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Three-time champion Price will return to CVS Classic

BARRINGTON _ The field for the 15th annual CVS Caremark Charity Classic was completed Thursday with the addition of a Hall of Famer and three top players on the PGA Tour. Nick Price, the most successful player in CVS...

May 23, 2013 3:50 pm
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Boys lacrosse tournament starts Wednesday; most quarterfinals on Thursday

Top-seeded La Salle and second-seeded Moses Brown have quarterfinal byes in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League boys lacrosse Division I tournament and will play their semifinal matches next week. But top-seeded East Greenwich in Division II and Smithfield in...

May 22, 2013 5:14 pm
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Unbeaten Narragansett top seed in DIII girls lax tourney

DIVISION III GIRLS LACROSSE TOURNAMENT Games Thursday QUARTERFINALS - North Providence (8) at Narragansett (1), 4 p.m.; Smithfield (5) at Chariho (4), 5 p.m.; Scituate (6) at Pilgrim (3), 3:30 p.m. Game Friday QUARTERFINALS - Burrillville/North Smithfield co-op (7) at...

May 22, 2013 12:43 pm
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Newcomer Lincoln School top seed in DII girls lax tournament

DIVISION II GIRLS LACROSSE TOURNAMENT Games Thursday QUARTERFINALS - Warwick Vets (8) at Lincoln School (1), 4 p.m., at Faxon Farm, Rehoboth, Mass.; Middletown (5) at Tiverton (4), 7 p.m.; Mt. Hope (7) at Portsmouth (2), 7 p.m.; Classical (6)...

May 22, 2013 12:39 pm
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2012 state finalists Barrington, Moses Brown earn top seeds in DI girls lax tourney

DIVISION I GIRLS LACROSSE TOURNAMENT Games Thursday QUARTERFINALS - Prout (8) at Barrington (1), 4 p.m.; Bay View (5) at East Greenwich (4), 5 p.m.; Cumberland (7) at Moses Brown (2), 4 p.m.; North Kingstown (6) at La Salle (3),...

May 22, 2013 12:35 pm
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Laxer Carrellas earns All-Patriot League honors, All-Star game invite

Middletown resident Maddie Carrellas, senior captain of the Holy Cross women's lacrosse team, has earned first-team All-Patriot League honors and also learned this week that she has been selected to play in the 2013 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association...

May 22, 2013 12:20 pm
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Former All-American Sickel to coach La Salle's first field hockey team

La Salle will be adding varsity field hockey to its athletic program this fall and announced Tuesday that Kadi Sickel will be serving as the Rams' head coach. A native of N.H., Sickel boasts extensive playing experience, having been...

May 21, 2013 12:44 pm
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Cougars edge Saints, move into sole possession of first in II-West softball

North Providence won a crucial game in its bid for the II-West softball title, as the Cougars edged St. Raphael, 1-0, on Sunday. Both teams went into the game with just one loss, as North Providence had won its first...

May 20, 2013 3:12 pm
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Sanabria is Athlete of the Week

Tolman High baseball pitcher Carlos Sanabria is this week's Providence Journal GameTime Athlete of the Week. The Tigers senior upped his season record to 7-0 as he delivered his sixth and seventh complete-game performances last week in a 5-4...

May 20, 2013 8:01 am
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Kuhar and Voight earn tennis title match berths

PAWTUCKET - Smithfield's Matt Kuhar and Barrington's Cam Voight earned berths in the title match of the Interscholastic League's boys tennis state singles tournament with semifinal victories Sunday at Slater Park. Kuhar posted a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Lincoln's...

May 19, 2013 9:06 pm
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RIIL singles and doubles tennis tournament resumes Saturday

PAWTUCKET -- The qualifying rounds completed two weeks ago, play will resume Saturday at Slater Park in the main draw of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League singles and doubles tournament. Two rouund are scheduled for Saturday and two for...

May 17, 2013 3:40 pm
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Lacrosse fundraiser for Boston Marathon Bombings fund

NORTH KINGSTOWN -- U13 teams from the North Kingstown Youth Lacrosse League and South County Lacrosse will play each other Sunday to raise money for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Noah Iden, 13, of North Kingstown came up...

May 17, 2013 3:20 pm
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May 24 deadline to register for N.E. Student Leadership Summer Conference

A limited number of spots are still available for the third annual New England Student Leadership Summer Conference, to be held July 16-19 at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass. Completed registration forms must be submitted to the R.I. Interscholastic League...

May 17, 2013 11:14 am
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R.I. high-school lax alums doing well in college

Alan Williams of Bristol, a second-team All-State for Mt. Hope in 2010, earned All-Commonwealth Coast Conference second-team recognition as a faceoff midfielder for Roger Williams University. He won 59 percent of his faceoffs and finished third in the CCC....

May 17, 2013 8:00 am
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Youth lax teams to play benefit game Sunday for One Fund Boston

The North Kingstown and South County U13 competitive lacrosse teams are joining forces to raise money for The One Fund Boston. The teams will be playing each other, Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon at Wilson Park in North Kingstown....

May 16, 2013 9:48 pm
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Wheeler repeat winners at SENE Golf Championship

Led by Matt Dwyer (80) and Jon Dwyer (84), Wheeler successfully defended its title at the SENE Championship, carding a team total of 344 at Carnegie Abbey Country Club. Andrew Rockwell (84) led PCD to a runner-up finish with...

May 16, 2013 9:44 pm
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Smithfield beats South Kingstown and finishes regular season 12-0

SMITHFIELD -- It was a perfect ending to a perfect regular season for the boys who play tennis for Smithfield High School. The sun was shining, the temperature climbed into the low 80s, and green and gold decorated the...

May 16, 2013 9:07 pm
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Mount's Roberge headed to UVM in the fall

Cassie Roberge.JPG Mount St. Charles senior Cassie Roberge signed her National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Vermont, where she will compete for the Division I Catamounts' track team. An All-Division and All-Class selection in the long jump and the...

May 16, 2013 6:34 pm
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Barrington girls lax caps off undefeated regular season, claims I-North crown

The biggest games of the season have yet to be played, but Barrington girls lacrosse coach Kathryn Tajima gave her players permission to celebrate a little longer than usual on Tuesday night. For one thing, it was Senior Night...

May 16, 2013 12:10 pm
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Boston Marathon invites stopped runners back

BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Marathon organizers say runners who couldn't finish this year's race because of the explosions at the finish line can come back next year. The Boston Athletic Association says people who passed the halfway checkpoint but...

May 16, 2013 11:42 am
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