WESTERLY — Westerly Middle rolled past Warwick Veterans, 64-18, in the first round of the Southern Division girls basketball playoffs on Tuesday.
NARRAGANSETT — Westerly Middle lost to Narragansett, 54-43, in the first round of the Southern Division boys basketball playoffs on Tuesday.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Momentum? Not exactly.
PROVIDENCE — There are game-changers, then you have Jared Bynum and the lift he provided once his number was called with 11:19 left in the first half of Wednesday’s Big East basketball game against Butler.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Archie Miller said this week that the basketball success he helped build at Dayton is possible at Rhode Island, too.
DAVISVILLE — Westerly Middle closed the third quarter with a 21-5 run to pull away from Davisville and post a 54-36 victory in a Southern Division girls basketball game Tuesday.
WESTERLY — Jack Zerbarini scored 13 points and the Westerly Middle boys basketball team defeated Davisville, 56-44, in a Southern Division game Tuesday.
WESTERLY — Terry Williams scored 19 points, Ben Eaves had 16 and Echo Rock Flowers beat Malted Barley, 80-65, in the opening round of the Ocean Community YMCA 18-Plus Men's Basketball League playoffs on Sunday.
WESTERLY — Abby Champlin scored 10 points and Phoebe Brennan had six as the Westerly Youth Basketball League's eighth grade girls team beat Tiverton, 25-23, on Sunday.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Eighteen seconds into Saturday’s game, George Mason’s Josh Oduro got the ball in the post, spun off a defender and popped home a dunk.
WESTERLY — Nova Woodward scored 23 points and the Westerly Middle girls basketball team held off Groton Middle, 40-32, on Friday.
WESTERLY — Deante Bruton scored 30 points and Andrew Byrd added 25 as Alley Katz/Cleats beat Echo Rock Flowers, 108-101, in an Ocean Community YMCA 18-Plus Men's Basketball League game on Sunday.
Nova Woodward scored 12 points and the Westerly Middle girls basketball team cruised past Warwick Veterans, 58-14, in a Southern Division game Tuesday.
JAMESTOWN — Mike Colucci scored 12 points and Landon Husereau finished with 12 as Westerly Middle beat Jamestown, 81-15, in a boys basketball game Tuesday.
WESTERLY — Malcolm Carey scored 31 points and Jordan Baxter finished with 30 as Anderson Law Firm defeated J&R Seafood Market, 115-71, in the Ocean Community YMCA 18-Plus Men's Basketball League on Sunday.
WESTERLY — The Westerly Youth Basketball League's seventh grade boys travel team split a pair of games over the weekend.
PROVIDENCE — Fresh off an impressive takedown of the nation’s fourth-ranked team and staring at a realistic return to the national rankings (top-20 too high?), Providence College found itself needing to subdue a very stubborn (Red) Storm.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — A wire-to-wire lead hardly felt like it.
WESTERLY — Deandre Williams poured in 71 points as Echo Rock Flower topped Rhody Misfits, 133-93, on Sunday in the Ocean Community YMCA 18-Pluns Men's Basketball League.
WOOD RIVER JCT. — Nova Woodward scored 23 points, Ella Reyes had 16 and the Westerly Middle girls basketball team defeated Exeter-West Greenwich, 67-21, in the championship game of Westerly Middle's Holiday Basketball Classic on Thursday at Chariho.
WESTERLY — Meiklye Murray scored 29 points and Mike Lopes finished with 23 as Alley Katz/Cleats beat J&R Seafood Market, 89-47, in the Ocean Community YMCA's 18-Plus Men's Basketball League on Dec. 11.
Westerly Middle's basketball teams had a split decision against Cole on Wednesday. The girls team rolled to a 59-23 victory at home while the boys lost in East Greenwich, 50-47.
The Westerly Middle girls and boys basketball teams both picked up wins over Winman on Tuesday.
WESTERLY — Dan Cummings scored 26 points as the Westerly Youth Basketball League's seventh grade boys team beat Chariho, 46-37, on Saturday in the RIMetrowest League.
PROVIDENCE — ‘Twas a few days before the start of the Big East season and throughout the Ruane Friar Development Center, plenty of folks were stirring — especially those associated with last season’s special run.
WESTERLY — The Westerly Youth Basketball League's eighth grade boys travel team edged East Greenwich, 36-35, in a tournament last weekend at Westerly Middle.
WESTERLY — Omar Rahman scored 25 points and D.J. Exum added 19 as Back 2 Back beat Alley Katz/Cleats, 95-73, in the Ocean Community YMCA 18-Plus Men's Basketball League on Sunday.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — A touch of grit. Some blinders for a rough shooting night. Hints of karma. And a little something special dug out of an old bag of tricks.
PROVIDENCE — Saturday’s final non-conference game resembled the season opener against Rider with respect to player rotation and Ed Cooley’s willingness to cast a wide net.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — There was a wobble again.
WESTERLY — Abbey Donato and Delaney Reck won two races each as the Ocean Community YMCA swim team edged Bayside, 349-344, on Dec. 3.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Late-game collapses have been a disturbing trend for the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team this season.
PROVIDENCE — Many of the Providence College basketball fans who made the late-night trek to the Amica Mutual Pavilion no doubt reveled in the efficiency that was displayed on both ends of the floor in the Friars’ 99-59 pasting of a shorthanded and undermanned Manhattan College squad.
LINCOLN — Francesca DeCaro scored 10 points and Ella Reyes had eight as Westerly Youth Basketball League's eighth grade travel team beat Lincoln, 30-8, on Sunday.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — How do you take a sold-out Ryan Center crowd out of the equation? By hitting your opponent over the head with a 23-6 run that ultimately left the University of Rhode Island men's basketball team in the dust.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Games at the Ryan Center between the University of Rhode Island and Providence College are no more than the stuff of highlight reels for the players who will be on the court Saturday.
PROVIDENCE — Back in 2015, Ed Cooley fanned the flames by declaring that Providence’s annual in-state college basketball showdown against the University of Rhode Island isn’t a rivalry game. The PC coach also expressed that the game against the Rams should always take place at the Friars’ venue.
WESTERLY — The Ocean Community YMCA swim team opened the season with a number of first-place finishes in a win over Cranston, 492-155, on Nov. 19.
PROVIDENCE — For Jared Bynum, it’s a whole new ballgame regarding life as a marked man for the Providence College men's basketball team.
PROVIDENCE — Lather, rinse, repeat.
CHARLESTOWN — Old Lyme's Brendan Atkins topped the field in the 8-mile Li'l Rhody Runaround at Burlingame State Park on Sunday.
WESTERLY — Rocco Rustico returned an interception for a touchdown on the final play of the game as the Westerly Micros defeated Griswold, 32-20, to win the Southern New England Youth Football Conference Super Bowl on Saturday at Westerly High.
WESTERLY — Keith Porter scored 28 points and Tim Sartor finished with 25 as Echo Rock Flowers beat J&R Seafood, 94-71, in the Ocean Community YMCA 18-Plus Men's Basketball League on Sunday.
WESTERLY — Westerly's Micros defeated Griswold, 32-20, in the Southern New England Youth Football Conference Super Bowl on Saturday afternoon at Westerly High.
WESTERLY — John Broccolo scored 19 points and Lee Harrison contributed 17 as J&R Seafood beat Hillandale Food Hub & S.B. Power Wash, 67-55, in the opening week of the Ocean Community YMCA 18+ men's basketball league on Sunday.
WESTERLY — Two Westerly youth football teams will be playing in Southern New England Youth Football Conference Super Bowls on Saturday at Westerly High.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — The best performance of the season yielded the first win of the season for the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team.
WESTERLY — Landon Husereau threw three touchdown passes and passed for 176 yards as the Westerly Seniors defeated East Lyme, 46-0, in a quarterfinal game in the Southern New England Youth Football Conference on Nov. 6.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — The Archie Miller era at the University of Rhode Island opened with some highlights and a crowd that was eager to cheer on every one of them.
PROVIDENCE — The final salute to the 2021-22 Providence College team will take place before Tuesday’s season opener against Rider University.
WESTERLY — Youth football teams from Westerly and Stonington play Saturday night in the Southern New England Youth Football Conference.
WESTERLY — Old Lyme's Brendan Atkins topped the field in the 10-mile Grills Trail Race on Saturday.
EAST LYME — Landon Husereau and Mikaiah Mendiola scored two touchdowns each as the Westerly Seniors youth football team beat East Lyme, 42-0, on Oct. 23.
SMITHFIELD — Westerly Middle's Greg West finished 17th in the state boys cross country meet Saturday at Deerfield Park.
LEDYARD — Landon Husereau threw a pair of touchdown passes and caught a scoring pass as the Westerly Seniors defeated Ledyard, 60-6, in a Southern New England Youth Football Conference game on Oct. 15.
NEW YORK — The opportunity to play with a dynamic Big East guard who’s a deft ballhandler and is no slouch when it comes to scoring? Sign up four of the newcomers to this year’s Providence College squad who happened to represent the program at Tuesday’s Big East Media Day.
WESTERLY — Steve Maynard pitched a complete-game two-hitter as the Surfers 13U baseball team swept a New England AAU doubleheader from Cranston's Gershkoff Elite on Saturday at Cimalore Field, 11-1 and 7-0.