It was an opportunity too good for Gian Martellini to pass up.
Martellini, a Johnston native and former All-State catcher at Hendricken, took a call from his current Boston College coach a couple …
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By Matt Metcalf
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8/25/17
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The Pilgrim football program is entering its second season with Head Coach Rob Pacifico at the helm, and the Pats are certainly entering year No. 2 with a higher level of familiarity, both with the coaching staff and the
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By Matt Metcalf
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8/24/17
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PROVIDENCE — Plenty of players with East Bay ties, seven to be exact, were among the core that propelled the LaSalle Academy baseball team this spring to its first Rhode Island Interscholastic …
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By Mike Rego
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8/19/17
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There’s a Johnston connection everywhere, and this year’s Little League World Series in Bristol, Connecticut was no different. Johnston resident Chris Colbert, who’s served as an umpire for …
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8/19/17
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Now in his third season since returning as head coach of the Barrington High School football team, Sandy Gorham believes that the Eagles will continue to improve in the Rhode Island Interscholastic …
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BY MANUEL C. “MANNY” CORREIRA
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8/18/17
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It might not be the White House and it’s certainly not the World Series, however, the Countyview Landscaping-sponsor Athletics are going back to the Johnston Town Hall.
That’s the honor that …
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By Pete Fontaine
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8/17/17
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Rainy skies cleared in time to welcome a sold-out field of 850 runners and walkers for the first Mt. Hope Bridge 5K Saturday morning. The race began promptly at 7:30 a.m., with one lane of the …
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8/12/17
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David Ciolfi stepped down this year after serving a seven-year stint as the president of Edgewood South Elmwood/Cranston East Little League. Ciolfi, who has taught local kids baseball and life skills for nearly two decades,
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By Matt Metcalf
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8/10/17
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The pitching of right-hander Anthony Melise and timely hitting led the Cranston Bulldogs to a 1-0 series lead in its quarterfinal matchup with Slocum on Friday evening at Lischio Field in North Kingstown, with Cranston
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By Matt Metcalf
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8/10/17
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The Gershkoff Auto Body/Elmwood Sportscenter-Auburn Post 20 Junior Legion team beat previously undefeated Cumberland Upper Deck twice in the state championship series to become the 2017 American Legion Junior Division
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By Ryan D. Murray
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8/9/17
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The athletic legacy of Pasquale J. “Pat” Monti continues to grow.
The former Barrington High School great was recently named one of 12 athletes, coaches, officials and administrators, …
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BY MANUEL C. “MANNY” CORREIRA
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8/9/17
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Warwick North pulled out an impressive, 6-5, walk-off victory over Texas on Monday, before rolling past Puerto Rico on Tuesday afternoon, 12-3, to improve to 3-0 at the Junior League World Series in Kirkland, Washington. It
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By Matt Metcalf
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8/8/17
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LITTLE COMPTON — Suspense and hard work dating back to 2014 will culminate Saturday, August 5, when the new town recreation field will be dedicated (rain date is Sunday).
It will be a ceremony accompanied by some serious hoopla extending into the evening — comments about honorees, for whom the field, tennis courts, and walking path will be named, two soccer games, a chicken barbecue, hot dogs, music, and fireworks.
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By Tom Killin Dalglish
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8/5/17
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Last Friday, Governor Gina Raimondo and Janet Coit, director of the Department of Environmental Management (DEM), kicked off Bay Day at the new Goddard Park Boat Ramp in Warwick. The ramp has a new deeper water launch point, as well
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By Captain Dave Monti
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8/4/17
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Eight first inning runs served as the catalyst for the Cranston Bulldogs' 12-2 demolishing of Westerly in Game 1 of the teams' best-of-three playoff series. Cranston sent 13 batters to the plate in the first inning at Fay
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By Jake Levin
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8/4/17
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It’s seldom, if ever, that an upstart benefit golf tournament creates as much pre-tee off chatter as a scheduled charity event has already created at a number of public and private layouts in Rhode …
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By Pete Fontaine
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8/4/17
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The Cranston Western 11/12-year-olds fell to Cumberland American, 14-4, in the winner-take-all championship game on Saturday evening at Kennedy Field in Johnston. The loss came after Cranston came back from four runs down
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By Ryan D. Murray
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8/3/17
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The CLCF Bombers 10u softball team will compete in the Eastern National Tournament in Sterling, Virginia starting today in the Girls' 10-Under Class B Division. It has been a productive season to say the least for the
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By Matt Metcalf
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8/3/17
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The Warwick North softball program just continues to become more and more of a powerhouse, not only throughout the state and region, but throughout the entire country. Just a day before the Warwick North Junior League
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By Matt Metcalf
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8/2/17
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PORTSMOUTH — A local woman was charged with domestic assault at about 11:30 p.m. last Friday, July 28, after she allegedly slammed the screen of a laptop computer down on the user’s …
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8/1/17
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For the second straight summer, the Warwick North Junior League softball all-stars are in the World Series. The team rolled through district, state and, most recently, East Regional play to earn a trip to Kirkland,
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By Matt Metcalf
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8/1/17
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The fourth season of the East Providence Mohawks Youth Organization Summer Blacktop Basketball League concluded with championship games played at various courts around the …
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7/31/17
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Despite having just two hits through 11 innings, Gershkoff Auto Body/Auburn Post 20 found itself in prime position to knock off top-seeded Navigant Post 85.
Gershkoff, the No. 6 seed in the state …
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By Jake Levin
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7/31/17
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No. 6 Gershkoff Auto Body/Auburn Post 20 upset No. 3 South Kingstown Post 39 last week, as it swept its way to a semifinal berth with 8-1 and 9-5 victories in the best-of-3, quarterfinal series between the two teams.
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By Matt Metcalf
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7/28/17
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The Cranston Western 11/12-year-olds overcame a six-run deficit to come back and defeat South Kingstown, 10-9, at Kennedy Field in Johnston on Tuesday night. Cranston’s Chris Piscione hit a grand …
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By Ryan D. Murray
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7/28/17
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