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Nobody likes a two-mile run, but when the Toll Gate girls’ soccerteam laced up for their annual preseason tradition, Emily Fox nevercomplained.

It was a chance to win something. “I was probably the most competitive person on the team,” Fox said.

“We do a two-mile run every year, a hell week type thing. I was alwaysreally competitive with that. I wanted to win.”

Whether she was on the field or the ice – or the makeshift path for apreseason two-mile run – that competitive fire served Fox very well.

Fox was a standout athlete for four years and, in what turned out tobe a tremendous senior year at Toll Gate, she earned second-team All-State honors in soccer and a first-team All-State nod in hockey.

It was a year to remember. “I’ll definitely have my favorite memories from this year,” Fox said.

“I had a lot of fun.”All the success wasn’t unexpected. Fox was a key player for Toll Gate

soccer as a junior and an emerging star for a rapidly improving War-wick girls’ hockey co-op team that winter.

With the potential for more in 2012-13, Fox delivered. On the soccer field, the Titans rebounded from a three-win campaign

in 2011 to win five games and grab a playoff spot this year. Fox was acatalyst, regularly creating scoring chances from her spot on the wing.

“Toll Gate soccer has always been so big,” Fox said. “I’ve never been

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T.J. Boyajian never seriously considered hanging up his shoulderpads, but there was a moment when the thought crossed his mind. Hehad just finished a long summer of American Legion baseball, and heknew baseball was his future. He would soon commit to play at theCommunity College of Rhode Island. Football was slowly moving tothe back burner.

“To be honest, I came in out of shape,” Boyajian said. “At the begin-ning of the year, I was really planning on focusing on baseball.”

Then a funny thing happened. Boyajian got on the field with histeammates, and as memories of their Thanksgiving win over Pilgrimcame rushing back, he realized that something special was brewing.

That moment when football started drifting? It left as quickly as itcame.

“As soon as I got into the pads and I got out there, I was like, ‘Howcould I miss this?’” Boyajian said.

He was thrilled that he didn’t. Boyajian became one of the best players in the state and the ‘Canes

made good on their potential by putting together their best season since2008. For Boyajian, it was the most special part of a great senior year. Hebattled injuries in the spring, but still shined for the Vets baseball team.

He leaves Vets with a tremendous athletic career in the rearview mir-ror.

“It was more than I could ask for,” he said.

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18 Warwick Beacon Tuesday, June 25, 2013

ALL CITY TEAM

HONORABLE MENTION

COACH OF THE YEAR

Romario Rousseau, HendrickenThomas St. Pierre, HendrickenKazre Cummings, HendrickenNick Mariano, HendrickenAndrew Sjodahl, Warwick VetsCarter Thomas, Warwick VetsDennis Scalzo, Warwick VetsRicky Antonio, Warwick VetsGeorge Schmeider, Warwick Vets

Jeremy Morrissette, Warwick VetsJackson Burgos, Toll GateChris Durand, Toll GateJake Lima, Toll GateZach Mitchell, Toll GateRob Quaine, PilgrimTaylor Stringfellow, PilgrimDylan Gardner, Pilgrim

FOOT

BALL

KEITH CROFT, HENDRICKEN

ATHLETE OF THE YEART.J. BoyajianRUNNING BACK • WARWICK VETS

Slightly smaller than some of hislinemates, Sauer was still a big,physical presence in the trench-es for the Hawks.

DALLAS SAUEROffensive Line • Hendricken

The Pats struggled to move theball at times, but their groundgame got going late in the sea-son and Lemire paved the way.

AUSTIN LEMIREOffensive Line • Hendricken

Big and strong, Potter helpedclog the middle for a Pilgrim de-fense that tried its best to stopthe run.

GAGE POTTERDefensive Line • Pilgrim

Quick off the ball, McClain wasa force to be reckoned withwhether the opposition wasthrowing or running.

MARIO MCCLAINDefensive Line • Hendricken

Versatile across the defensivefront, Crisione was a big part oflimiting La Salle in the SuperBowl.

MICHAEL CRISIONEDefensive Line • Hendricken

The inspirational leader of theHendricken defense, DelVec-chio also made plays sideline tosideline.

MARCO DELVECCHIOLinebacker • Hendricken

Tough as they come in the mid-dle, MacDonald made a hugedifference in the 'Canes' entirestyle of play.

DAVID MACDONALDLinebacker • Warwick Vets

Capable of playing defensiveend as well, Witherspoonemerged as one of the very bestdefensive players in the state.

JARRID WITHERSPOONLinebacker • Hendricken

Gill stepped right in as a dualthreat and a leader, helping theHawks to another title.

PATRICK GILLQuarterback • Hendricken

Short in stature but not in heart,Blue was the Super Bowl MVPfor the Hawks and the team'sleading rusher.

REMY BLUERunning Back • Hendricken

One of the hardest workingplayers on the team, Scarcellaemerged as the team's top re-ceiving option.

MIKE SCARCELLAWide Receiver • Hendricken

In a struggling offense,Blanchette shone through, es-pecially in the Thanksgiving Daygame against Vets.

KEVIN BLANCHETTEWide Receiver • Pilgrim

A leader and an above-averageathlete, Lonczak was an under-sized but strong blocker and asolid receiver in the open field.

TONY LONCZAKTight End • Warwick Vets

DeCiantis was one of thebiggest linemen in the state,and led the Hawks' powerfulground attack.

NICK DECIANTISOffensive Line • Hendricken

The 'Canes had a potent groundattack, in large part because ofMcNally's effort and drive on theline.

JOHN MCNALLYOffensive Line • Warwick Vets

Another solid piece of theHawks' offensive puzzle, Vin-cent helped the team controlthe clock when it needed to.

JOE VINCENTOffensive Line • Hendricken

Javier was a bright spot in atough season for the Titans,showing a high motor and anose for the ball.

JOSE JAVIERLinebacker • Toll Gate

Duffie emerged as the Hawks'best defensive back, and in afast secondary, that was an ac-complishment.

MATT DUFFIEDefensive Back • Hendricken

Versatile all over the field, Bab-cock was one of the best ath-letes on the Toll Gate team andnever stopped fighting.

DAVE BABCOCKDefensive Back • Toll Gate

Kanga came into his own in hissophomore year, taking a start-ing spot in the secondary andusing his speed to excel.

POWER KANGADefensive Back • Hendricken

Another sophomore, Mosesused his elite athleticism to helpthe Hawks shut down the oppo-sition's passing game.

LEE MOSESDefensive Back • Hendricken

One of the most consistent andeffective kickers in the state,Lineberger gave the Hawks animportant weapon.

BOBBY LINEBERGERKicker • Hendricken

Also the team's quarterback,Sedoma shone through mostwhen it came time to switch thefield for the 'Canes via a punt.

JESSIE SEDOMAPunter • Warwick Vets

A solid contributor, Kelly usedhis ability as one of the team'smost consistent producers inthe return game.

MIKE KELLYKick Returner • Pilgrim

Lucci was tough as they comefor the Hawks, as he fought forextra yards on his returns andhardly ever lost the ball.

MITCH LUCCIPunt Returner • Hendricken

His senior football season set thecourse. The ‘Canes went 1-6 his junioryear but surged to an upset of Pilgrimon Thanksgiving. With a solid core re-turning, it was the perfect springboard.The current seniors had witnessed twowinless seasons in their first two yearswith the program, but all of a sudden,they were believing.

“It started Thanksgiving two yearsago,” Boyajian said. “We weren’t sup-posed to win that game, but we came inbelieving we could do it. When we up-set Pilgrim, it just rolled into this season.We came together as a team and every-one bought into the system. That’s whywe were so successful.”

Jessie Sedoma emerged as a threat torun and throw from the quarterbackspot. The offensive line grew into a

steady unit. The defense improved. And Boyajian ran. He finished the

year with more than 1,500 yards rush-ing, and his penchant for breaking longruns made the Vets offense as explosiveas any in the division.

The ‘Canes turned into a contender,knocking off Westerly in surprisingfashion and contending for a playoffspot until a loss in the final week ofleague play.

Even after that, the ‘Canes were un-deterred. They steamrolled to a 40-0 winon Thanksgiving, the largest margin ofvictory in series history. Boyajian rushedfor 209 yards and four touchdowns.

“We should have been in the play-offs,” Boyajian said. “We had our op-portunity and we didn’t get it done, butwe came back strong and beat Pilgrimon Thanksgiving.”

Boyajian earned second-team All-State honors for his big season, but he

viewed his success through the lens ofthe football team’s resurgence.

“It was great making All-State andeverything, but for me, it was really allabout the program,” Boyajian said. “Itwouldn’t have happened withouteverybody else on the team. As soon asI found out I made All-State, I told allthe guys and I said, ‘Thank you.’ I toldmy linemen, ‘Whatever you guys want,I owe you.’”

And for all the accolades, the seasonwas really defined by being part of aspecial team.

“That team was a family,” Boyajiansaid. “What we did these past two yearswas amazing.”

Boyajian was ready for another bigbaseball season on the heels of a second-team All-State campaign in 2012. Ashoulder injury kept him off the field fora time, but when he was on the field, hewas the team’s catalyst and one of the

best players in Division II.Though Vets didn’t have the year it

was looking for, finishing 9-7, it wasn’tfor a lack of effort.

“We worked hard,” Boyajian said.“Everyone worked for it.”

Boyajian will get plenty more inningson the field at Vets this summer, as he re-turns to the New England FrozenLemonade/Shields Post 43 legion team.Then it’s on to CCRI.

“I’m wicked excited about it,” he said.“It’s awesome that that all came togeth-er. Coach [Kevin] Rix and Coach [Ken]Hopkins have been watching me sincemy freshman year and they’ve alwayskept an eye on me. I’m excited for it be-cause I know I’m going into a good pro-gram. I’m looking forward to the nextstep.”

And he’ll have a lot of fond memoriesof the last step.

-William Geoghegan

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The Pilgrim girls’ soccerteam had one its best sea-sons in a long time this pastfall, advancing all the wayto the Division II semifinals.

It should come as no sur-prise, then, that the Pats alsohad one of the state’s bestplayers leading the charge.

Sophomore Katie Vieira,in her second year as a full-time varsity player, was fifthin the state with 34 points.She scored 20 goals, added14 assists and gave Pilgrimas consistent a scoring op-tion up front as the divisionhad to offer.

“She’s the first player I’vehad in a long time that justhas a nose for scoring,” Pil-grim head coach Mike We-ber said. “She’s gifted withtremendous foot skills andvision.”

With Vieira’s help, thePats were tied with Exeter-West Greenwich as the high-est-scoring team in Divi-sion II.

Her output – and theteam’s – is made moreimpressive given theadded attention shereceived after herbreakout fresh-man season in2011. In a hurry,teams were wellaware of whoKatie Vieirawas, and theyset out to not let herbeat them.

“I was getting two-manned in specificgames, especiallywhen we were play-ing the higher seededteams likeExeter/West Green-wich, I had two orthree girls on me,”

Vieira said. “I just had tostick it out and adjust to it.”

The positive in that ap-proach was that Vieira wasnot afraid to pass the ball toa better scoring option. Ifshe was double-teamed,that meant someone elsewas open, and more oftenthan not she would findthem.

“Not only could she score,but she was willing to giveup the ball to a better op-tion,” Weber said. “She’s atotal team player, and shejust has a nose for the net.”

Next season, Vieira willbe a captain on the team inher junior year and belooked upon to handle evenmore of the scoring load, asPilgrim is losing a largenumber of seniors due tograduation, and Weber isstepping down as head

coach.That leaves Vieira

as the most impor-tant constant from

last year into this fall.“It’s my job as a cap-

tain and one of the lead-ing goal scorers on

the team to help theother girls get betterand help the newgirls on the teamknow what it’s like toplay varsity soccer,”

Vieira said.She should be able to

set a pretty solid exam-ple.

“It was very nice tohave her play for mefor the two years thatshe was there,” Webersaid. “I think over thenext two years she’sgoing to score a lot of

goals.”-K.P.

During the regular sea-son, the Bishop Hendrickensoccer team scored 10 totalgoals in 14 games.

Predictably enough, theHawks didn’t win a ton ofgames with that output, asthey tallied just three victo-ries and tied three others.

But there was a silver lin-ing – the Hawks were al-most never out of a game.Their defense was too good.

In a year where bad luckhaunted Hendricken’s of-fensive side, the Hawksnearly qualified for the statesemifinals. Sweeper ShaneDavidson was the anchor ofthat defense.

A senior captain, David-son led from his spot in theback, as teams scored just 22total goals against Hen-dricken.

“I love that either way– trying to stop them washuge,” David-son said. “We

r e a l -ized that wewere in a lot of1-0 games. Inpractice I wasextra tough onsome kids be-cause we knewthat we neededthat hard de-fense for 90minutes to wingames.”

D a v i d s o nand his team-mates wereheavy un-d e r d o g se n t e r i n g

the postseason, but theypulled off a big upset in thefirst round with a 1-0 victo-ry over North Kingstown.

Hendricken had allowedfour goals to the Skippersduring the regular season.But in the postseason,Davidson and his back linebuckled down and kept aclean sheet.

“The big win was the NKwin,” Davidson said. “Thatwas huge, and it was a bigconfidence booster.”

That victory moved Hen-dricken to the quarterfi-nals, where it took on even-tual state runner-up LaSalle. Once again, David-son and the Hawks’ de-fense led the way, keepingthe Rams off the scoreboardfor the majority of the game

before La Salle finallybroke through and es-caped with a 2-0 vic-

tory.Still, Hendrickenhad shaken off a

three-win regu-

lar season towin a playoff game and

nearly win another.“It was a good sea-

son,” Davidson said. “Itwas a difficult journey.

We had a lot ofyoung teammates. Asa captain, for me, I

tried to help the under-classmen learn

throughout the year. Thescoring was very unfortu-

nate. It was unlucky. We hitthe post – just bad luck. Butwe had a tough crew.”

- Kevin Pomeroy

Warwick Beacon 19Tuesday, June 25, 2013

ALL CITY TEAM ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

HONORABLE MENTION COACH OF THE YEAR

Katie VieiraFORWARD • PILGRIM

Nicole Starkey, Pilgrim

Megan Sullivan, Pilgrim

Talia Geremia, Pilgrim

Jaime Given, Toll Gate

Abby Ellis, Toll Gate

Meg McNulty, Toll Gate

Shannon Garvey, Toll Gate

Brooke Medeiros, Warwick Vets

Kara McCrudden, Warwick Vets

Casey Bennett, Warwick Vets

GIRL

S’ SO

CCER

MIKE WEBER, PILGRIM

BOYS’ SOCCERATHLETE OF THE YEARShane DavidsonDEFENSE • HENDRICKEN

ALL CITY TEAM

HONORABLE MENTION COACH OF THE YEARChris Cambio, Hendricken

Brexton Kinney, Hendricken

Justin Matrone, Hendricken

Mike Riccitelli, Warwick Vets

Cody Sullivan, Warwick Vets

Dylan Robert, Warwick Vets

Nikone Soupharath, Warwick Vets

Jordan DeSisto, Pilgrim

Austin DeSantis, Pilgrim

Travis Cherry, Pilgrim

Nick Lodge, Toll Gate

Justin Allen, Toll Gate

MIKE KENNEY, WARWICK VETS

Fox established herself as TollGate's top two-way player andone of its most intense, as sheled by her play and by example.

EMILY FOXMidfielder • Toll Gate

Fast, hardworking and offen-sive-minded, Santos continuallymade plays for the Titans nearthe goal.

KARINA SANTOSMidfielder • Toll Gate

Also contributing at the forwardspot, D'Ambruoso made a livinghelping the Pats extend leadsand then hold on to them.

TALIA D’AMBRUOSOMidfielder • Pilgrim

Beneduce's ball control andpoise in the middle helped Pil-grim have one of its best years.

CARA BENEDUCEMidfielder • Pilgrim

Paolantonio scored in the InjuryFund game and continued tolead the 'Canes' offense the restof the season.

LARISSA PAOLANTONIOForward • Warwick Vets

Beltran was perhaps the Titans'most skilled player, using hisspeed and athleticism to breakaway from defenses.

JOSE BELTRANMidfielder • Toll Gate

Quick and deceptively fast, Pi-mental was able to beat defend-ers with a move or two and cre-ate space.

LUIS PIMENTALForward • Pilgrim

A scoring threat every time hetouched the ball, Batista brokeon to the scene this year andscored eight goals.

JUSTIN BATISTAForward • Warwick Vets

In her first year in the net, Pagemade a huge difference on theback end, helping the Pats tothe semifinals.

HANNAH PAGEGoalie • Pilgrim

Wolfenden returned after a seri-ous knee injury to establish her-self as one of the premier de-fenders in Division II.

HEATHER WOLFENDENDefense • Pilgrim

The last line of defense for thePats, Hammond was instrumen-tal in holding opponents to thethird-fewest goals in D-II.

ERICA HAMMONDDefense • Pilgrim

The Titans made the playoffs,and Crowley's play on defensewas a big reason why, especiallywith the team's lack of offense.

COURTNEY CROWLEYDefense • Toll Gate

A bright spot in a tough seasonfor the 'Canes, Ravenell heldher own as the team's best de-fensive presence.

KATELYN RAVENELLDefense • Warwick Vets

A stabilizing force, White playedstrong defense and also pitchedin with a few shots on the offen-sive end.

CHRISTIAN WHITEDefense • Pilgrim

The Hawks didn't score verymuch this season, but Chantwas a huge reason why they stillnearly made the semifinals.

BRADY CHANTDefense • Hendricken

A solid defender and a playmak-er in the middle, Silvestri hardlyever left the field in helping Hen-dricken to the playoffs.

BRANDON SILVESTRIMidfielder • Hendricken

Creamer took over in net anddidn't disappoint, helping Hen-dricken stay in games when theoffense was lacking.

MATT CREAMERGoalie • Hendricken

Typically a sweeper, Hay wasVets' most aggressive defender,and his energy and passionhelped spark the team.

WILL HAYDefense • Warwick Vets

Levesque emerged as theHawks' top option in the middle,often threading passes to cre-ate scoring chances up front.

DAN LEVESQUEMidfielder • Hendricken

In his second year on the varsitysquad, Sandin took on an ex-panded role this season as oneof the team's go-to players.

JOSH SANDINMidfielder • Toll Gate

Betsy Heidel is the youngest offive. Competitiveness comeswith the territory.

“Board games, stupid stuff,everything,” she said. “We al-ways compete.”

On the fields and courts of Pil-grim high school, that servedHeidel well. She rememberswatching her brother and her sis-ters play sports there. When itwas her turn, she became one ofthe school’s best athletes, starringin volleyball, basketball andlacrosse.

“I was always into sports,” shesaid. “Being on a team, strivingfor the same goal – no matterwhat the sport was, I just alwaysloved that. It gives you confi-

dence, it gives you power. It’ssomething I’ve always loved.”

Heidel’s competitive streakand passion were constants forthe Pilgrim volleyball team. Inher junior year, the Pats had theirbest season in more than adecade. A big senior class gradu-ated that spring, leaving someholes for this year. The Pats hadtheir struggles, finishing 4-10, butit wasn’t for lack of effort.

“I feel like we came throughand did the best we could,” Hei-del said. “We worked well to-gether and we had a lot of closegames. We had a lot of good play-ers who just didn’t get a lot ofplaying time last year. It was adecent year for what we had.”

Heidel served as a captain forthe Pats and she was their mostconsistent player whether shewas in the front row or the back.

“She never came off the court,”said head coach Claire Baggesen.“She brought experience and alevel of maturity that every teamneeds.”

Heidel became a varsity con-tributor early in her career, andBaggesen saw the potential im-mediately. Even though Heidelhad no organized volleyball ex-perience, she had played somewith her sisters – and her athleti-cism spoke for itself.

“She comes from a family ofathletes and volleyball players,”Baggesen said. “She had great

ability. It was just about buildingconfidence. She got better andbetter.”

Even in a tough season, Hei-del’s enthusiasm and consisten-cy didn’t waver. She took uponherself to be a vocal leader inpractices and matches. On thecourt, she was as steady as ever –even flashing a strong defensivegame, something tall, athleticplayers don’t always want towork on.

“She was a multi-faceted tal-ent,” Baggesen said.

Heidel will head to Rhode Is-land College in the fall, and sheplans to try out for both the vol-leyball and lacrosse teams.

-W.G.

Mike Harrington has seen alot of great volleyball playerscome through his program atBishop Hendricken.

As far as outside hitters go,though, Jahari Ford was one ofhis best.

“He was as good as I’ve hadin a long time, as far as a pure,talented, athletic outside hit-ter,” Harrington said. “Rocco(Baldelli) is in a class of hisown. But Jahari’s set of skills fitthat position really well.”

Ford was the most powerfulplayer on a Hendricken teamthat was breaking in new play-ers all over the court. A three-year varsity player, he was re-lied upon to carry the loadwhile the rest of the team

caught up to speed.He didn’t mind one bit.“He’s always wanted (to be

the man), even as a sophomorewhen I pulled him up to helpout in a couple varsity match-es,” Harrington said. “He nev-er really lacked confidence,and that’s obviously a goodthing in the sport of volleyballand any sport.”

The Hawks struggledagainst some of the top teamsin Division I during the season,before finding their groove to-ward the end of the schedule.

But as the team clicked, Fordand setter Matt Medeiros bothcame down with injuries.

It put the Hawks in a toughspot, and Ford missed the final

two weeks of the regular sea-son. Yet, leading into Hen-dricken’s quarterfinal matchwith defending state championSouth Kingstown, he wantedto give it a go.

“The last time we faced SKwe lost, but we had that feelingwalking away from them thatwe could beat them,” Fordsaid.

He could barely movearound the court the day be-fore the match, but he con-vinced Harrington to let himplay and he contributed whathe could. He had four kills inthe match – while Medeiros al-so gutted it out – as Hendrick-en fought the Rebels tooth andnail before falling a few points

short, losing 15-12 in the decid-ing fifth game.

“No one expected us to bat-tle SK like we did, take them togame five and then lose bythree points,” Ford said. “Noone expected that. That’s mygoal as a player – to exceed ex-pectations.”

And even though Hendrick-en’s season came to an early-round close, there was plentyto be proud of.

“It was just the way that wewent out that made it remark-able,” Ford said. “Our setterplayed, I played, and theneveryone who was inconsis-tent the whole year reallystepped up.”

-K.P.


BOYS

’ VOL

LEYB

ALL ALL CITY TEAM

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

HONORABLE MENTION

COACH OF THE YEAR

Jahari FordHENDRICKEN

Mario McClain, HendrickenTrent Medeiros, HendrickenDerek Vadnais, HendrickenJosh Salinger, PilgrimPhil Nemirow, PilgrimChristian White, PilgrimSlawomir Hermanowski, Warwick VetsWill Remak, Warwick VetsJose Javier, Toll GateMatt Davis, Toll Gate

MIKE HARRINGTON, HENDRICKEN

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL

ALL CITY TEAM

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

HONORABLE MENTION

COACH OF THE YEAR

Betsy HeidelPILGRIM

Kelsey Kurbiec, Toll GateLaura Kazanjian, Toll GateCaitlin White, PilgrimMichelle Asels, PilgrimAlyssa McCracken, Warwick VetsNina Soupharath, Warwick Vets

JEAN MCGARRY, WARWICK VETS

The setter, Medeiros provided astabilizing presence on the courtand battled through injury in theteam's near-upset of SK.

MATT MEDEIROSHendricken

Just a freshman, Baker foundhis groove as the season woreon and became a dangerouspiece of Hendricken's attack.

DONNY BAKERHendricken

With the Pats moving up to D-I,Colabella returned as a strongmiddle, giving Pilgrim the fire-power to compete.

DAN COLABELLAPilgrim

Another veteran for the Pats, Fit-ta used his intensity and hustleto spark a high-energy Pilgrimteam time and again.

CHRIS FITTAPilgrim

Moore was the steadiest playeron a Vets team that showedsigns of improvement as theseason wore on.

JOHN MOOREWarwick Vets

Lavoie played solid defense allseason long, and her offensehelped keep the Titans in a num-ber of matches.

JAMIE LAVOIEToll Gate

The Titans' best net presence,Brosnahan used her strengthand size to control matches of-fensively.

JESSIE BROSNAHANToll Gate

One of the best athletes on theVets team, Iadevaia showed herskill and consistency from dayone.

LIZ IADEVAIAWarwick Vets

A solid senior leader, Gravesprovided stability and a veteranpresence, not to mention somefirepower.

AMANDA GRAVESWarwick Vets

One of the driving forces behinda solid season for the Pats,Conti's sets were second tonone in the Warwick area.

MELISSA CONTIPilgrim

Mackenzie Kelly planned to playsoccer when she arrived at Toll Gate,but she took a detour to the tenniscourt when a friend suggested it.

She – and the Titans – are pretty hap-py about that.

Kelly has been a steady contributorfrom the first day she came out, andthis season, she climbed her way to thetop of the ladder.

Along the way, she found a sport sheloves.

“I just love every aspect of it – beingpart of a team, the actual sport,” shesaid. “You never know what’s coming.I love it.”

And Kelly doesn’t take the passionlightly. She started with off-season ten-nis lessons shortly after joining theteam at Toll Gate. The lessons madeher a better player and fueled her to

continue improving. “I just wanted to have as much suc-

cess as I could,” she said. “I knew itwould make my parents my proud,and I knew it would make me proud.Just the personal success is somethingI wanted to achieve.”

Kelly really saw the work pay offthis year.

The Titans returned several stand-out players, all of comparable abilities.But in ladder matches against herteammates, Kelly just kept winning.

“Everyone understood that we hada lot of good players and that everyonehad a shot,” Kelly said. “Every chal-lenge match was intense.”

Kelly grabbed the top spot and wassolid there, finishing the season with a6-6 record. The Titans went 9-3 as ateam for their fifth straight winning

season. “It was a great season,” Kelly said.

“Our team was super close and wehad a ton of fun.”

Kelly had some close, three-set loss-es that kept her from an even bet-ter record, but that will just befuel on the fire for next sea-son. The Titans will bringback another stronggroup, and Kelly may haveto fend off more challengesfor the top spot on the ladder.

But she’ll be up to it – and she’ll behappy to be on the court.

“I was just named a captain so I al-ready can’t wait,” she said. “I want theteam to be just as close as we were lastyear and we’re going to shoot for a bet-ter record.”

-W.G.

Almost always a con-tender for the state championship,

the Bishop Hendricken tennis team hadsomewhat of a down season. It went just5-7, and missed the playoffs.

Yet, while wins were sometimes hard tocome by, dedication was not – and itstarts with Carlos Arciniegas.

Arciniegas, a junior who played No. 1for the Hawks all season long, set the tone

for the team, even if it didn’t show up onthe scoreboard. He went 5-7 individual-ly, and was named second-team All-

State by the Coaches Association.In his first year consistently playing on

the singles ladder, it was a big responsi-bility that he readily embraced.

“Ever since I was a little kid, I al-ways remember watching my sis-

ter play No. 1 (at North Smithfield),”

Arciniegas said. “She was No. 1 since herfreshman year. I’ve always wanted toplay No. 1. My freshman and sophomoreyear, I was really close to playing sin-gles.”

That desire was evident in his game.Not the hardest hitter in the state, Arcin-iegas was a return machine, keeping himin close matches against some of the bestplayers out there.

“He’s as competitive and passionateabout tennis as anyone that I’ve everhad,” Hendricken head coach SteveCrawford said. “I can say that unequivo-cally. I’ve had a lot of good tennis playershere.”

And that bodes well for his – and theteam’s future. Arciniegas will be backnext season for his senior year, wherehe’ll open the season as the team’s No. 1

player once again.With another summer of practice and

hard work under his belt, he figures totake another step forward, and thrusthimself into the true upper echelon ofplayers in Rhode Island.

“He needs to sophisticate his gameand give it another dimension,” Craw-ford said. “That’s what he needs to do.He knows that, and I’ll be shocked if hedoesn’t do that.”

That’s certainly Arciniegas’s plan.“A lot of the guys are making plans for

next year saying their team is going to belike this or be like that,” he said. “I toldthem, ‘If the season starts tomorrow, wemight not do well. But we still have awhole summer. I’ve seen a lot of guysimprove dramatically over the year.’”

-K.P.


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Thalia Rivera-Ortiz, Warwick VetsJamie Yates, Warwick VetsOlivia Roy, Warwick VetsCourtney Smith, PilgrimJackie Falso & Rachel Deschenes, Toll GateJoelle Nelson& Jenn Salerno, Warwick Vets

GARY GORMAN, TOLL GATE

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Carlos ArciniegasHENDRICKEN

Matt Plouffe, HendrickenBrandyn Garrahy, Toll GateJeremy Cullen, Toll GateKyle Morrissette, Warwick VetsAndrew Falaguerra, Warwick VetsChristian Boyer & Jordan Carvalhal, Hendricken

TAMRA GALLO, TOLL GATE

Sullivan was the Hawks' No. 3player, and he was a bright spot,finishing with a 7-6 overallrecord.

KELAN SULLIVANHendricken

In a tough season for the Pats,Greenberg held his own at theNo. 1 singles spot, finishing at arespectable 6-6.

THOMAS GREENBERGPilgrim

DiMeo served as Hendricken'sNo. 4, and he was one of twoHawks above .500, with a 6-5record.

JEREMY DIMEOHendricken

The Titans' No. 1 player, Allenwent just 2-10 but was the bestplayer on a resurgent Toll Gateteam.

JUSTIN ALLENToll Gate

The most consistent of all Hendricken's doubles combi-nations, Caron and Hodor teamed up for a 5-2 record.

MARCUS CARON & CASEY HODORHendricken

Playing in the No. 1 spot, Smithled the charge for a .500 Vetsteam with a 9-5 record.

LAUREN SMITHWarwick Vets

Holding down the No. 3 spot inthe lineup, Rizzo was dominant,going 11-2 and leading theteam in winning percentage.

ARIANNA RIZZOToll Gate

Teneyck was part of a strongsingles group for the Titans, andher 9-4 record was the secondbest on the team.

SKY TENEYCKToll Gate

Ayiyran had Pilgrim's second-best singles record, but shewas the team's best player fromthe No. 1 spot.

JULIETTA AYRIYANPilgrim

Sequeira and Melo were Warwick's most successful dou-bles combination, winning seven of their eight matches.

TAURI SEQUEIRA & GIULIANA MELOWarwick Vets

Molly Turner has noshame in saying she wasn’tvery good at soccer.

After all, if she was a littlebetter on the soccer pitch,she might never have foundher way to a different field.

Turner started playingfield hockey at Toll Gate, fellin love and emerged as oneof the best players in the di-vision during her four-yearcareer.

She has soccer to thank. “I wasn’t that good at soc-

cer, so I decided I would trysomething different,” shesaid with a laugh. “I reallyjust love the game. I hadnever played ice hockey andI had always wanted to. Sofield hockey was somethingI was drawn to.”

As soon as she picked upa stick, she realized she’dfound a passion.

In the beginning, Turner’sathleticism carried her, andit was enough to make her asolid player. As she be-came more skilledand more driven,she turned intothe team’s bestall-around play-er.

Her best yearcame in 2011, when sheand a strong group of sen-iors led Toll Gate to a six-win season and a spot inthe playoffs. With thoseseniors gone this year,Turner did her best to setan example for ayoung and inexperi-enced team.

“It was re-ally a re-building yearfor us and wewanted tomake sureall the girls

coming up would have theskills that they needed tokeep playing after the sen-iors this year graduated,”Turner said.

Turner never wavered inthat purpose, even though itwas a tough year – and eventhough her numbers wentdown. The Titans finishedwithout a win.

“We tried to band togeth-er as a team and overcomeall the graduation losses wehad from the year before,”she said. “It was tough, butI think we pulled togetherpretty well as a team. Hope-fully next year, they cancontinue on.”

Though the Titans didn’thave a lot of success, Turnerwas a player any coach inthe state would have likedto have.

And when Turner got alook at the cage, she was fir-ing.

“I was probably a littletoo aggressive – hitting theball too hard and too high,”

she said with a smile.“But I just tried

to get asm a n ygoals for

our teamas possible.”

T u r n e rwill attendthe Uni-versity ofN e wH a m p -shire in the

fall andshe’s hoping

to play for theschool’s club field

hockey team. -W.G.




Molly TurnerMIDFIELDER • TOLL GATE

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Candis KowalikWARWICK VETS

Katie Foeller, Toll GateSloan Kinney, Warwick Vets

STACY CAPONE-MELINO, WARWICK VETS

Cardoza faced a ton of shots innet, as the Pats struggled in Di-vision I, but she stopped thevast majority of them.

COURTNEY CARDOZAGoalie • Pilgrim

A senior, Marks provided veter-an leadership on a Pilgrim teamthat tried to stay positive.

AMIBETH MARKSMidfielder • Pilgrim

Mollo was the anchor of Pil-grim's defense, often limitingsome of the best players in thestate.

JULIANNA MOLLODefense • Pilgrim

A multi-sport standout for the'Canes, Hersey's athleticismwas on display on both sides ofthe field.

SAVANNAH HERSEYMidfielder • Warwick Vets

As consistent a scoring threatas the Pats had, Vatter steadilybecame one of the Pats' topplayers.

KELLY VATTERForward • Pilgrim

Supsky helped the Vets defenseto a resurgent year, one in whichthe 'Canes were able to win fivegames.

SAM SUPSKYDefense • Warwick Vets

Sullivan was a hard worker inthe back for a Titans' team thatwas often forced into playing alot of defense.

JENNIE SULLIVANDefense • Toll Gate

Enos didn't score a ton of goalsfor the 'Canes, but she regularlyput pressure on opposing de-fenses.

LAUREN ENOSForward • Warwick Vets

Fast up front, Beagan talliedone assist in a season in whichgoals weren't exactly easy tocome by.

MOLLY BEAGANForward • Pilgrim

O'Connell led the 'Canes inpoints with 12, eight of whichcame on the four goals shescored.

JENNA O’CONNELLMidfielder • Warwick Vets

With Kowalik hurt, Desjarlaisstepped up and was the 'Canes'top performer at states, scoringa 30.100 all-around.

KAYLEIGH DESJARLAISWarwick Vets

A veteran leader, Rivera-Ortizmade her second consecutiveappearance at states and fin-ished with a 27.050.

THALIA RIVERA-ORTIZWarwick Vets

Quinn had Vets' highest individ-ual score in any event at states,grabbing an 8.450 on the vault.

ALLIE QUINN Warwick Vets

A senior, Santopietro qualifiedfor states in the vault and didn'tdisappoint, scoring an 8.200,good for 28th.

BRIANNA SANTOPIETROToll Gate

A broken ankle kept Candis Kowalikfrom having another dream season.

But it was one of her best seasons any-way, despite the fact that she didn’t get achance to defend her state title. Her Vetsgymnastics team had the best season it’shad in years, and the squad was as close-knit as any Kowalik has ever been on.

“This year, we had a lot more team-work,” Kowalik said. “A lot of the girlscame together, we started practicinghard. We really started to look good outthere. We became like sisters.”

That’s not an easy perspective to havefor a gymnast who has never settled foranything less than the best. Kowalikcame to Vets as one of the top club gym-nasts in the state and she won the indi-vidual state championship in her fresh-man season.

But when she broke her ankle late inthe season, the realization that she wasstill part of something special reallykicked in.

“It was amazing to be a part of it,”Kowalik said.

And Kowalik certainly did her part. Be-fore the injury, she was Vets’ top scorer inevery meet and she would have been thefavorite to win another championship.

She also set the tone for the ‘Canes –and it was hard for her teammates not tobe sparked by her success.

“I definitely felt like I needed to be theleader of the team because I’m the onlyone with that much experience,” she said.

Kowalik was always willing to help,sometimes spending all of a Vets practiceworking with teammates on routines andskills before heading to her own practices

at night. That helped the ‘Canes finish 11-1 and

win the Division II regular-season cham-pionship.

Kowalik and the ‘Canes think that’sjust the beginning. Half-a-dozen experi-enced gymnasts are set to come to Vetsnext year, where they’ll join an improvinggroup of gymnasts that already havetheir team chemistry working well.

“Next year, we should be an even bet-ter team,” Kowalik said.

Back on her feet, Kowalik is aiminghigh in her individual goals, too. She’dlike to break the all-time Rhode Islandstate meet scoring record.

“This year, I was hoping to beat therecord, but I didn’t get the chance,” shesaid. “Next year, hopefully I can do it.”

-W.G.

to tryouts with so many girlsin my life. We were really de-termined to make playoffs,and we were happy withthat.”

In addition to her role asplaymaker, Fox tapped intothat old competitiveness tokeep her team fired up.

“I’m an extremely competi-tive person so I think that wasalways my role,” Fox said. “Iwas always trying to geteveryone ready and focused. Ithink that’s something thatneeds to be done more.”

When soccer season endedwith a tough 3-0 playoff loss toBarrington, Fox turned her at-tention to hockey, the sport

she’s always considered herfavorite.

What happened on the iceperfectly matched that pas-sion.

Fox grew up watching hersisters play for a then-brandnew Warwick co-op team. Itwas a struggle for the Warwicksquad back then, but Foxcheered for the Titans at everystop. From an early age, sheand her family – her dad wasan assistant coach for a time –were all about Warwick girls’hockey. They wanted the bestfor it.

In the 2012-13 season, Foxand her teammates deliveredit.

The Titans moved up to Di-vision I and met the challenge,finishing with a 10-7 record

and even knocking off peren-nial power Mount St. Charlesin the regular season. Thoughthey didn’t meet their goal ofplaying for a state champi-onship, they put together whatwas unquestionably the pro-gram’s best-ever season.

“We had a great year inhockey, definitely the best sea-son we’ve ever had. DivisionII, we’d go in and beat teams 7-0 and it just wasn’t as much asfun,” Fox said. “Playing LaSalle three times, Mount threetimes, Burrillville three times –it was great and it really keptus competitive. It was a chal-lenge. Nothing was ever easy.I’m mad we didn’t finish theway we could have finished,but it was still a great seasonoverall.”

Fox was at the center of it.Despite the uptick in competi-tion, she maintained her statusas one of the state’s leadingscorers, ranking sixth in theleague with 28 points and fin-ishing with 14 goals.

“”Emily’s been the back-bone of the team since I’vebeen here, not just in herpoints production, but herpositive attitude and her workethic,” said head coach DaveTibbetts.

Fox also hit a milestonewhen she became the firstplayer in Warwick girls’ hock-ey history to reach 100 careerpoints.

“That was pretty awesome,”Fox said.

The team couldn’t havepicked a more fitting history-

maker, considering Fox’s ownhistory with the team. She’llleave it in good hands, with alot of talented young playersready to take Warwick girls’hockey to even greater heights.

For Fox, it was a fitting end-ing – but it won’t be the realending.

Fox will enroll in the Uni-versity of Rhode Island’s phar-macy program in the fall.When winter rolls around,she’ll lace up her skates for thewomen’s club hockey team,one of the top club programsin the region.

The competitor still needssome competition.

“I’m so excited to keep play-ing hockey,” she said. “I can’thang up the skates yet.”

-W.G.

In his freshman season,Matt Creamer took RhodeIsland high school hockeyby storm. He earned first-team All-State honors, andwas a huge piece of theHawks’ state championshipteam.

One year later, Creamerwas no longer anonymous.But even with a newly-formed target on his back,he didn’t miss a beat.

Creamer followed up hisbreakout freshman cam-paign with an equally im-pressive sophomore cam-paign, earning All-Statehonors again and tying forthe Division I lead in pointswith 38.

Though Hendricken lostin the semifinals to La Salle,Creamer came into his ownas one of the best players inthe state.

“It was obviously some-thing that I was kind ofnervous about,” Creamersaid. “It’s a lot different.Coming in your freshmanyear, there are no expecta-tions. You have your per-sonal goals, but no oneknows who you are. Sopho-more year, you’ve got a tar-get on your back, but it’schallenging, which is kindof nice.”

Behind Creamer’s consis-tency, the Hawks steam-rolled through the regularseason, going 15-2-1 beforebeing tripped up in the post-season.

“Regular season wasobviously a big success,”Creamer said. “We had atough run in the playoffs,but overall it was a goodseason.”

Boosting Creamer’sindividual accomplish-

ments was the success ofthose around him. For thevast majority of the year, heplayed on a line with sen-iors Ed Markowski and An-drew Fera. It’s no coinci-dence that Markowski wasthe third-leading scorer inD-I, while Fera was fourth.Creamer was the catalyst.

“It was really fun,”Creamer said. “The two ofthose guys, we had a lot ofchemistry going from thefirst day we started doing it.I’ve played with those guyssince I was little. We kneweach other coming in. Wejust got a lot of pucks to thenet. They weren’t alwayspretty goals, but a goal is agoal.”

In two seasons of highschool hockey, Creamer has70 points. He still has twomore years to add to that to-tal.

“I think it’s all uphill fromhere,” Creamer said. “We’vegot a bunch of freshmencoming in who can con-tribute. A lot of juniors, lotof sophomores. It’s all posi-tive. They’ll be some expec-tations, but the target won’tbe on our back this year

like last year.” -K.P.


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DAVE TIBBETTS, WARWICK

Proulx led Division I in GAA inhis first year as the go-to guyand was named first-team All-State as a result.

MITCH PROULXGoalie • Hendricken

The 'Canes struggled again thisseason, but it wasn't due to Vey-era, who led the team in goalsfrom his spot in the back.

KYLE VEYERADefense • Warwick Vets

Alberigo was the top defense-man on a Hawks' team that sur-rendered just 29 goals in 18regular season games.

TUCKER ALBERIGODefense • Hendricken

Charette scored nine goals,good for second on the team,and was solid wherever heplayed.

RYAN CHARETTEDefense • Toll Gate

Mathews was Toll Gate's lead-ing scorer and most skilled play-er, scoring 13 times and adding15 assists.

STEVE MATHEWSForward • Toll Gate

The Pats didn't score a lot thisseason, but Casale was a bigreason they were able to stayclose in many of their games.

COREY CASALEDefense • Pilgrim

Fera was the fourth-leadingscorer in Division I, with his 14goals and 14 assists.

ANDREW FERAForward • Hendricken

A converted defenseman,Legarie stepped up to lead thePats' offense. He scored 27times.

DYLAN LEGARIEForward • Pilgrim

Adamo had 26 points this sea-son, establishing himself as Pil-grim's second-best scoring op-tion in his junior year.

SAM ADAMOForward • Pilgrim

Markowski, like his linemateFera, was dangerous all year,finishing third in D-I with 31points.

ED MARKOWSKIForward • Hendricken

A captain, Murphy allowed onlyjust 2.60 goals per game, andshe made the fifth-most saves inthe state.

KAYLEEN MURPHYGoalie • Warwick

Just a freshman, Holmes burstonto the scene with 22 points,including 14 goals - tied for theteam lead.

KELSEY HOLMESForward • Warwick

Hersey provided a steady de-fensive presence for the LadyTitans, showing toughness onthe back end.

SAVANNAH HERSEYDefense • Warwick

As a freshman, Balutowskiscored 20 points and gave War-wick another strong option upfront.

MADISON BALUTOWSKIForward • Warwick

One of the top all-around play-ers in the state, Ellis battled in-juries but was still able to total16 points.

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ATHLETE OF THE YEARJohn Altieri113 • WARWICK VETS

Davol was the top performer inHendricken's run to the teamchampionship, winning the indi-vidual state title at 106.

JASON DAVOL106 • Hendricken

Part of a deep Hawks team,Lanni did his part in the title runwith a third-place finish atstates.

ROB LANNI120 • Hendricken

After winning the state title in2012, Colicci made it two in arow in dramatic fashion, winninghis finals match in overtime.

NATE COLICCI126 • Warwick Vets

DiMauro was upset at the statetournament but had a big sea-son as one of the team's lead-ers.

NICK DIMAURO132 • Hendricken

Travers led the Titans all yearthen made an impressive run tothe state finals, where he lost toScituate's Serge Bouyssou.

AARON TRAVERS138 • Toll Gate

DiMauro was part of Hendrick-en's crucial place-winning con-tingent at states, grabbing third.

ANTHONY DIMAURO145 • Hendricken

A freshman, Sauro grabbed aspot in the lineup from day oneand finished fourth at states.

JAMES SAURO152 • Hendricken

Schmeider capped off a tremen-dous career in style, capturinghis second consecutive statechampionship.

GEORGE SCHMEIDER160 • Warwick Vets

Lonczak was a key contributorall season and delivered astrong showing at states, mak-ing the quarterfinals.

TONY LONCZAK170 • Warwick Vets

Boesch surged into the 182 fi-nals at the state tournament,where he finished as a runner-up.

HUNTER BOESCH182 • Hendricken

Pereira had a steady seasonthen did some of his best workat states, where he finished around short of a medal.

MIKE PEREIRA 195 • Pilgrim

Sauer lost a quarterfinal bout atstates but came back strong tofinish in third place.

DALLAS SAUER220 • Hendricken

Brichetto scored points whenthe Hawks needed him duringthe season and qualified forstates.

KYLE BRICHETTO285 • Hendricken

John Altieri was halfway to arare feat when he began hisjunior wrestling season at War-wick Vets. Altieri won statechampionships as a freshmanand sophomore, and it was on-ly natural to entertain thoughtsof winning two more to finishwith four, something that’sbeen done just a handful oftimes in Rhode Islandwrestling history. Most recent-ly, Altieri’s former Vets team-mate Mike Meyers did it.

Halfway was enough to getAltieri dreaming – but it was-n’t enough for Altieri to reallybelieve.

Three-fourths? That wasenough.

Altieri won his third straightchampionship at the state tour-nament in February, winningthe crown at 113 and making abeliever out of himself.

“This was the year that real-ly made me think I could dothis,” Altieri said. “I was confi-dent every year, but when Iwon the first two, it was still

like, ‘I’ve got two more to go.’The third one means I just haveone more to win.”

Wrestling has been a nearlife-long passion for Altieri,who started when he was justfive years old. The sport wasbig in his family and he ranwith it. At Vets, he was a hugeaddition to a talented team inhis freshman year, and his statetitle helped the ‘Canes win theteam state championship.

He won again in 2012. As he headed into his junior

season, he knew title No. 3would be no easy task. Altieri’ssuccess has put a target on hisback. Every time he takes themat, someone wants to beathim.

Altieri was determined torise to the occasion. After hissophomore year, he dedicatedhimself to an off-season pro-gram and the results spoke forthemselves.

“I put a lot of work in,” Al-tieri said. “This was really thefirst year I did off-season

wrestling, and it showed. I wasin a lot better shape when theseason came around than I wasthe last two years.”

Altieri breezed through theearly rounds of the state meet,getting two pins and a majordecision. In the finals, he facedCumberland standout CodyBeaudette and had to dig deepfor a 2-0 victory.

It was his toughest finalsmatch yet, but he didn’t mind.

“I thought I could havewrestled better but I got thewin,” Altieri said. “You’re al-ways happy to win.”

Altieri was one of three statechampions for Vets, and hewent on to have the most suc-cess at the New England Tour-nament, where hemade the semifinals be-fore settling for a sixth-place medal.

Next year, Altieri will belooking for a betterfinish at NewEnglands – andhe’ll be looking

for state title No. 4.“My goal is to win

states and New Eng-lands,” Altieri said.

-W.G.

Mikayla Rogers was justcatching her breath after the500 freestyle at the stateswim meet when she lookedup at the scoreboard.

She had to catch herbreath all over again.

“I looked up at the boardwhen I finished and I could-n’t believe what I saw,” shesaid.

Rogers, the reigning War-wick Beacon Girls’ Swim-mer of the Year, had expect-ed another solid showing atthe state meet. But this wassomething different. Thejunior took third overall inthe 500, one of the best fin-ishes by a Warwick swim-mer in years.

She added a fifth-placefinish in the 100 butterfly,capping a great year thatshe didn’t see coming.

“I really didn’t think Iwould do much better thanI did last season,” Rogerssaid. “My times were rightaround the same and I did-n’t think I could get any bet-ter.”

But she did. Her statemeet time in the 500 was5:28.16, nearly 12 full sec-onds faster than her statemeet time from the year be-fore, when she finished sev-enth. Her 100 fly time wasmore than a second faster.

With tougher competitionin the state, she also thoughtit might be difficult to im-prove on her top-10 fin-ishes from her sopho-more campaign.

“I expected to levelout,” Rogers said. “I

was so surprised.”The 500 free was the

biggest shocker. In the first100, she felt like she was go-ing slow but she was deter-mined to stay at the feet ofthe swimmer in the lanenext to her.

As it turned out, she was-n’t going so slow after all.

“For the middle 200, I justtried to keep that pace, keepkicking, steady breathingand just relax,” she said.“For the last 100, I tried toget a peek up at the boardand I couldn’t. The last 150,I just kicked it all into gear. Isaw I passed one girl andthen I saw another girl onthe other side of the poolwho I was even with. Iwanted to pass her. I gave itmy all.”

It worked. Rogers fin-ished behind only Cumber-land senior Courtney Kentand South Kingstownstandout Gabrielle Dunkle.

In the 100 fly, Rogers was-n’t even in the top heat, buther performance was goodenough for a second top-five finish.

“I wasn’t in the final heatso I didn’t expect to finish ashigh as I did,” Rogers said.“That was just amazing.”

Rogers has one more yearto chase more success. Shemay eventually level off likeshe thought – but she mayjust keep right on going uptoo.

“Next year, I’d like todrop more time if I canand possibly place a lit-

tle higher,” Rogers said.“And I would re-

ally like tohelp myteam placebetter.”

-W.G.

Every senior on the Bish-op Hendricken swim teamfaces the pressure of extend-ing the Hawks’ run of con-secutive state titles. No onewants to be the class thatdoesn’t continue the tradi-tion.

For Mike Fedorenko andhis teammates, after thevery first dual meet of theseason, they were facedwith the reality that theymight be the class thatcomes up short.

Instead, they respondedin dominating fashion.

After losing the first meetof the season to NorthKingstown – the program’sfirst dual meet loss since2005-06 – the Hawks rolledthrough the rest of the regu-lar season before capping itoff with a 24th consecutivestate championship.

“Right from the begin-ning, we lost that firstmeet,” Fedorenko said. “Wehaven’t lost a dual meet inlike five years. Everyonewas telling us that weren’tgoing to be able to keep thestreak going. We workedhard as a team. We came to-gether.”

Fedorenko was at theforefront. The senior captainhad Hendricken’s best twoindividual finishes at the

state meet,c o m i n gin sec-

o n d

place in both the 100 and the200 freestyle events.

He also swam anchor onthe Hawks’ first-place 4x400and 4x200 relay teams. Es-sentially, Fedorenko did itall, claiming four All-Stateselections in the process andcementing his place in Hen-dricken’s decorated swim-ming history.

That 4x200 relay had sucha strong showing that it fellbarely short of setting a newstate record.

“He was a great inspira-tional leader on our team,”Hendricken head coachDave Hanson said.

Fedorenko was a four-year contributor on the var-sity team, and he graduateswith four team state titlesunder his belt and theknowledge that he helpedkeep the fabled streak alive.

“Everyone kept comingup to me, all the kids fromNK,” Fedorenko said. “Theywould say ‘This is it, it’s allover for you guys.’ Borisfrom NK, he thought it wasall over. The kids fromSmithfield thought theywere going to beat NK andHendricken. Even thoughsome people said we werethe favorites, it was still upfor grabs. After the 100freestyle it was like, ‘Okay,it’s over.’”

Next season, Fedorenkowill continue swimming atDivision III University ofRochester.

-K.P.




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Savannah Lewis, Warwick Vets

Phone Htoo, Warwick Vets

Rosario Romare, Pilgrim

Courtney Smith, Pilgrim

Laura Hopkins, Toll Gate

Madeleine Hayes, Toll Gate

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Dan Fedorenko, Hendricken

Jacob Fox, Hendricken

Nick Carlson, Hendricken

Will Bailer, Toll Gate

DAVE HANSON, HENDRICKEN

The only Warwick competitor toqualify for the event at states, Yuswam her way to a 29th-placefinish.

NINA YU100 Back • Toll Gate

Turner earned a point for the Ti-tans at the Division II meet, edg-ing out Mount's Lexa Lauzier byone-tenth of a second for 16th.

MOLLY TURNER100 Breast • Toll Gate

Slater took third in the 200 freeat the Division III meet, and thenfollowed that with a secondplace in the 100 free.

ABIGAIL SLATER200 Free • 100 Free • Pilgrim

Evans left her mark in the IMwith a first-place at the divisionmeet. In the fly, she won divi-sions and was fourth at states.

KATIE EVANS200 IM • 100 Fly • Warwick Vets

Garvey had a strong showing atthe Division II meet, finishing in24th place for the Titans.

SHANNON GARVEY50 Free • Toll Gate

In a race where the Hawksweren't expected to score,Tomasso swam well to grab15th place.

NICK TOMASSO100 Fly • Hendricken

Sundberg edged out EastGreenwich's Ian MacDonald fora huge third-place finish atstates, good for 16 points.

MICHAEL SUNDBERG500 Free • Hendricken

Andrews, a freshman, took fifthin the state in the IM and eighthin the backstroke.

MARC ANDREWS200 IM • 100 Back • Hendricken

One of the team's top sprinters,Martin’s fourth-place finish inthe freestyle at states added 15points to the team total.

CHASE MARTIN50 Free • Hendricken

In the second to last event atstates, with the Hawks on theverge of the title, O'Connell fin-ished in eighth in the 100 breast.

JON O’CONNELL100 Breast • Hendricken

The Hawks' quartet captured fourth place at the statechampionships with a time of 1:47.27.

MARC ANDREWS, JON O’CONNELL,NICK TOMASSO, CHASE MARTIN200 Medley Relay • Hendricken

One of the top moments of the season was when the200 free relay team came in first at states.

CHASE MARTIN, JAMES MANNI,NICK TOMASSO, MIKE FEDORENKO200 Free Relay • Hendricken

The Hawks capped their state championship day with afirst-place finish in the relay, in a time of 3:25.04.

JAMES MANNI, MARC ANDREWS,MICHAEL SUNDBERG, MIKE FEDORENKO400 Free Relay • Hendricken

The four Pats' swimmers finished just out of the scoringat the state meet, grabbing 19th.

ABIGAIL SLATER, MCKENZIE CARON,SOPHIA CARACUZZO, TAYLOR RYAN200 Medley Relay • Pilgrim

A solid group, the Pats took home seventh place at theDivision III-meet with a time of 2:13.76.

CASEY ADAMS, NICOLE GAUTHIER,BRENNA REEVES, MCKENZIE CARON200 Free Relay • Pilgrim

In the final event of the state meet, these four girls camein 14th, scoring Pilgrim's only points of the day.

ABIGAIL SLATER, SOPHIA CARACUZZO,MCKENZIE CARON, TAYLOR RYAN400 Free Relay • Pilgrim

The Bishop Hendricken bas-ketball team wasn’t alwaysthe most aesthetically pleasinggroup to watch this season, asdefense and hustle ruled theday instead of a dynamic of-fense.

But with the personnel theHawks had, that was the waythey had to play. With a natu-ral leader in Kazre Cummingsto set the tone, the whole teamembraced that mindset.

Hendricken wasn’t going toscore in the 60’s most of thetime, but neither were you.

Cummings made sure of it.The 6-foot-3 swingman

played some of the toughestdefense in the state, and wasone of Hendricken’s top offen-sive options as well, averaging

10.6 points per game. “On the defensive end, I

took it very personal,” Cum-mings said. “For me, not beingable to have that offensivefirepower that a lot of teamshave, I wanted to find differ-ent ways to showcase whattype of team we were. Defen-sively, it was who we were,and we embraced it.”

The season was up anddown, as the Hawks lost anumber of tight gamesthroughout the middle por-tion, then had to scramble lateto qualify for the Division Itournament and the state tour-nament.

Once they got there,though, they made their pres-ence felt.

First, they made it to thesemifinals of the D-I tourneybefore falling just shortagainst Classical.

Then, in the state tourna-ment, the No. 15 seededHawks upset No. 2 seeded LaSalle in the Round of 16 be-hind 15 points from Cum-mings.

In the quarterfinals, Hen-dricken took on Hope andused its defensive energy tokeep it close. Eventually, theBlue Wave pulled out a 48-47victory, but the Hawks were ashot away from being in theFinal Four. Cummings scored18 points in that game.

‘He played his best basket-ball when we needed it themost,” Hendricken head

coach Jamal Gomes said.“Down the stretch at the endof the season, come playofftime, and we needed to win tostay alive, he performed at hisbest. With Kazre, his effortwas tremendous.”

Cummings will play basket-ball next season at CentralMaine Community College inAuburn, Maine, somethingthat validates the hard workhe’s put in over the past fewyears.

“I’ve been wanting to playcollege basketball since I was6-years-old,” Cummings said.“This is really a dream cometrue to me.”

And his coach thinks thathe’ll be successful, in basket-ball and beyond.

“His three years with me, hewas a joy and a pleasure tocoach,” Jamal Gomes said.“He really was. He’s a goodyoung man, who I know is go-ing to make it far in life.”

-K.P.


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John Murphy, Toll GateJohn Coleman, Toll GateTyler Inkley, Toll GateKyle Toolin, Toll GateRyan Hagerty, HendrickenMatt Duffie, HendrickenWill Parmlee, HendrickenCarter Thomas, Warwick VetsScott Camara, Warwick VetsCole Furney, PilgrimDan Colabella, Pilgrim

JAMAL GOMES, HENDRICKEN

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Casey BennettGUARD • WARWICK VETS

Haley Donahay, PilgrimMegan St. Jacques, PilgrimCourtney Sheridan, Toll GateIngrid Freeman, Toll GateVictoria Flynn, Warwick VetsCassidi-Hunter Plouffe, Warwick Vets

OWEN PAQUET, WARWICK VETS

Morris was Pilgrim's best offen-sive threat, controlling the paintand averaging more than 16points a game for the Pats.

RYAN MORRISCenter • Pilgrim

Remak showed the ability totake over games, leading Vets tomultiple upsets on the strengthof his long-range shooting.

WILL REMAKForward • Warwick Vets

Hendricken's top offensiveweapon, Tavares was a much-needed scorer on a defensive-minded squad.

WILL TAVARESGuard • Hendricken

With a brand new starting line-up, Mann ran the show for a Ti-tans team that turned someheads in Division III.

BEN MANNGuard • Toll Gate

One of the tallest players in thedivision, Gregory was a force tobe reckoned with in the paintand on the glass.

KATIE GREGORYCenter • Warwick Vets

Heidel emerged as a defensiveforce for the Pats, using her sizeand intensity to control the playon the block.

BETSY HEIDELForward • Pilgrim

McGuire's ball handling was in-strumental in keeping the Titans'fast-paced offense upbeat andin gear.

LAURA MCGUIREForward • Toll Gate

A slasher, Reph took the reignsas the team's primary scoringthreat after the graduation ofstar Danielle LeBlanc.

KATELYN REPHGuard • Pilgrim

It’s not easy for a girl in the city ofWarwick to grow up playing bas-ketball. Without a youth leaguespecifically for girls like some citiesand towns have, opportunities arelimited.

Casey Bennett didn’t mind takingthe hard way.

“I have three brothers so I wouldalways play with them,” she said.“I played at the Boys & Girls Cluband I was one of the only girlsthere.”

It’s safe to say the boys preparedher well.

Bennett, a junior, has been a var-sity starter since her freshman yearat Vets and she continued to emergethis season as one of the best scorersin the division – and as the ‘Canes’most important player.

“I started varsity as a freshman,which was a little nerve-wracking,”she said. “I was more timid thenbut as the years went on, I knew Ihad to step up.”

On a team full of players withoutbig basketball backgrounds, Ben-nett was a steadying force. Sheplayed the point and rarely left thefloor. When her defensive-mindedteam needed points, she had thegreen light.

“I needed to score, but I also hadto help everybody else score too,”she said. “I felt like it was my job tobring the team together.”

The ‘Canes had a tough season. Itgot off to a promising start, but theyfinished just 3-13 in league play andmissed out on the playoffs.

Still, there were positives.

“I feel like we really worked as ateam this year,” Bennett said. “A lotof the girls don’t have a big basket-ball background but as the yearwent on, we really came together asa team.”

And Bennett did what she couldto keep Vets competitive. She aver-aged 14.5 points per game, whichwas good for 16th in the state.

Bennett also plays soccer andlacrosse for Vets and she’s explor-ing the possibilities of playing soc-cer in college. But next winter, she’llstill be on the basketball court, do-ing whatever she can to make Vets acontender.

“We’re losing some great seniors,but we’ve got a good group comingback,” she said. “We’ll be alright.”

-W.G.

When Lee Moses startingdoing track at Bishop Hen-dricken, it wasn’t with indi-vidual state titles in mind –it was for football.

A starter on the Hawks’Super Bowl-winning foot-ball team as a sophomore,Moses wanted to try to stayin shape during the long off-season.

He did quite a bit morethan that.

Moses captured the longjump state title with a leapof 22-feet, 2.25 inches. Heran anchor on Hendricken’sfirst-place 4x200 relay team,did the same thing on theHawks’ third-place 4x400team and took third individ-ually in the 55-meterdash.

“I didn’t really pic-ture myself win-ning all theseawards andstuff like that,”Moses said.“My coaches,t h e y ’ v ehelped met h r o u g he v e r y -thing.”

In just hissecond year of highschool, Moses hasbecome one of thestate’s most prolif-ic track stars. He’sa huge contributoron the outdoor sceneas well.

In his four events atindoor states, Moses ac-counted for 32 points.The Hawks scored 75 asa team, and needed justabout all of them, as theyedged out Classical forthe state title 75-65.

“The times he ran

were amazing for youngpeople,” Hendricken headcoach Jim Doyle said. “Wehaven’t seen those timesfrom people like that.”

At this point, with acco-lades rolling in regularly,Moses doesn’t just focus ontrack as a way to get himready for football. Whilethat’s certainly a positiveside effect, now he’s enjoy-ing the sport on its own.

“I do it because I like tostay in shape for football,but I like it because it’s fun,”Moses said. “You’re outthere with all your friends.It’s a good sport. It’s com-petitive, and it’s fun.”

It doesn’t hurt, either, thathe’s pretty good.

“It’s pretty incrediblewhat he’s doing,” Doylesaid. “He comes off foot-ball season, and some-

times, himand (fellows o p h o m o r ePower Kanga),you think kidslike that are sototally focusedon football.Those guys,

when they gotinto track, they werecompletely commit-ted to track.”

And with twomore years to go,

there isn’t a ceilinghigh enough for what

Moses could accomplish. “Right now I just

want to keeptraining, keep get-ting better and justhopefully build itup and get to myfull potential,”Moses said.

-K.P.




Rebecca O’DonnellLONG JUMP • 55 • PILGRIM

Madison Thibeault, Toll Gate

Heather Allstrom, Toll Gate

Abby Tillotson, Toll Gate

Maddison Caron, Pilgrim

Michelle Sanchez, Pilgrim

Caitlin Blanchard, PIlgrim

Alyssa McCracken, Warwick Vets

Hunter Bastan, Warwick Vets

Katelyn Ravenell, Warwick Vets

Kayla Bourbon, Warwick Vets

Bria McAloon, Warwick Vets

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ALL CITY TEAM

HONORABLE MENTIONCOACH OF THE YEARPower Kanga, Hendricken

Marco DelVecchio, HendrickenAlex Doherty, HendrickenTyler Henseler, HendrickenMichael Potter, HendrickenGreg Beaudette, HendrickenBrandon Amo, HendrickenJoe Vincent, HendrickenAlex Cerbo, Hendricken

Steve Croft, PilgrimDerek Daluz, PilgrimDylan Gardner, PilgrimPeter Golish, PilgrimKevin Conner, PilgrimJohn Nordin, Warwick VetsJeremy Morrissette, Warwick VetsTom Martella, Toll GateJunior Rivas, Toll Gate

JIM DOYLE, HENDRICKEN

Perreault was a key to Hendrick-en's track title. He finished sec-ond in the 300 at states.

ALEX PERREAULT300 • Hendricken

Swift scored valuable points forthe Hawks at the state meetwith his sixth place finish.

MARCUS SWIFT600 • Hendricken

The Titans' top distance runner,Smithers grabbed a fifth-placemedal at the state meet.

HENRY SMITHERS1,000 • Toll Gate

Against a strong field, Doylegrabbed fourth in the 1,500 atstates, scoring crucial points.

CONNOR DOYLE1,500 • Hendricken

Tierney had one of the team'sbest performances at stateswith a second-place finish.

COLIN TIERNEY3,000 • Hendricken

Powell qualified for states andfinished 17th in the preliminar-ies.

GAGE POWELL55H • Hendricken

Just a sophomore, Murphygrabbed a fourth-place medal atthe state meet.

BEN MURPHYHigh Jump • Hendricken

Woodbine was the Hawks' topthrowing performer at states,taking eighth overall.

CORY WOODBINEWeight Throw • Hendricken

McAssey finished just outsidethe medals at the state meet,grabbing eighth.

SHAWN MCASSEYShot Put • Hendricken

A top unit all season, the 4x200 squad raced to firstplace at indoor states.

ALEX PERREAULT, JOHN CUTE,POWER KANGA, LEE MOSES4x200 Relay • Hendricken

Walker was a solid contributorduring the regular season andtook 15th at the class meet.

RACHEL WALKER300 • Toll Gate

Hall just missed qualifying forstates in the 600, but took sixthat the class meet.

NORA HALL600 • Toll Gate

Cawley was the Titans' only dis-tance runner to qualify for statesand she finished 14th.

JESS CAWLEY1,000 • Toll Gate

Costello didn't qualify for statesbut was a strong performer atthe class meet, taking ninth.

ELIZABETH COSTELLO1,500 • Toll Gate

A cross country standout, Toc-co carried momentum into thewinter, where she finished 16th.

NATALIE TOCCO3,000 • Pilgrim

Pena grabbed two sixth-placemedals at states, one in the hur-dles and one in the high jump.

ERIKA PENA55H • Toll Gate

Brunelle was one of the state'stop performers in the high jump,taking fourth at states.

MELANIE BRUNELLEHigh Jump• Pilgrim

Barrette took home two medalsat states, finishing fifth in theweight and sixth in the shot put.

DESTINEE BARRETTEWeight Throw • Shot Put • Pilgrim

The Hawks’ 4x400 team grabbed third at states, addingcrucial points to Hendricken’s total.

ROMARIO ROUSSEAU, MATT LOMBARDI,ALEX PERREAULT, LEE MOSES4x400 Relay • Hendricken

The squad came up with a big performance at states,climbing to third.

ALEX DOHERTY, TOM GRIZZETTI, JAREDBOULANGER, AVERY INGEGNERI4x800 Relay • Hendricken

The unit just missed out on qualifying for states but fin-ished seventh at the class meet.

MORGAN CANDON, ANNEMARIE MARTELLA,NINA THIBEAULT, ASHLEY CHIN4x200 Relay • Toll Gate

The Titans’ relay unit qualified for states and grabbed atop-10 finish.

ANNEMARIE MARTELLA, ELENA CHACE,ASHLEY CHIN, ERIKA PENA4x400 Relay • Toll Gate

The 4x800 squad delivered the team’s best relay finish,taking seventh at states.

JESS CAWLEY, NORA HALL,ELENA CHACE, KATIE LAVALLEE4x800 Relay • Toll Gate

Rebecca O’Donnell neverexpected to be a state cham-pion.

In anything.“I was pretty unathletic

before I hit high school,” shesaid with a laugh.

But those days seem to begone.

O’Donnell had been astandout jumper with thePilgrim track team since herfreshman year and sheemerged as one of the bestin the state this year in herjunior season. O’Donnellwon the long jump at the in-door track state meet, giv-ing Pilgrim its first individ-ual champ in years.

“It’s still so surreal,” shesaid. “When I think back toit, I can’t believe it. I knew Iwas going to do well but Ididn’t know I would win.”

O’Donnell first tried thelong jump in eighth gradegym class. After runningcross country in the fall ofher freshman year, she start-ed jumping for Pilgrim thatwinter and qualified for thestate meet. She was one ofonly two freshmen in thestate long jump field.

“Something just clicked,”O’Donnell said. “I fell inlove with it.”

With the help of Pil-grim head coach TomDolce and others likeErik Clinton and Pil-grim boys’ coachMike Daniels, O’-Donnell’s jump-ing reached newheights the nextyear, when shefinished fourth atindoor states as asophomore.

This year, shetook another

leap. O’Donnell’s jump of17 feet, 10 inches beat outProut standout Karly Gre-gory and Mount St. Charlesstar Cassie Roberge.

“I definitely wanted tomake top four, but first wasnot on my radar,” O’Don-nell said.

O’Donnell followed upher indoor success with twomedals at outdoor states.Despite a sore hip, she fin-ished second in the triplejump and third in the longjump.

She also led a growinggroup of Pilgrim jumpers.At the state meet, the Patshad six entries between thelong jump and the triplejump. O’Donnell’s knowl-edge and example are a bigreason why.

“We have a great group ofathletes and they’re all will-ing to help each other,”Dolce said. “Rebecca hasbeen to a lot of camps anddone a lot of work on herown. It’s nice to see.”

O’Donnell is starting tosee the work pay off. In ad-dition to all the medals,she’s exploring the possibil-ities of doing track at thenext level.

But before shegets there, she’s got

more to do at Pilgrim. “My expectations are

high for next year,”O’Donnell said.

“Hopefully I canachieve it.”

-W.G.


ALL CITY TEAM

HONORABLE MENTION COACH OF THE YEARDillon Manfredi, HendrickenGian Martellini, HendrickenNick Boland, HendrickenElijah Dressell, PilgrimTyler Galligan, PilgrimAlex Lefebvre, Toll Gate

Zach Bacon, Toll GateEvan Stamps, Toll GateAustin Lamaire, Warwick VetsTony Lonczak, Warwick VetsPat DelSanto, Warwick Vets

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A defensive stalwart and asparkplug atop the lineup, Mannhad a great senior season inleading the Titans to the playoffs.

BEN MANNCatcher • Toll Gate

ATHLETE OF THE YEARMike KingPITCHER • HENDRICKEN

Krajewski was a solid run pro-ducer for the Hawks, and hedid his best work in the play-offs.

JAREK KRAJEWSKIFirst Base • Hendricken

After a big game at McCoyStadium in last year's finals,Murphy stepped into a regularrole and was a steady performer.

MATT MURPHYSecond Base • Hendricken

A key hitter and a solid defend-er, Markowski was also anemotional leader for the Hawks

ED MARKOWSKIThird Base • Hendricken

An injury hampered him, butwhen he was on the field, hewas one of the best players inDivision II.

T.J. BOYAJIANShortstop • Warwick Vets

A sophomore, Toppa grabbed astarting job and ran with it,emerging as one of the team'stop hitters.

JOHN TOPPAOutfield • Hendricken

The Brown University-boundsenior maintained Hendricken'scenter field tradition with agood year.

ROB HENRYOutfield • Hendricken

Martinez finished out his careerby hitting .302 and providingsolid defense wherever heplayed in the outfield.

JOE MARTINEZOutifield • Toll Gate

A wizard at shortstop, Umbertoalso did plenty of damage withhis bat for the Hawks.

LOU UMBERTOUtility • Hendricken

Rivas was Toll Gate's leading hit-ter with an average above .400and he also delivered severalstrong pitching performances.

JUNIOR RIVASUtility • Toll Gate

The sophomore lefty steppedinto a big role for the Hawksand shined in his varsity debut.

MIKE MCCAFFREYPitcher • Hendricken

The ace of the Titans' staff,Charette had a 1.93 ERA onthe year and owned a five-inning no-hitter.

RYAN CHARETTEPitcher • Toll Gate

After limited innings last year,Noti stepped into a big role forthe Pats and was the team'stop pitcher.

STEPHEN NOTIPitcher • Pilgrim

Greaves took on more inningsthis season and settled in asthe ace of the Vets staff.

DANNY GREAVESPitcher • Warwick Vets

Mike King may very well havea long career in baseball, but it’sunlikely he’ll ever forget howspecial his senior year was atBishop Hendricken.

“It was a great year,” Kingsaid. “Everyone says to reallycherish your senior year becauseit goes by quick.”

There’s a lot to cherish. Kingwas named a preseason highschool All-American by SportingNews magazine back in March.

Once the season started, hebacked up the lofty expectations.As the ace of the Hawks’ pitch-ing staff all season long, he post-ed a .31 earned run average dur-ing the regular season in leadingHendricken to a perfect 18-0record.

Along the way he was namedRhode Island’s Gatorade Playerof the Year, signed a letter of in-tent to play baseball at BostonCollege and led the Hawks’ to a

second consecutive state champi-onship.

He went 4-0 during Hendrick-en’s postseason run, including adazzling effort in the Hawks’ 5-1victory in game one of the statechampionship series over NorthKingstown.

“Mike King is basically almosta guaranteed win every time hesteps on the mound,” Hendrick-en head coach Ed Holloway said.

As one of the most experiencedreturners from last season’s statechampionship team, King wasnamed a captain this season andhad to take on a leadership rolewith the pitching staff. He wasthe clear-cut No. 1, but after himwas sophomore Mike McCaffreyand senior Dillon Manfredi, whohad been seldom used at the var-sity level.

King helped them get used totheir roles, and the result was thebest pitching staff in the state.

“He was a great leader for us,”Holloway said. “He took the leadof the pitching staff. He’s a greatteammate for the pitchers, andthey worked hard.”

When King enrolls at BostonCollege in the fall, he’ll be con-tinuing a long tradition of Hen-dricken players moving on toplay at the Division I level.

He knows he has to step up hisgame some, but if his senior sea-son in high school was any indi-cation, he’ll be just fine.

“At this level, I could miss aspot and still get away with it be-cause the ability isn’t as good,”King said. “I think that I reallyneed to be specific on where Ipitch it and I need to develop mychangeup. I’m only fastball,curveball right now. It’s going tocome down to a lot of work in thefall with the coaches now. I thinkI’ll be fine. They’ll help me out.”

-K.P.


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BOYS’ LACROSSEATHLETE OF THE YEARConor GarrahyATTACK • HENDRICKEN

ALL CITY TEAM

HONORABLE MENTION COACH OF THE YEARAndrew Fera, Hendricken

Jim Iacoi, Hendricken

Tyler Williams, Hendricken

Chris Cesario, Hendricken

Alex Perreault, Hendricken

Anthony Zelano, Toll Gate

Mike Palumbo, Toll Gate

Steve Mathews, Toll Gate

Nate Brotman, Warwick Vets

Mickenzey Pacheco, Warwick Vets

Tyler Moran, Warwick Vets

FRED SCHWEIZER, WARWICK VETS

The leader of the attack unit forthe 'Canes, Sullivan was asteady contributor.

CODY SULLIVANAttack • Warwick Vets

A versatile performer, Marrinanwas a consistent scorer and asolid midfielder when asked tobe.

C.J. MARRINANAttack • Hendricken

One of the top defenders in D-III, McNally's steady playhelped Vets deliver a big sea-son.

JOHN MCNALLYDefense • Warwick Vets

With the Hawks lacking experi-ence in the back, Herseystepped up as a steady per-former.

DAKOTA HERSEYDefense • Hendricken

Hay was one of the leaders onVets' semifinal run, and deliv-ered consistent scoring punch.

WILL HAYMidfielder • Warwick Vets

A four-year starter, Corveseanchored a strong defensiveunit in Vets' best season ever.

KYLE CORVESEGoalie • Warwick Vets

Connell headed Toll Gate'sstrongest unit and helped theteam make a late run to a play-off berth.

COLBY CONNELLDefense • Toll Gate

Butler held a young grouptogether with consistent workin the midfield for the Titans.

JESSE BUTLERMidfielder • Toll Gate

Finelli was solid all year andshined in the playoffs, deliver-ing two goals in a semifinalloss.

JON FINELLIMidfielder • Hendricken

For a second straight year,Murphy's play in net had a lotto do with Pilgrim's success.

KAYLEEN MURPHYGoalie • Pilgrim

Vatter was a mainstay on the backline for the Pats, helping powerthem to the D-III title game.

KELLY VATTERDefense • Pilgrim

Howland joined Vatter as ananchor in Pilgrim's defensiveunit.

BRITNEY HOWLANDDefense • Pilgrim

Capable of playing all over thefield, Almonte stepped in whereVets needed her and delivered.

LAUREN ALMONTEDefense • Warwick Vets

Beneduce was a scoring threatand a key to Pilgrim's transitiongame.

CARA BENEDUCEWing • Pilgrim

Just a sophomore, Giuttariemerged as one of the topplayers in the state.

MICHAELA GIUTTARIWing • Pilgrim

A mainstay in the lineup sincethe program's inception, Heideldid it all in a great senior season.

BETSY HEIDELCenter • Pilgrim

Building on a strong sopho-more campaign, Almonte mor-phed into Vets' top scorer.

EMILY ALMONTEWing • Warwick Vets

Hersey was a key as the'Canes started to find their wayafter a rough 2012 season.

SAVANNAH HERSEYWing • Warwick Vets

Fontaine continued to cementherself as one of the top scoringoptions for the improving 'Canes.

JENNA FONTAINEHome • Warwick Vets

Another of the program's found-ing players, Marks was a steadypresence all over the field.

AMIBETH MARKSHome • Pilgrim

Growing up, Conor Gar-rahy’s two brothers werelacrosse goalies. Matt grad-uated from Bishop Hen-dricken in 2002 and Iangraduated in 2009.

But instead of followingin their footsteps, ConorGarrahy was turned in adifferent direction.

“My mom hated watch-ing games with her sons innet,” Garrahy said. “I didn’thave that choice of playinggoalie.”

Mom’s recommendationworked out pretty well.

Garrahy just finished hisjunior year at Bishop Hen-dricken, where he estab-lished himself as theHawks’ top offensive op-tion. He scored 39 goals onthe season and added eightassists, giving him 47 totalpoints.

“He was very consistentfor us this year,” Hendrick-en head coach Kevin Mur-ray said. “Scoring and alsodoing some other things forus – riding, and kind of be-ing a little bit more involvedin the offense.”

With All-A m e r i c a nAlex Per-r e a u l tb a t t l i n gi n j u r i e smost of the yearand ultimatelygetting surgeryabout halfwaythrough, Garrahywas forced into alarger role, but did-n’t seem to mind.

In fact, even prior toPerreault’s injury, Garrahywas already being countedon heavily.

“He was one of the cap-tains this year, got voted in

by the team as a junior,”Murray said. “That’s onlyhappened a couple of othertimes at Hendricken withme – Briggs, and Larry Gal-logly. That was a good spotfor him at the beginning ofthe year.”

Garrahy’s growth in thesport is in part due to hisdedication outside of thehigh school season. Heplays in the summer and ona fall indoor team, all thewhile regularly going to thegym to try to improve hisgame.

“I got a lot faster, whichhelped me dodge andeverything,” Garrahy said.“I used to just be a creaseplayer. This year I was ableto do some other things.”

The Hawks made theplayoffs this season andwon their quarterfinal gameagainst North Kingstownbefore losing by one goal toMoses Brown in the semifi-nals.

Garrahy scored a goal inthat game but it wasn’t

quite enoughto get Hen-dricken back

to the champi-onship.

Still, Garrahy’s seasonwas a special one, andhe’ll be back for anoth-er season to try to leadthe Hawks even fur-ther.

“We had some in-juries and some oth-er stuff going on that

could have been adistraction, butit wasn’t for the

guys like him,” Murraysaid. “He kept the focusand kept the run for the

playoffs.”-K.P.

Haley McCusker mighthave made a pretty goodlacrosse defender.

But Tom Flanders andCharlie Benson weren’t go-ing to wait to find out.

When Pilgrim started itsgirls’ lacrosse program,coaches Flanders and Ben-son put their most skilledplayers on defense, in an ef-fort to build things fromback to front. McCusker,who had played alittle backyardlacrosse with her brotherand father, was one of thosewho started on defense.

“With the girls who couldcatch and throw the best, wesaid ‘Let’s think defensefirst,’” Flanders said. “Haleywould get the ball on de-fense, run it all the way upthe field and go right in andscore. Charlie and I said toeach other, ‘Hey, we’ve gotto make a changehere.’”

They haven’t re-gretted it.

McCusker burstonto the scene last year andemerged as one of the topscorers in the state. As a jun-ior this year, she helpedpower Pilgrim’s run to theDivision III finals by leadingthe state in goals scoredwith 96.

It was quite a year.“It was great to get to the

championship,” she said.“People weren’t expecting itso it was really cool. It was agreat experience to be thereat the beginning, when noone knew what to do, and towatch it get better everyyear.”

The Pats were led by a bigsenior class, and a balancedattack was one of theirgreatest strengths. A lot of

weapons could hurt you. But McCusker was at the

top of the list. “She was one of the major

factors in our success,” Flan-ders said. “Every team thatplayed us had to account forher. She was in every gameplan.”

The 96 goals were sevenmore than Lincoln School’s

Larson Bennett, a futureDivision I college lacrosseplayer. McCusker also tal-lied 10 assists for 106

points, good forsecond in thestate to Ben-nett. The next-closest D-IIIplayer wasN a r r a -

gansett’s EileenSullivan with 83.

“She put usover the edge,”

Flanders said.“Without her, we’re

probably a playoff team,but I don’t know if wemake it as far without that

potent scorer. You don’tmake up for that produc-tion. She’s a difference-mak-er.”

McCusker also plays soc-cer for Pilgrim and herlacrosse season doesn’t endin the spring. She plays withNew England United in thesummer, which gives her ex-posure to college coachesand has helped her improveby leaps and bounds.

“I wouldn’t have pro-gressed as far as I did with-out that,” McCusker said.

McCusker will be backleading the Pats next spring.

And, no matter what theyneed on defense, it’s a safebet McCusker will be scor-ing.

-W.G.


ALL CITY TEAM

HONORABLE MENTION

COACH OF THE YEAR

Colin Tierney, HendrickenTyler Henseler, HendrickenAlex Doherty, HendrickenCam Ricci, HendrickenDan Medici, HendrickenWill Parmlee, HendrickenNick DeCiantis, HendrickenBrandon Amo, HendrickenShane Olson, HendrickenDerek Daluz, Pilgrim

Christian White, PilgrimHenry Smithers, Toll GateBen Dinobile, Toll GatePatrick Rocchio, Toll Gate,Brock Massa, Toll Gate

BOYS

’ OUT

DOOR


BOYS’ XC

ATHLETE OF THE YEARColin TierneyHENDRICKEN

ALL CITY TEAM

HONORABLE MENTION COACH OF THE YEARGreg Beaudette, Hendricken

Brandon Lawton, Pilgrim

Sam Eleuterio Pilgrim

Patrick Rocchio, Toll Gate

Evan Carley, Toll Gate

Anthony Hart, Toll Gate

Nick Mattiolli, Toll Gate

Evan Cummiskey, Toll Gate

Brock Massa, Toll Gate

John Soares, Toll Gate

Ian Anderson, Warwick Vets


Doyle was the top finisher forthe Hawks at states, takingfourth overall and leading theHawks to the team title.

CONNOR DOYLEHendricken

Manning provided valuablepoints as his 15th-place finishat states helped the Hawkssecure the title.

COLLIN MANNINGHendricken

Henseler was the third Hawk tofinish in the top 10 at states,taking seventh overall.

TYLER HENSELERHendricken

Potter finished 19th at states,sixth on the team, but was oftennear the top of the list for theHawks throughout the season.

MICHAEL POTTERHendricken

A first-year contributor to thevarsity squad, Doherty finished13th at states, the fourth-beston the team.

ALEX DOHERTYHendricken

ATHLETES OF THE YEARHendricken 4x100MARCO DELVECCHIO, JOHN CUTE, LEE MOSES, POWER KANGAMoses delivered the Hawks' top

sprint performance at states, fin-ishing second in the 100.

LEE MOSES100 • Hendricken

The sophomore sprinted to afourth-place medal in the 200at the state meet.

POWER KANGA200 • Long Jump • Hendricken

Pilgrim's top sprinter, Croftgrabbed a second-place medalat states.

STEVE CROFT400 • Pilgrim

Smithers continued a strongyear with a 10th-place finish inthe 800 at states.

HENRY SMITHERS800 • Toll Gate

Doyle placed third in the 1,500at the class meet and took sec-ond in the 3,000 at states.

CONNOR DOYLE1500 • 3000 • Hendricken

The Hawks' top hurdler, Powellqualified for states and took13th.

GAGE POWELL110H • Hendricken

Hawks' unit delivered when it counted, taking third atthe state meet.

ALEX DOHERTY, JARED BOULANGER,AVERY INGEGNERI, MARCUS SWIFT4x800 • Hendricken

Murphy had a strong season injumping events and placed fifthin the high jump at states.

BEN MURPHYHigh Jump • Hendricken

Kelling qualified for states witha solid season and finished15th overall.

NICK KELLINGPole Vault • Hendricken

Derisier picked up unexpectedpoints for the Hawks when hesurged to second at states.

REGGIE DERISIERTriple Jump • Hendricken

Cerbo narrowly missed a statemeet medal, taking seventh inthe shot after a solid season.

ALEX CERBOShot Put • Hendricken

Golish was a medalist forPilgrim at states, capping hiscareer with a fifth-place finish.

PETER GOLISHDiscus • Pilgrim

Martella was Toll Gate's topindividual performer at states,grabbing a fifth-place medal.

TOM MARTELLA300H • Toll Gate

Casbarro was the team's topfinisher in the hammer, taking10th.

MATT CASBARROHammer Throw • Hendricken

Solid squad grabbed important points for the Hawks atstates with a fifth-place finish.

ROMARIO ROUSSEAU, IAN MACLEOD,ANDREW GEREMIA, CAMERON RICCI4x400 • Hendricken

Inkley had a strong campaignand capped it off with a 10th-place finish at the state meet.

TYLER INKLEYJavelin • Toll Gate

They were the top seed going in to the outdoor track statechampionship, and Bishop Hendricken’s quartet of sprintersdidn’t disappoint.

The 4x100 team of Marco DelVecchio, John Cute, PowerKanga and Lee Moses made the most of their opportunity,setting a new personal best and breaking the school record inthe process, all while taking first place in the state.

Winning a state title was another notch in that group’s belt,as it also won the title at the Central Division meet and theClass A meet.

Hendricken may not have won the team state title, but the4x100 team did more than its part.

“They have complete dedication to track,” Hendrickenhead coach Jim Doyle said. “When they go out there, they setsome goals. We have that school record in the 4x100 and theywanted to break it.”

The team – which ran together the whole season – shatteredits qualifying time at state, as it went from a 43.20 to a 42.61.DelVecchio ran the first leg, followed by Cute, Kanga andMoses.

While Moses, Kanga and Cute have been heavily success-ful in track in the past, DelVecchio – afootball standout – stepped up tomake the team complete.

“I think Marco DelVecchio was-n’t expected,” Doyle said. “Hejust was perfect. He self-dedi-cated and worked tremendous-ly hard at becoming a betterrunner. He was an integral partof that team.”

DelVecchio was a senior,while Cute was a junior andKanga and Moses were soph-

omores. Regardless of age differences,they came together on the track to produce

a state championship.“The thing that was amazing for me was that

those guys were perfect every time,” Doyle said.“They never dropped the baton.”And, with just DelVecchio being lost to graduation,

the other three should have a tremendous chance to team upwith someone else next year and try to claim the crown again.

“There will be some great competition for that fourth spot,”Doyle said. “Those guys will just get better and better.”

-K.P.

Colin Tierney didn’t have ashortage of solid cross coun-try performances this season.But the Hendricken juniorsaved his best for the end.

Tierney led the Hawks atthe New England Champi-onships in Maine, finishingin 14th place overall. Hiswork, combined with thenext four Hendricken run-ners across the finish line,was enough to lift the Hawksto a New England title.

“Going out there, our jobwas to run with each otherand go for the title,” Tierneysaid.

The showing at the NewEngland meet came on theheels of solid races at boththe Class A Meet and theRhode Island state champi-onship. In both races, Hen-dricken won the title, andTierney was a big reasonwhy.

He finished in sixth at theClass Meet and fifth at theState Meet.

“He works hard, and themost important thing to himhas always been the team,”Hendricken head coach JimDoyle said. “I think he’slearned from my nephewConor and Tyler Henselerand Alex Doherty, the sen-iors that are leaving. Hehas it in his mind tocontinue that tradi-tion. He knows howimportant that is.”

On a team filledwith consistent runners,

Tierney was perhaps themost consistent. He wasn’talways first on the team, buthe was usually close to it,adding valuable points to thetotal.

Along with Doherty,Conor Doyle, Henseler,Collin Manning, MichaelPotter and Greg Beaudette,Hendricken developed a sol-id group of runners whopushed each other and, moreimportantly, succeeded be-cause of it.

“It’s really good,” Tierneysaid. “It leaves leeway. Asmuch as you’re a team, youwant to strive to run fasterthan your teammates to helpout your team. It’s always anin-team competition amongus. It allows us to excel.”

With another year left inhis high school career, Tier-ney has set lofty goals. Al-ready a standout in both in-door and outdoor track aswell as cross country, he’sbeen training with the hopeof leading Hendricken to an-other crown, and picking upsome hardware of his ownalong the way.

“He’ll be in the mix forthe state champi-onship,” Doyle said.“That’s his goal, to win

an individual state ti-tle for cross country.

He’ll be right in thethick of things. Hehas the ability and

the mind to do it.”-K.P.


ALL CITY TEAM

HONORABLE MENTIONCOACH OF THE YEARKayda Philip, PilgrimMaddison Caron, PilgrimMichelle Sanchez, PilgrimMadison Thibeault, Toll GateCourtney Jacobsen, Toll GateHaley Rouleau, Toll GateVictoria Bucci, Toll Gate

Alyssa Mathews, Toll GateVictoria Smith, Toll GateHunter Bastan, Warwick VetsKatelyn Ravenell, Warwick VetsBria McAloon, Warwick Vets

GIRLS’ OUTDOOR

TOM DOLCE, PILGRIM

GIRL

S’ XC ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Natalie ToccoPILGRIM

ALL CITY TEAM

HONORABLE MENTION COACH OF THE YEARDanika Wayss, Pilgrim

Emily Pride, Pilgrim

Jess Cawley, Toll Gate

Katie Lavallee, Toll Gate

Debbie Jessop, Toll Gate

Sarah Grace Plante, Warwick Vets

Liz Bennett, Warwick Vets

Angie Marks, Warwick Vets

JON DEMING, TOLL GATE

After bursting onto the sceneas a freshman, Pena was TollGate's top runner again thisyear, finishing 58th at states.

ERIKA PENAToll Gate

Wilks followed up a solid regu-lar season with a strong show-ing at the state meet, whereshe finished 99th.

MEGAN WILKSPilgrim

Moen was a veteran leader forthe Titans and the team's sec-ond finisher at states in 72ndoverall.

HALEY MOENToll Gate

Tillotson ran fourth for theTitans in the postseason, taking36th at the class meet and110th at states.

ABBY TILLOTSONToll Gate

Petrangelo had a big showingat the Class B meet, finishing24th overall before running to119 at states.

DANIELLE PETRANGELOToll Gate

ATHLETE OF THE YEARDestinee BarretteHAMMER • SHOT PUT • DISCUS • JAVELIN • PILGRIM

State-meet qualifers, the 4x800 squad ran well and fin-ished 11th on the big day.

HALEY MOEN, SARAH LAVALLEE,JESS CAWLEY, KATIE LAVALLEE4x800 • Toll Gate

Brunelle grabbed two medalsat states, with a third-place fin-ish in the high jump as herbest.

MELANIE BRUNELLEHigh Jump • Pilgrim

Soares scored key points forToll Gate all year and finished18th at states.

CASEY SOARESPole Vault • Toll Gate

Hall was a state meet qualifierin the 400 and finished 13th onrace day.

NORA HALL400 • Toll Gate

Another Pilgrim freshman,Wayss was the team's top 800finisher at class and 15th in the1,500 at states.

DANIKA WAYSS800 • 1500 • Pilgrim

Evans was the top distancerunner for the 'Canes and ransecond in the 3,000 at theclass meet.

KATIE EVANS3000 • Warwick Vets

Martella had a strong debutseason for the Titans, emergingas one of the team's top sprint-ers.

ANNEMARIE MARTELLA100 • Toll Gate

In her freshman season,Stanley was a top performer forthe Pats, finishing eighth atClass A.

MADISON STANLEY200 • Pilgrim

The Pats' top relay team just missed a medal at states,finishing seventh.

MOLLY LYNCH, NICOLE MORALES, BECCA O’DONNELL, MADISON STANLEY4x100 • Pilgrim

The quartet kept up Toll Gate's 4x400 tradition with aneighth at states.

NORA HALL, ERIKA PENA, ELENA CHACE, HALEY MOEN4x400 • Toll Gate

An indoor state champ,O'Donnell added a second inthe triple jump and a third inthe high jump.

REBECCA O’DONNELLLong Jump • Triple Jump • TG

An all-season standout, Penadid her best spring work in thehurdles, finishing seventh atstates in the 100.

ERIKA PENA100H • 300H • Toll Gate

Destinee Barrette startedher track career at PilgrimHigh School as a sprinter.When her coach told her hewanted to try her as athrower, she was game.

“I knew I had somethingspecial because everything Isaid, she absorbed like asponge,” head coach TomDolce said.

It turned out to be a goodmove.

Barrette became a statemeet regular in the indoorand outdoor track seasonsover the next three yearsand she took it to a new lev-el this spring when shequalified for outdoor statesin all four throwing events –hammer, shot put, discusand javelin. She was the on-ly girl in the state to do allfour events and she placedin two of them, taking thirdin the hammer and fifth inthe discus.

It was a busy day – and animpressive one.

“She’s probably the bestall-around thrower I’ve ever

coached,” Dolce said.“I don’t think I’ve

ever had anyoneentered in

all fourevents. At divi-sions, she actuallyscored in all four. It was

remarkable.”Barrette never expected to

have a day like that whenshe first started track. Shewanted to try a little bit ofeverything so she was excit-ed about the move to thethrowing team, but she did-n’t take to it right away.

“I didn’t like it at all,” shesaid. “It was frustrating. Iwould never PR. Coach al-ways said you can’t hit ahome run every time,but I really wanted to.”

By her junior season, shewas taking that message toheart – and understandingit is what ultimatelyhelped the home runs tocome.

“When I stopped

putting so much pressure onmyself, I think I really start-ed to get it,” she said.

That attitude combinedwith a strong work ethic setBarrette on the path to bigsuccess. She took home twomedals at indoor states thenturned her attention to out-door, where her four-eventprowess was a big reasonwhy Pilgrim emerged as oneof the best teams in the state.The Pats finished in a tie forthird at states.

Barrette would have likedto come home with fourmedals, but two was prettygood and she tied theschool’s hammer record inthe process.

“Being realistic, it was agreat day,” she said.

Barrette will now head toRhode Island College, andshe plans to throw for theAnchormen.

“I think when she gets in-to a weight lifting program,she’ll be even better,” Dolcesaid. “She’s going to have avery good career there.”

-W.G.

Natalie Tocco was War-wick’s top finisher at thestate cross country meet, butit was a top finish a fewweeks prior that really madeher season.

Tocco won the WarwickCity Championship race inOctober and when shecrossed the line infirst, she couldn’thelp but smile.

“It was the firstcross country race Iever won,” shesaid. “That wasprobably the hap-piest moment ofmy year.”

And it was ayear full of happymoments. Tocco,a senior, was thetop runner inW a r w i c kthroughout thefall season andthen deliveredsolid indoortrack and outdoor trackseasons as a distance runner.In the classroom, she wasPilgrim’s valedictorian.

Her cross country successwas as satisfying as any-thing. Tocco came into thefall in the best shape she’dever been in. It paid offquickly.

“I trained harder than Iever have,” she said. “I wasreally just trying to go outwith a bang.”

She did that every step ofthe way, especially at the

City Championship. Toccoedged out some strong TollGate runners to grab first.

“I was so happy,” she said.“I felt like the hard work re-ally paid off.”

Tocco signed up for crosscountry in middle school,when she met one of Pil-grim’s captains. She washesitant at first.

“I said, ‘I’m not much of arunner,’” Tocco said. “Shesaid, ‘That’s OK. Nobody re-

ally is.’”Tocco certainly became a

runner.“I kind of found my

thing,” she said. “It was asport I was good at, and Ireally enjoyed it.”

Tocco was a steady per-former throughout her ca-reer, and her senior yearcapped it off. In addition toher success against Warwickcompetition, she finished42nd at states in 20 minutes,48.33 seconds.

“I was happy with it,”she said. “I didn’t run mybest time but it’s a toughcourse and there was somuch tough competition.”

And her best was goodenough to be Warwick’sbest.

Tocco is now set to attendthe University of Vermont,where she’ll major in animalsciences on a pre-veterinarytrack.

She’ll also run cross coun-try.

-W.G.




Katelyn RephSHORTSTOP • PILGRIM

Caitlin Blanchard, Pilgrim

Tayla Ferreira, Pilgrim

Arianna Bordeleau, Pilgrim

Jenna Beauchamp, Toll Gate

Courtney Conklin, Toll Gate

Arizona Hunt-Kirkland,

Toll Gate

Karly Mallette, Toll Gate

Kayla Bourbon, Warwick Vets

Amanda Graves,

Warwick Vets

Emily Walason, Warwick Vets

SOFT

BALL

BILL AQUILANTE, PILGRIM

GOLF

ALL CITY TEAM

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

HONORABLE MENTION

COACH OF THE YEAR

Brandon MacedoHENDRICKEN

Casey McCormick, PilgrimRich Carothers, PilgrimRachel Willett, Toll GateKevin Browning, Toll GateAndrew Rocchio, Toll GateKyle Veyera, Warwick Vets

RICK ANGELI, HENDRICKEN

Iadevaia was a bright spot in atough year for Vets, providinggreat defense and solid contri-butions at the plate.

LIZ IADEVAIAUtility • Warwick Vets

Taking over as Pilgrim's No. 1pitcher, Ellsworth delivered astrong campaign in the circle.

WITASHNAH ELLSWORTHPitcher • Pilgrim

Part of a trio of Titans' pitchers,Marsh delivered some of theteam's best performances.

COURTNEY MARSHPitcher • Toll Gate

Freeman provided steadydefense at second base andplenty of pop in the lineup in astrong senior season.

INGRID FREEMANSecond Base • Toll Gate

Johnston was a mainstay in themiddle of Pilgrim's dynamicbatting order.

KELSEY JOHNSTONThird Base • Pilgrim

In her first year as a regular, thesophomore had a breakoutseason with the bat.

JAMIE HOPGOODOutfield • Toll Gate

After a great freshman season,McDonnell continued toemerge as a star in her sopho-more season.

ELLEN MCDONNELLCatcher • Pilgrim

Brosnahan filled a gap in themiddle of Toll Gate's order andflashed some of the best powerin the state.

JESSIE BROSNAHANFirst Base • Toll Gate

Despite her youth, the fresh-man slotted into center fieldand the second spot inPilgrim's order.

MADISON BALUTOWSKIOutfield • Pilgrim

A steady presence for threeyears, Johnson helped set thetone for Pilgrim's run to RhodeIsland College.

STEPHANIE JOHNSONOutfield • Pilgrim

The team's No. 6 player formost of the season, Palmershot an 82 on day one of thestate tournament.

BILLY PALMERHendricken

The team's No. 4 player all yearlong, Matrone broke out on thebig stage to finish in a tie for sixthplace at the state tournament.

JUSTIN MATRONEHendricken

Only a freshman, Soukamneuthhad the team's second-bestscoring average and made thecut at states.

CLAUDIO SOUKAMNEUTHHendricken

Quillen fired a 78 on the sec-ond day of the state tourna-ment, helping the Hawks finishin second place.

GARRET QUILLENHendricken

After not making the team lastyear, Marshall quickly became ahuge contributor, playing in theHawks' No. 2 slot all year.

DUNCAN MARSHALLHendricken

The Pilgrim softball teamhad its best season in morethan a decade and made thetrip to Rhode Island highschool softball’s biggest stageat Rhode Island College.

No one enjoyed the tripmore than Katelyn Reph.

The senior shortstop madeher varsity debut in 2010,when the Pats went 3-15. Thisyear’s team went 13-3.

“It was great to be a part ofturning it around,” Rephsaid. “My freshman year wastough. We got more kids,more girls were interested.And we worked hard.”

Plenty of players drove theturnaround, but Reph’ssteady hand at shortstop andher ability to be a spark at thetop of the lineup gave thePats a constant presence thatthey could build around.

“She’s been thereright from the begin-ning,” said Pilgrimcoach Bill Aquilante.“She was there for thelosing season and shewas there for theslow, steadyprogress up to theseason we had this year.”

When Reph came outfor the team her freshmanyear, Aquilante saw the po-tential right away.

“She stoodout,” he said.

When shegrabbed astarting job atsecond base as a freshman,she ran with it.

“She started hitting rightaway,” Aquilante said. “Weknew what we had prettyquickly.”

Reph’s freshman successcame so quickly that it actual-ly changed Aquilante’s atti-tude toward playing fresh-

men. “I realized freshmen can be

ready,” he said. “She provedthat.”

And she continued toprove herself every step ofthe way. After hitting .357 as afreshman and .354 as a soph-omore, she really emerged asa junior, hitting .452 with a.531 on-base percentage.

As the Pats had their bigseason this year, Reph batted.475 and crossed the 100-hitthreshold.

“Getting to 100 hits wasawesome,” Reph said. “I lookback and the season was def-initely a success, even thoughwe didn’t get as far as wehoped. All the girls workedhard and I thought we reallyexcelled as a team.”

Reph led the way in thatdepartment.

“She always expectedus to win,” Aquilante said

“The work she puts inwhen no one’s look-

ing is what makesher better. She

sets sucha good exam-ple. She cameback a better

player everyyear, and

that’s some-thing I’d

like our

y o u n g e rplayers to learnfrom.”

That’s thelegacy Reph will leave be-hind as she moves on – thePats are certainly in a betterposition than when she foundthem.

Reph will attend SacredHeart University in the falland play club softball.

-W.G.

When Rick Angeli looks back on hisinaugural year coaching the Hendrickengolf team, Brandon Macedo will be thefirst player he remembers.

“As a first year coach you come in andyou always remember the first groupyou have,” Angeli said. “Some guys,you choose to forget, and some guyslike Brandon, they’ll always kind of beyour guy. It was just a joy to even haveone year to coach him. He representseverything that’s right about Hen-dricken.”

Macedo, a senior, was the Hawks’No. 1 player from start to finish,

using his consistency anddrive to serve as a leader for

the eventual state runners-up.In his second season in

the top spot, Macedo had a 39.4stroke average and earned sec-

ond-team All-State honors from theCoaches Association.

He led the Hawks to an undefeatedregular season, and his scores – al-though not his best of the year – count-ed both days towards Hendricken’s to-tal at the state tournament.

“When we met in the winter for thefirst time, we stated our goal as winningthe state championship,” Macedo said.“That was pretty much what we strivedfor the whole year. Obviously the unde-feated season was a bonus I guess.”

A Cranston West transfer after hisfreshman year, Macedo became a fixtureatop the Hawks’ lineup. He was also in-strumental in helping Hendricken beatWest twice this season, especially whenhe fired a 36 the second time the twoteams squared off.

“We have a pretty good-spirited rival-

ry with Cranston West during the regu-lar season,” Macedo said. “I know thecoaches over there are trying to get thebest of me and I try to get the best ofthem. It’s definitely the matches I lookforward to.”

In the fall, Macedo will attend St. LeoUniversity in Florida and try to walk-onto the team’s Division II golf team.

And Angeli, the first-year head coachwho never once had to worry about histop spot, will remember a player whohelped lead Hendricken to a second-place finish at states – the team’s highestfinish since 2009.

“He is a quintessential leader,” Angelisaid. “We couldn’t have a better leaderthan him. He’s committed to the teamand the team’s success. Leadership isone of his great qualities.”

-K.P.

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