Archive - 2012 - Sports Article
March 8th
By ERIC RUEB
erueb@ricentral.com
With Jim Baron released from his contract â or, in laymanâs terms, fired â as head coach of the University of Rhode Island menâs basketball coach along with 10-year assistant Pat Clarke and first-year assistant Larry Harris, the only coach still left standing is a name any URI fan is familiar with.
Preston Murphy, who played guard for the Rams from 1995-1999, returned to Kingston as an as assistant coach in 2010 and, after Sundayâs decision from URI Direction of Athletics Thorr Bjorn, is the only coach left standing.
March 7th
By ERIC RUEB
erueb@ricentral.com
PROVIDENCE â Larry Harris has been around college basketball long enough and when word came down Sunday that University of Rhode Island menâs basketball coach was being released from his contract and Harris and fellow assistant Pat Clarke wouldnât have their contracts renewed, he wasnât surprised.
âI was more disappointed than anything,â Harris said. â[Baron] has done a good job there and itâs the old analogy â when a guy is down letâs kick him.â
By ERIC RUEB
erueb@ricentral.com
PROVIDENCE â For 30 minutes, the Exeter-West Greenwich girls basketball team played like it was ready to go to the schoolâs first state championship game.
The last two minutes kept the Knights away from the Ryan Center.
March 6th
Girls basketball
State Semifinals
Exeter-West Greenwich vs. Bay View at Rhode Island College, 8 p.m.
PROVIDENCE - The old adage is defense wins championships.
The Narragansett girls basketball team will find out for sure Saturday afternoon.
Using an aggressive three-quarter court trap, the Mariners forced 27 turnovers and in the second half turned most of them into points as Narragansett outscored Moses Brown by 22 points in the final 12 minutes, 40 seconds in its 55-32 win Tuesday night in the Division II Semifinals at Rhode Island College.
The Mariners move on to the D-II final Saturday at the Ryan Center at 4:30 against Classical, which beat Johnston 38-37 in early game Tuesday.
March 5th
Jim Baron wasn't the only one released from his contract Sunday; long-time assistant Pat Clarke and first-year assistant Larry Harris were also let go.
March 3rd
Boys basketball
State Tournament Quarterfinals
North Kingstown vs. Rogers at Alumni Hall, 12, p.m.
Girls basketball
Division I quarterfinals
Exeter-West Greenwich vs. Barrington at RIC, 3 p.m.
North Kingstown vs. Bay View at RIC, 5 p.m.
March 2nd
SATURDAY, MARCH 3
Girls basketball
Division II quarterfinals
Prout vs. Classical at Bay View, 1 p.m.
Narragansett vs. Scituate at Bay View, 3 p.m.
East Greenwich vs. Moses Brown at Bay View, 5 p.m.
Boys hockey
Division II quarterfinals
South Kingstown vs. Coventry at Boss Ice Arena, 8 p.m.
Prout vs. Providence Country Day at Lynch Arena, 7 p.m.
Wrestling
New England Championships at Providence Career and Technical Academy, 9 a.m.
February 20th
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Womenâs basketball
URI at Massachusetts, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
East Greenwich at Narragansett, 7 p.m.
Cranston East at Prout, 7 p.m.
Rogers at West Warwick, 7 p.m.
Boys basketball
Exeter-West Greenwich at Middletown, 7 p.m.
Narragansett at West Warwick, 7 p.m.
South Kingstown at Hendricken, 7 p.m.
Mount Hope at Prout. 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
Chariho at La Salle, 7 p.m.
Exeter-West Greenwich at Coventry, 7 p.m.
North Kingstown at Westerly, 7 p.m.
Pilgrim at South Kingstown, 7 p.m.
.jpg)