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Freshman Quiana Pezza (Cranston) finished third in the triple jump (10.70m) while junior Haley Oliver (Coventry) finished second in the 3,000m (10:31.86) as the Rhode Island College women’s …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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1/14/25
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One of the best saltwater educational workshops I ever attended is George Poveromo’s Salt Water Sportsman National Seminar Series. They are now in their 38th year of offering key learnings from …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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1/14/25
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One of the most talked about stories of the fall sports season was the new RPI system that the Rhode Island Interscholastic League implemented. Many of you know exactly what I am referring to, but …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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1/14/25
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The Johnston boys basketball team entered the week searching for its first win after starting off 0-7 to begin the year. The Panthers graduated their entire starting lineup from last year, which …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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1/8/25
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The Johnston/Coventry boys hockey co-op bounced back after a tough loss to Toll Gate/East Greenwich by beating Lincoln 7-5 last week. Cameron Dottor and Evan Rogers each scored a pair of goals while …
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1/8/25
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NOAA Fisheries announced the annual opening of a Seasonal Management Area (SMA) in Cape Cod Bay to protect North Atlantic right whales which started on Jan. 1, 2025. All vessels 65 feet or longer …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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1/8/25
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The New England Patriots fired head coach Jerod Mayo shortly after the regular season finale on Sunday, further pushing back the team’s return to contention … whenever that may now be. …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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1/8/25
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The Rhode Island High School Football Coaches Association recently unveiled its All-State and All-Division teams and plenty of locals were recognized for their performances last fall. Bishop …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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12/31/24
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There are so many big fishing stories for 2024 it was difficult to select three but here are my top picks.
Striped bass overfished with good bite in some areas Striped bass fishing was good at …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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12/31/24
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Coventry and Johnston dropped the puck as one of the state’s newest boys hockey co-ops. The team began its first season shortly before the holiday break and is in a crowded Division II group …
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12/31/24
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The Town of Johnston had another big year in sports in 2024. There were four notable stories that captured headlines throughout not only the town, but throughout the state and in some cases, the …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/26/24
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The Don Rodrigues Karate Academy of Warwick held their annual “Toys for Kids” Interschool tournament earlier this month. Students competed and their entry fee was an unwrapped toy. The …
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12/23/24
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It is easy to provide an overview of fishing for the past year and used to be fairly easy to forecast what fishing might be like in the following year. But today, providing a forecast for the future …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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12/23/24
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The Johnston boys basketball team is still searching for its first win this season after falling to visiting Coventry last week 77-40. Anderson Villa led the Panthers with nine points while Aiden …
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12/20/24
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s 15th Annual Energy, Environment and Oceans Leaders Day (EEO Day) held Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, was a big success. The purpose of the workshop is to recognize Rhode …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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12/20/24
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The Johnston girls basketball team picked up its first win of the season when it beat visiting Cranston East 35-25 on Monday night. The Panthers rolled in the first half but the Bolts would fight …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/20/24
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Winter sports are underway and plenty of our teams will be in the mix to do some damage. Here are some of the teams that I will be watching closely in the next few months. For boys basketball, …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/20/24
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Striped bass have been under a rebuilding plan since 2019. The most recent 2024 stock assessment update conducted by the Atlantic States Mariene Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) found the resource …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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12/10/24
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The Rocky Hill field hockey team entered the 2024 fall season with high hopes in its new conference, as it switched from the RIIL to NEPSAC. The Mariners saw immediate success and managed to reach …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/4/24
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It was halftime of last week’s Thanksgiving football game between Pilgrim and Toll Gate. It was cold, windy, wet. I was huddled under a tent on the Pilgrim sideline just trying to send out some …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/4/24
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