WESTERLY — Temperatures surpassed 50 degrees Friday, giving a hint of March in the dead of winter. Inside Federico Gym, Westerly High and Shea served up a treat of March-style tournament basketball.
WOOD RIVER JCT. — Levi King scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Chariho High held off Wheeler School, 49-46, in a Division II boys basketball game Friday.
PLAINFIELD — Stonington High limited Plainfield to four points in the fourth quarter and beat the Panthers, 50-40, in an ECC out-of-division boys basketball game Friday night.
NARRAGANSETT — Mackenzie Fusaro made three 3-pointers and scored 11 points as the Westerly High girls basketball team topped Narragansett, 44-18, in a Division II game Friday afternoon.
NORTH STONINGTON — Ian Spracklin scored 24 points, Scott Pion had 16 and Wheeler High downed Grasso Tech, 63-35, in a nonleague boys basketball game Friday night.
WATERFORD — Eason Chen won two bouts with pins as the Westerly High wrestling team went 1-2 in a quad match at Waterford High on Friday.
NEW LONDON — New London used a fourth-quarter surge to pull away from Stonington High, 61-50, in an ECC out-of-division girls basketball game Friday.
PROVIDENCE — Westerly High won five events and picked up three Southern Division wins during a boys indoor track meet at the Providence Career & Technical Academy on Thursday.
PROVIDENCE — Perry Sabourin and Joe Golas each won events as the Chariho High boys indoor track meet split a Southern Division meet Thursday night at the Providence Career & Technical Academy.
WESTERLY — Mike Murdock made eight 3-pointers and scored 26 points as Grey Sail defeated McBride Real Estate, 66-53, in the Ocean Community YMCA Slo-Break Basketball League on Wednesday.
Canisius (8-11, 3-5) vs. Fairfield (7-11, 3-4)
Quinnipiac (10-7, 5-2) vs. Siena (8-9, 4-4)
Boston Celtics (30-14, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (17-29, 12th in the Western Conference)
WESTERLY — Cumberland took the lead in the second half and held off Westerly High, 40-38, in a Division II girls basketball game Thursday night.
WESTERLY — Westerly High's new football coach, Steve Stoehr, plans to be a good listener and hopes to make the game fun for his players.
WOONSOCKET — Chariho High's Spencer Shiels and Kate Powers were too much for Mount St. Charles to handle and the Chargers rolled to a 74-28 Division II girls basketball win Thursday night.
CRANSTON — Jenna Burke, Jessica Burke, Melanie Gomes and London Armitage each won two races as the Westerly High girls swim team defeated Cranston East, 56-38, in a Stoyko Division meet Thursday.
WESTERLY — Brian Garcia and Adam Gomez won two bouts each with pins, but Westerly High dropped three Division II matches Thursday night.
WARWICK — Chariho High won four bouts, but lost to state power Bishop Hendricken, 60-22, in a Division I wrestling match Thursday night.
CRANSTON — Westerly High won just four individual races and fell to unbeaten Cranston East, 54-40, in a Stoyko Division boys swim meet Thursday.
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. — Windham limited Wheeler High to 11 points in the second half and downed the Lions, 47-30, in an ECC out-of-division girls basketball game Thursday night.
WOOD RIVER JCT. — Ben Gorman scored 14 points and Romello Hamelin had 12 as Westerly Middle remained undefeated with a 55-45 boys basketball win over Chariho on Thursday.
YMCA RESULTS
BURRILLVILLE — Burrillville scored 41 points in the second half and topped Chariho High, 61-51, in a Division II boys basketball game Wednesday night.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Boston Celtics were missing a lot of starters. They still had the two they needed: Kemba Walker and Gordon Hayward
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Rich Kelly had 27 points as Quinnipiac topped Fairfield 81-67 on Friday night.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Paul Atkinson scored 24 points as Yale defeated Brown 73-62 on Friday night
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — NFL free agent Antonio Brown was released on bail Friday after a night in a Florida jail, where he turned himself in to face charges that he and his trainer attacked the driver of a moving truck that carried some of his possessions from California.
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The driver in the crash that resulted in the death of a Massachusetts college student turned left into oncoming traffic before the fatal collision, witnesses said.
Tulsa (13-6, 5-1) vs. UConn (10-8, 1-4)
Wagner (5-13, 2-5) vs. Central Connecticut (1-20, 0-8)
Fairleigh Dickinson (4-14, 2-5) vs. Sacred Heart (11-9, 4-3)
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston found a way to win, even without its best stuff.
Chariho High's Kate Powers, a senior, scored the 1,000th point of her career with 2.5 seconds remaining in a win against Cranston East.
PROVIDENCE — Chas Morgan scored 19 points and Patrick Murphy had 15 as Westerly High defeated Moses Brown, 61-46, in a Division II boys basketball game Wednesday night.
STONINGTON — Dorian White, Ayden Morrison and Nate Cyr scored 14 points each as Stonington High downed Griswold, 71-34, in an ECC out-of-division boys basketball game Wednesday night.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — The Duquesne Dukes got off to a 15-2 start this season by being deeper and more all-around talented than their opponents. The University of Rhode Island Rams found a way to overwhelm the balance of the Dukes on Wednesday, electrifying the Ryan Center crowd in a 77-55 win.
NEW HAVEN — Stonington High's Chase Flynn won the 600 during a SCC Coaches Invite boys indoor track meet on Tuesday.
BRISTOL — Two local swimmers won races at the Read/Watmough Invitational swim meet on Sunday at Rogers Williams University.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The latest chapter in the UConn-Tennessee rivalry was different for Geno Auriemma. Pat Summitt was no longer on the sideline for the Lady Vols.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — E.J. Anosike scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for his sixth straight double-double, five players scored in double figures and Sacred Heart dispatched Central Connecticut 82-54 Thursday night.
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Adam Grant had 21 points as Bryant rolled past Wagner 79-58 on Thursday night.
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox are still hoping to have a manager in place by spring training, but chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said Thursday it's possible they won't hire someone before pitchers and catchers report Feb. 12.
Bryant (9-9, 1-4) vs. Mount St. Mary's (8-11, 4-2)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Quinnipiac hockey coach Rand Pecknold had heard talk about creating a Connecticut version of Boston's Beanpot college hockey tournament for about 15 years.
Rhode Island (13-5, 5-1) vs. Saint Bonaventure (12-7, 4-2)
No. 9 Villanova (15-3, 5-1) vs. Providence (11-9, 4-3)
Hartford (10-10, 3-2) vs. Albany (11-9, 4-1)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Santino Ferrucci has been promoted into the seat vacated by four-time series champion Sebastien Bourdais for the upcoming IndyCar season.
Fairfield (7-10, 3-3) vs. Quinnipiac (9-7, 4-2)
Yale (13-4, 1-0) vs. Brown (7-7, 0-1)
Boston Celtics (29-14, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando Magic (21-24, seventh in the Eastern Conference)
Sponsored by Antonino Auto Group: This school year The Westerly Sun will be selecting a high school Athlete of the Week. Voting closes on Monday and the selection will be announced on Thursday. The nominees for the week ending Jan. 18 are:
WOOD RIVER JCT. — Spencer Shiels turned in a triple-double, Kate Powers had a double-double and Chariho High topped Middletown, 61-28, in a Division II girls basketball game Tuesday night.
LEBANON, Conn. — Wheeler High limited Lyman Memorial to just six points in the second half and downed the Bulldogs, 39-16, in an ECC Division IV girls basketball game Tuesday night.