Reading last December's sports feature on former Mount Pleasant All-State football player Joe McOsker inspired Warwick's Noel Vient to take a trip down memory lane. A former All-Stater himself, Vient also played in the 1944 Rhode Island Interscholastic All-Star Football Game.

He shares these reminiscences:
"I enjoyed the article on Joe McOsker and the All Star Football Game as I also played in th

>> Continue reading: Former football star takes walk down memory lane

Posted by Carolyn Thornton  at 11:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

With the spring sports season just a few months away, Portsmouth is still in search of a new girls lacrosse coach. The Patriots' previous coach, Megan Sullivan, stepped down after having a baby last year, said Portsmouth athletic director Mike Lunney. He is eager to find a qualified candidate to keep the program going strong.

Click here for more details and how to apply.

>> Continue reading: Portsmouth seeking girls lax coach

Posted by Carolyn Thornton  at 4:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Rob Lee is in Barrington today to cover the clash of the Hendricken and Barrington boys swim teams -- both come into the day at 6-0. Click here to read what John Gillooly said recently about the threat that Barrington poses to >> Continue reading: GameDay Friday: Water, Land and Ice

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 3:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Thursday morning, we'll have a photo gallery and Rob Lee's story from tonight's boys basketball game pitting North Providence (5-2 division, 5-3 overall) and Classical (6-1, 10-1), in which first place is on the line in Division II North.

Rob will also have a basketball column.

>> Continue reading: Hoops Thursday on projo GameDay

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 3:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Check out projo GameDay on Wednesday for Carolyn Thornton's profile of Bay View freshman running star Stephanie Beaudette, who trains with her mother, a former Central Falls All-Stater.

Carolyn will also be writing about Tuesday afternoon's Division III girls basketball matchup between first-place Mount Pleasant (4-0

>> Continue reading: Bay View runner featured Wednesday in GameDay

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 3:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

North Kingstown All-Staters Brandon Burns and Siobhan Breagy will be competing against the region's best at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games next weekend.

Barbara Huebner provides more details about the event, slated for Jan. 27 at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College:

Kim Smith, Marie Davenport and Mary Cullen will be among the lineup of world

>> Continue reading: Burns, Breagy to compete against the best at Reebok Boston Indoor Games

Posted by Carolyn Thornton  at 9:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Brandon Burns of North Kingstown and Hendricken's Andrew Palumbo have both earned invitations to run the high school mile at the prestigious Millrose Games.

Former Journal sports writer Bob Leddy provides this report on how they and other Rhode Island high schoolers fared at the Yale and New Balance meets on Saturday:

On the strength of their performances at separate

>> Continue reading: Burns, Palumbo invited to run Millrose high school mile

Posted by Carolyn Thornton  at 12:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Cox Sports TV announces that select basketball games from The V Foundation Invitational, which will be held this weekend at St Andrew's, will air on Varsity Zone on Cox Sports TV, Monday, Jan. 22, beginning at 7 p.m.

CST will feature St. Andrew's in two games, against Winchendon at 7:30 p.m. followed by St. Andrew's vs. Our Savior New American from New York at 8:45 p.m.

Providence Journal sports writer Kevin MacNamara

>> Continue reading: Varsity Zone to air V Foundation Invitational