PAWTUCKET — To lose your primary rim protector and arguably the heart and soul of your operation for even the shortest of stretches, it was something the Tolman High boys basketball team had difficulty overcoming Monday night.
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CUMBERLAND – You can teach a player how to properly box out. As for having a nose for where the ball caroms off the rim and backboard, let’s just say Blackstone Valley Prep senior Xavier Mendez has a gift.
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PROVIDENCE – Football is a sport where preparation is everything. That’s why it was paramount for the state’s high school football sector to avoid the wait-and-see approach to play games that hovered over winter sports for a few weeks.
PROVIDENCE – Thursday is shaping up to be a good day for R.I. Interscholastic League sports.
The stretch run is here and the Providence Friars are out to make sure there’s a meaningful aura in the time remaining before the start of the Big East Tournament.
PAWTUCKET — Ask Steve DeMeo to size up Tolman High’s playoff potential and the Shea High boys basketball will rattle off several reasons why Division II teams should be concerned about the Tigers.
How should we size up this Providence Friar basketball season that enters the home stretch of the regular season with a .500 overall record (11-11) and a 7-9 mark in Big East play?
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Since UConn rejoined the Big East, Ed Cooley on several occasions has touched upon what is commonly referred to as the lifeblood of any program – recruiting – and the impact that comes from with welcoming back the Huskies. The latest example came last Wednesday when Cooley’s Providence Friar…
PROVIDENCE — It was supposed to be the capper to another class (division?) championship for the St. Raphael boys indoor track & field squad.
The head coach may have been out, but the starting point guard was back after a lengthy absence.
Going into the season, the assumption was that the Providence Friars would feature two of the top players in the Big East in David Duke and Nate Watson.
LINCOLN — No way was the newest member of the 1,000-point club going to let the Prout School “rain” on his parade.
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Sportswriters Will Geoghegan and Brendan McGair breakdown the R.I. boys and girls high school basketball scene.
From one former Providence College men’s basketball head coach to the current person-in-charge, Tim Welsh can certainly attest to seasons going astray when your chief on-court conductor is felled by injury – a tough situation that Ed Cooley continues to grapple with.
Finally, the Central Falls boys and girls basketball teams are set to tip off their respective seasons.
SEEKONK – At times Monday night, Wheeler was its own worst enemy on the offensive end. Other times, the Warriors were a model of efficiency.
The Providence Friars were left seeing red – plenty of it.
The COVID-19 saga isn’t showing signs of slowing down, thus it’s important to choose one’s words carefully when talking about someone’s health.
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The latest "Ocean State Sidelines" podcast features an interview with Ch. 12 sports caster Rosie Langello, who talks about moving to a new TV market during a pandemic.
PAWTUCKET – The pregame message to St. Raphael senior Elizabeth Bruno was simple and straightforward.
A three-pointer’s worth of PC Friar basketball thoughts with an eye towards preventing the current season from further sliding off the rails:
CUMBERLAND – By nature, runners are bound by a gravitational pull that helps guide them in getting to a desired spot.
SCITUATE — For Amaya Dowdy, the impressive numbers she compiled early Saturday night in an early-season Division I girls basketball showdown were months in the making.
Needing to make two free throws to push Saturday’s game at Georgetown to overtime, Providence’s David Duke made the first but missed the second attempt.
David Duke rediscovered his scoring groove and the Providence Friars needed every single one of his season-high 31 points in order to fend off Marquette on Wednesday night.
Ron Johnson – PawSox manager from 2005-09 – died Tuesday morning in Tennessee due to COVID-19. He was 64.
Don’t think. Just go full speed ahead.
Ron Johnson – PawSox manager from 2005-09 – died Tuesday morning in Tennessee due to COVID-19. He was 64.
Better late than never.
The shots were flat. The passing was errant. Defensively, they were a step-and-a-half slow on their rotations.
A 3-pointer’s worth of observations as the Friars continue to make a Big East living on the road …
NORTH SMITHFIELD — The Lincoln hockey team was one of the most exciting teams in the state to watch last season. The Lions’ first thought every game was to score goals and they did it frequently to earn the No. 2 seed in the playoffs and a spot in the Division II semifinals.
Each day before practice, Shea High boys basketball head coach Steve DeMeo would gather his players to discuss the latest info.
Desperate for a win that would help turn around their season, the Providence Friars went big-game hunting on Wednesday night and bagged a pretty big one.
The Phase III guidelines for youth, adult, and school sports have been updated with good news for the R.I. Interscholastic League.
John LaRose – one of two Cumberland High alumni to go on and play baseball in the major leagues – passed away last Thursday. He was 69 with multiple folks close to him confirming that he was battling COVID-19 at the time of his death.
A three-pointer’s worth of Friar hoop thoughts as Providence College swings back into action Wednesday night at Creighton …
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PROVIDENCE – There has been no shortage of twists and turns in the desire to transition the R.I. high school winter sports season from practice to games and meets.
The “close but no cigar” PC Friars were nowhere to be found Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum.
LINCOLN – It wasn’t the kind of news that Lincoln High athletic director Greg O’Connor wanted to hear, not with the first day of practice for winter sports teams on the immediate horizon.
For those clinging to the possibility of checking out a high school basketball game this winter, you’re likely out of luck.
Another Big East game, another heartbreaking result for Ed Cooley and his Providence Friars.
The R.I. high school winter sports teams that began practicing last Monday did so with an eye towards possibly competing in games upon completing the mandatory 10-day practice period.
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Bryant University baseball head coach talks with Times/Call sportswriter Brendan McGair about the circumstances surrounding the 2021 season and how the recruiting efforts have gone during the pandemic.
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