Portsmouth Abbey sailors capture New Englands
PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Abbey’s sailing team won the New England Schools Sailing Association’s (NESSA) Team Racing Championships over the weekend, bringing home the Fritz Mark Trophy for the first time in the 39-year history of the event. The competition was held at the Hyannis Yacht Club in Massachusetts. The Ravens faced off against teams from seven [...]
Read More →Portsmouth Abbey boys win EIL baseball championship
PORTSMOUTH — The No. 3 seeded Portsmouth Abbey varsity baseball team avenged earlier losses this season to No. 2 Bancroft and No. 1 Berwick to win the 2013 Eastern Independent League (EIL) Championship, held at Pingree School in South Hamilton, Mass. on Saturday. The Ravens defeated Bancroft, 13-3, in the semifinal, pounding out 15 hits [...]
Read More →Carnevale serves as catalyst to East Providence High gym renovation project
EAST PROVIDENCE — In serving as the catalyst for the East Providence High Gymnasium Renovation Project, city native and young philanthropist John Carnevale saw not only an opportunity to neatly enhance a section of the school he once attended but also the chance to create a greater sense of community in his hometown. Mr. Carnevale, [...]
Read More →Youthful Wildcats continue to suffer softball growing pains
Westport falls to 2-18 with loss to Pembroke By Steve Rogers WESTPORT — It’s been a learning season for the Westport High School softball team and Monday was no different. The Wildcats, with a roster of 14, half of the girls whom are freshmen, fell to Pembroke 17-4 in six innings in a [...]
Read More →Community Center sponsors Sakonnet golf outing
LITTLE COMPTON — The Little Compton Community Center is sponsoring a golf outing at the Sakonnet Golf Club on Saturday, June 1, beginning at noon. This golf outing includes 18 holes of golf on the beautiful Sakonnet River, lunch, a dinner reception, musical entertainment, awards, and raffle prizes. Pricing options are $200 per golfer for the [...]
Read More →Tiverton tennis ends regular season with win but banned from playoffs
Tiverton ended its regular season on a winning note, knocking off West Warwick last week 4-3, and posting a 7-5 league record for the season. The team finished in a three-way tie for second place in Divison III Central B. That’s it for the Tigers who won’t go to the playoffs this year due to [...]
Read More →Barrington starts slow, but finishes strong, wins Class Championship
Seniors on the Barrington High School boys’ track team were a bit tired at the start of the Class B Championships on Saturday morning — likely the affect of a late Friday night at the prom and BHS AfterProm party. But the upperclassmen powered through the cobwebs and helped the team capture the title. [...]
Read More →East Providence’s Zexter repeats as SENE solo golf champ
PORTSMOUTH — For the second year in a row, Rumford resident and now St. Andrew’s School senior Ethan Zexter captured the Southeastern New England (SENE) private school league individual golf championship, the city resident carding a medalist total of just three-over par 71 Thursday, May 16, at The Carnegie Abbey Club. Zexter was six shots [...]
Read More →East Providence moves up in latest RITFCA outdoor track rankings
PROVIDENCE — The RITFCA released its second set of rankings for the 2013 outdoor season and Hendricken and LaSalle continue to top the polls. Hendricken posted 95 points and garnered five first-place ballots of the nine coaches who responded in the boys’ rankings. Of note locally, the Barrington girls ranked third and the boys fourth. [...]
Read More →Loss drops Tiverton tennis into three-way tie
Narragansett dealt Tiverton boys’ tennis a 7-0 setback in a match played in Tiverton last Tuesday. This loss put Tiverton in a three-way tie for second place in a closely contested Division III Central B at 6-5. Tiverton’s final match of the regular season is scheduled for this Thursday at West Warwick.The following are the scores [...]
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