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December 2008 Archives


Rhode Island tracksters fare well at Boston Holiday Classic

12:07 PM Mon, Dec 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Rhode Island track results from this weekend's inaugural Boston Holiday Classic, courtesy of Bob Leddy: GIRLS' TRACK Boston Holiday Classic At Reggie Lewis Center R.I. results HJ - 5, Margie Thorsen, La Salle 4-9 (1.44 meters). TJ - 2, Brittney......

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Brawl in stands interrupts high-school hoops game in Connecticut

3:26 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A boys high school basketball game in Stamford was suspended and the auditorium was cleared after a melee among fans in the stands spilled out onto the court. Stamford police say a 22-year-old city man was......

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Friday's high school sports postponements

12:59 PM Fri, Dec 19, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Here are the postponements, according to the Rhode Island Interscholastic League. Reschedule dates are in parentheses if they are known. Boys basketball Tolman at Lincoln Portsmouth at Narragansett (Dec. 27, 7 p.m.) Chariho at North Kingstown Mount Pleasant at East......

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Lincoln School to host inaugural girls basketball invitational this weekend

12:33 PM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Details from Lincoln School about this weekend's tournament: Lincoln School Announces Inaugural Girl's Basketball Invitational Lincoln, St. Andrew's, Tiverton, and Cumberland Varsity Girl's Teams to Compete Providence, RI -- December 2, 2008 -- The first annual Lincoln School Invitational Basketball......

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Video -- Hendricken's Billy Baron scores 44 against Classical

8:55 AM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

This YouTube video shows highlights of Baron's performance on Friday night, when he hit 17 field goals (including two 3-pointers) and shot eight of nine from the foul line to lead the Hawks to a 85-74 victory over the Purple.......

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Former R.I. stars to reunite in Northeastern-Holy Cross women's hoops matchup

7:20 PM Tue, Dec 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

The upcoming women's basketball matchup between Northeastern University and Holy Cross will certainly have some local flavor. Former Bay View teammates Brittany Wilson, the 2008 R.I. Gatorade Player of the Year, and Kashaia Cannon, who last season guided the Bengals......

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Former Bay View star Wilson earns CAA Rookie of the Week honors

11:40 PM Mon, Dec 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Now a freshman guard at Northeastern, former Bay View star and 2008 R.I. Gatorade Female Basketball Player of the Year Brittany Wilson was named the Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week for her performance (11 points, 6 rebounds, 2......

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HSGameTime seeks stats from high school basketball coaches

3:54 PM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Attention basketball coaches: High school basketball season is beginning, and we want your team's stats to publish on HSGameTime.com. Once a week, please send us a report containing your players' total stats in these categories: games played, points scored, rebounds,......

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Springer to test his mettle Saturday against nation's best harriers

9:15 AM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Details about Saturday's race, which will include Westerly's Andrew Springer, courtesy of Larry Byrne: The 30th annual running of the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships will be held December 13, 2008 over the Morley Field Course at Balboa Park in......

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Feigen, Springer ranked among "Top 50 boys in USA" by Harrier Magazine

12:29 AM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

The latest edition of Marc Bloom's "The Harrier" magazine has New England cross country champion Mark Feigen of East Greenwich and Rhode Island champ Andrew Springer of Westerly listed among the "Top 50 Boys in USA."......

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Monti gets first season at Yale off on the right foot

11:44 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Now competing for the Yale women's track team, former East Greenwich star Alexa Monti won the 60-meter dash (7.89 seconds) at last Saturday's season-opening Lidlifter Invitational. Click here to read the article posted on the Bulldogs' web site.......

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South Kingstown topples Tolman in OT to win Division II title

9:02 PM Mon, Dec 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Tim Hazard scored the game-winning touchdown and made the two-point conversion in overtime as South Kingstown won the Division II Super Bowl, 14-6, tonight at Cranston Stadium. Tolman, which had come back from a 6-0 halftime deficit to send the......

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South Kingstown leads Tolman at half in Division II Super Bowl

7:06 PM Mon, Dec 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The South Kingstown Rebels are ahead of the Tolman Tigers, 6-0, at halftime of tonight's Division II Super Bowl at frigid Cranston Stadium. South Kingstown has scored the game's only points thus far on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Ben......

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Sweeney leads Exeter/West Greenwich to Division IV title

9:33 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Exeter/West Greenwich defeated Middletown in the Division IV Super Bowl, 26-6, tonight at Cranston Stadium. The Scarlet Knights, who led 20-6 at halftime, got a 31-yard touchdown run by Adam Sweeney in the second half. Sweeney finished the night with......

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Exeter/West Greenwich leads Middletown, 20-6, at halftime in Division IV Super Bowl

8:31 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Mike Szostak reports from Cranston Stadium: Exeter/West Greenwich has dominated the first-half action in the Division IV Super Bowl. The Scarlet Knights scored with 9:27 left in the first quarter on a 4-yard touchdown run by quarterback Zack Hornoff, which......

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Johnston blows Tiverton away in second half to win Division III Super Bowl

6:32 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Johnston scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to defeat Tiverton, 33-12, in the Division III Super Bowl today at Cranston Stadium. The Panthers, who were tied with Tiverton at halftime, took the lead on a 31-yard touchdown run......

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Johnston, Tiverton tied at half of Division III Super Bowl

5:16 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Carolyn Thornton reports from Cranston Stadium: Tiverton took a 12-0 lead in the Division III Super Bowl this afternoon on touchdown runs of 19 yards by Colby Marks, and 10 yards by Ryan Flick. But the Johnston Panthers rallied to......

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La Salle rides 28-point second quarter surge to Super Bowl title

4:07 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By John Gillooly Journal Sports Writer CRANSTON -- Quarterback Joe Charest threw two second-quarter touchdown passes and also ran for a TD in the quarter, leading La Salle to a 31-6 victory over Barrington in the R.I. Interscholastic Division I......

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Readers like La Salle to win Sunday's Super Bowl

8:45 PM Sat, Dec 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Here's a snapshot of what voters on our HSGameTime Super Bowl polls are saying about the four championship games set to be played tomorrow and Monday: As of 8:40 Saturday night, readers favored La Salle to beat Barrington for the......

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Crummy weather on tap for Rhode Island's Super Bowl Sunday

12:39 PM Fri, Dec 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Last Sunday the Patriots played the Steelers in horrendous weather conditions at Gillette Stadium, and things might not be much better for the six Rhode Island high school teams that play Super Bowls this Sunday at Cranston Stadium. But even......

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Mansfield gets the green light to play Bishop Feehan tonight

11:08 AM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

A spokesman for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association has told The Boston Globe that the MIAA has decided not to appeal an injunction granted by a Taunton Superior Court judge to allow Mansfield High School back into the state's Division......

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Tuesday Night Lights -- Your predictions

3:58 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Here's how projoSports readers today are picking the eight high school football semifinal games to be played tonight in Rhode Island. Polls remain open for a couple more hours for each game -- you can click here to place your......

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Mass. high school team forced to forfeit playoff game due to ineligible player

12:07 PM Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Mansfield High School football team is seeking an emergency injunction against the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association that would allow Mansfield to take the field at 5:15 this afternoon for a scheduled playoff game against Bishop Feehan. The hearing is......

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