 45th minute. She quickly added an unassisted goal in the 47th minute.
La Salle will play the winner of the nightcap between North Kingstown and Scituate. Projo.com will report that score when the gam
Journal photo / Carolyn Thornton
Stephanie Beaudette and Carol (Skalak) Beaudette
Apparently some All-State harriers of yesteryear have been passing their talented running genes on to the next generation
After finishing second to teammate Jeanne Mack at last week's Class A meet, sophomore Jean Christensen reversed the roles, taking first at today's Rhode Island Interscholastic League Girls Cross Country State Championship with a time of 18:44.45.
But North Kingstown took the next four spots, as well as the 10th position, led by Allie Stasiuk's third-place finish of 19:16.33, to regain
One week after capturing the Class A title, Hendricken's Andrew Palumbo added the state crown to his resume, taking first place at the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Cross Country State Championship with a time of 16:04.45 today at Ponaganset High School.
Meanwhile, Brandon Burns' runner-up finish of 16:11.30 helped North Kingstown secure its first state team title since 1990.
The North Cumberland Middle School girls cross country team relied on its great depth to capture the Middle School State Championship, last Thursday at Goddard State Park in Warwick.
Running under first-year head coach Kerrie Carpenter, North Cumberland defeated Barrington Middle School, which had lost just one meet in two years, 43-81, en route to the title.
With just 5 seconds separating the 2nd- and 6th-plac
Alexandra Bicki broke a scoreless tie with the first of her two goals at 14:28 of the second period, as Moses Brown put the finishing touches on its undefeated season by posting a 3-0 victory over Wheeler in the title game of the RIIL Division II Field Hockey Championship tonight at Bryant University.
Lucy Rosenbaum had a goal and an assist in the win, which pushed the Quakers' record to 18-0. >> Continue reading: Undefeated Quakers capture Division II field hockey title
Tournament MVP Julie Ruggieri scored twice and assisted on another goal, as Barrington capped off a perfect season by successfully defending its state title with a 5-0 victory over Tiverton in the title game of the RILL Division I Field Hockey Championship today at Bryant University.
Hillary Anderson and Casie Genetti scored within less than a minute of each other to give the 18-0 Eagl
Cox Sports TV (Ch. 3) will air the R.I. Interscholastic League Division I Field Hockey championships on Varsity Zone this Sunday at 7 p.m.
The game will also be available on Cox Local on Demand though Nov. 11.
The Division I battle at La Salle Academy between the Rams and the Hendricken Hawks is obviously the highlight of this weekend's football schedule.
But there are other games of note this weekend. In Division II-B, second place will be on the line when Cranston East (4-1, 5-3) visits South Kingstown (5-1, 6-2).
In Division II-A, Tolman (3-3, 4-4) will try to slow down Warwick Vets (5-1, 7-1) on the road. The Hurricanes are tied
Tiverton, which limped into the playoffs having lost its last six straight games, collected its third improbable postseason victory in tonight's Division I semifinal. Tiverton will now face undefeated Barrington in Saturday's final.
Tiverton defeated Lincoln, 1-0, on a goal by Liz DeMello at 12:07 of the second period. Earlier tonight, Barrington eliminated North Kingstown, 1-0, in triple overtime.
-Reports by Carolyn Thornton<
The undefeated Barrington Eagles field hockey team kept their perfect season alive tonight with a 1-0, triple-overtime win over North Kingstown.
The Eagles got the game-winning goal at 6:21 of the third overtime from Julie Ruggieri. The two teams played 60 minutes of regulation, plus two 10-minute overtimes without scoring, before Ruggieri scored in the 87th minute of play.
North Kingstown goalie Melissa Barry made an amazing
Projo.com's high school blog will post results from tonight's Division I field hockey semifinals soon after the games are over. Carolyn Thornton will be covering the games for tomorrow's paper, and Ruben Perez will be shooting photos for an image gallery.
It will be undefeated Barrington taking on North Kingstown at 6 tonight, and upstart Tiverton taking on Lincoln at 8. Both games are at Bryant University.
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