Journal photo/Kathy Borchers
Charles Westcott, of East Providence, hits out of the sandtrap on the 18th hole in the opening day of the state golf championships this morning at Cranston Country Club.

Wednesday on projo.com's High School Game Day page, we'll have photo galleries from the Rhode Island singles and doubles boys tennis championships at Slater Park in Pawtucket, and from the state golf championships at Cranston Country Club.

Carolyn Thornton will write from the golf championships and John Gillooly will write from the tennis championships. Also, Robert Lee will report from the Division II boys volleyball semifinals at Rhode Island College, where favorite La Salle takes on Pilgrim and second-seeded Scituate faces upstart West Warwick.

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Nearly 100 athletes were honored at the Chariho Sports Boosters Annual All-Sport Senior Athletic Banquet, held last Thursday at the Chester House in Westerly.

Special honors went to:
Kate LaBelle, Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Connor Capizzano, Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Amanda James, Female Athlete of the Year
Nick Wilcox, Male Athlete of the Year
Hannah Sherman, Sportsmanship
Zachary Richardson, Sportsmanship

In addition, Adam Northup was selected as this year's recipient of the Trina Harrison Memorial Scholarship. The $500 scholarship was presented to Northup by assistant softball coach and former Chariho Booster president Gary Harrison in honor of his wife, Trina, also a longtime booster and mother of two, who died on Jan. 6, 2000 after a long battle with diabetes.

Chariho Athletic Director Todd Grimes served as master of ceremonies.

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The Mt. Hope fast-pitch softball team has been enjoying more success of late, and sophomore pitcher Ashley Moreira has had more than a little to do with that, says coach Fred Da Silva: ``I have a pretty special pitcher in Ashley Moreira. She is only a sophomore and has been my starting pitcher since she came in as a freshman. Her stats include a 10-8 record on a team that only managed to win a handful of games the previous three seasons. She throws in the upper 50's consistently, has an ERA of 3.75, has given up only 97 hits in 104.2 innings with 39 walks and 125 strikeouts."

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Earlier this month, Tori Ahrens, a three-time All-State basketball player at East Greenwich, signed a national letter of intent with Franklin Pierce College in N.H., where the 6-foot center has received a full athletic scholarship.

Ahrens adds that she will be playing with fellow AAU teammate, first-team All-Stater and McDonalds All-American nominee Cynthia Gaudet of La Salle, who has received a partial scholarship at Franklin Pierce.

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BOYS OUTDOOR TRACK
HENDRICKEN INVITATIONAL
Results yesterday
Team scores
1, Hendricken 100; 2, N. Kingstown 50; 3, Hope 43; 4, E. Providence 42; 5, (tie) La Salle and Westerly 35; 7, (tie) Woonsocket and Lincoln 30; 9, Central 24; 10, Mt. Hope 23; 11, E. Greenwich 21; 12, (tie) Classical and Rogers 20; 14, Warwick 18; 15, Ex./W. Greenwich 16; 16, Ponaganset 14; 17, (tie) Chariho and Cumberland 10; 19, Barrington 8; 20, Toll Gate 7.5; 21, (tie) Coventry and Middletown 6; 23, (tie) Portsmouth, Cr. West and S. Kingstown 4; 26, N. Providence 3; 27, Mount Pleasant 2.5.
Individual events
HT - 1, Pearce, Woon. 211-5 (64.43 meters); 2, Daly, NK 2-4-2 (62.23); 3, Lauro, Class. 195-4 (59.53); 4, Onye, Class. 192-10 (58.77); 5, Nicoll, EP 185-5 (56.51); 6, Sampson, BH 184-6 (56.23).
SP - 1, Iannetta, LS 48-7 (14.80); 2, Donohue, West. 48.4.50 (14.74); 3, Greenhalgh, Pon. 45-4.25 (13.82); 4, Velez, Class. 44-2.75 (13.48); 5, Ferdinandi, CW 42-3.50 (12.89); 6, Wnuk, West. 41-2.50 (12.56).
DT - 1, Ruoti, Rog. 150-8 (45.92); 2, Keeling, Pon. 145-5 (44.32); 3, Drumm, EG 140-8 (42.87); 4, Wolfenden, WV 133-2 (40.58); 5, Andrikos, CW 133-1 (40.56); 6, Monigue, MP 126-9 (38.63).
JT - 1, Rooney, LS 165-2 (50.34); 2, Tougas, EWG 154-10 (47.19); 3, Skory, BH 154-6 (47.09); 4, Kilton, Barr. 154-5 (47.06); 5, Oberg, BH 153-6 (46.78); 6, Pasquazzi, BH 150-10 (45.97).
HJ - 1, Staples, Narr. 6-4 (1.93); 2, Capista, BH 6-2 (1.87); 3, Lally, Linc. 6-0 (1.82); 4, Dechristofaro, Woon. 5-10 (1.77); 5, Perry, SK 5-10; 6, Penso, Woon. 5-10.
LJ - 1, Sabatino, Linc. 21-0 (6.40); 2, Duarte, EP 20-7 (6.27); 3, Laws, Cent. 20-7; 4, Metcalf, BH 19-5.25 (5.92); 5, Capizzano, Char. 19-4 (5.89); 6, Archer, TG 19-2.75 (5.86).
TJ - 1, Perez, WV 42-6.50 (12.96); 2, Carto, Hope 41-11.75 (12.79); 3, Amado, Cent. 41-4 (12.59); 4, Speaks, EP 41-1.50 (12.53); 5, Woodley, EP 41-1 (12.52); 6, Odufuye, NP 40-8 (12.39).
PV - 1, Lovely, BH 14-10 (4.52. MR. RIILR); 2, Coppa, NK 14-6 (4.41); 3, Mathews, Midd. 14-6; 4, Rodriguez, WV 14-6; 5, Newton, Barr. 13-6 (4.11); 6, Donovan, Char. 13-0 (3.96).
100 - 1, Washington, Hope 10.6 (Ties MR); 2, Logan, NK 11.0; 3, Thayer, Cov. 11.2; 4, Tutu, Class. 11.4; 5, Jacobson, TG 11.5; 6, Babcock, Char. 11.7.
200 - 1, Morgan, Hope 22.9; 2, Hilson, Rog. 23.1; 3, Gomes, EP 23.6; 4, Williams, BH 23.9.
400 - 1, Marcus, BH 51.3; 2, Tencher, EWG 51.4; 3, (tie) Ricci, BH and DaVeiga, Hope 52.0; 6, (tie) Gregory and Langella, BH 52.0.
800 - 1, Springer, West. 1:59.2; 2, Shears, MH 1:59.8; 3, Wighton, NK 2:00.4; 4, Holleran, BH2:01.0; 5, Twardowski, LS 2:01.5; 6, McLaughlin, BH 2:02.7.
Freshman 1500 - 1, Doyle, BH 4:21.9; 2, Gjojdeshi, WW 4:26.3; 3, Morgan, Cumb. 4:35.9; 4, Anderson, NK 4:36.3; 5, Maguire, Pon. 4:44.4; 6, Clemens, LS 4:47.7.
Sophomore 1500 - 1, Desmarais, BH 4:24.6; 2, Rambo, LS 4:25.5; 3, Chamacho, Hope 4:39.0; 4, Frement, BH 4:44.9; 5, Filion, Linc. 4:48.6; 6, Vettese, West. 4:52.5.
1500 - 1, Palumbo, BH 4:03.5; 2, O’Loughlin, West. 4:08.4; 3, DeAscentis, MB 4:11.9; 4, Hurley, Char. 4:12.5; 5, Wood, BH 4:13.2; 6, Coogan, NP 4:15.5.
3000 - 1, Royer, SG 9:17.4; 2, Colavita, EG 9:30.3; 3, Erban, LS 9:33.9; 4, Romanus, MH 9:34.9; 5, Leveillee, NK 9:35.9; 6, Leazes, LS 9:42.4.
110HH - 1, Gauvin, Cumb. 14.6; 2, Alexander, NK 15.3; 3, Lally, Linc. 15.6; 4, Evasick, EG 15.6; 5, Capista, BH 16.3; 6, Roy, BH 16.4.
300IH - 1, Duarte, EP 39.6; 2, Shears, MH 41.8; 3, Mangum, Cent. 42.2; 4, Ceccofiglio, Woon. 43.0; 5, Cournoyer, Woon. 43.2; 6, Moto, MP 43.6.
Fr./Soph. SMR - 1, Hendricken (Coffua, Guadagno, Rebello, Sakovitz) 3:54.3; 2, Hope 4:00.3; 3, Mt. Hope 4:04.8; 4, E. Greenwich 4:15.4; 5, Mt. St. Charles 4:46.5.
4x100 - 1, E. Providence (Woodley, Duarte, Speaks, Gomes) 44.8; 2, N. Kingstown 44.9; 3, Lincoln 45.0; 4, Hendricken 45.4; 5, Rogers 45.6; 6, Classical 45.7.
4x400 - 1, Hope (Washington, DaVeiga, Benjamin, Freeman) 3:30.7; 2, Hendricken 3:.32.3; 3, Central 3:35.9; 4, Toll Gate 3:36.8; 5, La Salle 3:36.8; 6, Mount Pleasant 3:42.5.
4x800 - 1, Hendricken (Wood, Colella, Varone, Palumbo) 8:22.1; 2, Westerly 8:29.3; 3, Woonsocket 8:34.2; 4, Portsmouth 8:45.7; 5, Barrington 8:51.6; 6, La Salle 8:55.0.
* Track MVP - Matt Washington, Hope. Field MVP - Mike Lovely, Hendricken.
* All times hand-held.

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GIRLS OUTDOOR TRACK
Performance I meet
Individual results
HT - 1, Bourque, Cov. 153-7 (46.81 meters); 2, Flowers, Class. 136-4 (41.55); 3, Kelley, Cumb. 135-9 (41.38); 4, Heinl, Barr. 131-4 (40.03); 5, Stowers, LS 121-0 (36.88); 6, Oliveir, Cov. 116-8 (35.56).
SP - 1, Flowers, Class. 40-9.50 (12.43); 2, Kelley, Cumb. 37-11.50 (11.57); 3, Bourque, Cov. 37-8.50 (11.49); 4, Hays, Pon. 33-7.50 (10.25); 5, Aubin, LS 32-4 (9.85); 6, DeMars, Smith. 31-4.50 (9.56).
DT - 1, Kelley, Cumb. 117-9 (35.89); 2, Bourque, Cov. 107-1 (32.64); 3, Skirwz, Smith. 100-3 (30.56); 4, Phillips, Cov. 97-8 (29.76); 5, Flowers, Class. 97-1 (29.59); 6, Hays, Pon. 84-10 (25.86).
JT - 1, Petranoff, CW 114-10 (35.00); 2, Brague, Smith. 110-11 (33.50); 3, Olivier, Cov. 107-8 (32.82); 4, Bourque, Cov. 106-2 (32.36); 5, Kelley, Cumb. 103-9 (31.62); 6, Skirwz, Smith. 96-1 (29.28).
HJ - 1, Neville, LS 5-5 (1.65); 2, Meehan, SK 5-1 (1.55); 3, Bowen, LS 4-11 (1.50); 4, O’Gara, Cumb. 4-9 (1.45); 5, Douglas, CW 4-9; 6, Carlu, Cov. 4-7 (1.40).
LJ - 1, Jusme, Class. 17-2 (5.23); 2, Totushek, Barr. 17-1 (5.21); 3, Krol, Smith. 16-4 (4.98); 4, Johnson, Class. 16-2.25 (4.93); 5, Colantonio, LS 15-9.50 (4.51); 6, Power, LS 15-6.50 (4.74).
TJ - 1, Power, LS 35-6 (10.82); 2, Jusme, Class. 34-10 (10.61); 3, Lesieur, Cov. 33-2 (10.11); 4, Guidici, CW 32-2 (9.80); 5, Johnson, SK 32-0 (9.75); 6, (tie) Monast, Pon. and Johnson, Class. 31-7 (9.62).
PV - 1, Heinl, Barr. 9-0 (2.74); 2, Vincent, Smith. 8-6 (2.59); 3, Monast, Pon. 8-6; 4, Riley, Smith. 7-6 (2.29); 5, Miller, LS 7-0 (2.13); 6, Harrington, LS 7-0.
100 - 1, Norman, SK 12.8; 2, Donahue, Cumb. 12.9; 3, Palumbo, Smith. 12.9; 4, Cardarelli, LS 12.9; 5, Krol, Smith. 13.0; 6, Clukey, Smith. 13.2.
200 - 1, Cardarelli, LS 26.3; 2, Jusme, Class. 26.3; 3, Norman, SK 26.7; 4, MacDougall, Ports. 27.0; 5, Wheeler, Cov. 27.1; 6, Limperis, LS 27.5.
400 - 1, Wheeler, Cov. 58.7; 2, Cadet, Class. 59.6; 3, Norman, SK 59.8; 4, Kessinger, LS 1:00.2; 5, Marcaccio, LS 1:01.1; 6, Joseph, Class. 1:02.3.
800 - 1, Barry, Barr. 2:17.8; 2, Cocozza, LS 2:18.6; 3, Mazur, NK 2:24.0; 4, Lopes, LS 2:27.3; 5, Mathewson, CW 2:28.3; 6, Grinshaw, Cov. 2:30.0.
1500 - 1, Mack, LS 4:42.9; 2, Christensen, LS 4:58.7; 3, Mathewson, CW 5:01.4; 4, Colella, CW 5:05.1; 5, Scanlon, Barr. 5:07.9; 6, Clarke, CW 5:12.3.
3000 - 1, DeQuattro, CW 10:49.9; 2, Nelson, SK 10:56.6; 3, Meinertz, Smith. 11:42.2; 4, Lynch, NK 11:47.7; 5, O’Connor, Ports. 11:56.9; 6, Black, NK 12:02.0.
100HH - 1, Coren, CW 16.1; 2, Harrington, LS 16.6; 3, DiBlasi, Smith. 16.6; 4, Lefaivre, Cumb. 16.9; 5, Meehan, SK 16.9; 6, Lesieur, Cov. 17.2.
300IH - 1, Thomas, SK 47.4; 2, Harrington, LS 49.1; 3, Reilly, SK 49.1; 4, Riley, Cov. 49.2; 5, Barrett, LS 49.2; 6, Tetreault, NK 50.0.
4x100 - 1, S. Kingstown (No names rec.) 49.6; 2, Classical 49.7; 3, La Salle 51.2; 4, Smithfield 51.4; 5, Cumberland 51.8; 6, Barrington 52.9.
4x400 - 1, La Salle (NNR) 4:07.9; 2, Classical 4:12.3; 3, Smithfield 4:17.5; 4, N. Kingstown 4:19.6; 5, Cr. West 4:20.5; 6, S. Kingstown 4:29.3.
4x800 - 1, S. Kingstown (NNR) 10:21.4; 2, Portsmouth 10:24.2; 3, Classical 10:29.5; 4, Ponagsanset 10:34.8; 5, N. Kingstown 10:37.9; 6, Smithfield 10:42.7.
All times hand-held.

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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 12# HAMMER THROW

NATIONAL RECORD: Walter Henning St. Anthony’s, South Huntington, NY 255’11” 2007

Class Records
213’00” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-22-06
231’09” Conor McCullough SO Chaminade, West Hills, CA 04-14-07
252’06” Walter Henning JR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 06-20-06
255’11 Walter Henning SR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 05-06-07

2007 PERFORMANCE LIST
255’11” Walter Henning SR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 05-06
231’09” Conor McCullough SO Chaminade, West Hills, CA 04-14
228’02” Jordan Stray SR Centralia, WA 05-05
221’03” Zack Richards JR Monroe, WA 04-21
217’10” Wes Wright JR Villa Rica, GA 05-20 *
215’04” Ryan Loughney SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 05-14 *
215’02” Trevor Kraychir SR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-19 *
214’11” Craig Pearce SR Woonsocket, RI 05-20 *
213’04” Trent Kraychir JR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-04
210’05” Alex Nelson SR Evergreen, Vancouver, WA 04-13
204’00” Tim Daly SR North Kingstown, RI 05-20 *
203’05” Mike Lauro SR Classical, Providence, RI 05-12
200’05” Pat Sampson SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-12 *
200’04” William Krokey SR Woodstock, GA 05-20 *
199’07” Eric Clayman SR St. Johns Country Day, Orange Park, FL 01-20
198’00” Patrick Onye JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-23
196’00” Mike Gama SO Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-20 *
195’08” Jim Schwendtner JR Shenendehowa, Clifton Park, NY 05-11
192’07” John Talbert JR Wichita, KS (H) 04-16
192’05” Tom Davis JR East Greenwich, RI 05-08
191’10” Mitchell Gormley JR Brookwood, Snellville, GA 05-20 *
190’02” Greg Davis SR Star's Mill, Peachtree City, GA 05-20 *
190’00” Nick Resendes JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-20 *
188’11” Justin Nicoll JR East Providence, RI 04-07
188’10” Ty Lindgren SR Centralia, WA 03-03
187’08” Greg Manzolillo SR Xavier, Middletown, CT 04-20
184’03” Mark Conklin JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-08
183’03” Tim Place SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-05
179’03” Vinny Torissi JR Monroe-Woodbury, Central Valley, NY 05-01
178’01” Matt Farley SR Chaminade, Mineola, NY 04-09
172’10” Cole Gibson JR Camas, WA 04-28
171’07” Josh Faboyede SO Classical, Providence, RI 05-19 *
170’09” Troy Bertholf SR Liberty, NY 04-28
170’09” Joe Ricci SR Warwick Veterans Memorial, RI 05-19 *
170’03” Mike Taylor JR Classical, Providence, RI 05-12
170’01” Eric Skipper SR Oregon City, OR 05-20 *
169’11” Jason DiBuono SR New Rochelle, NY 05-04
169’06” Andrew Myette SR Portsmouth, RI 05-19 *
169’04” Brian Grant SR Warwick Veterans Memorial, RI 05-19 *
168’06” Grant Hamilton SR Milford, NH 05-12
167’01” Dave Linback SO Cumberland, RI 04-23
164’04” Jimmie Pacifico SR Butler, Vandalia, OH 05-04
163’07” Matt Greene SR Warwick Veterans Memorial, RI 04-23
159’09” Nate Gaul JR Portsmouth, RI 05-19 *
159’04” Anthony Scholes JR Centerville, OH 04-21
158’11” Andrew Cochrane SR Middletown, RI 05-08
158’08” Alan Ackerman SR Sullivan West, Lake Huntington, NY 05-05 *
158’05” Brandon Lawrence SR Portsmouth,RI 05-15 *
157’11” Garrett Grey JR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 05-05 *
157’00” Chris Gage SO Capital, Olympia, WA 04-28
156’06” Luke Bryant SR Clearwater, KS 04-16
156’00” Nick Gannon SR Coventry, RI 04-10
153’06” Andrew Yaghjian SR East Providence, RI 04-07
153’02” Miles Freberg SO Walton, Marietta, GA 05-20 *
153’00” Calin Archer JR Andale, KS 04-16
152’05” Alex Iannetta SR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 04-23
152’03” Ben Gibson SR Chaminade-Julienne, Dayton, OH 04-25
151’05” Kyle Albrecht SO Arlington, LaGrangeville, NY 05-17 *
150’00” Lee Cullion SO Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 05-01
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 6K HAMMER THROW

NATIONAL RECORD: Walter Henning St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 238'02" 2006

Class Records
203’11” Conor McCullough FR Chaminade, West Hills, CA 06-17-06
195’02” Wes Wright SO Villa Rica, GA 06-11-06
238’02” Walter Henning JR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 08-08-06
235’00” Walter Henning SR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 04-07-07

2007 PERFORMANCE LIST
235’00” Walter Henning SR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 04-07
200’11” Ryan Loughney SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 05-09 *
188’11” Zack Richards JR Monroe, WA 04-07
183’05” William Krokey SR Woodstock, GA 05-13 *
179’11” Patrick Onye JR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
179’09” Cody Cox SR Lovett, Atlanta, GA 05-13 *
179’03” Tim Daly SR North Kingstown, RI 04-07
176’07” Greg Davis SR Star's Mill, Peachtree City, GA 04-08
173’01” Pat Sampson SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
173’00” Justin Nicoll JR East Providence, RI 04-07
172’03” Mitchell Gormley JR Brookwood, Snellville, GA 04-08
172’03” Mike Lauro SR Classical, Providence, RI 04-07
159’04” Greg Manzolillo SR Xavier, Middletown, CT 04-07
154’08” Nick Resendes JR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-07
150’04” Joe Parsons SR LaHabra, CA 05-19 *
150’01” Frank Nothaft SR TJHSST, Alexandria, VA 05-06
148’10” Cody Davis SR Woodstock, GA 05-13 *
148’03” Neil Loveridge SR Breman, GA 05-13 *
147’09” Jim Theologes SR Huntley, IL 11-18
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U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 16# HAMMER THROW

NATIONAL RECORD: Jacob Freeman Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 216'02" 1999

Class Records
149’09” Zack Richards FR Monroe, WA 07-03-05
186’03” Wes Wright SO Villa Rica, GA 06-04-06
210’11” Walter Henning JR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 06-20-06
216’02” Jacob Freeman SR Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI 04-24-99

2007 PERFORMANCE LIST
209’07” Walter Henning SR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 04-28
187’05” Jordan Stray SR Centralia, WA 05-05
183’11” Trevor Kraychir SR Twentynine Palms, CA 03-24
177’04” Zack Richards JR Monroe, WA 04-14
177’01” Ryan Loughney SR Tri-Valley Secondary, Grahamsville, NY 04-28
176’11” Wes Wright JR Villa Rica, GA 04-29
176’10” Trent Kraychir JR Twentynine Palms, CA 02-24
171’04” Alex Nelson SR Evergreen, Vancouver, WA 04-07
163’07” Greg Davis SR Star's Mill, Peachtree City, GA 04-29
160’11” Mitchell Gormley JR Brookwood, Snellville, GA 05-13
160’08” Raul Gonzalez SR Alta Loma, CA 02-24
150’03” Matt Farley SR Chaminade, Mineola, NY 03-24
140’03” Cody Cox SR Lovett, Atlanta, GA 04-29
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U.S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' 4K HAMMER THROW

NATIONAL RECORD: Maureen Griffin Pocatello, ID 201'07" 1998

Class Records
173’04” Casey Kraychir FR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-04-07
176’00” Kate Johnston SO Warwick Veterans Memorial, RI 06-04-99
190’00” Maureen Griffin JR Pocatello, ID 06-11-97
201’07” Maureen Griffin SR Pocatello, ID 05-30-98

2007 SEASON PERFORMANCE LIST
175’07” Allison Horner JR Lovett, Marietta, GA 03-04
173’04” Casey Kraychir FR Twentynine Palms, CA 05-04
171’09” Gabby Midles SR Camas, WA 03-31
162’02” Patrice Gates FR Villa Rica, GA 05-13
158’11” Kelsey Klein SR Ironwood, Glendale, AZ 04-13
158’09” Sharla Adeduro SR Kell, Marietta, GA 05-20 *
158’07” Victoria Flowers JR Classical, Providence, RI 05-19 *
155’02” Crystal Bourque SR Coventry, RI 05-01
154’11” Cynthia Lloyd SR New Rochelle, NY 05-04
152’10” Katie Kraychir 8th Twentynine Palms Junior High School,CA 05-12
146’11” Lauren Chambers SO Kell, Marietta, GA 05-20 *
146’02” Alicia Fliger SR Snohomish, WA 04-21
144’08” Tayla Swatelle SR Woonsocket, RI 05-19 *
144’07” Robin Callan JR Monroe-Woodbury, Central Valley, NY 05-14 *
143’00” Arianna Lugo JR Los Altos, Hacienda Heights, CA 04-13
141’05” Kayla Hendershot SR Sandy, OR 04-28
141’01” Emma Ruggiero SR South Whidbey, Langley, WA 04-07
140’07” Olivia Midles FR Capital, Olympia, WA 05-20 *
139’08” Emily Settle SR Roy C. Ketcham, Wappingers Falls, NY 04-21
139’02” Kelsey Huckins JR Keene, NH 04-07
138’10” Amanda Kelley SR Cumberland, RI 05-19 *
138’08” Maddy Midles SO Camas, WA 03-17
138’05” Karen Henning FR St. Anthony's, South Huntington, NY 05-06
138’00” Alyssa Pehmoeller JR Arlington, LaGrangeville, NY 05-11
137’05” Brittney Lawson SO Woonsocket, RI 05-19 *
137’00” Nicole Heinl SO Barrington, RI 05-05
136’09” Jen Fleser SR Toll Gate, Warwick, RI 05-09
136’08” Michelle Poet FR Glendale, CA (H) 01-27
134’07” Kerrin Feather SR Camas, WA 04-21
134’05” Kadine Johnson SR New Rochelle, NY 05-04
133’08” Meaghan McGovern JR North Kingstown, RI 05-19 *
132’07” Sara Cole SR Central, Independence, OR 04-28
131’00” Hannah McCraskey SR Sweet Home, OR 03-17
129’11” Juliana Smith SR Berkmar, Lilburn, GA 04-29
129’02” Caitlin Jordan SO Union Grove, McDonough, GA 05-13
125’09” Thanithia Billings SR Carrollton, GA 05-20 *
124’11” Jasmine Stray SO Centralia, WA 05-05
124’03” Ashley Clasen SO Shoreham-Wading River, Shoreham, NY 05-06
122’04” Tope Waheed JR East Providence, RI 05-19 *
122’01” Caleigh Greenwell SR LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 04-09
121’02” Lee Stowers SO LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI 04-28
120’08” Kathryn Poet SR Flintridge Sacred Heart, LaCanada, CA 01-27
120’07” Melissa Johnson SR Ward Mellville, Setauket, NY 05-12
120’06 Meg Nepshinsky JR South Kingstown, Wakefield, RI 05-12
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H after city/town and state is hometown of athlete.
* after date of performance indicates addition or change since last update.

Cutoff 05-20-07 Updated 05-24-07

Addition, updates, or corrections would be appreciated.
Please send to: Bob Gourley 3 Greenville Drive, Barrington, RI 02806
(401) 246-0243 or via e-mail at rmgourley@fctvplus.net

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Tomorrow on projo.com's High School Game Day page, we'll have a gallery of photos from the matchup of Division II's top teams, Mount St. Charles and Burrillville. The game begins at 3:30 at Burrillville. The Mounties, at 16-1 in league play, are on top of Division II North, followed by the 14-2 Broncos. Robert Lee will have a story on the game.

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Tomorrow on projo.com's High School Game Day page, we'll have a photo gallery from this afternoon's SENE girls lacrosse championship game between Moses Brown and Portsmouth Abbey. The game begins at 5 at Moses Brown's Campanella Field.

Carolyn Thornton will have a column on the Rhode Island softball scene, while from Massachusetts, Russ Waterman will report from the Coyle & Cassidy-Bishop Feehan boys tennis match.

Remember to vote before 4 p.m. Thursday for our softball player of the week and baseball player of the week.

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East Greenwich boys track coach Paul Evasick provides this report of his team's strong showing at the Class D Championships behind junior captain Wes Evasick's triple win:

The EGHS boys track team had a great day on Saturday at the Class D Championships at Conley Stadium in Providence. The team scored 151 points on its way to a second-place finish overall behind Class D track powerhouse Classical (196 points). The Avengers surpassed their other Class D rival Rogers for the first time in 11 years, as the Vikings finished the day with 90 points.

Junior captain Wes Evasick had the big day as he won Triple Gold medals. He easily won the 110 High hurdles with a time of 16.2 seconds. He followed that performance up an hour later with his personal best time ever of 43.7 seconds in the 300 Intermediate hurdles to easily out pace second place Glenn Marcotte of Burrillville 45.3 seconds. Wes then capped off his day as the second leg of the gold medal 4x400 relay team. “ This was the first triple Class D state champion I’ve had in my 7 years of coaching the boys team. I have had some excellent athletes over the past few years but none had results as impressive as Wes had today!! He has put the work in all Year, yes it starts a year out, and it paid of today in GOLD.”

Sophomore Mark Feigan also had a big day, as he captured the gold medal in his speciality the 800 meter run, took a silver medal in the 1500 meter run earlier in the day and ran the third leg of the gold medal winning 4x400 relay. Mark ran a personal best, 2:04.2 in the 800, ran 4:23.4 in the 1500 and had a 56.5 second leg on the 4X400. “Mark really ran well today. He had to run a lot harder then he thought he would in the 800 to win his title. Ethan Leary of Rogers was primed and ready to take Mark down. Ethan grabbed the lead from Mark with 300 Meters to go, which I think shocked Mark, but Mark has one hell of a last 200 meters. Mark kicked it in at the 200 mark and won by 1.5 seconds. It was a very exciting race to watch.”

Freshman Nick Ross also garnered double medals as he became the Class D state champ in the 1500 meter run 4:20.7and followed that up with a second place in the 3000, 9:23.9. “This is becoming common place to watch Nick dominate the distance events for EGHS. He is a very talented young runner who improves weekly as his confidence grows.”

Others having good days were junior Mike Pezzullo Gold medal in the 3000 in a personal best time of 9:23.5 and he anchored the gold medal 4X800 relay and made up a 10 second deficit to capture that gold for the team. Junior Captian Matt Colavita help EG complete a sweep of the 3000 by capturing the Bronze medal in a personal best 9:25.0 and he was also on the gold medal 4X800 relay. Junior Andrew Glod had a strong day as he put up a personal best time by a second in the 400 meter dash to capture the silver medal in a state qualifying time of 53.1 seconds.”Andrew has been chasing that magic mark of sub 54 in the 400 for two seasons. It was great to see him shatter that today and win the silver medal.” Andrew also anchored the Gold medal 4X400 relay. Juniors Ben Drumm and Mark Regini came up big in the Discus as the finished 2,3 in the competition. Ben threw 131-11 and Mark threw his personal best 122-8 and qualified for the State meet on June 2. Junior Tom Davis took third in the hammer throw. “tom had an off day as he threw 20 feet less then his average, but he was able to do enough to hang onto the bronze medal. Junior Praveen Murthy and Freshman Austin Schaefer were the other members of the gold medal 4X800 relay. Senior Travis Brown, who has been competing injured much of the season, ran one of his better legs of the 400 this season to help the 4X400 relay capture the Gold for the third consecutive year at the class meet.

East Greenwich dominated the distance events as they sweep the 1500, 3000, took first in the 800 and won the 4x800 relay. Wes and Andrew did great in the sprint events.

“We need to add some depth in the field events, both jumps and throws and next year we may be the team to beat. It will be very tough to catch and pass Classical but we also thought it was impossible to outscore Rogers HS the past 11 years and we accomplished that today.”

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To the best of longtime coach John Menna's recollection, the Lincoln boys track team's Class C Championship this weekend represents the Lions' first outdoor class title in the history of their program.

Some highlights from that victory:

Aaron Sabatino was a triple winner, as he captured the long jump with a leap of 20' 11'', the 20-meter dash in 22.1 seconds and was part of Lincoln's first-place 4x100m relay team that broke the Lincoln High School record with a time of 44.9.

Sam Carlson won his first varsity race and became a class champion in the process when he clocked a winning time of 52.6 in the 400 meters.

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Tomorrow on projo.com's High School Game Day page, you'll find a photo gallery from this afternoon's Division II girls lacrosse matchup in Warwick between Bay View and Warwick Vets. The Bengals enter the game with an 11-1 record in league play; a win would tie them with Cumberland for first place in Division I North. The Hurricanes, meanwhile, have already wrapped up first place in Division I South with a 10-2 record in league play. Robert Lee will have a game story.

Rob will also have a preview of the boys volleyball playoffs, which get under way this week.

From Massachusetts, Russ Waterman will write about the girls tennis match between Somerset and Bishop Connolly.

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Tomorrow on projo.com's High School Game Day page, we'll have a photo gallery from the Division I baseball game between Cumberland and St. Raphael, in Cumberland. With identical 10-5 records in league play, the Clippers and the Saints are tied for second place in Division I North, behind Lincoln. Robert Lee will have a game story.

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WARWICK -- A memorial service scheduled for tonight during half-time at a lacrosse match at Bishop Hendricken High School for Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Valdepenas has been postponed due to weather.

Valdepenas, 21, a 2003 graduate of Hendricken from Seekonk, Mass., died in Iraq last September. He was co-captain of the Hawks’ lacrosse team and an all-state lacrosse player.

The game is now scheduled for Sunday at 6 p.m. and the ceremony in Valdepenas's honor will be made at 6:45 p.m. Coach Kevin Murray will present the Valdepenas family with the Marine’s No. 25 lacrosse jersey.

The Hendricken lacrosse team was originally scheduled to play a regular season match against North Kingstown tonight. Sunday’s match will be an inter-squad match between Hendricken teams.

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The outdoor track class meets schedule for this weekend has been changed. Here are the new dates and times:

Boys Class D and Girls Class A: Saturday, 2 p.m.
Boys Class A: Sunday, 1 p.m.
Boys Class C: Saturday, 3 p.m.
Girls Class B and C: Monday, 3:30 p.m.
A decision for Boys Class B will be made tomorrow morning; the event could be rescheduled to Monday at 3:30 p.m.

The boys tennis main draw at Slater Park has been postponed until Saturday, May 19, at 10 a.m.

Here are the other postponed events. Reschedule dates, where they are known, are in parentheses

Baseball

Scheduled Friday
Juanita Sanchez at Classical
South Kingstown at Woonsocket (Saturday, 1 p.m.)
Prout at Exeter/West Greenwich (Saturday, 4 p.m.)
Ponaganset at Johnston (Saturday, 6:30 p.m.)
Mount Pleasant at Central (Wednesday, 4 p.m.)
PCD at Mt. Hope (Wednesday, 4 p.m.)
West Warwick at Lincoln (Thursday, 3:15 p.m.)
Tolman at Mount St. Charles (May 25, 3:45 p.m.)
Burrillville at Shea (May 26, 1 p.m.)

Scheduled Saturday
Saint Peter-Marian at La Salle (Sunday, 2 p.m.)

Softball
Scheduled Friday
Central Falls at Fatima
Ponaganset at Classical
Central at Mount Pleasant
Hope at Shea (Wednesday, 4 p.m.)
Exeter/West Greenwich at West Warwick (Thursday, 3:30 p.m.)
Bishop Keough at Tolman (Thursday, 3:30 p.m.)

Scheduled Saturday
Coventry at East Providence
Warwick Vets at Toll Gate
Bay View at Woonsocket (Tuesday, 3:30 p.m.)

Boys lacrosse
Scheduled Friday
Warwick Vets at Middletown
Prout at South Kingstown (Saturday, 6 p.m.)
Mt. Hope at Tiverton (Sunday, 4:30 p.m.)
North Kingstown at Hendricken (Tuesday, 4 p.m.)

Girls lacrosse
Lincoln at Prout (Sunday, 2 p.m.)
South Kingstown at Middletown (Tuesday, 3:30 p.m.)
East Greenwich at Portsmouth (Tuesday, 6 p.m.)

Boys tennis
Middletown at Coventry (Monday, 3:30 p.m.)
East Greenwich at North Smithfield (Tuesday, 3:30 p.m.)

Golf
Chariho and South Kingstown at North Kingstown (Tuesday, 2:30 p.m.)

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Cox Sports Television sends along this information about its newly-created Cox Rhode Island Sports Awards, announcing three award winners that have already been selected and nominees for several scholastic awards yet to be chosen:

Cox Sports Television today announced the Scholastic Winter Nominees, the Collegiate Male and Female Athletes of the Year and Ryan Gomes as the Breakthrough Athlete of the Year. The Female Collegiate Athlete of the Year is Nicole Riley from Rhode Island College and the Male Collegiate Athlete of the Year is Herbert Hill from Providence College.

Ryan Gomes, the Breakthrough Athlete of the Year, was selected for his ties to Rhode Island and his great first couple of years playing for the Boston Celtics of the NBA.

Rhode Island College Head Softball Coach Maria Morin (says of Riley's selection):
"The countless hours of hard work and dedication to her craft and her team has made Nicole into one of the best pitchers in our program's history. She has been instrumental to the achievements of our program. She has led our team on and off the field and has always put the TEAM before herself."

"Herb is certainly very deserving of this award," Providence College Head Coach Tim Welsh said (of Hill). "He had a great season this year. Herb was one of the top players in the BIG EAST as he proved he can play at a very high level. I know he will continue to improve his game and have even more success at the next level."

The voting is underway for all scholastic nominees at www.risportsawards.com. Here is a list of the winter nominee leaders by sport:

Boys Indoor Track: Michael Lauro from Classical with 40%
Boys Basketball: David Rufful from Bishop Hendricken with 48%
Girls Basketball: Jenna Buffi from Smithfield with 37%
Girls Indoor Track: Ana Velez from Central Falls with 53%
Gymnastics: Khiara LaBrie from Exeter/WG with 49%
Boys Hockey: Alex Tutsch from Toll Gate with 43%
Girls Hockey: Megan Belmont from Bishop Keough with 48%
Wrestling: Kenneth Murgo from Mt. Hope with 56%
Boys Swimming: Jeff Winters from E. Greenwich with 48%
Girls Swimming: Laura Sogar from Prout with 47%

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Tomorrow on Projo.com's High School Game Day page, you'll find a photo gallery from this afternoon's baseball game featuring Classical and Mount Pleasant. At 10-4, the Kilties are in fourth place in Division II South. Robert Lee will have a game story.

Also tomorrow, Russ Waterman will write about today's Massachusetts boys lacrosse game featuring Canton and North Attleboro.

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Projo.com's High School Game Day page tomorrow will feature a photo gallery from this afternoon's Division I boys tennis matchup between South Kingstown and Barrington. The Eagles are on top of Division I with a perfect 12-0 record, while the Rebels are right behind at 11-1. The match begins at 3:30 at Barrington. Robert Lee will have a story on the match.

Also tomorrow, Russ Waterman will be writing on the Massachusetts girls softball game between Seekonk and Dighton-Rehoboth.

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Tuesday on projo.com's High School Game Day page, we will present a photo gallery from tonight's Hendricken-Toll Gate boys volleyball match. The game features the top two teams in Division I. The Hawks are a perfect 15-0 in league play; the Titans are 13-2. Robert Lee will have a game story.

Also tomorrow, Russ Waterman will have a story from the Massachusetts baseball game featuring Canton and North Attleboro.

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The New Balance Ocean State Cross Country Invitational

When: September 29, 2007

Where: Goddard State Park, Warwick, Rhode Island

Meet Directors:
Bob & Anne Rothenberg, Co-directors of more than 100 major championships including the Brown HS XC and Track Invitationals from 1983 – 2005; East Coast Invitational 1975- 1999
Charlie Breagy, Director of the prestigious CVS/pharmacy Downtown 5k from 1990 – present, serving as the national 5k road championship for men and women; organizer of the Ras NahEireinn International XC Invitational

Schedule of events:
* Friday afternoon, September 28 – Middle School Races for grades 6, 7, and 8

* Saturday morning, September 29 – Trail Run open to the running community, all runners, all ages

* Saturday, September 29 – High School Races, freshmen, jv, varsity, and championship divisions

Features:
* Individual and team awards in all divisions
* Special awards for the schools with the best combined boys and girls varsity teams
* New spectator-friendly course
* Live music
* Coaches’ hospitality tent
* Compact schedule – complete girls events (frosh up to championship) followed by complete boys events (championship down to frosh)

Other info:
* High School Entries will be limited to the first 4,000 athletes.
* Coaches who commit to participate before June 1, 2007 will be guaranteed an entry for their entire squad.
* Sanctions pending for CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT; other states upon request
* In order to be guaranteed acceptance, please email Help@oceanstatexc.com with the following information: School name, City and State of School, Coach’s name, Approximate number of boys and approximate number of girls you anticipate entering.

Contact: Bob Rothenberg at (401) 294-9946.

Web site: www.oceanstatexc.com

Join us for a first-class, national-caliber cross-country event!

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East Greenwich boys outdoor track coach Paul Evasick provides this report on the Avengers' great showing at their first invitational of the season:

The Rick Schomp Invitational is an elite invitational for the top 18 athletes in each event for boys and girls. The boys team posted 40 points and placed fourth overall for the day out of 26 teams. The Avengers missed taking home the small division team trophy by 2 points to Westerly.

Several kids had big days with Freshmen Nick Ross leading the way. Nick grabbed everyone’s attention in the 1500 meter run as he improved his personal best time by 15 seconds and posted an automatic state championship qualifying time of 4:10.1. He finished third in a veteran field of runners. Only Andrew Springer of Westerly 4:04.0, and James Sylvestre of Lincoln 4:07.0 finished ahead of Nick. “Nick’s time for any athlete is impressive! But for a freshman it was an incredible day! Nick still is just learning how to run, and should be a formidable opponent for many years to come.”

Junior captain Alex Iwamoto also had a solid day as he garnered three medals on the day. He grabbed his first medal as he anchored the third-place 4X100 relay as they turned in a season best time of 46.1 seconds. He was helped by sopomore Mike Swartz, senior Paul Traficante, and junior Chris Walsh. Alex followed that up by posting a season best 11.5 in the 100 meter dash good for a fifth place finish. Alex capped off his day with a fourth-place finish in the triple jump with a jump of 38-4. All marks were good enough for provisional qualifying to the State meet in June.

Junior captain Wes Evasick hurdled his way back to the top of the state posting an automatic State qualifying time of 15.6 in the 110 Hurdles good for a third-place medal overall. “Wes ran two great heats today, qualifying he set a personal best time of 15.9 which was .5 seconds faster then his previous best and then followed that up in the finals with another PR of 15.6 seconds. Wes is also just getting on track and his times should improve throughout May.”

Sophomore Mark Feigan also ran a personal best in the 800 2:04.3 good for a third-place medal. Junior Ben Drumm finished third with a throw of 128-1 in the discus and fellow weight man junior Tom Davis took fourth in the Hammer 185-7.

"The team really has some special athletes,'' Paul Evasick says. "We are still probably a year away from making some real noise on the state level."

East Greenwich will compete in the Classical Classic on Saturday.

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