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KMS Wildcats are state baseball champions

By   /  June 18, 2013  /  News, Sports  /  No Comments

Kickemuit Middle School Wildcats celebrate with the championship plaque after defeating Curtis Corner Middle School 6-5 at McCarthy Field in West Warwick Tuesday afternoon.

  For the first time in 18 years, the Kickemuit Middle School Wildcats are state champions. Behind a complete game effort by pitcher Ryan Ramos, the Wildcats handed Curtis Corner Middle School its first loss of the season Tuesday afternoon, beating the previously undefeated South Kingston team 6-5 at John E. McCarthy Field in West [...]

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Track peers choose East Providence High’s Lyons as Coach of the Year

By   /  June 18, 2013  /  News, Schools, Sports  /  No Comments

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WARWICK — On the heels of leading the program to its first state championship in 17 years and just its fifth all time, East Providence High School boys’ outdoor track and field mentor Bob Lyons was chosen by his peers as Coach of the Year. Lyons, the head coach of the Townies for 14 years, [...]

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East Providence High falls in boys’ volleyball semis; unbeaten Coventry wins title

By   /  June 14, 2013  /  Sports  /  No Comments

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PROVIDENCE —  On Tuesday evening, June 11, the East Providence High School boys’ volleyball team lost to South Kingstown, 3-0, in the Division I state championship tournament semifinals at the Providence Career and Tech Center Field House. The first set was very close seeing the Townies and Rebels battle it out. The Rebels, however, were [...]

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Playoff runs end for East Providence High boys’ volleyball, baseball teams

By   /  June 11, 2013  /  Schools, Sports  /  No Comments

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PROVIDENCE — The end was swift for the East Providence High School boys’ volleyball team in the Division I state championship tournament semifinals Tuesday night, June 11, at the Providence Career & Tech Academy Field House as the Townies suffered a 3-0 loss to South Kingstown. East Providence, seeded first on its side of the [...]

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Barrington baseball team bounced from playoffs

By   /  June 11, 2013  /  Sports  /  No Comments

Barrington coach Ralph Caruso talks to Quinn Morvillo during a recent playoff game.

The Barrington High School baseball team, which opened the postseason with a win over Lincoln High School, was eliminated after losing two games last week. The Eagles dropped a 10-3 decision to North Kingstown on Tuesday, June 4. North Kingstown took an early 3-0 lead, but Barrington fought back to tie the game. The score [...]

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Barrington boasts New England track champions

By   /  June 11, 2013  /  Sports  /  No Comments

Megan Verner-Crist, a member of the Barrington 4x800 meter relay team, competes at the state track championship. The relay team will run in the nationals.

Barrington High School student-athletes performed very well at the New England Track and Field Championships recently — the girls’ 4×800 relay team won its event and Charlie Ionata was tops in the hammer throw. The Barrington relay team of Julia Zitzmann, Julianna Portelli, Megan Verner-Crist and Abby Livingston came from behind to defeat LaSalle Academy [...]

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Barrington High girls’ win New England 4×800 meter relay title in record fashion

By   /  June 8, 2013  /  Schools, Sports  /  No Comments

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NEW BRITAIN, CONN. — The Barrington High School girls’ 4×800 meter relay team captured the regional title Saturday, June 8, in the New England Interscholastic Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet Willow Brook Park. The Eagles’ foursome of Julia Zitzman, Julianna Portelli, Abby Livingston and Megan Verner-Crist claimed the regional title in a new meet [...]

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East Providence High sweeps Chariho from Division I boys’ volleyball playoffs

By   /  June 6, 2013  /  Sports  /  No Comments

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EAST PROVIDENCE — Just as it did a month earlier in the regular season, the East Providence High School boys’ volleyball team easily dispatched visiting Chariho, 3-0, in the opening round of the Division I State Championship Tournament Thursday night, June 6. The Townies, the top seed on its half of the bracket after finishing [...]

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East Providence High baseball nine wins, softball falls in playoff elimination games

By   /  June 6, 2013  /  Sports  /  No Comments

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EAST PROVIDENCE — Both facing elimination, the East Providence High School softball and baseball teams each hosted losers’ bracket outings in their respective league championship playoffs Thursday afternoon, June 6. The EPHS baseball team met up with Tiverton for the second time in the Division II tournament, the two sides playing yet another barn-burner. The [...]

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Portsmouth Middle School softball team advances

By   /  June 5, 2013  /  Sports  /  No Comments

Kelly Conley of the Portsmouth Middle School softball team puts the ball in play during a regular season game.

PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Middle School girls’ softball team is still alive and well in the playoffs, winning its first two games. Portsmouth won a quarterfinal playoff game Tuesday evening, defeating Gallagher Middle School, 9-2. Down 2-0 in the bottom of the third inning, Maddie White hit a double and would go on to score the [...]

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