Rhode Island High School Football News

DRIBBLE DRIVE: Shane Moran drives past a Johnston defender last week. Moran will start for the Titans this season.

WRAPPED UP: Hendricken quarterback Tom Verdi fights to stay on his feet against Barrington's Adam Toman.

Emotions that have been kept in check since opening the season on Sept. 5, came out in tears and embraces for Carmel, but words were hard to come by.

CRASH COURSE: Warwick Vets defensive back Matthew Brown breaks up a pass intended for Pilgrim wide receiver Jacob Ahern during the annual Thanksgiving Day game.

Four more teams were at Cranston Stadium Sunday looking to earn a Rhode Island High School Super Bowl crown.

It was Super Saturday in the world of local high school football, as two Rhode Island State Champions were crowned at Cranston Stadium.

The Toll Gate hockey team lost eight seniors that were all contributors from last yeara s squad and, of the Titansa current 20-man roster, 12 are underclassmen.

By BRENDAN MCGAIR Sports writer PAWTUCKET Jean-Daniel Roussel already had the day he would officially pen his letter-of-intent mapped out.

Director of Athletics Gary Walters a 67 will conduct a nationwide search for the next head coach of the football team.

The Bishop Hendricken football team was a very different club the last time it faced La Salle.

PAWTUCKET Trevor Vasey's quarterback keeper from a yard out proved to be the difference in St.

Over and over Friday, University of New Hampshire quarterback R.J. Toman dropped back on the artificial turf of Cowboy Stadium and tossed 30-yard passes to an array of receivers.

We're always thankful for the little things, especially small- college news that comes in modest doses: After dismantling McKendree 52-28 in the opening round of the NAIA football playoffs, fourth-ranked Saint Xavier enters Phase 2 of its national-championship plan when it hosts Lambuth in a matchup of high-scoring 12-0 teams on Saturday at 1 p.m.

They've been through more emotional strain than people their age should have to endure and have found a way to transfer tragedy and uncertainty into positive energy on the football field.

How did Brown not win the Ivy League football championship? The third-place Bears have the co-player of the year and 10 first-team All-Ivy selections, more than the league champion Penn and second-place Harvard .

Thanksgiving means something for everybody. It's a time to go home, to see family, friends and to be thankful for what you have.

The pasta at the North Providence Jets season-ending dinner must have tasted great Sunday night.

It's been a season of frustration for the North Providence High School football team.

Thanksgiving Day football games may have lost some of their luster in recent years with the advent of increased playoff pools, but it doesn't mean the annual rivalry contests don't still stir the emotions of the players, coaches and fans from their respective schools.

In the field house of LaSalle Academy this afternoon Joshua Kraft, Governor Donald Carcieri, Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed, Speaker William Murphy, Patriots and Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Tippett and The Most Rev.