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Captains Korynne Holden (left) and Sarah Perry give flowers and gifts to senior Leah Sylvain as family members look on.
Westport girls celebrate seniors, then blast Cougars 70-18
The Westport girls basketball team celebrated their seniors by blasting Bishop Connolly 70-18 at the high school on Friday night. The Wildcats went 2-1 this week, losing to Case 63-50 on Monday and … more
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East Providence High School sophomore Carter Bessette performs her floor routine at the 2023 state championship meet Saturday, Feb. 18.
Bessette represents East Providence High School at gymnastics states
PROVIDENCE — Carter Bessette was the lone member of the Rogers/East Providence High School co-op club to qualify to compete at the 2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Gymnastics State … more
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East Providence High School's Kit Ruddock rounds a turn en route to winning the boys' 300 meter title at the 2023 state indoor track and field meet Saturday, Feb. 18.
East Providence’s Ruddock reigns as boys’ 300 indoor state champ
PROVIDENCE — Kit Ruddock capped a steady rise from novice to titleist after the East Providence High School senior won the boys’ 300 meter race at the 2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic … 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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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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Sam Bettencourt drives in for a layup. The senior point guard scored 26 points as the Tigers beat Mt. Hope 42-29 in a Division II preliminary playoff game on Thursday.
Bettencourt scores 26 as Tigers best Huskies 42-29 in D-II playoffs
Sam Bettencourt scored 26 points to lead Tiverton past Mt. Hope 42-29 in a preliminary playoff game in Bristol on Thursday night. The Tigers will move on to play at Mt. St. Charles in the Division II … more
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Jayveeon Gonsalves and his fellow EPHS boys' basketball seniors won the final regular season game of their careers as the Townies roasted visiting Narragansett Tuesday night, Feb. 14.
Townies sail past Mariners, get seventh seed in D-I boys' hoops playoffs
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School boys’ basketball team, comfortably in the upcoming Division I championship tournament, had an uneven stretch to finish off its 2022-23 … more
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EPHS's Samantha Clarke passes the baton to mate Giselle Raphael during a recent 4x200 meter relay. The duo along with Kandace Daniel and Nazarae Phillip broke the school record in the event at last week's Class A meet.
Townies win, set record at indoor track qualifier
EAST PROVIDENCE — Varsity indoor track and field athletes, including those from East Providence High School, were presented with one final opportunity to earn their way into or prep for the … more
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Mya Lambert rises up to a take a shot for the EPHS girls' hoopsters in their game last week against Portsmouth. Lambert led the locals in scoring in their two recent wins.
Rams run past Townies in Division I girls' basketball finale
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls’ basketball team closed out its 2022-23 Division I season over the last few weeks, winning two of their final four games to finish … more
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The Mt. Hope gymnastics team from left, Lila Maloney, Gabby Daniello, Isabella Brando, Madeleine St. Pierre, Thalyta Pereira, Caroline Nash, Avery Furtado, Teagan Tucker and head coach Nicole Daniello.
Mt. Hope gymnasts qualify for states, coaches invitational
Mt. Hope junior gymnast Caroline Nash qualified for states and junior Avery Furtado, Madeleine St. Pierre and Isabella Brando qualified for the coaches invitational tournament during their meet … more
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Sarah Perry cheers on her teammate Korynne Holden after she drove in and made a basket during the Wildcats loss to West Bridgewater on Wednesday. Westport bounced back and demolished Holbrook 59-26 on Friday.
Holden and Sylvain combine for 42 as Wildcats demolish Holbrook 59-26
Korynne Holden and Leah Sylvain combined for 42 points as the Westport girls basketball team demolished Holbrook 59-26 in an away game on Friday. The Wildcat edged Case 46-44 on Monday and fell to … more
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Tristan White elevates for a layup in the second half. The senior guard scored a game high 17 points as the Tigers crushed Coventry 59-47.
White and Pasquale combine for 33 points as Tigers crush Coventry 59-47
Tristan White and Elliot Pasquale combined for 33 points as Tiverton crushed Coventry 59-47 in a Division II home game in front of a packed senior night crowd on Friday night. The win improved the … more
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Coach Scot Boudria gives Coltrane McGonigle a big hug with his brother, Elijah, 15, and mom, Kate, looking on.
Holbrook torpedoes Westport 72-68 on an emotional senior night 
The Westport basketball team celebrated an emotional senior night, before falling to Holbrook 72-68 in front of a packed gymnasium at the high school on Friday night. Wildcats seniors Hunter Brodeur, … more
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Blue Wave crash past Townies late in Division I wrestling meet
EAST PROVIDENCE — The visiting Hope Blue Wave rallied in the heavier weights late to defeat host East Providence High School 39-30 in a Division I regular season wrestling meet held Thursday … more
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Emily Moran attempts to dribble by a Prout defender. The Huskies beat Prout 45-34 in a Division II game on Tuesday night.
White’s foul shots sink Prout 45-34 on senior night
Mt. Hope guard Elsa White knocked down 9 free throws in the fourth quarter to ice a 45-34 victory over Prout in front of a stacked crowd at the high school on Tuesday. White drained a 3-pointer and a … more
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Emma Serbst placed eighth in the 600-meter run.
Photos: Girls indoor track class championship results
The girls indoor track team placed seventh in the medium class with 44 points during the RIIL class championships on Saturday. The team’s freshmen used the meet to prepare for the freshman … more
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Jessica Deal, Ryan Coffey, Thea Jackson and Chloe Carreiro won the indoor track freshman state championship.
Mt. Hope freshmen win first-ever indoor track state championship
With just four participants, the Mt. Hope High School girls indoor track team won the first-ever freshman indoor track state championship on Monday night. more
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Kit Ruddock runs just ahead of Toll Gate’s Domenic Calise during the 300-meter run in the Class A Championships at the Providence Career and Technical Academy on Saturday. Ruddock took gold with a time of 37.16. Calise placed second with a time of in 37.59.
East Providence's Ruddock rules, wins boys' Class A 300 meter title
PROVIDENCE — Kit Ruddock’s victory in the boys’ 300 meter race highlighted the East Providence High School athletes who competed in their respective class indoor track and field … more
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Indie Lamb places first in the 600-meter run during the Class Championships at the Providence Career and Technical Academy on Saturday.
Barrington girls run to second place at Class A Championships
The Barrington High School girls indoor track team finished second at the Class A Championship meet on Saturday, Feb. 4.  The Eagles, paced by a strong all-around effort, scored points in 11 … more
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Ethan Knight (left) leaps over a hurdle during the 55 meter hurdles finale on Saturday. Knight, a junior, won the 55-meter hurdles and the 300-meter run. He currently holds the school record in the 55-meter hurdles. 
Barrington boys win Class B Track Championship
The Barrington High School boys indoor track team crushed the competition at the Class B Championship meet on Saturday, Feb. 4. The Eagles scored 161 points, well ahead of second place Smithfield … more
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Leah Sylvain drains one of her three 3-pointers and led the team with 15 points and 6 steals during as Westport steamrolled Bishop Connolly 49-14 on Wednesday.
Westport teams beat up Bishop Connolly
The Westport girls basketball team steamrolled Bishop Connolly 49-14 in Fall River on Wednesday after losing their second game of the season to Somerset Berkley 67-49 in a non league away game on … more
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Will Winfield of EPHS is guarded by Owen Pfeffer in front of the Eagles Dan Coogan.
Eagles edge East Providence in dynamic D-I boys' basketball contest
BARRINGTON — Matt Raffa’s spinning jumper five feet from the cup with two seconds left was the winning bucket as Barrington High School edged visiting East Providence, 70-67, in a dynamic … more
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East Providence High School's Ryan Branch swims the freestyle during the Townies' win over St. Ray’s/PCD Wednesday night, Feb. 1.
Townies split swim meets with neighboring PCD/St. Raphael co-op
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School and St. Raphael/Providence Country Day co-op swims teams engaged in a couple of spirited Division IV meets Wednesday night, Feb. 1, at the Boys … more
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EPHS senior Martim Moniz controls his Barrington opponent during a match at 120 pounds earlier this season. Last weekend, Moniz collected his third tournament title of the winter in the weight class.
Moniz wins again on latest EPHS wrestling team road trip
EAST PROVIDENCE — The latest non-league excursion for the East Providence High School wrestling team took the squad to Southington, Conn., where the Townies competed in the 2023 Connecticut … more
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A view of the multi-purpose field being constructed behind Riverside Middle School from the adjacent new parking lot built to alleviate traffic issues on campus and the Riverside Rec Complex next door.
Infrastructure Bank awards $300,000 in grant monies to East Providence
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank board recently voted to award a total of $2.5 million in Municipal Infrastructure Grant Program funds several communities it deemed … more
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