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East Providence High School's DJ Lepine fires a serve for the Townies against Mount St. Charles during a non-league boys' volleyball outing two weeks ago. Lepine, a junior setter and opposite side hitter, is the lone returning starter for EPHS this spring.
Townies retool in boys' volleyball, eye playoff return
EAST PROVIDENCE — As the 2023 regular season began two weeks ago, the East Providence High School boys' volleyball team took to the court with a near entirely new starting lineup and cast of … more
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Senior third baseman and No. 2 hitter Jack McKnight shares the 2023 EPHS baseball captaincy with classmate and catcher Manuel Santos, though the latter will miss the first half of the season with an injury.
EPHS baseball is back in D-II, place of some notable successes
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School baseball team has been realigned down to Division II in time for the 2023, a place where the Townies enjoyed some of the most successful … more
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Kenaz Ochgwu slams home one of his four dunks for the EPHS boys' basketball team as the Townies crushed visiting Central Thursday night, Feb. 22, in the preliminary round of the 2024 Division I Championship Tourney.
Townies trounce Knights, advance in 2024 Division I boys' basketball tournament
The East Providence High School boys' basketball team easily dispatched Central in the preliminary round of the 2024 Division I championship tournament, the Townies literally doubling up the visiting … more
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Logan Amaral (left) shoots the puck up ice with teammate Ethan LaBollita (right).
Huskies hockey team still optimistic, despite difficult season
Sometimes season’s go south before they even get started. It can happen in the blink of an eye. This season the Huskies saw it coming. It’s been the same for the Mt. Hope/East Providence … more
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A rendering of the Senior Center grounds with the proposed Community Center added.
East Providence’s continued Community Center pursuit receives federal boost
EAST PROVIDENCE — Now some three decades in the conceptual stages and after a couple of false starts even after residents twice expressed their backing for it with their votes, the … more
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East Providence High School freshman football player Aydan Sousa is fitted for his helmet by Townies' assistant coach Eric Stringfellow earlier this week as the team readies for the official start of the upcoming 2022 season with opening day of practice Monday, Aug. 15.
Townies hope summer work pays off this fall
EAST PROVIDENCE — Adhering to the axiom “no rest for the weary,” the East Providence High School returning football players and coaches have been diligent about preparations for the … more
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East Providence's Keira Mullen was named first-team All-State by the coaches and also tabbed as Division II girls' volleyball player of the year and first-team All-League.
Champion EPHS girls' volleyball club had a fun title run
EAST PROVIDENCE — With a few days to reflect on going undefeated and winning the 2023 Division II championship, head coach Alex Butler and his East Providence High School girls' volleyball team … more
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Harmonie McDowell takes a jumper for EPHS in its Division I girls' basketball 2023-24 home opener against Portsmouth December 15.
East Providence drops Division I girls' hoops openers
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls' basketball team completed the first week of its 2023-24 Division I schedule with a pair of losses, 50-28 on the road in Providence … more
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Kenna Wigginton (left) drives towards goal during the EPHS girls' lacrosse game against Mount St. Charles. The senior scored her 100th career goal for the in the Townies' 15-5 win over neighbor PCD last week.
Townies' Wigginton nets 100th career girls' lacrosse goal
The East Providence High School baseball team opened up Division II play last week with a 1-0 victory over visiting Johnston Monday night, April 8, as the Townies remained unbeaten in three league … more
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East Providence High School's Ava Soares (No. 7 in red) scored a pair of goals in recent games, one in the Townies' first Division II win of the season against Bay View on October 18.
EPHS ends season-long league losing streak in girls' soccer
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls' soccer team concluded the second-to-last week of its 2023 Division II season by ending fall-long league losing streak. In city … more
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EPHS quarterback Jacob Duarte dives for some extra yardage in the Townies' non-league outing against Hendricken Friday night, Oct. 27.
Hawks fly past Townies in non-league football affair
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School football team hosted perennial state power Bishop Hendricken last Friday night, Oct. 27, in a non-league game at Townie Stadium where the … more
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Daniella Escudero is among those returnees expected to lead the East Providence High School girls' volleyball team during the upcoming 2023 season. A senior, the libero helped the Townies reach the Division II championship match last fall.
EPHS eyes repeat of resurgent girls' spiker season
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls' volleyball team, a long ago power in the state's top tier, took a step back last season with the intention of once again being able to … more
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(Clockwise from top left) Trey Rezendes, Xaiver Hazard, Will Winfield and Max Collins are the upperclassmen team leaders and top returnees for the East Providence High School boys' basketball squad this winter as the Townies aspire to be in contention for Division I and Open State Championship tournament titles at the end of the 2022-23 season.
Time is now for EPHS boys' hoopsters
EAST PROVIDENCE — The time is likely now for the current crop of East Providence High School boys’ basketball players, who enter the 2022-23 season not only a year older, but hopefully a … more
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Gallery: Rumford, Newport Silva Baseball Tourney All Stars
EAST PROVIDENCE — The 2023 Ron Silva District 2 Little League Minor Division All Star Tournament began Thursday night, June 29, with games across the area. Included on the schedule was … more
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A view of the hole/light base behind the stands at the EPHS athletics stadium as of Wednesday, April 12, 2023.
District, contractors coalesce on approach to new EPHS drain pipe fix
EAST PROVIDENCE — Seven months since the episode occurred, after five months of often times intense negotiations and with the possibility of litigation lurching over the process, all parties … more
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The URI’s men’s heavyweight varsity four, which won the American Collegiate Rowing Association club national title, is poised to start at the national regatta in Tennessee. From left are Kathryn McGee of East Providence, coxswain (barely visible), Isaiah Kittel of Portsmouth, Gunnar Rinkel, Bradley Schmidt and Levi Comire.
Portsmouth man wins national title with URI rowing team
PORTSMOUTH — They were among 40 club members who trained six days a week, and shoveled snow, raked leaves and completed other projects for local residents to raise money for their training … more
East Providence High School's Logan Calouro digs a shot from a Pawtucket co-op player in the teams' non-league boys' volleyball 2024 season opener March 28.
EPHS boys' spikers eye deeper playoff run in 2024
The program now back on firm footing after a couple of lean years in the state's top tier, the East Providence High School boys' volleyball team enters the 2024 season seeking to improve upon a … more
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DEM, Marine association provides boating community with virus guidelines
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association last week issued the following guidance regarding the safe operation of … more
Nyima Goncalves possesses the ball for EPHS in its 2023 girls' soccer opener September 12 against Ponaganset.
East Providence falls to Ponaganset in girls' soccer opener
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls' soccer team began its 2023 Division II regular season Tuesday night, Sept. 12, at home, suffering a 3-1 loss to Ponaganset. The … more
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Bay View selects Hall of Famer Scorpio as new athletic director
EAST PROVIDENCE — All Stater, player of the year, team captain, Hall of Famer, championship level coach and, now, athletic director. One of the most consequential student-athletes in the … more
Tournament director Ben Tuthill hands the Northeast Amateur crystal championship trophy to back-to-back winner Dylan Menante.
Menante is magnificent in defense of his Northeast Amateur title
EAST PROVIDENCE — Mother Nature had nothing on reigning Northeast Amateur Invitational champion Dylan Menante as he completed a defense of his title under sweltering conditions Saturday … more
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Operators of Silver Spring Golf Course in East Providence claim the six-hole layout is in as fine a form as ever and eagerly awaiting more play.
Silver Spring Golf Course re-tees in hopes of regaining players
EAST PROVIDENCE — The good folks currently in charge at the Silver Spring Golf Course want to make others aware their club is a welcoming place whether it's in the mid-summer heat or mid-fall … more
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Caleb Surratt, the standout freshman from the University of Tennessee, wedges up to the 18th green at Wannamoisett Country Club after a lengthy tee shot to close out his first round of the 2023 Northeast Amateur Invitational Wednesday, June 21.
Forrester feasts during Day 1 at the 2023 Northeast Amateur
EAST PROVIDENCE  — Bartley Forrester, a fifth-year senior on the Georgia Tech squad that last month finished as the national runner-up to champion Florida, held the lead after the first … more
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Gallery: Townies roll to 10th girls' lacrosse win without a loss
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls' lacrosse team authored yet another dominating performance Saturday afternoon, May 7, at home as the Townies collected their 10th win … more
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Kenaz Ochgwu led EPHS in scoring both nights, but the Townies dropped games to Shea and Central in their annual Harry Mutter Basketball Classic.
Townies drop a pair in Mutter boys' basketball tournament
The East Providence High School boys' basketball team dropped a pair of games late last week in the 2023 edition of its annual Harry Mutter Holiday Classic hosted by the Townies December 27 and 28. … more
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