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April 27, 2007

Rebel girls on winning "track"

The South Kingstown girls outdoor track team followed up its Class B win at the Injury Fund Carnival with dual-meet victories this week over East Greenwich and Exeter/West Greenwich.

Rebels coach Joyce Harvey reports:
Candace Hazard, who was on the winning long jump Injury Fund team, won the 100, 200, long jump and was on the winning 4x100. Amanda Norman, who was on the winning 4

La Salle girls DMR sets state mark at Penn Relays

This update from former ProJo high school writer Bob Leddy on the Penn Relays: New state record in the girls' distance medley relay. The La Salle team of Jeanne Mack, Nicole Cocozza, Jean Christensen and Lauren Cardarelli finished fifth out of 18 teams with a time of 12:02.15. This betters the O.R. time, set earlier this month, by Westerly of 12:08.92. More as it comes. . . .

Today's postponements

Here, belatedly, is the list. Reschedule dates are in parentheses, where known.

Baseball
Toll Gate at Tiverton
Coventry at East Providence
West Warwick at Lincoln
Hendricken at Rogers
Warwick Vets at Moses Brown (tomorrow, 3:30 p.m.)
North Kingstown at La Salle (Monday, 3:45 p.m.)
Westerly at Cumberland (Monday, 4 p.m.)
Cranston East at Middletown (Monday, 4 p.m.)
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April 26, 2007

More updates on local high school Penn Relay entrants

Larry Byrne provides more updates on local high school track teams entered in this weekend's Penn Relays:

The assignments to the various 4x100m and 4x400 relay events at Penn have been announced, as follows...

Thursday, April 26th
11:10 AM HSGirls-Small Schools-4x100m heats -- Hope

3:25 PM HSGirls 4x400 Sect. 38
A Hope Providence, RI
B Jackson Mem

Captains Evasick and Iwamoto lead EG boys track to double win

East Greenwich boys outdoor track coach Paul Evasick writes in to report that his Avengers defeated both Westerly and Prout in yesterday's dual meet.

They posted scores of - EG 91, Westerly 49 and EG 117, Prout 21- on the strength of ``Two outstanding performances by a pair of junior Captains: Wes Evasick winning all four events he was in - 4x100 relay, 110High Hurdles in 16.5, 300 Intermediate hurdle

April 23, 2007

Track athletes run to elderly woman's aid

In last week's News & Notes, USA Track & Field passed along this story about a group of heroic high school athletes, first reported by the Associated Press:

Four athletes ran from a high school track and field meet Thursday to successfully rescue an elderly woman from a burning home in West Philadelphia, according to the Associated Press.

Across the street from the competition between West Philadelphia and Germantown High black

April 20, 2007

Cox Sports Television announces Spring Varsity Zone schedule

Cox Sports Television will kick off its Spring Varsity Zone schedule with the airing of the baseball matchup between Woonsocket and Cumberland on Sunday at 7 p.m.

Here's more on its plans for the season:

Cox Sports Television (Cox channel 3) has announced the 2007 spring lineup for Varsity Zone, which features coverage of a variety of Rhode Island high school athletics. More than a half dozen games, including baseball, softball

Hope to test its mettle at this weekend's New York Relays

Another track report from Larry Byrne on Hope's plans for this weekend:

Hi all

In reviewing the entries for the NY Relays, I discovered that Hope HS has entered both Boys and Girls, no doubt in the 4x100m [they call it a 400m relay], as follows:

New York Relays - April 20-21, 2007 - Icahn Stadium, Randall's Island, NYC
Saturday, April 22 - Running Events
11:05 Varsity Girls 400 Meter Rel

April 18, 2007

Wednesday's postponements

Here's the list. As always, makeup dates are in parentheses where known.

Baseball:
Central Falls at Johnston
Scituate at Davies
Exeter/West Greenwich at Juanita Sanchez
Mt. Hope at Mount Pleasant, (tomorrow, 4 p.m.)
Barrington at Middletown, (tomorrow, 4 p.m.)
La Salle at Woonsocket, (Friday, 3 p.m.)
Shea at Mount St. Charles, (Saturday, 1 p.m.)
Classical at Fatima, (Satu

April 17, 2007

Tuesday's postponements

Here's the list. Makeup dates are in parentheses where they are known.

Baseball
Cumberland at Lincoln
Cranston East at Hendricken
Toll Gate at Pilgrim (tomorrow, 11 a.m.)
East Greenwich at North Kingstown (tomorrow, 11 a.m.)
La Salle at Woonsocket (tomorrow, 3 p.m.)
St. Raphael at Smithfield (Thursday, 11 a.m.)
Burrillville at Scituate (Thursday, noon)
Rogers at Portsmout

La Salle girls selected to race in Penn Relays 4x800

Another update from Larry Byrne on the upcoming Penn Relays:

Hi all

The Penn Relays Office announced this morning the HS teams that have been selected for the Boys and Girls 4x800m [sections] and the "one-race" championship DMR relay.

Among the 15 teams selected for the prestigious HS Girls Distance Medley Relay to be held at 6:20 p.m. on Thursday, April 26th is our own LA SALLE ACADEMY of Providence,

April 16, 2007

Today's postponements

Here's the list. Where known, the reschedule date is in parentheses.

Baseball:Woonsocket at Coventry
Mount Pleasant at PCD
Central at Fatima
Burrillville at Scituate, tomorrow, 11 a.m.
Exeter/West Greenwich at Mt. Hope
Juanita Sanchez at Hope, Thursday, 10:30 a.m.
Mount St. Charles at Ponaganset, Thursday, 11 a.m.
Shea at Central Falls, Thursday, 11 a.m.
Classical at Prou

April 12, 2007

Winter All-States coming out tonight

Over 80 high school athletes from 10 winter sports teams will be profiled in the Providence Journal's All-States sports section.

The special All-States section will be published Friday in the newspaper and by 6 p.m. tonight online.

The announcement of the Journal's All-State selections has been a Rhode Island tradition since 1945.

And since the early 1990s, the Journal

Updated: Today's postponements

Here's the updated list. When known, the makeup dates are in parentheses:

Baseball
PCD at Hope, tomorrow, 4
Classical at Exeter/West Greenwich
Portsmouth at Barrington
Prout at Central, tomorrow, 4
Mt. Hope at Juanita Sanchez
Davies at Ponaganset, tomorrow, 3:30
Johnston at Burrillville, tomorrow, 3:30
Scituate at Shea, May 7, 3:45
Tolman at Central Falls, tomorrow,

Local invitees to Penn Relays announced

Longtime high school track aficionado Larry Byrne provides this update on local athletes who have been accepted to compete at the upcoming Penn Relays:

Hi all

The Penn Relays Office announced today those HS athletes accepted for the individual events during their three-day "Carnival" - April 26-28 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Only two RI entries were selected...Andrew Palumbo, Bishop Hendrick

April 6, 2007

High school parent says ``Thank you, Mr. Dwyer''

I read your article on the Injury Fund. I did not realize that RI is the only state that has one. My family was helped by the Injury Fund. Last year my son broke his wrist in a high school baseball game. I would like to say thank you to Mr. Dwyer for his help and wish him good luck in his "retirement". Please pass this on to him.

Mary Piccolo

April 5, 2007

Coventry's Silva organizes Injury Fund softball tournament

Needing to complete a ``capstone project’’ as part of her graduation requirements at Coventry High School, junior Erin Silva decided to organize an Injury Fund softball tournament, which will be held tomorrow beginning at 8:30 a.m. with 12 teams participating.

``A lot of kids use the job fair or career shadowing for their project,’’ said Silva, who plays both softball and volleyball at Coventry. ``But I saw this as rea

Winter All-States coming April 13

The Providence Journal and projo.com present our winter All-State selections on Friday, April 13. More than 80 first-team All-State selections in 10 sports will be profiled, while second-team and coaches association All-Division selections will be listed.

April 4, 2007

Most events today postponed

Most high school sports events scheduled for today have been postponed because of the weather. Here's the full list as of 2:45 p.m.:

Baseball
Exeter/West Greenwich at Mount Pleasant (tomorrow, 4 p.m.)
Hope at Prout (tomorrow, 4 p.m.)
Johnston at Tolman (Friday, 11 a.m.)
Shea at Ponaganset
North Smithfield at Scituate (April 13, 3:45 p.m.)
Classical at Mt. Hope (Friday, 10 a.m.)