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Division II volleyball semifinals: Cranston West, Mount St. Charles advance
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Mount St. Charles last played in a girls volleyball final in 2001, when the Mounties lost the Division I championship game to Toll Gate in four games.

Woonsocket, Tolman girls soccer players involved in scuffle could face penalties
PROVIDENCE — Players involved in the fight at the end of the MetLife Soccer Classic Girls Division IV Championship Sunday night face suspension, possibly for five games or more, according to Rhode Island Interscholastic League rules.

11/09/2009

Division IV girls soccer: Woonsocket 5, Tolman 0; punches thrown, stands cleared
PROVIDENCE — The Woonsocket girls delivered another championship to their economically battered city Sunday night when they defeated Tolman, 5-0, in the MetLife Soccer Classic Girls Division IV Championship at Rhode Island College.

Division II girls soccer: Smithfield 3, Exeter/West Greenwich 0
PROVIDENCE –– Good things come to those who wait — and wait — and wait.

Division IV girls soccer: Woonsocket 5, Tolman 0
PROVIDENCE — The Woonsocket girls delivered another championship to their economically battered city Sunday night when they defeated Tolman, 5-0, in the MetLife Soccer Classic Girls Division IV Championship at Rhode Island College.

11/07/2009

Volleyball: East Providence demonstrates why it’s lost only once
EAST PROVIDENCE — There’s a reason the girls who play volleyball for East Providence High School are 18-1, as the girls from Toll Gate High learned again Friday night.

11/06/2009

Division II volleyball: Barrington ousts previously perfect Tiverton
TIVERTON — Dominated in their two regular-season matches against Tiverton, Barrington showed up for the quarterfinals of the Division II Girls Volleyball Championships Tuesday night and shocked the undefeated Tigers, 3-2, in one of the biggest upsets of the RIIL fall sports season.

College football: Brown, URI, Bryant look to rebound
The local elevens got spooked last Saturday, Halloween.

11/05/2009

Boys soccer: Lincoln bounces back after 1-4 start
WARWICK – The 2008 Division II state champions in boys soccer started the 2009 season by winning their first game and then losing their next four.

Boys D-II soccer semifinals: East Greenwich, Lincoln win
WARWICK –– Rhode Island’s highest scoring offense generated another dazzling display Wednesday night in the Boys Division II semifinals of the 29th annual MetLife Soccer Classic.

11/04/2009

Boys soccer semis: Hendricken upsets La Salle; Chariho ousts North Kingstown
CRANSTON — Bishop Hendricken lost to La Salle Academy twice this season, 4-0 and 4-1, so the Hawks were confident when they took the field against the Rams on Tuesday night in the first semifinal of the 29th Annual MetLife Soccer Classic.

10/31/2009

Bob Griffin is a link to the glory days of URI football
Forty-six years after coaching his first football team, Bob Griffin is still at it, still standing on the visitors sideline in the pouring rain at Brown Stadium, still sloshing through puddles in the pouring rain on the practice field at the University of Rhode Island, and, occasionally, still basking in sunshine and victory.

R.I. college football weekend: URI to honor ’84 heroes before William & Mary game
The fifth-ranked team in the Football Championship Division will be on the field Saturday at Meade Stadium, and the heroes of 1984 will take another bow at halftime. Is there a better reason to catch the University of Rhode Island football?

Barrington’s Joe Goniprow is a force on the Penn defensive line
Two Rhode Islanders will play prominent roles when Brown and Pennsylvania meet in the key Ivy League football game of the week Saturday at Brown Stadium.

10/28/2009

Former Eagle Ruggieri carries big stick for PC
Barrington’s Julie Ruggieri stars for the Friars’ playoff-bound field hockey team

10/23/2009

R.I. college football preview: Frustration has been the rule for most of the state’s teams
They have reached or passed the halfway point of the season, and only one of the five teams in our tiny corner of the college football world has a winning record.

10/21/2009

North Smithfield 'pay to play' falling far short of goals
The controversial athletic management fee introduced in North Smithfield in August has generated only 10-percent participation and 10 percent of the anticipated revenue from the fall sports teams.

10/20/2009

In North Smithfield, athletic fee just isn’t adding up
North Smithfield’s effort to raise money by charging student athletes to play sports is thus far “disappointing.”

10/16/2009

R.I. college football preview: After big upset victory, Brown turns focus to Princeton
PROVIDENCE – After career days from quarterback Kyle Newhall and wide receiver Trevan Samp, and a spectacular debut by place kicker Patrick Rooney, Brown coach Phil Estes is hoping for consistency from that trio and the rest of the Bears as they plunge into the heart of their Ivy League football schedule.

10/13/2009

If you haven’t seen them, you’ll get a kick out of this talented trio
The scorer is a returning first-team All-State and All-America selection. The keeper is the backbone of a team with a losing record. The rookie has burst on the high school soccer scene here like the grand finale of Fourth of July fireworks.

Dubee, Panzica and Barros are impact players on soccer field
The scorer is a returning first-team All-State and All-America selection. The keeper is the backbone of a team with a losing record. The rookie has burst on the high school soccer scene here like the grand finale of Fourth of July fireworks.