The much-anticipated rematch of the South Kingstown and Barrington High School boys' tennis teams was a downer for the Eagles as the nine-time reigning state champion Rebels shut out the locals, 7-0.

At third singles, Gates Jerome (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) along with the third doubles team of Pat McLaughlin-Sam Triebwasser (6-1, 4-6, 6-4) played the most competitive matches of the afternoon for the visiting Eagles.

South Kingstown improved to 12-0 and wrapped out-right first place in the Division One regular season standings as well as the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. Barrington dropped to 10-2 and will be the second seed in the postseason, which begins on May 20 with the qualifying round. The Rebels and Eagles advance directly to the semis on May 22 at Slater Park in Pawtucket.

Baseball

The Barrington and East Providence baseball squads continue to chase two of the final Rhode Island Division One playoff spots, while Seekonk High eyes a bid in the Massachusetts Division Three postseason.

The Eagles defeated Moses Brown, 8-4, for their fifth win in 15 tries. Barrington (5-10) led the Quakers by a 6-0 score before the hosts chipped away. The Eagles salted away the win on Steve Crawford's two-triple in the seventh. Adam Speakman was the winning pitcher.

The Townies, who shut out the Eagles Tuesday, dropped their second contest in as many days, a 10-2 setback to Warwick Vets. East Providence (5-11) scored a run in the top of the first, but the Hurricanes answered with three in the bottom of the second and never trailed from that point.

At home Thursday, the Warriors lost two games in a row for the first time all season after dropping a 6-4 decision to visiting Greater New Bedford Voc in a South Coast Conference outing. With the score tied at two, the Bears used a four-run outburst in the fifth to pull away. Mitch LaChance had two of the six Seekonk hits. The Warriors dropped to 8-5 overall and 6-5 in the SCC.

Softball

Good news came from the Seekonk softball side, which won its ninth game of the season with a 12-4 decision over New Bedford Voc and thus qualified for the Division Two South Sectional.

The Warriors improved to 9-3 overall and 8-3 in the SCC with a win over the host Bears. Krista Chauvin had a huge offensive day for the locals with three hits and six RBIs, including a three-run homer. Lauren Medeiros hit a two-run job as part of her three-hit day. Lauren Correia also had three hits. Brianne Nolette was the winning pitcher after throwing the last four frames in relief of starter Sam Howarth.

Golf

East Providence couldn't defeat rival Portsmouth for second place in the East Division standings, but the Townies and Patriots did play to a 178-tie in a match that also included Mt. Hope at Green Valley Country Club.

Charlie Wescott was low for E.P. with a 41. Corey Silva shot a 43. The Townies and Portsmouth also defeated the Huskies, who shot a 209. E.P. saw its record move to 8-1-1 while the Patriots went to 11-1-1 and all but clinched a share of first place in the final standings with Barrington. They will do so officially with a victory over Rogers, May 15.

East Providence, which can earn third place and a date as host of the upcoming East playoff match with two more wins, closes its regular season with back-to-back matches against Barrington, May 14 and 15. The Townies and Eagles travel to Montaup for a date with host Tiverton then return to Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington the next afternoon where Middletown joins the locals.

Boys' Volleyball

The EPHS squad rebounded from a stinging loss to first-place Toll Gate earlier in the week to defeat East Greenwich, 3-1. The Townies improved to 7-4 in the Division One standings and avenged an earlier 3-2 loss to aptly nicknamed Avengers.

Sean Rahill led the locals with 14 kills and added 20 digs. James Boyce had 12 kills and 20 digs. John Caruolo had a superb all-around match with seven kills, five blocks, 22 digs and 12 assists. Dan Allen led E.P. with 17 assists and also chipped in seven digs.

The Townies play host to Hendricken and Chariho, back-to-back, on May 13 and 14.

By Mike Rego

mrego@eastbaynewspapers.com