The Division II-playoff Mt. Hope High School boys' soccer club closed last week by playing visiting and first-place Smithfield to a nil-nil draw Thursday, Oct. 16, at Roger Williams University in Bristol.

It was the third scoreless tie for the Huskies this season. Cole Tavares made three saves and Andrew Vieira seven in net for the locals.

The Huskies saw their record move to 5-3-6 at the time and allowed them to move into fourth place in the league power rankings as they head towards the final week of the regular season. It was the first draw to date for the Sentinels, who sat atop the D-II standings with a 12-2-1 mark.

MHHS head coach Tucker Shepard noted the Huskies are just about fully healthy as they ready for the league playoffs, adding he was pleased the team's performance this past week and more recently in general.

"We had our best week playing-wise and the boys listened to what the game plan was and executed everything great," Shepard said. "We're playing the right way at the right time of the season. The boys know the goal and the expectation at this point in the season."

Girls' soccer
The MHHS girls' soccer squad played on the road against Prout Saturday, Oct. 17, returning home with a 1-1 result. Kendra Ascoli accounted for the Huskies' goal, assisted by Maya Goglia. Moira Ware stopped nine of the eight shots she faced in goal.

Mt. Hope improved to 5-4-4 overall at the time and sat sixth in the D-I power rankings used to determine playoff seeding heading into the final week of the regular season.

Girls' volleyball
The MHHS girls' volleyball team fell to host Prout, 3-1, to close last week, the host Crusaders winning by the scores of 25-13, 24-26, 25-21 and 25-19. Margaret Thorp had eight kills, seven digs and an ace for the Huskies. Stella Hill added five kills, two blocks and an ace as well.

KMS cross country
The girls' and boys' cross country teams at Kickemuit Middle School vied in their respective Eastern Division Championship Meets over the 3-kilometer course at The Glen in Portsmouth October 14, the Huskies finishing as the runners-up to Barrington in the former and fifth in the latter.

The Eagles won the girls' title with 24 points, followed by KMS with 48. Portsmouth was a distant third with 113. Barrington runners were the first seven to cross the line, led by Leah Cabezas' winning time of 13 minutes, 27.43 seconds.

Huskies Elyse Tyler and Liara Fanning broke the Barrington logjam, running eighth and ninth overall in 15:16.61 and 15:18.15. Two more KMS runners went back-to-back as Elle Daniel placed 11th in 15:36.03 and Marielle Guertin 12th in 15:48.9.

Lelani Martinez was the fifth and final scorer for the locals, running 16th in 16:19 with teammates Paige Machado and Kennedy Simas right behind in 17th and 18th with their times of 16:24.52 and 16:26.26.

The Gordon School in East Providence claimed the boys' crown with 49 points. Barrington was second with 70, Portsmouth third with 99, Gaudet-Middletown fourth with 101 and the Huskies fifth with 107.

Brady Francis led the locals in sixth overall with a time of 12:02.34. Lorenzo Ring was next in for KMS, running 14th in 12:42.73. Matthew Baptista of Martin-East Providence won the race in 11:35.49.

Ethan Bortone and Cullen Hill led the rest of the scorers for the Huskies, finishing 25th and 26th in times of 13:17.29 and 13:18.29. Zachary Bento rounded out the scoring for the locals, clocking a 13:40.62 to place 35th.