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Thanks to the blog FanHouse.com for alerting me to this story of gridiron craziness from Vermont.
With 16 seconds left, Otter Valley High School took a 16-14 lead on Mount Mansfield thanks to a late field goal. In the closing seconds, Mount Mansfield managed to advance the ball inside the Ott
EAST PROVIDENCE - The East Providence girls volleyball team ended La Salle's three-year, 50-match undefeated string as the Townies handed the two-time defending Division I state champion Lady Rams a 25-13, 25-16, 25-20 setback Tuesday night.
The loss was La Salle first since the 2006 season. The Rams had posted perfect 21-0 records (including playoffs) in both the 2007 and 2008 seasons and were 8-0 in Division
Carmine Goneconte sends along this update on Saturday's Elmwood Sports Center Youth Basketball Coaches Clinic: Hall of Fame and former CCRI mens' basketball coach Vin Cullen has been added to the program, replacing Bryant women's basketball coach Mary Burke. Also please note that proceeds from this clinic will be donated to Crossroads RI, a homeless shelter in Providence.
The clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Cranston West H
The Pulaski Academy Bruins don't do things like other high school football teams. Pulaski hasn't punted since 2007.
Coach Kevin Kelley explains: "The average punt in high school nets you 30 yards, but we convert around half our fourth downs, so it doesn't make sense to give up the ball. Besides, if your offense knows it has four downs inst
Matt Gowell of East Greenwich High School dominated the Laser Standard Division and won the Healy Trophy at the New England Schools Sailing Association Championships Sunday out of the Conanicut Yacht Club in Jamestown. Gowell won four of the five races and finished second in the race he did not win. He earned a trip to the National SIngle-Handed Championships in Corpus Christi, Texas, at the end of October.
Gabe Salk o
The HSGameTime game of the week is Tuesday night's girls soccer matchup between La Salle and South Kingstown.
The regionally ranked Rebels and Lady Rams put their undefeated Division I records on the line in a 6 o'clock contest at South Kingstown's Curtis Corner Middle School athletic complex.
Ryan Flick of Tiverton is the HSGameTime star of the week.
The Tigers' senior quarterback scored four second-half touchdowns to lead Tiverton to a 27-8 comeback victory over defending state Johnston in a rematch of last year's Division III Super Bowl.
Tiverton quarterback Ryan Flick scored four second half touchdowns as the Tigers overcame an 8-0 halftime deficit en route to a 27-8 victory over defending Division III state chanmpion Johnston Friday night in Johnston.
Flick scored on runs of 60, 1, 20 and 22 yards as the Tigers evened their Division III record at 1-1 with the victory in a rematch of last year's Division III Super Bowl. The loss was Johnston's first
It's not every day in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League that a pair of sisters are among the top girl's soccer point-producers in Division I-South, but South Kingstown's sister act of Amanda and Jessica Graham is taking the division by storm.
Entering tonight's action, Amanda is the division-leader in scoring with 11 goals and four assists, while Jessica, who is bouncing back from a season-ending injury last year, has five
-- Somebody break out a record book.
Because what La Salle forward McKenzie Meehan is doing is truly remarkable.
In La Salle's first seven games, Meehan has scored a whopping 19 goals. That is an average of 2.7 goals per game. To put that in perspective, consider this - four of the six teams in Division I-North were averaging less than 2.7 goals per game through their first seven games. Barrington (18), Cumberland (17), Mt. Ho
Calling all captains: The Rhode Island Interscholastic League and the Rhode Island National Guard will be co-hosting the Sport Captains Leadership Conference at Camp Fogarty on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The athletes will spend the day going through an obstacle course and learning about land navigation.
"You challenge yourself, but you also have to challenge others," said RIIL executive director Tom Mezzanotte, who joined one of the groups a
Former Journal sports writer Bob Leddy provides this preview of this weekend's New Balance/Ocean State Cross Country Invitational, which will once again have an international flavor with a team from Ireland participating:
Approximately 211 teams representing 3,907 runners have thus-far signed up to compete at the third annual New Balance/Ocean State Cross Country Invitational, to be held next weekend (Sept. 25-26) at Goddard State Park
Several of Rhode Island's top men's and women's coaches will share their expertise and offer on-court demonstrations at the Elmwood Sports Center Youth Basketball Coaches Clinic, Saturday, Oct. 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Cranston West High School. (Registration begins at 8 a.m.)
The following topics will be discussed: Footwork and ball-handling drills - Brian Baptiste, UMass-Dartmouth; Basic defensive concepts and drills - Marcus Reill
October 1st is the deadline for submitting applications for the 16th annual Wendy's High School Heisman awards.
The High School Heisman awards are presented to high school seniors who excel in academics, athletics and community service.
The selection process consists of five stages - school winners, state finalists, state winners, national finalists and national winners. Any high school senior
And then there were three.
Undefeated, untied boys soccer teams, that is.
La Salle, 7-0-0 in Rhode Island Interscholastic League play and in first place in Division I Central, will put its perfect record on the line Tuesday night at Central Falls, 4-2-1 and first in Division I North. Game time is 6 p.m. at Perez Field.
Shea, 7-0-0 and first in Division II North, will try to improve to 8-0 Wednesday a
SIMSBURY, Conn. (AP) - Simsbury school officials have decided not to renew the contract of the high school varsity lacrosse head coach, who police say allowed minors to drink alcohol at a party at his house.
Superintendent of Schools Diane Ullman notified coach Daniel Corcoran in a letter dated Sept. 9 that his contract was not being renewed. Ullman did not give a reason in the letter, which was sent two weeks after Simsbury police cit
Journal photo / Connie Grosch
Portsmouth running back A.J.
BY CAROLYN THORNTON
Journal Sports Writer
The Tufts Health Plan High School Inspirational 3K has always been more about team spirit and camaraderie than racing. This year's race, held immediately after the CVS Caremark Downtown 5K, was surrounded by even more pageantry, thanks to the newly-added costume contest.
Thirty-seven teams participated, including the La Salle girls' cross country squad, which transformed itself in
To see a short video made in memory of Kayleigh Raposa, the Mt. Hope teen who died in a fatal car crash in February 2007, click here: Kayleigh Raposa.wmv
Kayleigh's mother Christine writes: "One of Kayleigh's best friends, Joey Raposa, made this commercial, I guess you would call it. It is my v
Final scores on two Friday night high school football games that weren't called in by the coaches of the home teams:
West Warwick 25, Tolman 8
Lincoln 9, Shea 0
EAST PROVIDENCE - Quarterback Rob Delgado scored two touchdowns leading East Providence to a 31-14 victory over Cranston West in the opening Division I game of the season for the Townies and Falcons Friday night at Pierce Field.
The Townies broke open a scoreless game with 17 points in the second quarter, then quickly added 14 more points in the third period after Cranston West had cut its deficit to 17-7 with an
3rd Annual Kayleigh Raposa Memorial 5 "Kay" Run or 1 Mile Fun Walk
When: Saturday, October 10, 2009 10AM
Where: Colt State Park, Bristol, RI
Proceeds go to the Kayleigh Raposa Memorial Fund for scholarships and other donations in the community.
Entry Fee: $18 online at www.needtorace.com, $18 mail in entry form and check to Brian Beausoliel, 55 Coomer Ave. Warren, RI 02885. $20 day of race, children 6 and under free. <
Our Lady of Fatima High School in Warren has suspended its boys and girls soccer programs this season because not enough students wanted to play.
Joe Parenteau, the director of athletics, has started a co-ed intramural soccer program in the hope of generating sufficient interest so Fatima can field teams in 2010.
"We're trying to keep the sport up. We don't want to lose soccer," Parenteau said.
Twent
La Salle's 3-0 victory over Portsmouth last week dropped the Patriots out of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's New England rankings - they were ranked 11th - but that left the door open for 5-0-0 South Kingstown to become ranked.
In the latest poll, La Salle jumped up from seventh to sixth place, and South Kingstown went from unranked to being ranked 14th.
La Salle entered Thursday night's action havin
The Barrington boy's soccer team is not only ranked as the second best team in New England by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, but the 6-0-0 defending state champion Eagles are also ranked as the 24th best team in the country.
The team that Barrington beat in the state championship, 1-0, last season, 6-0-0 La Salle, is ranked seventh in New England in the poll.
Jeffrey Craven (9 goals, 1 assist), Brett Sulliv
It may be football season, but some of the state's top high school baseball players are busy making verbal commitments to college baseball programs before the Nov. 1 signing date.
North Kingstown's All-State outfielder Jay Ferri has informed URI coach Jim Foster that he will join the Rams program next fall and North Providence High star Anthony Aceto has made a commitment to the University of Connecticut.
The Captains Night program on Oct. 7 is the next scheduled dinner meeting for the Providence Gridiron Club at the Quonset "O" Club.
There will be three other dinners over the next three months, in addition to the annual state awards dinner on April 8. The annual Hall of Fame Night is slated for Nov. 18. The High School Super Bowl Night is scheduled for Dec. 3 and the High School MVP Night will be held Dec. 16.
iJulie Ruggieri was one of the greatest field hockey players to ever play in the Interscholastic League.
Where is she now?
Playing field hockey and studying Education at Providence College.
Ruggieri was named the Providence College Athlete of the Week last week after leading the team with three points (1 goal, 1 assist) in the Friars 4-0 victory over regional foe Dartmouth on Sept. 11.
Ruggieri, a three-time
Led by Barrington, the 2008 Division I state champion, and La Salle, the Division I runner-up, seven boys soccer teams are unbeaten and untied after two weeks of play.
Barrington (5-0-0,15 points league) is in first place in DI East. The Eagles have scored 19 goals and allowed four. La Salle (5-0-0-15) rules DI Central. The Rams have scored 17 goals and allowed only one. The two powerhouse teams are scheduled to pla
Tom Aman sends along the following details about this year's youth meet that will be held in memory of Will Speck, founder of the CLCF cross country program in 2000 and director of the CLCF track program from 1992 until his death in 2003:
The Cranston League for Cranston's Future (CLCF) Cross Country Program will host the 7th annual Will Speck Youth Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, October 3rd at Cranston High School West
George Hardison, director of The Hoop Academy Basketball Camp, sends along this information about several upcoming clinics planned this fall:
There will be a Two-day Shooting Clinic in Chariho on Saturday and Sunday, October 24th and 25th. Camp will run from 9-12:30 on Saturday, and 12-3:30 on Sunday. Players will be divided by age and ability; beginners will focus on fundamentals, experienced players will focus on footwork and advan
Rachel Graham of Foster, a Ponaganset alum, finished third and helped Bentley to a second-place finish at the Shacklette Invitational cross-country meet at Saint Anselm in Manchester, N.H. The junior ran the 5,000-meter course in 20:10, one second behind teammate Lauren Lesniak and eight seconds off the pace of Melissa Bredice of Saint Rose.
Wheaton College senior Chapman Beekman of South Kingstown and sophomore Allesandra DiOrio of Cumberland and the Lincoln School played well for the Lyons tennis teams over the weekend.
Beekman teamed with Brian Krantz and won the Wheaton Invitational consolation final at second doubles Sunday with an 8-3 victory over Colby-Sawyer.
DiOrio defeated Carly Peltier of Mount Holyoke, 6-0, 6-1, and helped Wheaton to
Keno Davis and Phil Seymore of Providence College and Tim O'Shea of Bryant University will appear at the La Salle Academy basketball clinic Saturday at 9 a.m. at the school's McLaughlin Athletic Center, 612 Academy Ave., Providence.
Davis coaches the PC men and Seymore the PC women. O'Shea is the men's coach at Bryant. Kenneth White, strength and conditioning coach at PC, will join them.
Bill Black, boys c
Sara Martineau of the Bengals field hockey team is our second HSGameTime athlete of the week for the 2009-10 school year. The sophomore forward scored two goals and assisted on two other tallies as the Bengals remained undefeated in Division I competition with a 4-0 victory over Moses Brown in last week's HS GameTime Game of the Week.
This week's game of the week is at 6 o'clock tonight, when the La Salle boys soccer team visits South
Here is the list. Check also for updates at riil.org.
Football
Shea at La Salle (Saturday, 1 p.m.)
Portsmouth at Mt. Hope (Saturday, 7 p.m.)
Woonsocket at East Providence (Saturday, 7 p.m.)
Westerly at North Kingstown (Sunday, 1 p.m.)
West Warwick at Pilgrim (Sunday, 1 p.m.)
Field hockey
Cumberland at Barrington
BY CAROLYN THORNTON
Journal Sports Writer
You don't need to be a member of your school's cross country or track teams to take part in the Tufts Health Plan High School Inspirational 3K that will be held in conjunction with the 20th annual CVS Caremark Downtown 5K, Sept. 20 in Providence.
Any student is welcome to run in the race, which will
BY CAROLYN THORNTON
Journal Sports Writer
Over the past few years, the Smithfield and North Smithfield girls soccer teams have gotten together and held a "Girls Night Out" game.
An emcee would announce the players prior to the start of the game as a DJ played music. And girls U-10 teams from the Smithfield Youth Soccer Association would play a brief game during halftime. It was a nice way to promote the sport and make th
BY CAROLYN THORNTON
Journal Sports Writer
With the dual meet season set to get underway on Monday, the Barrington girls (108 points) and Hendricken boys (100 points) were the top vote-getters in the first coaches' cross country poll.
Barrington - which last year captured the Metropolitan Division title with an 11-0 record, won the Class B Championship and then finished second to La Salle at the State Championship
Senior Eliza Badeau of Foster (Ponaganset) is the Little East Conference volleyball player of the week for leading Plymouth State to a 4-0 start. The 6-foot middle hitter averaged 4.7 kills per game with 50 kills and an attack percentage of .597. She had double-digit kills in each match with a high of 16 against Ramapo. PSU swept the Emerson/Wentworth Tournament in Boston without losing a game and will return to action this weekend
Freshman Kaitlyn Birrell of Scituate has wasted no time in putting her mark on the Salve Regina soccer program. She is the Commonwealth Coast Conference rookie of the week for the period that ended Sunday for compiling three goals and an assist in three games last week. She kept it going Tuesday when she scored four goals in the Seahawlks' 5-4 victory at UMass Dartmouth. Salve Regina (2-2) will visit New England College Saturday. >> Continue reading: Kaitlyn Birrell has started fast with Salve Regina soccer team
Quick, name the fastest growing Interscholastic League fall sport in Rhode Island.
If you said field hockey, you're wrong.
In fact, according to the latest high school athletics participation study by the National Federation of State High Schools Association, the number of field hockey players in Rhode Island has shrunk from the 2002-03 season to last season, from 631 participants to 617.
If you said football, you're cl
According to the National Federation of State High School Associations annual participation survey, there were 14 less girls playing field hockey last season (617) than there were during the 2002-03 season (631).
But that doesn't mean the talent has dropped off. Here are a few players to keep an eye on this season - returning first team All-Staters Hillary Anderson, of Barrington, Tory Dolce, of North Kingstown and Beth Sullivan, from
Kip Smith, a senior at Broomfield Legacy High School in Broomfield, Colo., kicked a state-record 67-yard field goal this weekend. Smith's field goal is four yards longer than the NFL record, set by the Saints' Tom Dempsey in 1970 and equaled by the Broncos' Jason Elam in 1998.
According to Maxpreps.com, Smith's
-- The National Soccer Coaches Association of America's annual rankings came out today, and Rhode Island has two girls soccer team ranked in the top 11 in New England - defending state champion La Salle (7th) and Portsmouth (11th).
The Rams (2-0) are ready to defend their title, but the Patriots (3-0) plan to give them a run for their money.
"Everything's going pretty well," La Salle second year coach Joe Avila told the Journal
 -- There are a ton of great soccer players competing all around the state.
Here is a list
Want to see some of tomorrow's college basketball stars today?
Then head out to Barrington, Warwick, North Kingstown, Pawtucket, and Providence this Winter.
That is where, according to www.newenglandrecruitingreport.com, the top 10 senior basketball players in the state will be playing.
Rhode Island's best basketball player heading into
CCRI Sports Information provides these highlights from the women's soccer team's victory over Manchester Community College on Sunday that included contributions from some former area high school stars. The Lady Knights will host Massasoit CC in a 4 p.m. matchup on Thursday:
The No. 11th ranked (National Junior College Athletic Association/National Soccer Coaches Association of America) CCRI Lady Knights soccer team travelled to Manches
Jill Rousseau and her Ponaganset girls soccer team realize there are still many games left ahead of them, but the Chieftains are feeling encouraged after just one week of play. After managing just four wins all of last season, they have already secured two wins in II-North, opening the 2009 campaign with a victory over Bay View last Tuesday.
"It was a great way to start off our season," said Rousseau, whose Chieftains posted a 5-2 dec
Three Rhode Island teams have made the top 10 in Dyestat's Northeast Preseason Rankings. Defending state champion Bishop Hendricken is ranked seventh among boys' teams in the region. La Salle, the two-time defending girls state champion, is ranked fifth among the girls, while Barrington, which finished second to the Rams last fall, is 10th.
You can catch your first glimpse of the states' top harriers at this week's Injury Fund Carnival
The Mount St Charles Athletic Department is committed to promoting "The Five Principles of Honorable Competition," as listed in THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPORTS PARENTING by Dan Doyle. To this end we meet with the team captains of each varsity sport and engage them in a discussion on what it means to honorably compete and give each of them a mission to promote such behavior among their teammates. Each captain is asked to briefly describe in writin
CRANSTON - The West Warwick football team gave their fans reason for early-season optimism as the Division II Wizards posted a 13-12 victory over Division I Cranston West in the nightcap of the four-game Injury Fund Round Robin program at Cranston Stadium Friday night.
Cranston West had taken an early 6-0 lead in the 24-minute exhibition contest, but West Warwick came back with touchdowns by Jordan Koehler and
BARRINGTON - All-State running back Mike Read picked-up where he left off last season as the Barrington High senior star scored two first half touchdowns leading the Eagles to a 19-6 victory over Tiverton in a 24-minute, Injury Fund Round Robin football exhibition game last night.
Read gave Barrington an early lead with a one-yard touchdown run on the first play after he had run 25 yards.
Tiverton c
BARRINGTON - Short touchdown runs by quarterback Tyler Correiro and running back James Olson led Mt. Hope to a 13-0 victory over Rogers in a 24-minute, Injury Fund Round Robin football exhibition game Thursday night.
BARRINGTON -Ricardo McCray's 79-yard punt return for a first half touchdown provided the game's only points as Division IV Middletown posted a 6-0 victory over Division I Portsmouth in a 24-minute Round Robin Injury Fund football exhibition game Thursday's night.
Kaleb Eulls, a senior at Yazoo County High School in Mississippi, is being called a hero after he confronted a girl who was waving a gun on her schoolbus and wrestled the firearm out of her hand.
Eulls -- a 6'4, 255-pound defensive end on the school football team -- has committed to play football next year at Mississippi State.
On Tuesday morning, he was dozing off on the bus as it made its way to school when he was awakened by
The varsity lacrosse coach at Billerica, Mass., Memorial High School has resigned after a video surfaced that showed him locker boxing with a player.
Chris Burns, 33, was named Eastern Mass. Division 1 Coach of the Year for 2008, an award voted on by the state's lacrosse coaches. He reportedly continues to teach biology, anatomy and physiology at the school.
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The 2009 Rhode Island high school football season gets under way Thursday night with R.I. Interscholastic League Round Robin porgrams at Barrington High and Providence's Conley Stadium.
Six other Injury Fund programs will be played on Friday and Saturday at various sites throughout the state. All Injury Fund contests will be 24-minute, exhibition games.
The Schedule:
Thursday at Barrington >> Continue reading: Football season starts with round robin programs
After 15 years of practicing on campus and playing at Toppa Field in Newport, Salve Regina University football is moving to Middletown.
The Seahawks held their first practice on the new FieldTurf surface at Gaudet Field and will play their home opener there against Hartwick on Sept. 12.
The Middletown School Committee and Salve Regina signed a 40-year lease last April. Salve Regina's football, field hockey
Season openers are always exciting, and when the opponents are rivals, well, there's nothing better.
In boys soccer Tuesday, La Salle dominated Bishop Hendricken, 4-0. Glenn LaBassi scored in the first half with an assist from Michael Papa. Jose Paulo, Ryan Poirier and Joe Della Santa scored in the second half. Paulo and Andrew Waddington assisted. Rui Pereira made five saves for the Rams. La Salle took 13 shots, Hendr
Wheaton College sophomore Lindsay Leddy of Warwick was in goal for the Lyons in their season-opening 4-0 victory over Roger Williams University on Tuesday at Mirrione Stadium in Norton, Mass. The former Wheeler School athlete did not have to make a save during her 80 minutes on the field. Erin Cawley finished the game.
Leddy started 19 games last year and finished with a 13-5-2 record, 10 shutouts and a 0.65 goals agai
Last week we asked readers on HSGameTime to vote on which team will be the best in Division I football this season. There were 388 votes, and here's the breakdown:
1. La Salle, 124
2. Barrington, 68
3. Bishop Hendricken, 54
4. Rogers, 46
5. North Kingstown, 25
6. East Providence, 20
7. Cranston West, 18
8. Portsmouth, 17
9. St. Raphael, 16
La Salle is not only defending a football
Sophomore McKenzie Meehan scored four goals, while her twin sister Madison and senior Allison Kelley each had a goal and an assist, as the La Salle girls soccer team defeated Scituate, 9-0, in the I-North season opener for both teams.
LA SALLE (9): McKenzie Meehan 4, Madison Meehan, Allison Kelley, Samantha Gervasio, Monique Lang, Olga DiPonte; assists - Daria Capaldi, Kelley, Ma. Meehan, Laura Dion. SCITUATE (
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