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New Narragansett girls soccer coach brings collegiate perspective to team this season
A handful of Gardner-area teams have seen turnover in coaching staffs entering into this fall season. One of these programs is Narragansett girls' soccer, which has a fresh, new perspective leading the team this year. Haleigh Medlin, a Monty Tech alum from Baldwinville, is returning to Gardner-area soccer and is eager to help grow the Warriors' program. ...
'This one hurts, it stings, and it should': Holy Cross football falls in heartbreaker, in Dan Curran's Crusader coaching debut
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The Holy Cross football team’s emotions went from exultation to dejection in just over a minute late in Saturday’s game at the University of Rhode Island. Senior running back Jordan Fuller scored to give the Crusaders their first lead with 1:47 to play, but the Rams, and sophomore quarterback Devin Farrell responded. ...
A little stronger, a little faster
WEST WARWICK - For all of the success that the Wizards had in 2023, it was the losses, two of them in particular that left the team with a feeling of incompleteness, fueling nine months worth of offseason motivation. Now, despite finding themselves getting ready to play in a new...
4-Year-Old’s Inspiring Jersey Design for Revs’ Fight Cancer Match
A heartwarming event unfolded as Brock Nowicki, a four-year-old from West Greenwich, R.I., who is now cancer-free after battling a rare brain cancer, designed special jerseys for the New England Revolution's Fight Childhood Cancer match on Sept. 28. The jerseys will be auctioned to benefit the Izzy Foundation, with all proceeds going towards childhood cancer support. Head coach Caleb Porter and players expressed how inspiring Brock's journey is, highlighting the important perspective it brings about life beyond soccer. The Revolution, currently striving for a playoff spot, welcome Brock's visit as a reminder of the larger challenges faced by many families.
Trade Turns Out for Memorial Golf Tournament
Now in its fourth year, the Al Zannella Memorial Golf Tournament was hosted by the Zannella family at the Potowomut Golf Club in East Greenwich on July 22. Held in memory of Al “Z” Zannella, former Executive Vice President of Mancini Beverage who passed away in 2020, trade guests, family and friends enjoyed an afternoon of golf followed by a cocktail hour and dinner in the club’s Main Ballroom and Members’ Grill in what has become an annual celebration of Zannella’s legacy and impact in the business and on the community. Guests enjoyed cocktails featuring Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Don Julio Añejo Tequila, Mr. Black Coffee Liqueur, Surfside Iced Tea + Vodka, Surfside Lemonade + Vodka and Links Drinks Transfusion. Sponsored by Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Diageo, Mancini Beverage, Martignetti Companies, Geaber’s Liquors, Pernod Ricard Código Tequila, Rémy Martin and Cointreau, White Claw and Kingstown Liquor Mart, event proceeds benefit the RI Hospitality Education Foundation’s Zannella Memorial Scholarship, awarded to Rhode Islanders pursuing education toward a career in the food-service, lodging or tourism industries.
EG’s First Pickleball Courts Are Open
The two new pickleball courts and new basketball court (with four nets) at Academy Field are now open to the public. The perimeter fencing is coming down Thursday. There is no reservation process for the pickleball courts – it will be first come, first served – but the courts will be used by a Senior Center program Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. There are indoor and outdoor pickleball sessions at Swift/Academy in the Fall recreation offerings – find it HERE.
Local soccer coach named best in state
Traveling far was not a roadblock for Jamestown residents who wanted to see the best female soccer coach in Rhode Island last season. She works at Eldred Avenue. The Rhode Island Youth Super Liga named Kristen Petrarca as its 2024 Association/ Club Female Coach of the Year. The honor, according to the organization, recognizes coaches for their idealism of sportsmanship and creating an environment that promotes the players’ creativity, enthusiasm and self-confidence. She learned of the honor through a letter in the mail.
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