Archive - 2010 - Sports Article
October 27th
By BRANDEN MELLO
bmello@ricentral.com
NORTH KINGSTOWN — The East Greenwich High girls’ tennis team has dominated Division II this season, but the undefeated Avengers brought their dominance to a new level in the Division II quarterfinals against No. 4 Toll Gate Tuesday afternoon.
East Greenwich’s top three singles players and three doubles teams combined to lose just 11 games and No. 4 singles player Katrina Amaral gutted out a tough, two-set match with Toll Gate’s Kayla Lopes as the Avengers earned a 7-0 victory.
By ERIC RUEB
erueb@ricentral.com
PAWTUCKET – Hannah Zangari knew the odds were stacked against her.
In her time on the court – and not just for the North Kingstown girls tennis team – the junior had never beaten Bay View’s Rebecca Curran and Sunday’s Girls Tennis Singles Championship final certainly wasn’t the type of tournament where the favorite would just roll over.
It didn’t change Zangari’s attitude. She showed up to Slater Park last Sunday, put up a fight and left with no regrets after a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Curran.
By ERIC RUEB
erueb@ricentral.com
WEST GREENWICH – As his players joked heading into the postgame handshake, Exeter-West Greenwich boys soccer coach Matt Savoie shouted out a quick reminder that regardless of the result in Monday, it’s not going to matter for long.
“Guys, it’s only Round 2. There’s one more to go,” he said after the Knights’ 4-1 drubbing of rival Tiverton Monday. “This one means nothing.”
Monday’s win over the Tiverton – the same school that beat them 1-0 in last year’s Division III semifinals and again 1-0 earlier this season – didn’t exactly mean nothing.
By JAMES BESSETTE
jbessette@ricentral.com
LINCOLN — With close to 20 minutes left in the match on Monday night at Chet Nichols Field, a few rain drops began to fall and a couple of “uh ohs” were uttered by a few soccer players from both the Chariho and Lincoln girls squads.
But the deluge on the scoreboard occurred very early in the match and the Chargers’ mindset of hoping to start anew and get back on the winning track was flooded with the thoughts of “here we go again.”
By BRANDEN MELLO
bmello@ricentral.com
NARRAGANSETT — The Coventry boys soccer team had the first and last goal-scoring chance in Friday’s Division II-South contest with Narragansett.
Every chance in between those Oaker efforts belonged to the Mariners and the home side made the most of its opportunities.
Narragansett, needing a win to stay in the hunt for a Division II playoff spot, received two goals apiece from sophomore forward Tod Wright and senior midfielder Pat Stone in a 7-0 victory over the struggling Oakers.
By ERIC RUEB
erueb@ricentral.com
NORTH KINGSTOWN — Headed to the bench after a dramatic comeback in Game 2 of Monday night’s battle with North Kingstown, the South Kingstown girls volleyball didn’t huddle up and start talking about how they could finish off the Skippers and avoid a collapse that’s been synonymous with the Rebels this season.
October 26th
With a 13-7 win over East Providence Friday night, the Bishop Hendricken Hawks continued their recent stretch of dominance at the top of the Rhode Island Sports Media High School Football Poll, garnering all 11 first-place votes to finish 13 points ahead of Portsmouth for first place.
Below, see the full Top 20 from this week. Check out this week's SRIN Sports Sections for full High School Football coverage.
Top 20
# School (First Place Votes) -- Total Points--Last Week
1. Hendricken (11) -- 220 -- 1
2. Portsmouth-- 207 -- 2
3. Barrington--198--3
4. EP--184--4
October 23rd
The University of Rhode Island football team was inches, literally, away from a monumental win over Maine Saturday afternoon but a fumble by quarterback Steve Probst on a third-and-goal play from the one-yard line with one second to go ultimately put the final nail in the Rams’ coffin as URI fell to 2-5 on the season with a heartbreaking 28-23 loss on Homecoming Day.
For full coverage of this game, pick up a copy of this Wednesday’s Narragansett Times newspaper.
The Al Georgio show continued to chug right through the heart of Division IV Saturday afternoon as the Exeter-West Greenwich senior runner back racked up an impressive 285 yards … on just eight carries as the Scarlet Knights improved to 6-0 in D-IV with a 42-13 win over Smithfield.
Exeter’s Matt Ricard also scored his first career touchdown in the victory.
For more on this game, pick up a copy of this Thursday’s Standard Times newspaper.
The Narragansett football team needed a win over Lincoln Saturday afternoon to keep pace for the fourth and final playoff spot in Division III and, thanks to a 90-yard touchdown run by Keirnan Kenny, the Mariners did just that, upending the Lions 23-7 to improve to 2-3 in D-III.
For full coverage of this game, pick up a copy of this Wednesday’s Narragansett Times newspaper.
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