March 29, 2024

Sports Update

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EPHS Football
The Townie football team has made the Division playoff cut after defeating Cranston West in a close 13-6 victory on Veterans Appreciate Night at Pierce stadium late last month. Dion Hazard played well at quarterback and scored the winning touchdown by running the ball in for the score. The Townies played strong on defense with two interceptions and a strong overall game. The Townies joined with the local Veterans Committee to wear military issued team jerseys to honor the military forces. "It is important to honor America's service men and women and to have our students take part in this," said Townie head coach Jay Monteiro.

The Townies lost to undefeated Hendricken on October 26th by a 21-14 score. Juan Diaz scored for EP on a 15-yard run and Clinton Ogunrobi ran back a Hawk blocked punt attempt for a Townie touchdown. Jason Santiago kicked two point after scores for EP. East Providence at 4-3 is in the playoff picture for Division I. Also in October the Townies rolled over Cranston East 47-16 and defeated Shea High 34-33.

Football Standings: 
Bishop Hendricken High School7 - 0; LaSalle 6-1; North Kingstown High School6 - 1; Cranston West 4-3; East Providence High School4 - 3; Moses Brown3-3; Cranston High School East3 - 4; Central2-4; Shea High School3 - 4; Portsmouth2-5; Cumberland High School3 - 4; S. Kingstown2-5; St. Raphael Academy1 - 5; Barrington1-5
East Providence will play LaSalle on Thanksgiving morning in a non-league game at LaSalle.

EPHS Girls Volleyball
With the Townies behind 2 games to one, East Providence surged to win the final two sets for a victory over Mt. St. Charles Academy. Emma DaSilva had 17 kills and 13 digs for the Townies. EP's Paige Messier had 36 assists. Kianna Hepburn added seven kills and three blocked shots for EP. The Townies are 4-9 to date in Division I play.

With an impressive 3 games to 2 win over South Kingstown on Friday, October 26th, the Townies qualified for volleyball playoffs. Emma DaSilva amassed 18 kills, a dozen digs and also blocked two SK shots at the net for East Providence. Ali Batty contributed 7 kills and 2 blocks for the Townie win.

Division I-B Volleyball Standings:
North Kingstown High School15 - 0
Mount St. Charles Academy9 - 5
South Kingstown High School8 - 6
East Providence High School5 - 9
Cranston High School West4 - 9
Ponaganset High School2 - 12

EPHS Boys Soccer
The Townie soccer team suffered losses last month to Portsmouth, Cumberland, Moses Brown and LaSalle while playing to ties in close games with North Kingstown, Hendricken and Classical. Ryan Moniz scored with eight seconds left to gain the tie with Hendricken. Paulo Schits scored his team-leading 6th goal of the year in gaining a tie against Classical.

EPHS Girls Soccer
Alyssa DeOliveira scored three goals, as the Townies grabbed their third win with a 6-0 score over Toll Gate. Goalie Mia Jackson excelled in net for the Townies with six saves. The team also defeated Westerly High, 1-0 and St. Tay's by a 4-0 score.

Martin Middle Boys Soccer
The Martin boys soccer team won the Eastern Division Title with a 6-0 score over Gaudet Middle School last month. Wildcat goals were scored by Justin Petion, Max Collins, two by Ryan DeCampos, Hugo Jesus, and a first goal by sixth grader Sammy Jackson.

Key assists were by Nathan Capelo, Hugo Jesus, Ryan DeCampos, Andrew Jackson, and Max Collins. MMS goalie Nick Bento recorded a shutout.

Martin after an opening round bye, went on to defeat Chariho 3-1 in playoff action at Pierce Stadium in late October. Check with ReporterToday. com for updates.

St. Mary's Bay View
St. Mary Academy - Bay View announced the hire of Bert DeSalvo as the Academy’s new head basketball coach. A Rhode Island native, Coach DeSalvo grew up in South Kingstown and brings with him over a decades’ worth of coaching experience at the collegiate, high school, and private school level.

“I’m excited about this opportunity. I want to thank the committee and the Bay View administration for bringing me on board. This is a great program with a great tradition. I am looking forward to giving back to the student-athletes and sharing insights from my basketball journey.”

DeSalvo received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rhode Island and a Master of Science from Duquesne University, along with additional coursework towards a master’s degree from the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore.

Riverside Minor Boys Take Fall Ball Title
The Riverside Little League Minor boys won their second consecutive fall ball championship.  The Riverside team dominated the fall ball tournament with a 3-1 championship victory over Seekonk on October 28th at Kim Rock Field in Rumford.  The team went undefeated with a 12-0 record.

"This is a very young and gutsy group," said Riverside manager Vin Enright.  "I am very proud of these boys.  Over the past two years of fall ball play, they have compiled a 25-1 record with two titles," added Enright.  In many instances the Riverside team outdistance their opponents early and played "great defense, had timely hitting and superb pitching."

Manager Vin Enright was assisted by coaches Jody Richards, Mike Charbonneau, Mike Sabourin and Vinny Enright Jr.

The 2018 team players:
Alex Enright, Chris Charbonneau, Jose Figueroe, Jonathan Renaud, Jacob Tokarz, Drew Tokarz, Kevin Levesque, Bryce Levesque, Owen Richards, John Wooten and Drake Silva.

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