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This past Sunday the Johnston Youth Football League made its debut in the Blackstone Valley Youth Football and Cheer Conference, and the fifth grade team started the year with a bang as it posted a …
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8/30/12
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Mark Brenton gets set to take the snap from 70, …
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The Johnston High School football team is in an unfamiliar spot, one it hasn’t been in since 2007.
For the first time in five years, the Panthers are coming off a season in which they didn’t …
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Kevin Pomeroy, Assistant Sports Editor
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8/30/12
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Francesca Gaudiana competes in June
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When Francesca Gaudiana started training with George Lazzareschi last summer, she had an eye on her basketball career.
And then she lifted some weights.
“We saw the strength she had,” …
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William Geoghegan, Sports Editor
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8/30/12
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The Beacon Communications sports staff has all your football needs covered in the first Football Focus Podcast of the 2012 season.
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8/29/12
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Korey Fijal delivers a pitch.
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The Johnston Junior League all stars took the same route at the Eastern Regional this year as their 2011 counterparts, who lost early but came all the way back to win the title and earn a berth at …
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William Geoghegan, Sports Editor
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8/16/12
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John Willette waits for a throw to catch a runner …
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Last year, the Johnston Junior League all-stars took the long way on Rhode Island’s trip to the World Series, losing their second game at the Eastern Regional in Freehold Township, N.J., but …
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William Geoghegan, Sports Editor
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8/9/12
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44 views
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Andrew Florio reaches for a low pitch
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When they took the field last Thursday at the Eastern Region Invitational in Cranston, the Johnston 9/10-year-old all stars knew it would be their last game. Connecticut and Massachusetts had already …
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William Geoghegan, Sports Editor
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8/9/12
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Cam Simpson a lead off of first base
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It took two innings for the Hurd Auto Mall American Legion baseball team’s season to come undone last Friday.
Playing for a spot in the state’s final four, No. 7 seeded Hurd surrendered a …
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Kevin Pomeroy, Assistant Sports Editor
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8/9/12
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The Johnston Senior League all stars traveled to West Deptford, N.J., for the Eastern Regional and got the tournament off to a roaring start last Friday when they scored four runs in the first inning of their first game.
Unfortunately for Johnston, that was about as good as it got.
Johnston lost that first game 9-5, came back to win its next game …
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William Geoghegan, Sports Editor
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8/9/12
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The Johnston Little League 11-year-old all stars continued a great summer for the league by capturing the District 1 championship last week. It was the fifth district title for the league, out of a …
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8/2/12
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