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May 31, 2008

Moses Brown girls lax claims Division I state title

Chloe Schmitz racked up five goals and an assist, while teammates Leah Saris and Jessica Rubine each scored a hat-trick, in leading Moses Brown to a 14-9 victory over Barrington in the RIIL Division I Girls Lacrosse Championship at RIC.

Scituate captures D2 girls lax title behind Corsi’s four goals

Sophomore Katherine Corsi scored four second-half goals, including one at 13:05 that put Scituate up for good, as the Spartans defeated Bay View, 8-6, in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II Girls Lacrosse Championship at Rhode Island College.

Whiting, Teixeira pace Mt. Hope to IA Girls Lax title

R.I. Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse Player of the Game Kayla Whiting netted five goals and Ariel Teixeira contributed three in leading Mt. Hope to an 11-7 victory over Cranston West in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IA Girls Lacrosse Championship this afternoon at Rhode Island College.

May 30, 2008

Kirylo no-hitter paces Tolman to Game One victory over Scituate in D3 softball finals

Macayla Kirylo tossed her seventh no-hitter of the season, as Tolman posted a 5-2 victory over Scituate in Game One of the Division III finals of the Amica Insurance Rhode Island Interscholastic League Softball Championships, yesterday at the Dayna A. Bazar Softball Complex at Rhode Island College.

Although Kirylo did not give up any hits, she did have some control issues, especially early on, finishing with 10 walks. Scituate capitali

May 28, 2008

La Salle freshman becomes first girl to win state golf title

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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach
State golf champion Juliet Vongphoumy gets a hug from her mother, Khingthong Vongphoumy, as her fater, Sinpaseuth Vongphoumy, looks on today.

By JOHN GILLOOLY
Journal Sports Writer

CRANSTON - Juliet Vongphoumy became the first girl to win the Rhode Island Interscho

May 27, 2008

Barrington captures sixth state golf title in seven years

Edging Bishop Hendricken by one stroke on the first playoff hole, Barrington captured its sixth R.I. Interscholastic League Golf State Team Championship in seven years, its 20th overall, today at Cranston Country Club.
Tied at 306 through 18 holes, all six Barrington golfers and all six Hendricken golfers returned to the 540-yard, par-5 first hole, with the top four scores from each team determining the winner. Barrington finished with a

RIIL postpones freshman track meet

The meet, at Westerly High School, will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, according to the Interscholastic League's Web site.

May 26, 2008

East Greenwich boys capture Class D Outdoor Track Championship

East Greenwich coach Paul Evasick provides this account of the Boys Class D Outdoor Track Championships:

Wes Evasick and Mark Feigen “SHINE” at the Class D State Championships !!

East Greenwich Avengers win Class D State Title

The East Greenwich Boys completed their preseason mission today. They handled the Class D teams with ease as they posted a 202 to 144 victory over second place Cl

May 25, 2008

SK's Burke wins tennis singles title; Barrington duo wins doubles crown

South Kingstown junior Kyle Burke won his second straight boys tennis state title with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory over Classical's Vidith Huot at the Mike Kenny Courts in Slater Park. Also, the Barrington doubles team of Sam Jerome and Ben Lucock completed an undefeated season as they posted a straight-sets victory over the South Kingstown duo of Aaron Carey and Andrew Shumate in the title match of the state doubles tourney.

May 24, 2008

Toll Gate wins back-to-back DII Championships, Portsmouth claims DIII crown in boys tennis

The Toll Gate boys tennis team successfully defended its state title this afternoon, sweeping the singles matches en route to a 4-3 win over Cumberland in the Division II Championships, played at the Mike Kenny Tennis Courts at Slater Park.

Meanwhile on the adjacent courts, Portsmouth claimed its first state crown in three decades, defeating Narragansett, 6-1, in the Division III Championship.

New state mark for Classical's Jusme, team title for La Salle at Girls Class A Track Championships

Courtesy of Bob Leddy:

Classical senior Mickey Jusme yesterday broke her own state record in the triple jump at the Class A Championships at Conley Stadium. Jusme got off a winning distance of 38 feet, 9.75 inches (11.83 meters. -0.85w) topping her leap of 38-9 (11.81) at the Central Division meet two weeks ago.

GIRLS TRACK
Class A Championship
Team scores
>> Continue reading: New state mark for Classical's Jusme, team title for La Salle at Girls Class A Track Championships

Newly-renamed Nike Cross Nationals will crown individual and team high school champions

Courtesy of Running USA Wire:

Nike Team Nationals to Become Nike Cross Nationals in 2008
For the first time in history, a single race - Nike Cross Nationals - will crown both individual and team national champions for high school-aged runners.

BEAVERTON, Ore. - (May 13, 2008) - Nike has announced that its Nike Team Nationals (NTN) team cross-country championship will expand this year to include individual

May 23, 2008

SK wins 10th straight Division I tennis title; EWG captures Division IV crown

South Kingstown won its 10th straight Division I boys tennis championship with a 5-2 victory over Barrington while Exeter/West Greenwich captured the Division IV crown with a 4-3 win over Woonsocket.

Boys lacrosse All-American selections

Boys lacrosse coaches last night held their meeting for All-Division selections and All-American honors. We'll run the full All-Division list next month with our spring All-State presentation.

Here are some other results, though, as faxed to us by USLacrosse area chairman Dave Oswinkle of the Prout School.

USLacrosse 2008 All-American selections
Sean Murray, senior, attack, Hendricken
James McAllister, senior, goali

May 21, 2008

Barrington girls win freshman track finals

Barrington High School edged Toll Gate yesterday in the girls freshman track meet at Westerly High School. Here are the overall team results, followed by full event-by-event listings:

1. Barrington, 66
2. Toll Gate, 60
3. North Kingstown, 57
4. La Salle, 55
5. South Kingstown, 33
6. Westerly, 31
7. Central Falls, 28
7. Pilgrim, 28
9. Smithfield, 27
10. Chariho, 26
11. Rogers,

May 20, 2008

East Greenwich boys capture Small Division title at Classical Classic

East Greenwich coach Paul Evasick provides this recap of his team's Small Division victory at the Classical Classic:

Avenger Boys win Small Division at Classical Classic
Dethrone Classical as the team champion for the first time in a decade

The Avenger Boys won their second invitational of the season, narrowly edging the host school Classical, 107 to 104.5, to take the team championship t

May 19, 2008

RIIL releases baseball playoff schedule

Here it is:

Division I
(Double-Elimination)

Region 1

Games Tuesday
E. Providence at Cumberland, 3:45
Barrington at Cranston East, 3:45

Games Wednesday
EP/Cumb winner at Portsmouth, 4 p.m.
Barr/CE winner at La Salle, 3:45

Region 2

Games Tuesday
Smithfield at St. Raphael, 3:45
Toll Gate at N. Providence, 3:45

Games W

May 18, 2008

Hendricken, East Greenwich tops at Classical Classic

Courtesy of Bob Leddy:

BOYS TRACK
Classical Classic
Results yesterday
Large Schools
Team scores

1, Hendricken 120.5; 2, Hope 77; 3, N. Kingstown 62.50; 4, Woonsocket 46; 5, Central 41; 6, (tie) Chariho and S. Kingstown 33; 8, E. Providence 31; 9, Cr. West 26; 10, La Salle 25; 11, Barrington 24; 12, (tie) Pilgrim and Mount Pleasant 14; 14, Cumberland 13; 15, Coventry

May 16, 2008

Today's high school postponements

Reschedule dates, where known, are in parentheses.

Baseball
Woonsocket at Ponaganset (canceled)
Bishop Feehan at Tiverton (tomorrow, 4 p.m.)
North Smithfield at Prout (Sunday, 2 p.m.)

Softball
Coventry at East Greenwich
Prout at Middletown (tomorrow, 1 p.m.)
Classical at Ponaganset (tomorrow, 5 p.m.)
Burrillville at North Smithfield (Tuesday, 3:30 p.m.

South Kingstown girls tops at Southern Division Track Championships

Courtesy of Bob Leddy:

GIRLS OUTDOOR TRACK
Southern Division Championship
Results Wednesday
Team scores
1, S. Kingstown 152; 2, N. Kingstown 100.5; 3, Coventry 83; 4, Westerly 79; 5, E. Greenwich 44; 6, W. Warwick 35; 7, Chariho 33; 8, Ex./W. Greenwich 28; 9, Prout 26.5; 10, Narragansett 1.

Individual results
HT - 1, McGovern, NK

May 15, 2008

Jusme twins set pair of state marks at Central Division Championships

Courtesy of Bob Leddy:

A pair of state girls’ track records were claimed on Wednesday by sisters Didi and Mickey Jusme, of Classical, at the Central Division Championships. Didi Jusme broke a 23-year-old state mark in winning the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in a hand-held time of 44.6 seconds, eclipsing the hand-held 44.8 set by Middletown’s Cindy Buratti in 1985. In the tr

La Salle girls claim Central Division Track Championship

Results courtesy of Bob Leddy:

GIRLS OUTDOOR TRACK
CENTRAL DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Team scores

1, La Salle 223; 2, Classical 161; 3, Toll Gate 72.5; 4, Pilgrim 55; 5, Cr. West 48; 6, (tie) Mount Pleasant and Cr. East 10; 8, Central Falls 6; 9, Warwick 2.5.

Individual results
HT - 1, Flowers, Class. 164-10 (50.24 meters); 2, Balogun, Class. 142-2 (43.33); 3, Proco

May 14, 2008

Hendricken takes Central Division crown in boys outdoor track

Results courtesy of Bob Leddy:

BOYS TRACK
CENTRAL DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results Wednesday
Team scores

1, Hendricken 174; 2, Classical 128; 3, La Salle 74; 4, Central 46; 5, Hope 44; 6, Toll Gate 43; 7, Mount Pleasant 40; 8, Warwick 26; 9, Pilgrim 14.

Individual results
HT - 1, Gama, BH 214-7 (65.40 meters); 2, Faboyede, Class. 191-3 (58.29

North Kingstown captures Southern Division title in boys outdoor track

Results courtesy of Bob Leddy:

BOYS TRACK
Southern Division Championship
Results Wednesday
Team scores

1, N. Kingstown 175; 2, E. Greenwich 131; 3, Chariho 101; 4, Westerly 62; 5, S. Kingstown 60; 6, Narragansett 35; 7, Coventry 9; 8, (tie) W. Warwick and Prout 8.

Individual results
HT - 1, Davis, EG 200-1 (60.98 meters); 2, Semple, NK 15

May 12, 2008

Monday's high school postponements

Just two of them so far. Reschedule dates are in parentheses.

Girls lacrosse
Lincoln at Narragansett (Wednesday, 4 p.m.)

Boys tennis
Narragansett at St. Raphael (Wednesday, 4 p.m.)

May 9, 2008

Westerly girls and boys eighth in Loucks Games DMR

Courtesy of Larry Byrne:

41st Annual Glenn D. Loucks Games at White Plains High School, White Plains, NY

Event 3 Men Distance Medley East Coast
1 Western Albemarle, VA 10:11.32 ~ MR
8 Westerly 10:30.66
1) Springer, Andrew 11 2) Phelps, Alex 10

Today's high school postponements

Here's the list so far. Reschedule dates, where known, are in parentheses.

Baseball
Central at Prout
North Smithfield at Burrillville (tomorrow, noon)
PCD at Fatima (Monday, 4 p.m.)
Mount Pleasant at Hope (Wednesday, 4 p.m.)
Mt. Hope at Central Falls (Wednesday, 4 p.m.)
Ponaganset at Davies (Friday, 4 p.m.)
Shea at Tolman (Friday, 6 p.m.)

Softball

May 3, 2008

U.S. High School Hammer Throw Performance List, as of April 28

Courtesy of Bob Gourley, the U.S. High School Hammer Throw Performance List, as of April 28:

U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 12# HAMMER THROW

NATIONAL RECORD

Walter Henning St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 255’11” 2007

Class Records

213’00” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA

May 2, 2008

Today's high school postponements

Here's the list for now. Where known, the reschedule dates are in parentheses.

Baseball
Cumberland at St. Raphael (Monday, 3:30 p.m.)
Cranston East at Hendricken (May 10, 2 p.m.)
Central at Mount St. Charles (May 16, 4:30 p.m.)

Softball
Barrington at East Providence
Tolman at Central Falls
Chariho at Mt. Hope

Boys Lacrosse
Narra

May 1, 2008

Rule change for free throws in high school basketball

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Rebounders on free-throw attempts will be positioned along the foul lane three feet farther from the basket during high school basketball games next season.

The National Federation of State High School Associations, the umbrella organization for more than 18,500 U.S. high schools, approved a rule change vacating the two marked lane spaces closest to the basket to reduce rough play and fouls while rebounding missed f