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March 29, 2007

Pole vault certification reminder

Bill Haberek wants to remind fellow outdoor track coaches that there will be a clinic for pole vault certification, Saturday at 2 p.m. at Cranston West .

March 28, 2007

North Kingstown takes third at New England Gymnastics Championships

Congratulations to the North Kingstown gymnastics team are in order.

The Skippers placed third at the 2007 New England High School Gymnastics Championships, held earlier this month at Jonathan Law High School in Milford, Conn.

Southington (Conn.) High School captured the team title with 152.825 points, followed by Killingly, Conn. in second.

Represented by Jennifer Chamberlain, Jacqueline Siatti, Tiphani Comen

March 26, 2007

La Salle grad wins an NCAA title

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AP photo / Mia Malafronte
Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell welcomes the Division II women's champions on Sunday as they return to New Haven after Saturday's championship game in Kearney, Neb.

La Salle graduate Katie Lynch scored 14 points and pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds on Saturday as the Southern Connecticut Stat

March 22, 2007

U.S. High School Weight Throw Performance List

U.S. High School rankings through March 15, courtesy of Bob Gourley:

U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 25# WEIGHT THROW

NATIONAL RECORD

Walter Henning - St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY - 86'05.50" 2007 N

CLASS RECORDS

Wes Wright FR Villa Rica, GA 63'06.25" 05

Cox Sports Television to air Division I Boys' Hockey final

Cox Sports Television releases its plans to televise the RIIL hockey playoffs:

Cox Sports Television (Cox Channel 3) will air exclusive coverage of the upcoming Division I Boys’ Hockey Championship series from Providence College’s Schneider Arena.

Defending state champion Bishop Hendricken will take on Mount St. Charles in the best-of-three Division I Championship series beginning on Friday, March 23. The series con

March 21, 2007

Rothenberg, Boemker and Alieniello to be inducted into R.I. Track & Field Hall of Fame

The Rhode Island Track Coaches' Association plans to induct Anne Rothenberg, Ron Boemker and Paul Alieniello into the Rhode Island Track & Field Hall of Fame at tonight's Boys Indoor Track Awards Banquet, which will be held at the West Valley Inn in West Warwick.

Click here to see a list of past inductees:

March 20, 2007

Fights break out at Cumberland-Smithfield game

WOONSOCKET – A 17-year-old Cumberland student faces a juvenile hearing on a disorderly conduct charge for his involvement in fights that broke out last night at the Mount St. Charles hockey arena during the boys hockey playoffs.

Tensions between Cumberland and Smithfield hockey fans flared around 9:45 p.m., after the second period of the hockey game, Woonsocket Lt. Timothy S. Paul said this morning.

A parent first reported to

March 16, 2007

Updated: High school hockey playoffs postponed

All eight of tonight's scheduled high school ice hockey playoff games have been postponed because of the weather. We'll have more information later today.

The first games in each series will now be played tomorrow night. Second games will be played Monday, and the third game of each series, where it is necessary, will be Tuesday.

March 13, 2007

RIBCA Boys Basketball All-Star Game March 14

The 5th Annual Rhode Island Basketball Coaches Association All-Star games will be held Wednesday, March 14, at Rhode Island College. The Federico All-Stars will batlle the Hassett All-Stars at 6 p.m. and the Farley All-Stars will take on the Lynch All-Stars at 7:30 p.m.
There will be a slam dunk and 3-point contest after the second game.

Federico All Stars
Head Coach: Jim Psaras (Rogers)

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March 12, 2007

Three indoor records fall over the weekend

Some outstanding weekend track results to report, courtesy of former Journal sports writer Bob Leddy:

Three Rhode Island indoor records were broken over the weekend at the National Scholastic Track Championships at the Armory Track & Field Center, New York City.

The Classical girls’ 4x200-meter relay, finishing third in their heat, broke their own mark (1:45.89) with a time of 1 minute, 45.32 seconds.

Dick Reynolds sportsmanship award nominations

The Providence Journal and the Rhode Island Interscholastic League are accepting nominations from high school coaches and officials through March 28 for the Dick Reynolds Sportsmanship Awards. The award goes to one boys team and one girls team each season.

Winter recipients will be announced April 13, when The Providence Journal and projo.com reveal winter sports All-State teams.

To request a nomination form, call The Journal's

Flowers wins national title

Classical's Victoria Flowers won the national championship in the girls 20-pound weight throw yesterday at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships held at the Armory Track and Field Center in Manhattan, N.Y. Flowers won the event with a throw of 58-1.25 (17.71 meters).

March 9, 2007

Cox Sports Television to Air Credit Union Classic Division I Boys’ & Division I Girls’ Basketball Championships

Cox Communications provides these details on its coverage of this weekend's high school basketball playoffs:

Cox Sports Television (Cox Channel 3) will air exclusive coverage of the upcoming Credit Union Classic Division I Boys’ and Division I Girls’ Basketball Championships from the University of Rhode Island’s Ryan Center.

Coverage of the Division I Championships will air taped delayed on CST. Watch the Division I

Two national indoor track events to be held this weekend

The 2007 National Scholastic Indoor Championships will be held March 9-11 at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City. The meet will feature high school athletes from at least 32 states including World Junior Team USA members Walter Henning, who will be competing in the men's weight throw, and Tori Anthony in the women's pole vault. 2006 World Junior 4x100m gold medalists Gabby Mayo an

Girls basketball championship capsules

Division I: Bay View vs. La SalleBAY VIEW

Bay View
Record: League Overall 15-3
Top Scorers
Player Class Position Ht. PPG RPG
Brittany Wilson Jr. F 5-9 16.0 11.0
Kashaia Cannon Jr. G. 5-7 12.0 5.0
Eileen Marran Sr. F 5-8 4.0 6.0
Olivia Pezzullo Sr. G 5-4 6.0 2.0
Jessica Battista Jr. G 5-7 8.0 2.0
Q: What does your team need to do to be

Boys basketball championship capsules

DIVISION I: Hendricken vs. Hope

Hendricken
Record: League -15-3; Overall 21-5
Leading Scorers
Player Class Position Ht PPG RPG
David Rufful Sr. F. 6-4 19.0 12.0
Brendan Degnan Jr. G 6-0 16.0 2.0
Brendan O'Brien Sr. C 6-5 9.0 7.0
Billy Baron So G 6-0 9.0 2.0
Q: What does your team need to do to be successful in the Championship Game?
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March 5, 2007

Times changed for DIII Girls Basketball Semifinals

The times for tonight's Division III Girls Basketball semifinals have been changed.

Central Falls and Fatima will play the first game at 6:30 p.m. at Rhode Island College, and Mount Pleasant and Hope will play at 8.