WESTERLY — Westerly High opened a 15-point lead at the half and cruised past Narragansett, 50-26, in the Division II girls basketball opener for the two schools Monday night.
PROVIDENCE — Westerly High won three of the five bouts it wrestled, but lost to Mt. Pleasant, 46-24, in a Division II crossover wrestling match Monday night.
WATERFORD — Westerly High's Judea Balmonte finished third in the 220-pound weight class at the Lancer Invitational on Saturday.
WESTERLY — Westerly High jumped on Portsmouth early and downed the Patriots, 77-53, in the Division II boys basketball opener for both teams Friday night.
PAWTUCKET — Division I St. Raphael opened a 20-point lead at the half and went on to defeat Westerly High, 57-23, in a nonleague girls basketball game Friday night.
PROVIDENCE — Westerly High won two bouts and lost to Central, 60-12, in a Division II wrestling crossover match on Thursday.
WESTERLY — Rhys Johnstone and Madigan Hiltz won two events each as the Westerly High boys swim team opened the season with a win against Cranston East, 60-33, at the Ocean Community YMCA Wednesday night.
WESTERLY — Jenna Burke, Jessica Burke and Melanie Gomes each won two events as the Westerly High girls swim team opened the season with a win against Cranston East, 50-44, at the Ocean Community YMCA on Wednesday night.
PROVIDENCE — Westerly High finished first in three individual events and split a Bayha Division girls indoor track meet Tuesday night at the Providence Career & Technical Academy.
WESTERLY — Turnovers and missed free throws. Too many of one and it's awful tough to win a basketball game. Too many of both and ... well, it's impossible.
PROVIDENCE — Westerly High finished second in two races as it dropped a pair of Southern Division indoor boys track meets on Monday.
Head coach: Jim Knapp (2nd season). Assistant coach: Terry Hiltz
WESTERLY — Bereket Janat had 10 points and 21 rebounds as Westerly High bounced back from a season-opening loss with a 78-61 victory over Ponaganset on Monday night.
Head coach: Dave Federico (18th season).
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Head coach: Mike Gleason (13th season). Assistant coaches: Brent Fusaro, Jody Vacca, Austin Cilley (volunteer), Keith Kennedy (volunteer).
WESTERLY — Perhaps the best thing about the first game of the basketball season for players, coaches and officials is that it only happens once.
Head coach: Al Gaccione (15th season).
NARRAGANSETT — Rachel Federico scored with 1 seconds remaining as the Westerly Middle girls basketball team opened the season with a win against Narragansett, 19-17, on Thursday.
Head coach: Sue Haik (fourth season). Assistant coaches: Erinn Beal, Rana Hamelin.
WESTERLY — Perhaps the biggest challenge for Westerly High’s Josh Lacerte on Thursday was trying to come up with a way to get all his hardware home.
WESTERLY — By the middle of the first quarter it was apparent that Westerly High was headed for a big day against Stonington High in the annual Thanksgiving Day game football game between the two schools.
WESTERLY — Westerly High will look to re-establish it dominance up front when it hosts Stonington High on Thursday in the annual Thanksgiving Day game at Augeri Field.
STONINGTON — If Stonington High expects to beat Westerly High in Thursday’s game, it must find a way to match the Bulldogs’ physical play.
WESTERLY — Stonington High’s touchdown in the final minute lifted the Bears past Westerly High, 22-19, in 2008, ending one of the best games in the long football series between the two schools.
WESTERLY — In the fall of 1968, the town was rocked by some horrible news.