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WARWICK - Woonsocket clinched one of the four Division II-A football playoff berths as the VIlla Novans rolled to a 40-0 victory over Warwick Vets Friday night.
The victory improved the Villa Novans record to 5-1 with one league game remaining before the start of the eight-team Division II playoffs on Nov. 16.
Travis Gagne led the Woonsocket attack with three touchdowns and 137 yards rushing, all in the f
Because of a problem with the lights at Classical's Al Morro Athletic Complex, Thursday's Division II semifinal field hockey game between Wheeler and Smithfield has been postponed to Friday at 5 p.m. at Classical.
Classical and Pilgrim were able to play the earlier semifinal game Thursday while there was still daylight. Classical prevailed, 2-1, and advances to the Division II final, Sunday at 3 p.m. at Cranston Stadium.
Today's rainy weather has prompted changes in the schedule and venues for some field hockey playoff games and a girls soccer game.
This afternoon's Division I field hockey games have been moved to Thursday.
East Greenwich and Bay View will play at 5 p.m. on Thursday at Cranston Stadium, followed by Barrington vs. North Kingstown at 7.
The Division II games scheduled for Thursday have been moved from Cranston Stadium to
The dates of several high school girls soccer playoff games were incorrectly reported in Wednesday's Journal sports section. The full schedule is below:
RIIL GIRLS SOCCER TOURNAMENT
DIVISION I
QUARTERFINALS
Game Wednesday
Game 1 - North Kingstown at La Salle, 6 p.m.
Games Thursday
Game 2 - Cumberland vs. East Greenwich, at Eldridge Field, 7 p.m.
Game 3 - Toll
Thirty-two teams will begin battling for championships in three divisions Tuesday with the start of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boys Soccer Playoffs.
In Division I, top-seeded La Salle (17-1), second-seeded Barrington (16-1-1), third-seeded Chariho (15-3) and fourth-seeded Central Falls (11-4-2) have first-round byes. Barrington is the defending champion.
Preliminary round games Tuesday will ma
BY CAROLYN THORNTON
Journal Sports Writer
The semifinals of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division I Field Hockey tournament will feature some familiar faces. Three of last year's Final Four teams are back again, including defending state champion North Kingstown which will take on Barrington in the second semifinal matchup, Wednesday night at 7 at Cranston Stadium.
Barrington - which overtook Bay View for the r
BY CAROLYN THORNTON
JOURNAL SPORTS WRITER
Three teams survived 2-1 nailbiters in Monday's opening round of Division II playoff action, including Smithfield which edged Burrillville thanks to goals by Marissa Gagnon and Emily Gonsalves. The Sentinels have earned the spot opposite three-time state runner-up Wheeler in Thursday's second semifinal game at 7 p.m. at Cranston Stadium. Led by Mia Gooding's three goals, the Warriors adva
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Katie Rockwell
Bay View, Girls Tennis
Rockwell's three-set victory in the third singles match gave Bay View the point it needed for a 4-3 victory over defending champion Mount St. Charles in the title match of the Division I girls tennis team tournament Sunday. It was the first Division I state tennis title for Bay View.
The Interscholastic League state field hockey champions will be crowned Sunday at Cranston Stadium with the Division I title game scheduled for 1 p.m., followed by the Division II game at 3 p.m. Semifinal action in both tournaments will be held this week at Cranston Stadium with Division I games on Wednesday at 5 and 7 p.m. and Division II games on Thursday at the same times.
PAWTUCKET - Providence Country Day captured three of the four singles matches and the No. 2 doubles as the Knights won the Interscholastic Division IV team title with a 4-1 victory over Coventry on Sunday at Slater Park.
Lisa Brendlinger, Alissa Muto and Lynette Esteves won in singles for the Knights and the duo of Sophie Hamblett-Alexandra Prentice won at second doubles.
RIIL DIVISION I FIELD HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
QUARTERFINALS
Results
East Greenwich 2, Moses Brown 1
North Kingstown 2, Lincoln 0
Barrington and Bay View receive first-round byes.
SEMIFINALS
Wednesday at Cranston Stadium
East Greenwich vs. Bay View, 5 p.m.
Barrington vs. North Kingstown, 7 p.m.
FINAL
At Cranston Stadium, 1 p.m. >> Continue reading: Semifinal match-ups set in DI field hockey tournament
RIIL DIVISION II FIELD HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
QUARTERFINALS
Game 1 - Rocky Hill (8) vs. Wheeler (1), 3:30 p.m., at Wheeler Farm, Seekonk
Game 2 - Smithfield (5) at Burrillville (4), 3:30 p.m.
Game 3 - Classical (6) at South Kingstown (3), 3:30 p.m.
Game 4 - Chariho (7) at Pilgrim (2), 3:30 p.m.
SEMIFINALS
Thursday at Cranston Stadium
Winner 3 vs. Winner 4, 5 p.m. >> Continue reading: Quarterfinals of DII field hockey tourney set for Monday
The MetLife Soccer Classic, featuring the Rhode Island Interscholastic League's seven boys and girls state titles, is right around the corner.
Semifinal games of the tournament, sponsored for the 29th straight year by MetLife, will be held Nov. 2-4 at various locations. All championship finals are scheduled for Nov. 7-8 at Rhode Island College.
The schedule is as follows:
Satur
Professional golfer Brett Quigley will be among the eight athletes, one team, one coach and one contributor to be inducted into the Barrington High School Athletic Hall of Fame, Nov. 21 at the Rhode Island Country Club.
The Hall of Fame's second induction class includes: Joseph DeSisto '49, Beth Donovan '82, Catherine (Katie) Fitta '89, Timothy Kindregan '78, Jon Parker '84, Marilyn Picerelli (Hartley) '75, Brett Quigley '87, Jay Sarle
BY CAROLYN THORNTON
JOURNAL SPORTS WRITER
With rain forcing the postponement of the Division II and III Rhode Island Interscholastic League Girls Tennis State Championships Saturday, all four title matches will now be played Sunday.
Providence Country Day and Coventry will meet in the Division IV final, at noon at Slater Park in Pawtucket. The Division I Championship between Bay View and Mount St. Charles will follow at 2
WEST WARWICK - Aaron Booth scored three touchdowns leading the Mt. Hope football team to a 25-6 victory over previously undefeated West Warwick in a Division II-A game Saturday.
The victory pulled the Huskies, now 4-1 in II-A play, into a first-place tie that could involve four teams by the end of the week-end.
PRESS RELEASE
(Colorado Springs, Colo.) -- Fifteen-year-old Katelyn Bouyssou (Hope, R.I. / NYAC / Mayo Quanchi Judo Club) may have been one of the youngest athletes at the Junior World Championships, but the Cranston West sophomore demonstrated that she is one of the players to watch for future Olympic Games when she placed fifth at the Junior World Championships in Paris.
Held annually for athletes 19-years-old and unde
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Senior quarterback Ben Hamill scored two touchdowns and threw a pair of conversion passes as he led South Kingstown to a 22-12 victory over Cranston East in a showdown between two of the three teams tied for the Division II-B lead.
South Kingstown, the two-time defending Division II state champion, now is 4-1 in II-B play. Cranston East falls to 3-2 in League play.
Coventry, the team that
Meghan McCooey, the former Rhode Island high school girls tennis champion from Mount St. Charles and current Tufts University senior join with Tufts teammate Julia Browne to captured the National Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Small College women's doubles title last week-end.
McCooey and Browne captured the title with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Jackie Shtemberg and Felice Trink of the College of New Jerse
Started four years ago to give cross country teams a final tune-up before the Class Championships, the Bronco Invitational - slated for today (Oct. 22) at Burrillville Middle School - has steadily grown, says Burrillville coach Marty Crowley.
This year's meet will feature 32 boys teams and 30 girls teams.
Boys teams participating include Metropolitan Division runner-up Barrington,Northern Division champion Cumberland and runne
NORTH SMITHFIELD -- School officials have received only 10 percent of the money they were anticipating from the unpopular athletic management fee introduced in August.
According to a report to the School Committee Tuesday night, $3,840 had been collected from the fall sports teams. The goal was $37,350.
"The returns are not what we had hoped for," schools superintendent Stephen Lindberg said Wednesday.
La Salle Academy athletes are taking precautions to avoid the flu-like symptoms that are keeping some students there and elsewhere at home.
Rob Riebe, assistant athletics administrator, said Tuesday that sickness has had "very little impact" on the school's sports program.
"We have a couple of kids out. Nothing significant," Riebe said.
La Salle officials have encouraged athletes to bring their own water bottles and av
Chariho senior Nick Dubee broke the school's season goal-scoring record Monday with his second goal of the game in the Chargers' 4-1 victory over North Kingstown.
Dubee has 26 goals with two games remaining in the regular season, at home against Toll Gate on Wednesday and at home against South Kingstown on Friday. Steve Bodach and Ron Gebler held the previous record of 25 goals in a season.
Chariho (13-3)
Last week-end's rain has forced a delay in the start of the girls team tennis playoffs this week.
Because of the rain some teams could not finish their regular season schedules until Monday. So now the quarterfinal round of the Division II and III playoffs, originally scheduled to be played on Tuesday, will be played on Wednesday. Quarterfinal round matches in Division I and IV now will be played on Thursday.
Two teams can't be much closer than Cranston West and Mount St. Charles in Division II North girls volleyball. They are tied for first place with 12-1 records, each team has won 37 games, and they split their season series.
But the Falcons and the Mounties also have Scituate to worry about during the last eight days of the regular season. The Spartans are third, a game behind the leaders with a record of 11-2 and a match rema
NORTH SMITHFIELD -- The athletic management fee intended to help support junior varsity and middle school sports is most likely not generating the revenue that school officials had desired.
Stephen Lindberg, superintendent of schools, will report on the controversial fee at the School Committee meeting Tuesday night at the Kendall Dean School. Lindberg has declined several requests for the amount the fee has produced
"What an incredible event at the Wheeler Farm on Saturday," Warriors field hockey coach Jean Carlson reports following her team's Play4TheCure game against the Pingree School. "So many fans, family, friends, alumni, it was an awesome show. Not to mention that the 'Girls in Pink' put on their own show and tied the powerful Pingree team from Hamilton, Mass., 1-1, on a goal by Mia Gooding in the final minutes."
Proceeds from the game, hel
(Updates with Alex Gallo's victory in the Boys Varsity II race. The North Providence junior clocked a winning time of 16 minutes.)
Results compiled by Bob Leddy:
GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY
Brown University Northeast Championship
At Goddard Memorial State Park, Warwick
R.I. results
Championship Division
R.I. team score
2, Barrington 86.
Top R.I. finishers (w/overa
As of shortly before 3 p.m., four high school football games scheduled for Friday night had been postponed because of the weather:
East Providence at Tolman. Canceled.
Burrillville at Coventry, Canceled.
St. Raphael at North Kingstown (moved to Saturday at 2 p.m.)
Hope at Central Falls (moved to Saturday at 1 p.m.)
Rhode Island runners will go up against some of the region's best at the 27th annual Brown University Northeast Cross Country Championship, Saturday at Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick. Thirteen races will be held rain or shine, beginning with a freshmen race at 8:50 a.m. and concluding with the Championship events at 2:20 p.m. (girls) and 2:45 (boys).
The complete schedule is as follows: 8:50 a.m. - Freshmen overflow (co-ed); 9:
As of shortly after 10 a.m., two high school football games scheduled for Friday night had been postponed:
St. Raphael at North Kingstown (moved to Saturday at 2 p.m.)
Hope at Central Falls (moved to Saturday at 1 p.m.)
Check back later. There will probably be more.
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing Pawtucket in federal court, alleging the Parks and Recreation Department has given preferential treatment to parochial schools for use of some sports fields.
The ACLU, in a news release Wednesday, alleged that parks and recreation gave the prefer
Colleagues of the late Bob Smith - the longtime athletic director, coach and English teacher at Johnston High school, who lost a battle with cancer in July - have organized a memorial tribute to be held Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. at the high school auditorium.
Former students, athletes, coaches, fellow teachers and friends are invited to share their favorite memories of Smith, who served the Johnston School system in one capacity or another for
BY CAROLYN THORNTON
Journal Sports Writer
Their spot in the Division I playoffs has already been secured and there is only about a week left in the regular season, but the Barrington field hockey team isn't doing any celebrating yet, says coach Lee Markowski. There's still more work to do before the Eagles put themselves in what they consider to be the best possible position for the postseason.
"What we want to accomplish
Cumberland goalkeeper Kelsey Creamer has been displaying great maturity and confidence in her final season of field hockey, says Clippers coach Karen Sullivan.
With a somewhat inexperienced defense in front of her, the senior has been seeing plenty of action this fall and has proven to be up for the challenge. Recording 143 saves and posting five shutouts, Creamer boasts a .917 save percentage through 11 games.
"She has been ex
Two other Play4TheCure field hockey games have been planned this week, beginning with the Division I matchup between Cumberland and Tiverton, Thursday at 3:45 p.m. at Cumberland.
Clippers coach Karen Sullivan and her daughter Beth, who is a member of the team, were inspired to host a game after attending a Play4TheCure field hockey match at Stonehill College.
"The girls are very excited to be a part of it," said Karen Sullivan,
After hearing about the Play4TheCure game between Moses Brown and East Greenwich that North Kingstown player Cassie-Raye Stuart organized as part of her senior project last fall, Chariho coach Johannah LaFountain thought it would be fun to host a game in South County. She talked to South Kingstown coach Margaret McGregor and they decided to designate their II-South matchup on Oct. 6 as a Play4TheCure game.
Players from both teams did
PROVIDENCE - Prout maintained its status as the only undefeated R.I. Interscholastic League Division I girls volleyball team as the Crusaders posted a 25-13, 25-22, 25-20 victory over La Salle in the HS GameTime Game of the Week Tuesday night.
Prout, which won three straight Division II state titles before moving up to Division I this season, now is 13-0 in Division I play this season. La Salle, the two-time defending
Journal photo / Ruben W. Perez
Bay View junior Rebecca Curran
PAWTUCKET - Top seeded Rebecca Curran of Bay View captured the R.I. Interscholastic League girls state singles tennis championship Sunday as she posted a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Mount St. Charles' Taylor McEldowney in the title match of the state tournament at Slater Park.
Curran's title match victory completed a state tournament performance in which she only lost a total of two games in five, best-of-three tournament
BARRINGTON - All-State running back Mike Read scored both Barrington touchdowns as the Eagles posted a 14-0 victory over East Providence in a showdown of two undefeated Division I football teams Saturday night.
Read opened the scoring with a 31-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, then added an insurance tally with a one-yard rush in the fourth quarter.
The victory upped Barrington's Division I record to 3-
Barrington's dramatic 2-1 victory over previously undefeated La Salle Tuesday in the clash of Division I powers leaves Division II leaders Shea and East Greenwich as the only unbeaten and untied boys soccer teams in Rhode Island.
Shea stands atop Division II North with a 12-0-0 record in division play. The Raiders are 14-0-0 overall. East Greenwich leads Division II South with a 10-0-0 record. The Avengers feature the
In the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America's soccer rankings that were released on Tuesday afternoon, the La Salle boy's team was ranked third in New England and the girl's team was ranked fifth.
Both team's began the season ranked seventh, and both teams have dominated against Rhode Island competition.
The boy's team is 12-1.
A 2-1 loss to defending state champion Barrington Tuesday night is sure t
Results compiled courtesy of Bob Leddy:
GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY
Woods Trail Run, Thetford, Vt.
R.I. team scores
6, N. Kingstown 274; 30, Coventry 807; 34, E. Greenwich 861; 44, Ponaganset 1324.
Top 10 R.I. finishers (w/overall place)
1 (25), Aisha McAdams, NK 22:24; 2 (41), Mollie Anderson, EG 22:46; 3 (47) Kate DelGreco, NK 23:03; 4 (51), Kate Lynch, NK 23:06; 5 (7
Jim Spier, meet director of Saturday's Great American Cross Country Festival in Cary, N.C., reports that a change in scoring has resulted in Bishop Hendricken finishing third, not second as originally thought, in the Boys Race of Champions.
Brookwood High School of Snellville, Ga. was first with 118 points, Bishop Guertin of Nashua, N.H. took second with 149 points and Hendricken, which was led by Jake Sienko's third-place finish of 1
PAWTUCKET - Top seeded Rebecca Curran of Bay View rolled into the title match of the Interscholastic League girls tennis singles tournament as she didn't lose a game en route to quarterfinal and semifinal round victories Sunday at Slater Park.
Curran, the runner-up in last year's tournament, now will play Mount St. Charles' Taylor McEldowney in the title match next Sunday (Oct.11) at noon at Slater Park.
PAWTUCKET - Saturday's rain has altered the schedule for the Interscholastic League's girls tennis singles and doubles state tournaments.
The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the tournaments now will be played on Sunday (Oct. 4) beginning at noon at Slater Park.
The title matches in both tournaments now will be played Sunday (Oct. 11) at Slater at noon.
A familiar battle is brewing in Division IV-North girls soccer. Tolman and Woonsocket, which finished tied for the division lead and went on to play each other in the Division IV Championship last fall, are once again neck and neck in the standings.
Tolman - which boasts the top scorer in all of Division IV with sophomore Valeria Zapata (21 goals and 5 assists) - is one point ahead of Woonsocket at 7-0-2. The defending state champion N
Jake Sienko placed third overall in a field of 152 runners with a time of 15 minutes, 20 seconds in leading Bishop Hendricken to second place in the Race of Champions at the Great American Cross Country Festival, Saturday in Cary, N.C.
The Hawks, who came into the race ranked fourth in the Northeast and 26th nationally, finished behind Brookwood (Ga.) High School, the top-ranked team out of the Southeast.
Also contributing to H
GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY
Coaches poll (By Falk Fund/R.I. Track & Field Foundation)
Team Total pts. 1st-place votes Prev. poll
1. Barrington 109 10 1
2. La Salle 100 1 2
3. N. Kingstown
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