St. Raphael head coach Mike Sassi calls it the start of a new season. In many ways, this weekend’s Rhode Island high school football schedule is just that for the majority of the local teams.
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PAWTUCKET — It was a September afternoon with a November feel to it.
LINCOLN – The Lincoln girls soccer team won't be the most skilled or experienced team in Division II this season, but there won't be many teams in the state that have more resolve and determination than the Lions.
PAWTUCKET — Football coaches are notorious for possessing tunnel vision. The only thing that matters is the next opponent.
PAWTUCKET — Something was noticeably missing during Tolman High’s 2021 “Fall II” football season.
CENTRAL FALLS — Much has changed since the last time the Central Falls football team was part of the area’s high school sporting landscape.
High school football in Rhode Island is back and it's time for the Ocean State Sidelines podcast crew of Will Geoghegan (The Independent) and Brendan McGair (Pawtucket Times/Woonsocket Call) to look ahead at the upcoming season and this weekend's slate of nonleague games.
PAWTUCKET — There’s a new 1-2 punch overseeing schoolboy and schoolgirl athletics in the city. Rest assured they are far from newcomers when it comes to understanding the sporting landscape on East Avenue and Exchange Street and all the key players involved in each school building.
LINCOLN — Similar to programs around the state, the Davies Tech football team is attempting to return to normal following the COVID-19 shortened season.
SMITHFIELD — The first meet of the high school cross-country season featured plenty of storylines under pleasant weather conditions. Just as noteworthy, none of the runners were masked up while combing the Deerfield Park trails.
The gift of non-conference home games – lots of them if you’re the Providence College basketball Friars.
WARWICK — Joe Hassett is one of the all-time great players in Providence College men’s basketball history. Now in his third decade as the team’s radio analyst, his love for the Friars comes across crystal clear every time he straps on the headset.
WARWICK — Not to look too far forward, especially since the games involving R.I. high school fall sports remain in the hopper but not for much longer, yet now seems like a good time to look ahead to the winter season.
PLAINVILLE, Mass. — Jim Dickinson spent this past Friday and Saturday teeing it up in conjunction with the Attleboro Area Golf Association Open. For the Lincoln native who also coaches the golf team at Cumberland High, there’s a heightened sense of anticipation every time one of the true hig…
Each time Nolan Potter took the mound this spring for the St. Raphael Academy baseball team, he did so with a simple creed tucked away in his back pocket.
WORCESTER — In reference to Mason Williams, you’ll find something new and something old.
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FOXBORO – It was officially go time with 55 seconds left in the first quarter. That’s when Mac Jones stepped on the Gillette Stadium in a No. 10 jersey.
PAWTUCKET – The next rising star on the Rhode Island basketball scene walks around with a “can’t miss” swag that accompanies him no matter where he goes.
No 27-year-old should ever utter the word “retirement.”
At first blush, it would appear that St. Raphael’s Darius Kipyego and Woonsocket High’s Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan have nothing in common. Kipyego is an All-American middle-distance runner. Robinson-O’Hagan has distinguished himself as one of the top throwers in the entire country.
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Bold words were shared via the R.I. Golf Association’s Twitter account after Michael Hamilton accomplished the improbable.
MIDDLETOWN – In emphatic fashion, Kylie Eaton concluded Tuesday’s match-play proceedings. Tasked with an eight-foot putt, Eaton navigated the slight uphill slope for a birdie on the par-three 12th hole at Wanumetonomy Golf and Country Club.
PAWTUCKET — Tori Jacques is a coach’s dream.
PROVIDENCE – He’s a Friar who emerged as one of the key cogs in Ed Cooley’s quest to restore the shine to Providence College’s men’s basketball program.
Jeremy Clark boldly went where no Tolman High boys tennis player had gone before this spring. He became the first player from his school to reach the semifinals of the RIIL singles tournament, a noteworthy distinction that cemented Clark’s MVP candidacy for the Call/Times All-Area Boys Tennis Team.
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PROVIDENCE – School is back in session for one of the top Providence basketball Friars under Ed Cooley’s watch. Only this time, the player nicknamed “Buckets” will be doing his part in helping to mold the current group of PC hoopsters.
What separates the Gatorade Player of the Year award that’s presented to the state’s best in high school track & field from other sports is that it’s not limited to a specific season.
Jeff Battle finds himself in a win-win position. Regarding the NBA Finals that began Tuesday night, the Providence College basketball assistant coach is free from hitching his allegiances to one particular team.
PROVIDENCE – It’s getting to be a familiar sight, that of Max Jackson entering the winner’s circle.
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From competing in the state meet, to competing inside the same venue that recently held the U.S. Olympic trails, the beat goes on for several area track & field standouts.
PROVIDENCE – “You have a few more feet in you.” Those words were meant to challenge Nicolette Ducharme after she captured the indoor shot put title this past February, her throw traveling 39 feet, 6.75 inches.
PROVIDENCE — No one would have faulted Darius Kipyego if he desired to transform his final track meet as a R.I. Interscholastic League competitor into an individual showcase.
RUMFORD – For Michael Hamilton, the road to the 59th annual Northeast Amateur that tees off Wednesday required him to move some pieces around the board.
PAWTUCKET – Sydney Duclos and Gemma D’Orazio represent the young guard on this year’s St. Raphael softball team.
PAWTUCKET – The offense came alive with two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning after falling behind 3-0 in a do-or-die game.
PROVIDENCE – It was a scenario the Davies Tech baseball team would have signed up for in a heartbeat before the first pitch of the season was thrown.
EAST GREENWICH — Turns out there was a very good reason why the St. Raphael baseball team elected to tread carefully with Jonathan Quinn during the regular season.
PROVIDENCE – There will be a new Division I softball state champion after sixth-seeded Cumberland upset No. 3 La Salle, 6-4, on Thursday. The Clippers jumped out to a 6-0 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth.
PAWTUCKET — Tolman junior Gina Carpenter saw she was batting seventh in the order for Shea/Tolman co-op in Thursday’s Division IV semifinal against rival Central Falls and had a simple thought.
WARWICK — For the most part, realigning Rhode Island high school sports has been as simple as “see formula … use formula … here’s your divisional assignment.”
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The newest member of the Providence College men’s basketball program can talk about an experience that’s vastly different than most freshmen who have entered the NCAA Transfer Portal.
WARWICK – For the Tolman High baseball team, a tough season was officially laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon.
The call – one that Momodou Mbye hoped to receive – came while the former Shea High and URI football standout was working in the warehouse at Jordan’s Furniture.
PAWTUCKET — St. Raphael junior Victoria Adegboyega thought it was going to take a few weeks before she worked off the rust after not spiking a volleyball in competition for nearly 17 months.
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PAWTUCKET – She was the best player on the best team in R.I. high school girls basketball this past season.
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