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EVANSVILLE, Indiana -- Erin Carmone, of East Providence, a freshman at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass. finished 23rd on Saturday at the national Division II Cross Country Championships.
Carmone, a three-time all-stater last year in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track, traversed the 6 kilometer course in 21:33.7, an average of 5:47 per mile. Her performance led Stonehill, the top-ranked Division II in the Northeast, to a 16
WEST GREENWICH - Exeter-West Greenwich, last year's Division IV state football champion, earned the right to defend its state title in this year's Division IV tournament as the Scarlet Knights captured the fourth and final playoff berth with a 22-18 victory over Central Falls on Saturday.
The victory gives Exeter-West Greenwich a 5-3 final regular season Division IV record and moved the Scarlet Knights into a third p
There may be only one division in the Interscholastic League girls hockey ranks this winter, but there will be two state champions.
When Lincoln School informed the Interscholastic League that it would not compete in girls hockey this winter, League officials decided to combine what had been a nine-team league with two divisions in previous years into a one-division, eight-team league for the 2009-10 season.
Ponaganset parent Beth Keeling also wrote in about "Hospitality is par for the cross-country course at Ponaganset" :
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your article on Jimmy Caron and Ponaganset. If you know Jim at all, you know he is the hardest person in the world to thank for his tireless devotion
Jamison Odone - a former track and cross-country runner at Ponaganset now living in Ridgefield, Conn., where he writes and illustrates children's books - felt compelled to write to the Journal after reading "Hospitality is par for the cross-country course at Ponaganset." >> Continue reading: Former Ponaganset runner forever thankful to coach Caron
Sometimes a victory has nothing to do with coming in first. The Burrillville girls cross country team is a perfect example of that. After placing fourth in the Northern Division with a 7-3 dual-meet record, the Broncos finished second at this year's Class C Championships - recording their highest finish since winning the title in 1983 and qualifying for the state meet in the process.
"We needed to finish in the top four at least to qu
EAST PROVIDENCE - The Hendricken football team clinched a Division I playoff berth Monday night as the Hawks posted a 28-7 victory over East Providence at Pierce Field.
The victory gives Hendricken a final 6-2 regular season Division I record and assures the Hawks of at least the third seed for the four-team Division I playoffs and possibly a three-way tie for the second seed depending on the outcome of the Thanksgi
By MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer
PROVIDENCE - Girls from the Woonsocket and Tolman High School soccer teams will receive sanctions Tuesday for their role in the fight that marred the end of the MetLife Soccer Classic Girls Division IV Championship on Nov. 8 at Rhode Island College.
Players involved in the scuffle will most likely be suspended for games this winter or next spring, if they are seniors
The Central Falls at Exeter-West Greenwich football matchup is this week's HSGameTime Game of the Week.
The Scarlet Knights of Exeter-West Greenwich will be trying to clinch the final Division IV playoff berth when they host the Warriors in a 1:30 game Saturday afternoon.
The HSGameTime Athlete of the Week is Prout girls volleyball start Elise Walsh.
The Crusaders junior setter was named the tournament MVP after her 41-assist performance led Prout to a 3-0 victory over East Providence in the title game of the Division I girls volleyball tournament.
CRANSTON - Barrington clinched the No. 1 seed for the Division I football playoffs Sunday night as the Eagles posted a 28-0 victory over Cranston West at Cranston Stadium.
The victory gives the Eagles a final 7-1 regular season Division I record and clinched both the Division's top playoff seed and at least a regular season co-championship.
David Silvia led the Barrington attack with two touchdowns. The Eagles quic
By MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer
The Rhode Island Interscholastic League could mete out punishments on Monday for the fight that spoiled the finish of the MetLife Soccer Classic Girls Division IV Champiponship on Nov. 8.
Tom Mezzanotte, executive direcrtor, has completed his investigation and will present his findings to the Principals Committee on Athletics at its meeting Monday. He said the com
By MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Prout was just too good in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Girls Volleyball Division I Championship.
Too many hitters. Too many diggers. And the best setter in the state, at least on Sunday at the University of Rhode Island.
Prout defeated East Providence, 3-0, before a large and enthusiastic crowd at Keaney G
By MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - They tied for the division title and won the same number of games. They split their season series, each winning on its home court.
So it was no surprise that Mount St. Charles and Cranston West needed five games to decide the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Girls Volleyball Division II Championship.
Mount rallied for
Rhode Island teams made quite a splash at today's New England Cross Country Championships. Former Journal writer Bob Leddy sends along this recap:
Hendricken and the La Salle girls each captured team titles, Saturday at the New England Cross Country Championships, held at Wickham Park in Manchester, Conn. The Hawks, who last won a regional crown in 2002, collected 105 team points, and were led by their top finisher, senior Jake Sienko.
By MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The first point of the match, a long rally, ended when a Shea player drove the ball into the net. The second point was a kill by Anairis Rodriguez and the third a kill by Maria Budzyna, both of Central Falls.
They could have handed the trophy to Central Falls at that point because the Warriors went on to bury the Raiders, 3-0, Saturday in
Football fans will have to wait an extra day to know who will be the fourth team in the semifinal round of the Interscholastic League Division II playoffs as Saturday's quartefinal round game between Woonsocket and Lincoln was postponed because of rain
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The game now will be played Sunday at 1 p.m. at Barry Field in Woonsocket.
The winner of the game will play Coventry in a semifinal round game on Dec. 1.
BRISTOL - James Olson's one-yard touchdown run, with five seconds to play in the first half, gave Mt. Hope its margin of victory as the Huskies posted a 7-2 victory over Cranston East in a Division II football quarterfinal round playoff game Friday night.
The victory moved Mt. Hope into the semifinal round of the eight-team Division II tournament, which will be played on Dec. 1.
Cranston East sco
Most of the Interscholastic League football schedule for tonight -- and tomorrow -- have been postponed because of the storm in the area.
Here are the games that are still on for tonight:
West Warwick at South Kingstown, 6:30 (Division II playoff)
Cranston East at Mt. Hope, 7 p.m. (Division II playoff)
Westerly at Coventry, 7 p.m. (Division II playoff)
Barrington at Cranston West, 7 p.m.
Central at Johnst
BY CAROLYN THORNTON
Journal sports writer
The Chariho boys soccer team, which last Saturday captured its program's first ever Division I crown, has jumped onto the national radar, earning a No. 23 ranking in the NSCAA/adidas National High School Rankings, which were released Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the La Salle girls team, which was ranked 17th nationally last week, jumped four spots to 13th after capping off an undefeated se
BY MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer
PROVIDENCE -- Players involved in the fight at the end of the MetLife Soccer Classic Girls Division IV Championship Sunday night face a suspension of at least five games, according to Rhode Island Interscholastic League rules.
The brief bench-clearing scuffle occurred with about a minute to play in Woonsocket's 5-0 victory over Tolman. Another scuffle among fans of bot
By MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer
Inquiries into the altercation between players from Woonsocket and Tolman near the end of their Division IV championship game Sunday night at Rhode Island College are being directed to the Rhode Island Interscholastic League and executive director Tom Mezzanotte.
George Nasuti, the Woonsocket athletics director, sent me to the RIIL. John Scanlon, his counter
The eight-team Interscholastic League Division II football playoffs get under way this week-end with three games on Friday night and one on Saturday afternoon.
Friday night Westerly visits Coventry; South Kingstown hosts West Warwick and Cranston East meets Mt. Hope in Bristol. Saturday Woonsocket and Lincoln will meet in a 1 p.m. contest at Barry Field in Woonsocket.
Semifinal round games will be played o
Compiled by Bob Leddy:
GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY
State Championship
At Ponaganset High
Team scores
1, La Salle 41; 2, Barrington 49; 3, Cr. West 120; 4, N. Kingstown 122; 5, S. Kingstown 178; 6, Bay View 195; 7, Westerly 204; 8, Smithfield 232; 9, Toll Gate 247; 10, Cumberland 253; 11, Coventry 253; 12, Burrillville 344; 13, E. Greenwich 349; 14, Mt. St. Charles 387; 15, Mt. Hope 453; 16, Woonso
Ending an 18-year drought, Smithfield defeated Exeter-West Greenwich, 3-0, in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Girls Division II Championship of the 29th MetLife Soccer Classic, Sunday at Rhode Island College.
Ashley Kuhar, Courtney Maguire and Brianna Siravo each scored for the Sentinels, who hadn't won a state crown since 1991 when they captured the second of back-to-back Division III titles.
Maguire, a sophomore, was
FOSTER - The La Salle girls pulled a surprise and the Hendricken boys delivered as expected as the Lady Rams and Hawks captured the team titles at the Interscholastic League state cross country championships Sunday.
La Salle, sparked by individual champion Molly Keating, captured its third straight girls title by upsetting national ranked Barringtron 41-49.
In the boys competiton individual champion Jake Sienko
Thanks to Elizabeth Laprade's goal at 42:44, the La Salle girls soccer team successfully defended its state crown this afternoon, edging South Kingstown, 1-0, in the RIIL Division I Championship of the 29th MetLife Soccer Classic at Rhode Island College.
PROVIDENCE - Neil LaBier's first half goal, off a penalty shot, and a second-half tally by Chris Devin gave Chariho its margin of victory as the Chargers posted a 2-0 victory over Hendricken in the title game of the R.I. Interscholastic League MetLife Division I boys soccer tournament Saturday at Rhode Island College
PROVIDENCE -- East Greenwich captured its first Division II boy's soccer state championship in school history last night at Rhode Island College, ousting the defending state champion Lincoln Lions, 3-0, in the finals of the MetLife Soccer Classic.
Michael Monti, who led Division II South with 19 goals in the regular season, notched the Avengers' first two goals, and Scott Douglas scored the other on a breakaway. All three of East Green
-- Top-seeded East Greenwich and fifth-seeded Lincoln are tied 0-0 at halftime in the Division II state championship game being played at Rhode Island College.
East Greenwich dominated the first half. The Avengers did everything but throw the kitchen sink at Lincoln goalie Evan Walsh in opening stanza, but Walsh came up with one spectacular save after another. He currently has nine saves.
Among their numerous opportunities to
By MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer
TIVERTON -- Dominated in their two regular-season matches against Tiverton, Barrington showed up for the quarterfinals of the Division II Girls Volleyball Championships Tuesday night and shocked the undefeated Tigers, 3-2, in one of the biggest upsets of the RIIL fall sports season.
The Eagles' 25-23, 25-20, 23-25, 19-25, 15-12 triumph before a noisy crowd at Tiverton
GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY
Coaches poll
Team, Total pts., 1st-place votes in parentheses, Prev. poll
1. Barrington 88 (7) 1
2. La Salle 83 (2) 2
3. N. Kingstown 64
BY CAROLYN THORNTON
Journal Sports Writer
Last weekend, they each successfully defended their Class A titles and on Sunday, the Bishop Hendricken boys and La Salle girls will return to Ponaganset High School and attempt to defend their state crowns, as well, at the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Cross Country State Championships.
La Salle will go first, with the girls' race set to kick things off at 1:15 p.m. Led by
Getting two goals from Chelsea Gates and another from Amanda Graham, South Kingstown, which finished second to La Salle in last year's title game, earned another shot at the defending state champs by posting a 3-0 decision over Portsmouth in the second Division I semifinal matchup of the MetLife Soccer Classic, Wednesday at Cranston Stadium.
La Salle and South Kingstown will play for the Division I Championship, Sunday at noon at Rhode
Powered by a McKenzie Meehan hat-trick, the La Salle girls soccer team earned its ninth consecutive trip to the Division I Championship with a 5-0 victory over East Greenwich in the first semifinal contest of the 29th MetLife Soccer Classic, tonight at Cranston Stadium.
LA SALLE (4): McKenzie Meehan 3, Patricia Guay, Allison Kelley; assist - Kelley 2, Daria Capaldi. EAST GREENWICH (0).
Halftime - LS, 1-0. Saves - Caroline McCabe,
WARWICK -- Scott Douglas had a goal and three assists and Ben Berger two goals as undefeated East Greenwich defeated Smithfield, 4-1, in the Boys Division II semifinals of the 29th Annual MetLife Soccer Classic at Bishop Hendricken.
East Greenwich, 17-0-1, will play in the division final Saturday at Rhode Island College, its first final since 1998 and the second in school history. The Avengers will face either Lincoln
The Chariho boys soccer team defeated seventh-seeded North Kingstown, 2-1, in the Division I semifinals at Cranston Stadium.
Chariho will play Hendricken on Saturday for the Division I state championship.
Tyler Zegarzewski and Nick Dubee scored for Chariho, while Andrew Hess scored North Kingstown's only goal.
By JOHN GILLOOLY
Journal Sports Writer
He may not have bagged much candy, but University of Florida women's swimming coach Gregg Troy definitely received a big treat on Halloween.
That's when North Kingstown High senior and U.S. Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel told Troy that she will be attending Florida next fall.
Beisel's call to Troy last Saturday telling him that she would be in Gainesvill
CRANSTON -- Fifth-seeded Bishop Hendricken shocked top-seeded La Salle, 2-0, Tuesday night in the first semifinal of the 29th MetLife Soccer Classic Boys Division I tournament.
Max Milder scored on a header at 4:03 of the first half and Marcello Penta on an 18-yard shot at 11:03 of the second half.
Hendricken goalkeeper Justin Skerpan turned aside everything La Salle blasted at him. La Sall
BY CAROLYN THORNTON
Journal Sports Writer
What makes Ponaganset High School a good venue for the Rhode Island Interscholastic League's Class and State Cross Country Championships?
The question was recently posed to boys and girls cross-country coaches throughout the state in an e-mail questionnaire from the Providence Journal.
The responses - and the accolades - soon came pouring in.
"Outstanding venue - o
MIKE SZOSTAK
Journal Sports Writer
The semifinals of the boys MetLife Soccer Classic Tuesday and Wednesday look a little different after quarterfinal upsets.
In Division I, Barrington and Central Falls are gone. Barrington, the 2008 state champion, 2009 East champion with a 16-1-1 record, second seed in the tournament and winner of 10 in a row, lost to seventh-seeded North Kingstown, 2-1. Central Falls, t
Seven of the eight qualifiers for the Division II state football tournament have been decided, but the final playoff berth is still up for grabs going in the final week-end of regular season Division II play.
Mt. Hope, Woonsocket, Westerly and West Warwick have clinched the four Division II-A playoff berths and Coventry, South Kingstown and Cranston East have secured three of the four Division II-B berths.
Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson
The MVP of the Division
Results compiled by Bob Leddy:
GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY
CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Ponaganset High
Class A
Team scores
1, La Salle 28; 2, Cr. West 43; 3, N. Kingstown 63; 4, Coventry 111; 5, Cumberland 167; 6, Chariho 196; 7, Woonsocket 222; 8, E. Providence 229; 9, Cr. East 239; 10, Classical 297; 11, Hope 348.
Individual results
1, Molly Keating, LS 18:46;
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