The Barrington High School boys basketball team suffered a tough defeat on Friday night, losing 72-62 in overtime against Bishop Hendricken.

The Eagles held a two-point lead with time running down, but the Hawks scored a last-second basket to tie it up and send the game into overtime. Bishop Hendricken dominated the extra period, out-scoring the Eagles 14-4.

Barrington High School freshman standout Matt Raffa led all scorers with 28 points, including seven 3-pointers. Ethan Coutu finished the game with 15 points for the Eagles, while Connor Sullivan had nine and Sean Bonneau knocked down two 3-pointers and finished with six.

The loss to Bishop Hendricken followed a 56-52 win over Westerly on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Raffa and Coutu led the Eagles’ offense with 16 and 14 points, respectively, while Brigham Dunphy scored seven, and Sullivan and Bonneau each had six. Ben Proulx finished the game with five points.

Girls basketball

The Eagles celebrated a key victory last week, defeating North Kingstown 53-46 on Thursday, Feb. 11.

Freshman Dani Ceseretti led all Barrington scorers with 18 points, while Caroline McConaghy hit four 3-pointers and finished the game with 13. Freshman Lindsey Lemay scored eight points and Nina Gibbons added six points.

On Saturday, Feb. 13, Barrington won again, defeating Bay View 47-38. Ceseretti led all scorers with 24 points, while McConaghy added nine and Lemay finished with six.

Boys hockey

The Barrington High School boys ice hockey team stumbled a bit this past week, falling to Burrillville 4-3 on Wednesday, Feb. 10 and to Cumberland 6-0 on Saturday. The Eagles record now stands at 3-3-1. 

In the Burrillville game, Barrington jumped out to a 3-1 lead after one period on goals by Trevor Snow, Brenen Gazeryan and Sam Faulkner. John O’Connell, Adam Gorman, Owen Crain and Gazeryan had assists in the period. Cam Siwik finished with 33 saves.

Saturday was an uphill battle for the Eagles as they played Cumberland on their senior night.  After a scoreless first period, Cumberland piled on four goals in the second period and two in the third period. Siwik had 32 saves.

Barrington will play its final regular season game on Saturday against East Greenwich in Cranston. Saturday will be Senior Night for Mike Cox, Crain, Callum Flaherty, Jackson Gorman, Bobby Ide and Will Ide.