By Bob Rodericks
EPHS Boys Basketball
The 5-3 Townie boys basketball team had wins last month over Pilgrim HS 68-40, Tiverton HS 62-37, Cranston East 73-58, North Providence 93-80 and Smithfield 50-49. The team lost to Barrington HS 60-81, Mt. Pleasant HS 51-55, and to Central HS 52-74.
In the loss to Barrington, the game was competitive for a half with the game tied at halftime. However, Barrington pulled away in the second half for a convincing 81-60 win.
Earlier the team had moved to 3-0 with a win over Cranston East. Jayden Vaz continued his fast start with a double-double 24 points and 13 rebounds. Jaydason Barros also hit a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
In the win over Tiverton, freshman Robbie Mason hit a game high 20 points with Jayden Vaz adding 16. The team had an early season win over Pilgrim with Vaz leading all scorers with 18 points and Barros scoring 14 for the 68-40 win.
Head coach Joe Andrade, while optimistic about the talent potential of his “very young team,” feels that they have much room for improvement. “Sometimes we lose focus, intensity and struggle to get it back,” said the coach. “We are a very young team with only one senior. We start a freshman, 1 sophomore, 2 juniors and 1 senior,” said Andrade.
In the team’s win over North Providence, Vaz scored 10 points and had 12 rebounds in just the first quarter. Vaz ended up with 27 points for the game. Isaac Rodriguez had 13 points.
EPHS Girls Basketball
The Townies had an impressive win on January 3rd in a 49-42 win over South Kingstown. The Lady Townies also had a win over North Smithfield HS 44-23 in an early December home game but is having a slow start overall. They had losses to Coventry, North Kingstown and Scituate to round out last month. East Providence’s Zarae Hall scored a team-high 17 points, including four 3-pointers, and Kat Amado added 12 in the loss to Scituate. Coach Tammy Drape’s team however is hard working and does show some promise.
EPHS Wrestling
The Townie wrestling team entered early season tournaments to round out 2025. EP competed in the South County Invitational with Max DeStefano placing in 6th place, Max Perreira in 3rd place and making it to the finals was Aydin Schifino. Last week the Townies hosted the annual Manuel Vinhateiro tournament. Nine high schools competed in an all-day tourney. The Townies feature a very young squad and finished middle of the pack for the day. The tournament is named for Vinhateiro, a former East Providence High School principal and superintendent of schools. Vinhateiro also wrestled as a student at EPHS and also at Rhode Island College. Veteran Townie coach Tom Galligan returns as the senior coach at EPHS and one of the longest serving interscholastic coaches in Rhode Island.
Townies Keira Mullen to Holy Cross for Volleyball
East Providence’s all-state volleyball player, Keira Mullen, officially signed her letter of intent to play volleyball for Holy Cross. Last year, Keira selected Starlings Inspire as the recipient of the $1,000 she was allowed to donate to an organization as the Rhode Island Gatorade Player of the Year. “Starlings Inspire wishes Keira continued success at Holy Cross,” said a program spokesperson.
“To be signing to a four-year D-1 institution to continue her athletic and academic career is a tremendous accomplishment,” said volleyball coach and EPHS Athletic Director Alex Butler as Mullen signed her official letter of intent to Holy Cross College in a high school ceremony.
Mullen has maintained a 4.0 GPA and has been an exemplary 4-year student – athlete across the board at EPHS. She received the Rhode Island 2024-25 Gatorade Player of the Year award and may win the award for this year. Mullen was also the 2024 Player of the Year among many other accolades.
EPHS Boys Indoor Track
The Boys Indoor Track and Field team had a strong showing at their Injury Fund. All phases of the team performed well as the team looks to get into the top 5 teams in State. The Townie Boys Indoor Track & Field team opened the dual meet portion of their season by losing two close meets to Chariho and Smithfield. During the meet the following boys won individual events: Jack Pawlik in the 55 meter dash, Julian Monteiro in the 300 meter and 55 meter hurdles, Cormac Moran in the 1500 meter, the 4x200 meter relay consisting of Jack Pawlik, Julian Monteiro, Max Pawlik, and Isaac Rodriguez, the 4x400 meter consisting of Justin Jardine, Julian Monteiro, Max Pawlik, and Isaac Rodriguez.
EPHS Girls Hockey – Olson Excels
In a December 29th hockey game, the East Providence/East Bay Co-op team had an impressive 7-5 win over over the Moses Brown/Smithfield/Coventry Co-op. The Townies Sydney Olson led the effort with 4 goals and an assist. Olson continues to play excellent ice hockey. The Townie Co-op team has 2 wins over a Cranston/East Greenwich Co-op, a Smithfield Co-op squad and the Moses Brown win. Ep has losses against the Northern RI Co-op team.
EPHS Boys Soccer Awards
Congratulations to the following members of our Boys Soccer Team on their post season Coaches Association awards:
- Julian Monteiro: 1st team All Division, 1st team All Conference, 1st team All State, 1st team All Tournament and 1st team All New England.
- Tristen Nunes: 1st team All Division, 1st team All Conference, 2nd team All State.
- Kyle Desroisers: 2nd team All Division, 1st team All Tournament
- Damian Monteiro: 2nd team All Division
- Nigel Fernandes: 2nd team All Division
- Kayson Taveres: 3rd team All Division
- Julien Monteiro was selected to the United Soccer Coaches All American Team. The award is given to the best boys’ soccer players across the nation. This prestigious honor is given this month in Philadelphia.
Other EPHS Awards Announced by AD Butler
Townie Athletic Director Alex Butler offers a statement: “Congratulations to the following members of our Football Team on their RI Football Coaches Association All Division Selections:
- Jacob Duarte, Isaac Rodriguez, Izaiiah Brown, Max DiStefano, and Brady Platt - First Team All Division 2
- Aithan Vasquez, Antonio Crank, Jordin Heistand and X’Avian Hopper- Second Team All Division 2
- Christian O’Sullivan and Davian Orefice- Third Team All Division 2
Congratulations to the following members of our Girls Soccer Team on their RI Girls Soccer Coaches Association recognition:
- Amalia Amico- Second Team All State
- Eva Fontaine- First Team All Division 2
- Zophia Slaughter- First Team All Division 2
- Samantha Rodrigues- Second Team All Division 2
- Vanessa Swanson- Third Team All Division 2
- Nadiyah Calouro- Alice Sullivan Award
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