WESTERLY — Bishop Hendricken limited Westerly High to 11 points in the first half and topped the Bulldogs, 59-32, in a Division I boys basketball game Wednesday night.
Head coach: Dave Federico (20th season). Assistant coach: Eric Collins.
WESTERLY — Cranston West outscored Westerly High by 12 points in the final quarter to pull away for a 53-33 victory Tuesday night in a nonleague girls basketball game.
PROVIDENCE — Westerly High had a 25-foot potential game-tying 3-pointer blocked at the buzzer and lost to Central, 61-58, in a Division I boys basketball game Monday night at the Providence Career and Technical Academy.
Head coach: Sue Haik (seventh season). Assistant coaches: Erinn Beal, Rana Hamelin.
NORTH KINGSTOWN — North Kingstown limited Westerly High to 13 points in the first half and defeated the Bulldogs, 58-27, in a nonleague girls basketball game Sunday.
PROVIDENCE — Westerly High's Joe Guarnieri finished second in the 300 and third in the 55 dash during a Dwyer Division boys indoor track meet Sunday at the Providence Career & Technical Academy.
PAWTUCKET — Westerly High opened a big lead early and cruised past Tolman, 69-20, in the Division II girls basketball season opener for both teams Saturday at Jenks Middle.
PROVIDENCE — Westerly High's Kaya West won two races during a Dwyer Division girls indoor track meet Saturday at the Providence Career & Technical Academy.
Head coach: Mike Gleason (15th season). Assistant coaches: Brent Fusaro, John Vacca.
Winter sports in Rhode Island received the green light on Wednesday and could begin competing as soon as Friday.
PROVIDENCE — A desire to transition to the Rhode Island high school winter sports season from practices to games and meets has not lacked for a shortage of twists and turns.
For those clinging to the possibility of checking out a high school basketball game this winter, you’re likely out of luck.
The Rhode Island high school winter sports teams that began practicing Monday did so with an eye toward possibly competing in games upon completing the mandatory 10-day practice period.
WESTERLY — Westerly High's girls tennis team and its top player, Gianna Ferraro, both faced some challenges this season.
For many high school athletes, 2020 was a year they'd sooner forget.
Two local high school coaches and a former Westerly High standout were named state coaches of the year for the 2019-20 school year.
After back-to-back days earlier this week when Rhode Island Interscholastic League officials met with superintendents, principals, athletic directors and coaches, the league stressed that all is not lost in the event that school districts opt to implement their own start date for winter spor…
WESTERLY — Westerly High's boys basketball team had high hopes coming into the 2019-20 season.
Editor’s note: Over the ensuing days, The Sun will count down its top 10 sports stories of 2020. The series begins today with the accomplishments of Sydney Federico.
WESTERLY — Westerly High put together its most successful boys soccer in six years and it showed when it came time for postseason awards.
As the pause came to an end Sunday night, coupled with no changes to the R.I. Youth Sports Guidelines for winter sports the Interscholastic League was planning on rolling out, the league announced Friday that schools may begin practicing on Monday, Jan. 4.
One additional loose end still remains to be tied up, but the much-awaited boys basketball realignment received the unanimous blessing from the Rhode Island Interscholastic League’s Principals’ Committee on Athletics on Wednesday.
WESTERLY — Jenna Burke's performance at the girls state cross country meet gains some perspective when compared to the greats at Westerly High over the years.
WESTERLY — For cross country runners it's often the hours spent running in the summer months leading up to the season that determine how things will go in the fall.
WESTERLY — When Meg Paisley applied for the job as Westerly High's girls lacrosse coach for the 2013 season, it was a position she thought she could excel at.
WESTERLY — Connor Martin, a two-way senior lineman for the Westerly High football team, will have a different Thanksgiving Day this year.
STONINGTON — Before Jennifer Norcross entered Stonington High, she spent Thanksgiving Day traveling to Worcester County in Massachusetts to be with family.
PROVIDENCE – Remember Friday, Dec. 11 as the target date for R.I. high school winter sports teams to begin practicing?
PAWTUCKET — Westerly High's top doubles team lost in the state tournament Thursday at Slater Park.
EAST GREENWICH — Westerly High senior goalie Jack Healy was excited about facing unbeaten East Greenwich in the Division II boys soccer semifinals Wednesday night.
WESTERLY — Stanley Dunbar, Westerly High’s new football coach, said it was the program’s winning tradition that attracted him to the job.
The parameters for what figures to be the most challenging season of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League’s four-season approach for 2020-21 are starting to take a more definite shape.
CRANSTON — Luke Gencarella sees his role on the Westerly High boys soccer team as twofold. His job is to score goals and create opportunities.
WESTERLY — Westerly High will face Cranston West in the quarterfinals of the Division II boys soccer tournament on Monday.
NORTH SCITUATE — Jenna Burke placed 14th at the RIIL girls cross country state championship meet on Saturday, earning second-team All-State honors.
NORTH SCITUATE — Westerly High's Jake Serra placed 42nd at the RIIL boys cross country state championship meet Saturday at Ponaganset.
WESTERLY — Rachel Dobson and Diana Turano scored two goals each as Westerly High defeated Rogers, 7-0, in a nonleague girls soccer game Wednesday.
NORTH SCITUATE — The logistics have been finalized for Saturday’s RIIL state cross country meet at Ponaganset High's Covered Bridge Trail.
PROVIDENCE — Fans have been allowed to return on a limited basis to high school sporting events effective Monday, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health.
PORTSMOUTH — Westerly High's top singles player and its No. 1 doubles team qualified for the state tennis tournament on Sunday during the Division II qualifying tournament at Portsmouth High.
WESTERLY — Westerly High closed the girls tennis season with a loss to Narragansett, 4-3, at Rotary Park on Saturday.
NORTH SCITUATE — Westerly High finished second in the Class B boys cross country championships Saturday at Ponaganset to qualify for the state meet.
NORTH SCITUATE — Westerly High placed two runners in the top 10 and qualified for the state championship meet during the Class B girls cross country championships Saturday at Ponaganset.
WOOD RIVER JCT. — Luke Gencarella scored a pair of goals and Westerly High defeated Chariho High, 4-1, Friday night to earn a spot in the Division II boys soccer tournament.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Unbeaten Prout swept the doubles matches and edged Westerly High, 4-3, in a Division II-South girls tennis match Wednesday.
WESTERLY — Chariho High's girls soccer team is blessed with skilled players throughout the field.
WESTERLY — Top two singles players Gianna Ferraro and Lily Tria set the tone as Westerly High defeated South Kingstown, 5-2, in a Division II girls tennis match Saturday at Rotary Park.
WESTERLY — Luke Gencarella had two goals and one assist and Westerly High topped Coventry, 3-1, in a Division II boys soccer game Saturday.
EAST GREENWICH — Westerly High's Emma Turano placed 34th at the girls junior varsity state cross country meet Saturday at East Greenwich High.
WESTERLY — For the first time in nearly four decades, the WCCU Holiday Basketball Tournament will not take place this December, another victim of the coronavirus pandemic.
WESTERLY — Jenna Burke and Maddie Lorello claimed the first two spots as Westerly High edged Prout, 26-29, in a Southern Division girls cross country race Tuesday at the Bradford Preserve.
WESTERLY — Westerly High had the first two runners across the line but lost to Prout, 27-29, in a closely contested Southern Division boys cross country race Monday at the Bradford Preserve.
A full slate of postseason games have been scheduled by the Rhode Island Interscholastic League for boys and girls soccer, field hockey and girls tennis.
STONINGTON — Hannah Nulick scored a goal and assisted on another as Stonington High's field hockey team avenged its only loss of the season defeating East Lyme, 2-0, on Monday.