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Boston sports legend visits popular Tiverton eatery featured by famous foodie
A famous Boston sports star visited a popular Tiverton eatery this week. Evelyn’s Drive In at 2335 Main Road took to social media to announce that Bruins captain Brad Marchand paid a visit. “We were STOKED to have the absolute legend @bmarch63 Brad Marchand, captain of the @nhlbruins crash...
A Special Sister Act: Lisa and Xenia Raye add more gold at New Englands, New Balance Nationals
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – West Warwick’s Lisa and Xenia Raye helped West Warwick win its third-straight state track title this past season with five individual gold medals and the sisters added three more golds at New Englands. Most recently, Lisa made her mark on the biggest stage. The sophomore won the 100 and 200 at […]
Fall River Eats: Bruins Captain Brad Marchand visits Evelyn's Drive-In with his family
Not sure where to grab a bite to eat? With lots of options around the Fall River area, it can be difficult to choose. If you’re having a hard time, we’re here to help you narrow it down. We've compiled a list of meal deals, special events, and mouth-watering offerings at local eateries and...
Women's Fencing Places 12 on USFCA All-Academic Team
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A dozen Bears were named to the USFCA All-Academic team with 11 earning Scholar of Distinction honors, announced by the coach's organization last week. It marks the second straight season the Bears have picked up double-digit All-Academic selections. 13 Bears earned the honor a season ago.
Coventry tops Smithfield, 5-2
COVENTRY - Kole Kilduff worked himself out of a jam in the top of the seventh inning on Wednesday afternoon at Paine Field, helping the Coventry Connie Mack baseball team improve to 2-2 on the young season. Working with a 5-2 lead, the Coventry reliever managed to stifle a pending...
Meet Greater Fall River's High School Boys Tennis All-Scholastic Team
FALL RIVER — The Herald News continues Spring All-Scholastics with boys tennis all-stars. The boys tennis teams from Fall River area schools — Case, Diman, Durfee, Somerset Berkley and Westport — performed at their best this spring. No one did it better than Raiders sophomore Max Petit this spring, which was why he was named the Herald News...
Providence Open Returns to Triggs July 4 & 5
Pros and amateurs will once again converge on Triggs Memorial Golf Course for the Providence Open this week. The tournament will take place on July 4-5. The field includes pros Brad Adamonis and Will Dickson, as well as top amateur and junior players. Moses Brown star Adriana Eaton and her...
Rhode Islander Lisa Raye Is Our Underclassmen AOY
- - - If you didn't know who Lisa Raye was before 2024, you found out this spring. The West Warwick sprinter won two national titles as a high school sophomore in June at New Balance Nationals Outdoor, claiming exceptional wind-legal marks of 11.26 and 22.77 seconds across 100 and 200 meters.
Kim English Promotes Matt Palumbo To Assistant Coach
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Providence College Men's Basketball Head Coach Kim English announced today (July 4) the promotion of Matt Palumbo to assistant coach. Palumbo spent the last year at Providence as the special assistant to the head coach prior to working under English for two years at George Mason. "Matt...
The 2024 Taunton Daily Gazette Boys Tennis All-Scholastics
Another boys high school tennis season has come and gone in the Greater Taunton area. Dighton-Rehoboth (9-6, 7-5 South Coast Conference) led the way locally, recording match sweeps against foes Case and Seekonk and qualifying for the Division 3 tournament before falling to No. 9 Medfield in the Round of 32. Bridgewater-Raynham (5-9, 3-4 Southeast Conference) swept rivals Brockton in both matches while Taunton (2-17, 0-16 Hockomock League) took down non-league foes New Bedford on both occasions.
Woonsocket's Jason Forget Memorial golf tournament raises $15,200 for Jimmy Fund
PROVIDENCE – The 11th annual Jason Forget Memorial Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament, which was held Friday, June 14, at Triggs Memorial Golf Course, raised $15,200, and the proceeds from the event were again donated to the Jimmy Fund golf program. The tournament, which saw 140 golfers compete in a...
Smithfield three-sport standout Kelley receives Alice Sullivan Memorial Scholarship
SMITHFIELD – Recent Smithfield High graduate and multi-sport standout Caitlin Kelley was selected as this year’s recipient of the Alice Sullivan Memorial Scholarship, which is annually presented to a female high school and/or female collegiate student-athlete who has expressed an interest in coaching, officiating, and/or athletic administration, the Rhode Island Interscholastic League noted last Tuesday.
MY HOMECOURT’S SYNERGY OF PLAY: ART AND BASKETBALL TEAM UP IN PROVIDENCE
Amateur pick-up games of basketball are a part of the DNA of summer. And with the recent rise in popularity of the WNBA as well as New England’s excitement about the Boston Celtics 2024 NBA Championship win, the timing is apropos to discuss Providence College Art Galleries’ initiative over the past five years to enrich basketball courts in Providence with world-class art.
Women's Swimming & Diving Earns Team Scholar All-American, Nine Receive Individual Honors
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown women's swimming and diving had nine student-athletes named Second Team Scholar All-American by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) earlier this week. Last week, the Bears received Spring Scholar All-America honors for their team accolades in the classroom. Below is the...
Fall River, Somerset, Swansea residents representing the USA at World Ball Hockey Championship in Slovakia
Some local residents will be representing the United States against the world this week in sport. Drake Manning Almeida (Somerset), Evan Barbosa (Swansea), Coach Tony Carreiro (Fall River) and Coach Eddie Costa (Fall River) are currently in Zilina, Slovakia representing the USA in the Under 18 Boys Junior ISBHF World Ball Hockey Championship.
Five Members of Men’s Swimming & Diving Earn Scholar All-America
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown men's swimming and diving team had five student-athletes named Scholar All-Americans by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). Last week, the Bears received Spring Scholar All-America honors for their team accolades in the classroom, while also posting the fourth-highest team GPA in the nation in the fall semester.
Field Hockey’s McMullen Named Coach of the Year
Above: Celebrating 40 years of field hockey on Carcieri Field in June. The coaching legend will lead the Avengers this fall for a final season. There are coaches and there is Deb McMullen. McMullen has forged the East Greenwich High School Field Hockey program into a powerhouse winning machine through talent, sure, but also through a rigorous practice schedule and team bonding traditions that invoke in her players a belief that they can win.
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