2 months ago
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Three Maher sisters were finally together again on the pitch Thursday night, and the youngest had herself quite a ***** berland girls soccer debut.
Shea Maher scored two goals inside the final five minutes to decide this Division I clash of contenders against North Kingstown. The Clippers left Perry Athletic Complex with all three points thanks to a talented newcomer.
Maher found the net in the 75th minute and converted a penalty kick soon after to push ***** berland over the top. The Skippers had no time to respond in a 2-0 opening defeat, a match that's been seemingly inevitable in November's playoffs multiple times in recent seasons.
More: Vote for The Providence Journal Preseason Girls Soccer MVP now!
Maher's solo run and left-footed finish on the opener would have been enough. She added some insurance from the spot just moments later, drilling a right-footed shot into the lower left corner. The Clippers made an early case they should be right back in the running atop the league after winning the 2023 crown and falling on penalty kicks to North Kingstown in the 2024 final.
#north #cumberland #three
Shea Maher scored two goals inside the final five minutes to decide this Division I clash of contenders against North Kingstown. The Clippers left Perry Athletic Complex with all three points thanks to a talented newcomer.
Maher found the net in the 75th minute and converted a penalty kick soon after to push ***** berland over the top. The Skippers had no time to respond in a 2-0 opening defeat, a match that's been seemingly inevitable in November's playoffs multiple times in recent seasons.
More: Vote for The Providence Journal Preseason Girls Soccer MVP now!
Maher's solo run and left-footed finish on the opener would have been enough. She added some insurance from the spot just moments later, drilling a right-footed shot into the lower left corner. The Clippers made an early case they should be right back in the running atop the league after winning the 2023 crown and falling on penalty kicks to North Kingstown in the 2024 final.
#north #cumberland #three
2 months ago
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — AJ Peña and Justin Carcel are practicing for a 2026 college football season in which they might not play.
Jim Fleming isn't certain whether or not his All-American edge rusher and veteran defensive back will be available.
Players and coaches alike are still attempting to pick their way through an ever more complicated landscape involving the NCAA, the legal system, additional years of eligibility and much more. What's definite is this — the University of Rhode Island will visit Merrimack for a Friday night kickoff, the No. 7 team in the nation looking for a third straight Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth.
"I'm in the middle of it, but I'm trying not to think about it too much," Peña said after Friday morning's practice at Meade Stadium. "I've got Aug. 28 — that's really what I'm focused on. It's Week 1."
Truthfully, that everyday preparation is all Peña can control. State courts, circuit courts, a governing body in college sports that keeps getting put on the deck through temporary injunctions and restraining orders — it's a dizzying current state of affairs. Fleming has been in coaching for more than four decades and couldn't imagine such changes when he started out in the 1980s.
#Friday #state
Jim Fleming isn't certain whether or not his All-American edge rusher and veteran defensive back will be available.
Players and coaches alike are still attempting to pick their way through an ever more complicated landscape involving the NCAA, the legal system, additional years of eligibility and much more. What's definite is this — the University of Rhode Island will visit Merrimack for a Friday night kickoff, the No. 7 team in the nation looking for a third straight Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth.
"I'm in the middle of it, but I'm trying not to think about it too much," Peña said after Friday morning's practice at Meade Stadium. "I've got Aug. 28 — that's really what I'm focused on. It's Week 1."
Truthfully, that everyday preparation is all Peña can control. State courts, circuit courts, a governing body in college sports that keeps getting put on the deck through temporary injunctions and restraining orders — it's a dizzying current state of affairs. Fleming has been in coaching for more than four decades and couldn't imagine such changes when he started out in the 1980s.
#Friday #state
2 months ago
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Some practiced but still might not play. Others didn't suit up but could still find themselves on the field when the 2026 season kicks off for real.
Saturday morning made for some contrasting scenes during the second University of Rhode Island football training camp scrimmage. Offense and defense ******* ed heads as the Rams continued to work toward their Aug. 28 debut under the lights at Merrimack and the start of what they hope will be a third straight journey to the FCS playoffs.
Tyler Budge and Alex McClelland took the bulk of the snaps under center in place of Devin Farrell (lower body), who is still recovering from offseason surgery. Marquis Buchanan (shoulder) was held out as a precaution after a crash landing during a live drill in Friday's session. Defensive lineman Sahnai Swain-Price (ankle), running back Gabe Winowich (hamstring) and linebacker Toddrick Brewton were among those watching from the sideline.
How many of those could be in uniform against the Warriors? URI – currently ranked No. 7 in the preseason national polls and the prohibitive favorite again in the Coastal Athletic ******* ociation – is balancing present and future while chasing more glory in December.
"That was a lot of fun today," defensive lineman Case Mankins said. "Going against each other every day in fall camp, it's fun. But when it's time to really hit, you let loose."
#lineman #kingstown
Saturday morning made for some contrasting scenes during the second University of Rhode Island football training camp scrimmage. Offense and defense ******* ed heads as the Rams continued to work toward their Aug. 28 debut under the lights at Merrimack and the start of what they hope will be a third straight journey to the FCS playoffs.
Tyler Budge and Alex McClelland took the bulk of the snaps under center in place of Devin Farrell (lower body), who is still recovering from offseason surgery. Marquis Buchanan (shoulder) was held out as a precaution after a crash landing during a live drill in Friday's session. Defensive lineman Sahnai Swain-Price (ankle), running back Gabe Winowich (hamstring) and linebacker Toddrick Brewton were among those watching from the sideline.
How many of those could be in uniform against the Warriors? URI – currently ranked No. 7 in the preseason national polls and the prohibitive favorite again in the Coastal Athletic ******* ociation – is balancing present and future while chasing more glory in December.
"That was a lot of fun today," defensive lineman Case Mankins said. "Going against each other every day in fall camp, it's fun. But when it's time to really hit, you let loose."
#lineman #kingstown
3 months ago
As we prepare to present our Providence Journal All-State teams for the spring season, we're going to to look back at the winter high school sports season, and highlight our high school Players of the Year for those sports.
There are the the winners that our staff selected in each sport and presented awards to at our June 18 All-State Awards Show held at The Providence Performing Arts Center, featuring URI wide receiver Marquis Buchanan.
We did our part, and now we're asking for your help. We're asking you to select the Longplex athlete of the season, for each of the three seasons on the high school sports calendar. Last week, we highlighted the fall players of the year - and North Kingstown volleyball star Kayleigh Garrepy won that poll. Now, we want to hear from you about the Longplex Athlete of the Winter. Below are the Players of the Year for each of the winter sports. Tell us who you would choose as the Longplex Athlete of the Winter.
Remember, only votes in the online poll at the end of this article will be accepted. No phone or email votes will be counted.
There wasn’t a more respected – or feared – player in Rhode Island than Bousquet, who wrapped up her career with the Quakers with her fourth All-State nod and third appearance on the All-State team. With Bousquet on the court, Moses Brown was a ***** le contender, reaching the Division I final and falling in a nailbiter against eventual champ Barrington in the state tournament. This season Bousquet scored her 2,000th career point, averaged over 27 points per game and earned Gatorade Player of the Year. She’ll continue her career at Marist University.
There are the the winners that our staff selected in each sport and presented awards to at our June 18 All-State Awards Show held at The Providence Performing Arts Center, featuring URI wide receiver Marquis Buchanan.
We did our part, and now we're asking for your help. We're asking you to select the Longplex athlete of the season, for each of the three seasons on the high school sports calendar. Last week, we highlighted the fall players of the year - and North Kingstown volleyball star Kayleigh Garrepy won that poll. Now, we want to hear from you about the Longplex Athlete of the Winter. Below are the Players of the Year for each of the winter sports. Tell us who you would choose as the Longplex Athlete of the Winter.
Remember, only votes in the online poll at the end of this article will be accepted. No phone or email votes will be counted.
There wasn’t a more respected – or feared – player in Rhode Island than Bousquet, who wrapped up her career with the Quakers with her fourth All-State nod and third appearance on the All-State team. With Bousquet on the court, Moses Brown was a ***** le contender, reaching the Division I final and falling in a nailbiter against eventual champ Barrington in the state tournament. This season Bousquet scored her 2,000th career point, averaged over 27 points per game and earned Gatorade Player of the Year. She’ll continue her career at Marist University.
4 months ago
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Jeremy Renner was in a serious snowplow accident in 2023 that was near-fatal. And yet, the actor has since gone back to work on Mayor of Kingstown (which is expected to return on the 2026 TV schedule), done a movie and put out a memoir detailing his rehabilitation after the incident. He's made the bounce back from 38 broken bones and tissue damage look easy from the outside in, but in a new interview, he got honest about the fallout of the accident.
Back in January, Renner marked three years since the accident by joking about it, but it sounds like the experience continues to ricochet through his life and has given the 55-year-old a whole new perspective. In his words:
I mean, I'll be in recovery for the rest of my life. I think it goes beyond acting. I almost didn't want to go back into acting because I had to focus so much on real life. Nonfiction kind of stuff. To go into fiction was a little difficult, but I'm glad I'm back doing it.
Renner's recovery has been an extremely inspiring one. Just three months after he was run over by his seven-ton snowplow on his property in Nevada, he began to walk again – first with the ****** istance of an anti-gravity treadmill. A year after the event, he returned to work on Mayor of Kingstown and even did some of his own stunts on the crime thriller.
Jeremy Renner was in a serious snowplow accident in 2023 that was near-fatal. And yet, the actor has since gone back to work on Mayor of Kingstown (which is expected to return on the 2026 TV schedule), done a movie and put out a memoir detailing his rehabilitation after the incident. He's made the bounce back from 38 broken bones and tissue damage look easy from the outside in, but in a new interview, he got honest about the fallout of the accident.
Back in January, Renner marked three years since the accident by joking about it, but it sounds like the experience continues to ricochet through his life and has given the 55-year-old a whole new perspective. In his words:
I mean, I'll be in recovery for the rest of my life. I think it goes beyond acting. I almost didn't want to go back into acting because I had to focus so much on real life. Nonfiction kind of stuff. To go into fiction was a little difficult, but I'm glad I'm back doing it.
Renner's recovery has been an extremely inspiring one. Just three months after he was run over by his seven-ton snowplow on his property in Nevada, he began to walk again – first with the ****** istance of an anti-gravity treadmill. A year after the event, he returned to work on Mayor of Kingstown and even did some of his own stunts on the crime thriller.
