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RIIL singles and doubles tennis tournament resumes Saturday
PAWTUCKET -- The qualifying rounds completed two weeks ago, play will resume Saturday at Slater Park in the main draw of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League singles and doubles tournament. Two rouund are scheduled for Saturday and two for...
May 17, 2013 3:40 pm
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Lacrosse fundraiser for Boston Marathon Bombings fund
NORTH KINGSTOWN -- U13 teams from the North Kingstown Youth Lacrosse League and South County Lacrosse will play each other Sunday to raise money for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Noah Iden, 13, of North Kingstown came up...
May 17, 2013 3:20 pm
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May 24 deadline to register for N.E. Student Leadership Summer Conference
A limited number of spots are still available for the third annual New England Student Leadership Summer Conference, to be held July 16-19 at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass. Completed registration forms must be submitted to the R.I. Interscholastic League...
May 17, 2013 11:14 am
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R.I. high-school lax alums doing well in college
Alan Williams of Bristol, a second-team All-State for Mt. Hope in 2010, earned All-Commonwealth Coast Conference second-team recognition as a faceoff midfielder for Roger Williams University. He won 59 percent of his faceoffs and finished third in the CCC....
May 17, 2013 8:00 am
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Youth lax teams to play benefit game Sunday for One Fund Boston
The North Kingstown and South County U13 competitive lacrosse teams are joining forces to raise money for The One Fund Boston. The teams will be playing each other, Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon at Wilson Park in North Kingstown....
May 16, 2013 9:48 pm
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Wheeler repeat winners at SENE Golf Championship
Led by Matt Dwyer (80) and Jon Dwyer (84), Wheeler successfully defended its title at the SENE Championship, carding a team total of 344 at Carnegie Abbey Country Club. Andrew Rockwell (84) led PCD to a runner-up finish with...
May 16, 2013 9:44 pm
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Smithfield beats South Kingstown and finishes regular season 12-0
SMITHFIELD -- It was a perfect ending to a perfect regular season for the boys who play tennis for Smithfield High School. The sun was shining, the temperature climbed into the low 80s, and green and gold decorated the...
May 16, 2013 9:07 pm
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Mount's Roberge headed to UVM in the fall
Mount St. Charles senior Cassie Roberge signed her National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Vermont, where she will compete for the Division I Catamounts' track team. An All-Division and All-Class selection in the long jump and the...
May 16, 2013 6:34 pm
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Barrington girls lax caps off undefeated regular season, claims I-North crown
The biggest games of the season have yet to be played, but Barrington girls lacrosse coach Kathryn Tajima gave her players permission to celebrate a little longer than usual on Tuesday night. For one thing, it was Senior Night...
May 16, 2013 12:10 pm
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Boston Marathon invites stopped runners back
BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Marathon organizers say runners who couldn't finish this year's race because of the explosions at the finish line can come back next year. The Boston Athletic Association says people who passed the halfway checkpoint but...
May 16, 2013 11:42 am
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Tom Cavanagh 5K set for Saturday
EAST GREENWICH - The inaugural Tom Cavanagh 5K Walk/Run will be held Saturday at Our Lady of Mercy School at 9 a.m. The race, named in honor of the late former Toll Gate High and Harvard University hockey star,...
May 16, 2013 10:34 am
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Oosthuizen, Zoeller, Haas, Sluman join CVS field
BARRINGTON _ The CVS Caremark Charity Classic has added a strong international flavor for next month's event at Rhode Island Country Club. Louis Oosthuizen, a South African who won the 2010 British Open, has agreed to take part in...
May 16, 2013 10:12 am
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Tennis showdown Thursday at Smithfield
SMITHFIELD -- Undefeated Smithfield and once-beaten South Kingstown will close out the regular season Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Smithfield High School. The tennis Sentinels are 11-0 and feature the top singles player in the state in junior Matt Kuhar....
May 16, 2013 8:00 am
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Leopold overtakes Eaton for Burke title
MIDDLETOWN _ Bobby Leopold parred the first hole of a sudden death playoff Wednesday to edge Austin Eaton III for the title in the Rhode Island Golf Association's Burke Memorial Championship at Wanumetonomy. Leopold and Eaton both finished with...
May 15, 2013 5:52 pm
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Outdoor t&f Class Championships set for Saturday
Outdoor track teams are gearing up for the Class Championships, set to take place Saturday at three different facilities. The Class A Championships will be held at Cumberland High School, Class B at Westerly and Class C at East...
May 15, 2013 4:13 pm
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RIIL changes date of tennis finals
PROVIDENCE -- Proms prevail over tennis as far as the Rhode Island Interscholastic League is concerned. Singles and doubles finals in the state championship tournament have been moved to Sunday, May 26, at Slater Park at noon, a week...
May 14, 2013 4:27 pm
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Lincoln survives extra-inning nailbiter against NK in clash of DI softball powers
The long-anticipated matchup between the top two softball teams in Division I didn't disappoint, as Lincoln and North Kingstown battled into extra innings before a packed crowd at Ryan Park on Monday night. Although the defending state champion Lions...
May 14, 2013 12:12 pm
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Barrington girls win five events, en route to Eastern Division outdoor crown
Picking up 17 top-three finishes and amassing 166.333 points, the Barrington girls successfully defended their title at the Eastern Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Monday on their home track. State cross-country champion Emma McMillan (4:51.20) and junior Megan...
May 14, 2013 10:14 am
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Hendricken wins baseball showdown
WARWICK - Hendricken's Mike King won his fifth game of the season as the senior ace led the Hawks to a 4-1 victory over La Salle in their showdown game for the Interscholastic League Division I-North baseball lead Monday...
May 13, 2013 6:42 pm
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Kirby leads U.S. Open qualifying
BARRINGTON _ Eddie Kirby continued his strong start in the new golf season Monday when he shot a 3-under par 68 and easily advanced through local trials for the U.S. Open at Rhode Island Country Club. The pro at...
May 13, 2013 5:10 pm
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