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Marcus Evans runs past Barrington defenders to score a touchdown for the Patriots in Friday night’s game on the road.
Multiple turnovers help propel Portsmouth past Barrington
BARRINGTON — Members of the Portsmouth Patriots’ varsity football team converted several turnovers by Barrington into points as they romped to a 40-21 victory on the road Friday … more
Ben Chase of Portsmouth High runs by the horse stables with a La Salle Academy competitor following during the team’s cross-country meet at Glen Park on Monday afternoon. Chase placed first for Portsmouth and third overall with a time of 16:53.
Portsmouth defeats Tiverton, E. Providence in cross-country meet
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Patriots girls’ and boys’ cross-country teams both took two out of three in a dual meet Monday afternoon over the 3.1-mile course at Glen … more
Members of the Portsmouth High girls’ soccer team (in white) pose alongside their friendly rivals on the Newtown, Conn. squad after their annual “friendship game" played Saturday. The annual event began in 2013 as a response to the tragic school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012.
Portsmouth, Newtown girls play 7th annual ‘friendship game’
PORTSMOUTH — For the seventh straight year, members of the Portsmouth and Newtown High schools girls’ soccer teams exchanged hugs and posed for photos Saturday on the PHS turf … more
Portsmouth High School greats Mike Cloud (left) and the late Richard "Foxy" Marshall will be among those honored at this year's annual PHS Athletic Hall of Fame induction dinner.
‘Foxy’ Marshall among new inductees to PHS Hall of Fame
PORTSMOUTH — The late Richard “Foxy” Marshall, who led the Portsmouth High School varsity football team to six state Super Bowl titles in the ’80s and ’90s, is … more
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Sabrina Leary, Nikki Merrill, Elizabeth Sullivan and Olive Allen (from left) with their coach, Jeff Rose, after setting a new Rhode Island record in the girls’ distance medley at the New Balance National Outdoor Championships on Sunday. They also earned All-American Honors.
Portsmouth High girls set record, earn All-American honors
PORTSMOUTH — Four members of the Portsmouth High School girls’ track team earned All-American honors when they set a new Rhode Island record in the distance medley relay. Nikki … more
Tiverton High School grad Taylor Ekstrom scores his second touchdown in the championship game of Spain’s professional football league. Photo by Mikkel Bo Rasmussen, 1st Down Photo, Denmark.
Tiverton’s Ekstrom stars in Spanish football league
Taylor Ekstrom, 25, a 2012 graduate of Tiverton High School, scored two touchdowns on Saturday, May 25, to help the Badalona Dracs down the LG OLED Black Demons, 47-6, in Spanish Bowl XXV, the … more
Portsmouth High’s Jack Cianciolo spins around a South Kingston defender while holding possession during the Division II state championship game on Sunday in Cranston.
Portsmouth’s comeback falls short in D-2 state lacrosse finals
PORTSMOUTH — Despite a furious fourth-quarter comeback, the Portsmouth High boys lacrosse team’s quest for a perfect season and a Division II title came to an end at the hands of … more
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Portsmouth High’s Charlie Mottur (left) battles Mt. Hope’s Tristan Tamulaites for field position during the first round of the Division II boys’ lacrosse playoffs Friday night. The Patriots advanced with a 17-7 win.
Portsmouth advances to semis with 17-7 win over Mt. Hope
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Patriots scored 10 second-half goals against Mt. Hope Friday night to advance in the Division II boys’ lacrosse playoffs.  The Huskies kept it … more
Former Portsmouth High School Principal Robert Littlefield, here competing in a Project Purple dodgeball tournament in 2015, will be inducted into the Rhode Island Interscholastic League High School Athletic Hall of Fame in October.
Former Portsmouth principal tapped for RIIL Hall of Fame
PORTSMOUTH — A former longtime principal and coach at Portsmouth High School will be among the members of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL) High School Athletic Hall of Fame … more
Members of the Portsmouth High School baseball team celebrate a three-run home run by Ben Gesmondi (No. 14) in the first inning of the Patriots’ home game against Pilgrim on Thursday, May 16. Portsmouth would go on to win, 10-0.
Portsmouth High baseball team notches two shutouts over Pilgrim
PORTSMOUTH — Ben Gesmondi’s three-run blast in the first inning proved to be all the offense the Portsmouth High baseball team needed in shutting out Pilgrim, 10-0, at home on … more
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