Simonelli coached the Crusdaers to a 17-1 in Division III this season. They lost in overtime to Exeter/West Greenwich in the first round of the state tournament. In 2011 Prout won the Division III championship and lost to Cranston West in the first round of the state tournament.

Prout was a Division III semifinalist in 2010. Simonelli's teams were 67-27 in the regular season in Division III. He has also coached at Roger Williams and Keene State.

La Salle will introduce Simonelli Wednesday at 5:15 in the Alumni Room of Routhier Hall.

Eric Pierce at second singles came back and beat Marco Amendola, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6. He won the tie-breaker, 7-5. Logan Kraus at fourth singles lost the first set to Andrew Dunn, 4-6, won his second set tie-breaker and won the deciding set, 6-4. Cam Voigt at first singles rallied for a 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory over Jackson Reilly.

Chundan Singh of the Eagles defeated Nathan Ray, 6-1, 6-4.

Barrington, 11-3 and third in Division I South, will play host to undefeated South Kingstown Tuesday at 4 and wrap up the regular season Thursday at home against Toll Gate. La Salle, 10-2 and first in D-I North, will play Wheeler Tuesday at 3:45 at Wheeler Farm.

Bay View's third varsity finised second, only two seconds behind the champion. The second varsity fell just shy of qualifying for the final.

Twenty-one rowers and three coxwains were in the three Bay View boats.

The modest sports program ended last month when the 1-1 softball team had to cancel the rest of its season because it could not field a team.

Sophomore basketball player Brian McParlin scored 810 points in his two years with the Tigers and will play for St. Raphael next season. Junior Alexandria Wall did it all in three years as a volleyball and softball player, dramatist and class president. She will attend St. Raphael for her final year of high school.

Read the complete story Monday in The Journal and the eEdition.

Rather than the entire three-day tournaments being played this week-end as originally scheduled, now the first four rounds of both tournaments will be played Saturday and Sunday and the title matches will be played Sunday, May 27.

Both the singles and doubles title matches will be played Sunday, May 27 at 2 p.m. at Slater Park in Pawtucket.

Engvall was the hero of the day Thursday as Barrington ended Hendricken's run as the only undefeated baseball team in the state with a 1-0 victory over the Hawks. The junior pitcher shutout the Hawks on seven hits then drove-in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning.

But after what happened Thursday nobody can fault Barrington fans for thinking come playoff time the Eagles have the ability to beat anybody en route to the state title.

Thursday afternoon the Eagles became the first team in the state to beat Hendericken this season with a 1-0 victory over the previously undefeated Hawks. It was the second time this season the Eagles have dropped a front-running team from the undefeated ranks.

Three weeks ago the Eagles handed North Providence its first loss with a 7-2 victory over the Cougars. To date that is North Providence's only loss in 13 Interscholastic League games.

Thursday's victory over Hendricken completed a week in which the Eagles not only beat the only previously undefeated team, but also defeated the defending state champion. On Tuesday, the Eagles posted a 6-3 victory over Cranston West, the defending Division I state champion.

Dave Scott opened the bottom of the seventh with a single and Ben Schwartz doubled him to third to set the stage for Engvall's walk-off sac fly.

Barrington was in position to win the game because of Engvall's seven-hit shutout.

Hendricken starter Tom Pannone had a strong performance of his own, allowing no runs on two hits while striking out 12, but he wasn't around for the decision.

The Eagles improve to 6-8 and the Hawks drop to 13-1.

The transfer from Stony Brook is hitting .269 and is tied for the team lead in doubles (13) and leads in RBI (31). She has six home runs and drove in five runs against George Washington. Fordham, the 2011 A-10 Tournament champion, is seeded second and opens tournament play on Thursday in St. Louis against sixth-seeded Saint Joseph's. The Rams are 31-24.

According to coach Steve O'Donnell, Manown was cutting in front of the crease when he was pushed and fell. A defenseman landed on top of him.

Manown was second on La Salle's team and 14th in the state in scoring with 16 goals and 17 assists for 33 points. The Rams beat Moses Brown, 12-7, Monday afternoon in their first game without him and will play host to Bishop Hendricken Saturday afternoon at 2.

Boys outdoor track
Southern Division meet, at Westerly (Thursday, 4 p.m.)
Central Division meet, at Toll Gate (Tuesday, 4 p.m.)

Girls outdoor track
Northern Division meet, at Cumberland (Thursday, 4 p.m.)

Baseball
Central at Classical
Davies at Burrillville
Woonsocket at Central Falls
Johnston at Ponaganset (Thursday, 3:30 p.m.)
Tolman at Shea (Thursday, 3:45 p.m.)
Scituate at North Smithfield (Thursday, 3:45 p.m.)
Prout at Rogers (Saturday, 1:15 p.m.)
Mt. Hope at Exeter/West Greenwich (Saturday, 3 p.m.)
Westerly at Narragansett (Saturday, 6:30 p.m.)
Juanita Sanchez at Hope (Monday, 4 p.m.)

Softball
Mount Pleasant at Central (Tuesday, 4 p.m.)
West Warwick at Exeter/West Greenwich (May 16, 4 p.m.)

Boys lacrosse
La Salle at Barrington
Toll Gate at Narragansett
North Kingstown at Hendricken
Westerly at Coventry (Thursday, 3:30 p.m.)
Scituate at East Providence (Thursday, 4:30 p.m.)
Tiverton at Burrillville (Monday, 4:15 p.m.)

Girls lacrosse
Middletown at Warwick Vets
Portsmouth at Chariho
Mount St. Charles at North Providence

Boys tennis
East Greenwich at Chariho (canceled)
Classical at Shea
Westerly at South Kingstown (Thursday, 3:30 p.m.)
Wheeler at Lincoln (Thursday, 3:30 p.m.)
North Kingstown at Barrington (Saturday, 2:30 p.m.)
Cumberland at Smithfield (Sunday, 4 p.m.)
Hendricken at Toll Gate (Monday, 3 p.m.)
Prout at Pilgrim (May 19, 1 p.m.)

Frank Wiley, the Middletown High All-State offensive and defensive lineman, who was named the Lineman of the Year by the Providence Gridiron Club, has decided to attend URI.

"I want to thank coach Trainer for giving me a chance to play football at URI," Wiley took the audience at the National Football Foundation's Rhode Island Chapter awards dinner Monday night where he was honored as one of the Foundation's Rhode Island High School Football Golden Dozen scholar/athletes.

So it's not family loyalty that makes me think it's nice that this talented 15-year-old wants to come home to Rhode Island from South America to play some high school tennis.

This quote from the kid in Mike Szostak's excellent story in Wednesday's paper sums up the situation for me:

"I've never been part of a team where you care about everybody winning," Donaldson said after playing a match for Ponaganset High. "This isn't all about me. You have to win four points. When I'm on the court, it's all about me. When I'm off, it's all about them I can root and cheer."

You don't have to cheer for him.

He will, after all, be a heavy favorite to win the state singles title.

But there's certainly no reason to hassle him.

He's only 15.

He grew up in Chepachet.

He's spent 12 of the last 16 months living and training in Buenos Aires, Argentina, working to become a world-class player.

We should welcome him home.

Donaldson has been home-schooled since sixth grade because of his training and travel schedules. His arrival just before the qualifying for the state tennis tournament generated questions and protests from coaches, parents and tennis officials, but the Rhode Island Interscholastic League determined that he complies with its rules for eligibility. He could be the top seed when the tournament resumes May 18.

Read about Donaldson's RIIL debut and his compliance with the rules Wednesday in The Journal and the eEdition.

Dailey-Harris delivered the top individual performance at the Schomp Invitational Track meet Saturday as she captured the girls high jump and long jump titles and anchored the Rams 4 x 100-meter relay team to victory.