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DEM stocks 25 state waterways with Brook, Rainbow trout
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is conducting its fall trout stocking at area locations in advance of the Columbus Day holiday weekend. The effort … more
EPs Kathryn Patalano
EPHS girls vie in Sullivan Division championships
The East Providence High School indoor track and field teams, as their sport traditionally does, get the 2023-24 winter championships schedule started this weekend when the girls contest the Sullivan … more
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East Providence High School athletes (from left to right) Kandace Daniel, Kit Ruddock, Nazarae Phillips and Nick Morrison were among the Townies to win and/or place in multiple events at the 2022 Eastern Division Championship Meet held Sunday, May 15, in Portsmouth.
EPHS athletes earn accolades at Eastern Division outdoor meet
PORTSMOUTH — The East Providence High School boys’ and girls’ outdoor track and field teams placed fourth and sixth, respectively, in their Eastern Division Championship Meets held … more
Lily Johanson, Peter Kochan and their EPHS Unified Hoops teammates beat North Kingstown May 11 to advance to the 2023 Division II playoffs championship game.
East Providence High School advances to Unified hoops title tilt
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School Unified Basketball League squad never trailed en route to a 30-22 victory over visiting North Kingstown in the semifinals of the Division II … more
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Senior Jaidin Ivy is one of the sprinters expected to help the East Providence High School boys' outdoor track and field team score points during the upcoming championship meet schedule.
EPHS eyes relevancy in boys' outdoor track this spring
The East Providence High School boys' outdoor track and field team continues its 2024 regular season with the aim of remaining relevant come the championship meet schedule later this spring. The … more
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Senior Levi Jacobs has returned to the EPHS boys' basketball team this winter after missing the last two seasons with knee injuries.
After years of injury, East Providence's Jacobs bounces back
The story of East Providence High School senior basketball standout Levi Jacobs is certainly one of pain, definitely one of perseverance and, for good measure, one of pride..."Townie Pride." The … more
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The Huskies storm teammate Aidan Ramaglia after his walk off hit scored two runs to lift Mt. Hope over East Providence 10-9 in the seventh inning.
Ramaglia’s walk off hit in seventh boosts Huskies nine over Townies, 10-9
The Huskies stormed outfielder Aidan Ramaglia who stood on second base after he hit a groundball base hit up the middle to score Matt Gale and Caleb DeCastro and give the Huskies an improbable 10-9 walk-off victory at Guiteras Field on Friday afternoon. more
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East Providence High School's Sadie Gagnon reacts as she looks up at the scoreboard after finishing second in the girls' 200 yard freestyle at the 2024 state meet Saturday, March 2, at Brown University..
Gagnon shines for EPHS swimmers at 2024 states
Sadie Gagnon capped her debut season on the East Providence High School swim team in fine fashion by the leading the Townies at the 2024 Rhode Island Interscholastic League State Championship Meet … more
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East Providence High School coach Tom Galligan, who has guided the Townies for 31 years, has been chosen for induction into the Rhode Island Wrestling Hall of Fame, Class of 2023.
East Providence's Galligan finally gets his call to the Hall
EAST PROVIDENCE — Friends, peers and associates will say it's much overdue, but East Providence High School's Tom Galligan will finally be inducted into the Rhode Island Wrestling Hall of Fame … more
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East Providence High School’s Jordan O’Hara, Tyler Robinson, Roger Beaudet and Connor Cirello (from back left to front right) run as a pack for the Townies during the boys’ Class A Championship Meet Saturday, Oct. 29, at Ponaganset High’s Covered Bridge Trail.
Gallery: Townies compete in boys' cross country class meet
NORTH SCITUATE — The East Providence High School boys’ cross country team completed its 2022 season last weekend vying in the Class A Championship Meet at Ponaganset High’s 3.1-mile … more
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EPHS head coach Bobby Rodericks joins with his infielders on the mound as he takes starting pitcher Tim Robitaille out of the Townies' game against Chariho Friday, April 7.
Townies tumble in first ever varsity baseball game on new EPHS diamond
EAST PROVIDENCE — Chariho and, more specifically, starting pitcher Adam Carpenter spoiled the first official game for the East Providence High School baseball team back on campus at its new … more
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Gallery: EPHS Unified Volleyball
EAST PROVIDENCE — The 2022 edition of the East Providence High School Unified Volleyball League team, which brings together Special Needs student-athletes with their peers from the general … more
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East Providence High School's Levi Jacobs drops in two of his team-best 14 points for the Townies in their Division I boys' basketball loss to visiting and first-place Classical Tuesday night, Jan. 30.
Unbeaten Purple out-'class' Townies in boys' hoops
It's been a proverbial rollercoaster of a season for the East Providence High School boys' basketball team so far in 2023-24. The Townies have followed so-so start to their Division I slate with … more
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James McShane beat Christian Resinger in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, to secure the deciding point for the Townies as they captured the 2022 Division III boys’ tennis championship with a 4-2 win over Chariho in front of a couple hundred spectators at the Brown University tennis facility.
Townies triumph, take D-III boys' tennis title
PROVIDENCE — When East Providence High School’s James McShane last played his opponent from Chariho at second singles Christian Resinger during a regular season match some seven weeks ago … more
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EPHS team members swarm keeper Ava Williams following the final buzzer and after her late save insured the Townies' win over North Smithfield for the Division III title Sunday, June 5.
EPHS escapes, edges North Smithfield for D-III girls’ lax crown
CRANSTON — As expected it wasn’t easy, but the East Providence High School girls’ lacrosse team avenged its only loss this spring en route to capturing the 2022 Division III … more
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Melissa Resendes gestures while talking to her assistants as members of the 2022 East Providence High School girls' soccer team warm up before a recent practice session. Resendes, the program's all-time leading goal scorer and one of the best Townies ever, returns as the new head coach of EPHS this fall.
Resendes takes over as new EPHS girls' soccer coach
EAST PROVIDENCE — Achieving what she said was really a life-long aim, former program great Melissa Resendes is about to embark on her first season as head coach of the East Providence High … more
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EPHS quarterback Max Whiting attempts to elude a pair of Portsmouth defenders during the teams' Division II playoff game November 4.
EPHS falls to Portsmouth in football playoffs
PORTSMOUTH — East Providence High School’s Division II quarterfinal football outing last Friday night, Nov. 4, in Portsmouth against the host Patriots wasn’t … more
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The latest rendering as of December 2023 for the proposed new community/recreation center in East Providence.
Community/rec center idea in East Providence seemingly clears final hurdle
EAST PROVIDENCE — By two-vote margins, the City Council pretty much propelled the oft-discussed community/recreation center proposal over the final hurdle upon approving a pair of … more
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The area at the stadium where the hole around the light post formed.
Remedy for compromised EPHS stadium light post commences
EAST PROVIDENCE — After a much longer period of consideration and deliberation than initially expected, work was scheduled to commence earlier this week to remedy a depression around one of the … more
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The EPHS boys' basketball team will need the likes of senior guard Max Collins to be at his best if the Townies hope to advance deep into the 2023 Open State Championship Tournament.
Townies take one last shot with berth in boys' Open State hoops tournament
EAST PROVIDENCE — Bounced from the quarterfinals of the Division I playoffs the prior by eventual league champion LaSalle, the East Providence High School boys’ basketball team gets one … more
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East Providence receiver Isaac Fox breaks through a would-be LaSalle tackler during the teams' annual Thanksgiving Day football game November 23.
LaSalle outlasts latest EP Thanksgiving Day upset bid
PROVIDENCE — For the second year in a row the East Providence High School football team came oh-so-close to upending LaSalle in their annual Thanksgiving Day clash, but once again the Townies … more
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East Providence High School's Ferhat Akdemir controls his North Providence opponent during their match at 165 pounds last week. Akdemir won the contest and the class at the Connecticut Challenge.
East Providence drops a pair of tight, Division I wrestling matches
The East Providence High School wrestling team suffered a pair of two-point, Division I dual meet losses over the last week including a 36-34 to visiting North Providence Thursday night, Jan. 25, at … more
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Max Collins had a game-best 24 points to lead EPHS by Woonsocket in a Division I championship tourney preliminary round game Friday night, Feb. 17.
Townies nail Novans, advance to D-I boys' hoops tourney quarters
EAST PROVIDENCE — It took a bit longer, but much like in their regular season meeting almost a month to the day prior the East Providence High School boys’ basketball team once again … more
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Coaches Mike Constantino and Kate Farrington (middle) of the PCD/St. Ray's Swim Co-op celebrates after winning the 2023 Division IV championship by both its boys’s and girls’ swim teams.
Providence Country Day/St. Ray's co-op sweeps D-IV swim titles
BRISTOL — The Providence County Day/St. Raphael Academy co-op recorded a pair of impressive doubles Friday night, Feb. 17, in the Division IV Championships held at the Roger Williams University … more
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Kenaz Ochgwu dunks during a recent East Providence High School boys' basketball game. Ochgwu and the Townies earned an important road win February 8, rallying from double digits down to defeat host Narragansett.
East Providence rallies for crucial Division I boys' hoops win
The East Providence High School boys' basketball team rallied from a double-digit, second-half deficit then hung on in the final seconds to edge Narragansett 70-69 in an important late season … more
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