- BASKETBALL CLINICS
- "Cathy Rush Basketball Camp".
- RHODE ISLAND BREAKERS GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM (1997 *1)
- RHODE ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' DIVISION I BASKETBALL & ALL-STATE TEAM (1996-1999 ***3)
- SOUTH KINGSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM (1996-1999 ***3)
- URI WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM (1996-1999 ***3)
- The "SCRIPT" - On Feb 24, 1998, Nykesha Sales, a great basketball player from UConn
became an actor. At the time, she was the second leading scorer in the history
of UConn Women's Basketball, just ONE POINT behind Kerry Bascom-Poliquim. That was a wonderful accomplishment. Injured and out for the rest of the season, the senior
was allowed to score two (why not just one to tie the record?) points. Now, having "acted" her 2177th and 2178th points, she is in the UConn Record Book as the player with an asterisk tattooed to her forehead. Shame on UConn Coach, Geno Auriemma, Villanova Coach, Harry Perretta, Big East Commissioner, Michael Tranghese and other involved in writing this SCRIPT. (What was the point? Why wasn't the initial jump at least legitimate ... after each team exchanged baskets, UConn was "given" the ball. They didn't earn it! Tranghese said he would not have okayed the SCRIPT if it had been a male basketball player.) Update - 3/11/98, ESPN reports that Nykesha was credited with a basket she never made in the Jan 22nd game against Seton Hall. Do you think
if Geno had it to do all over again, he would? Boo!
- The "SCRIPT-II" - On Oct 25, 2003, Nate Haasis was given a "Nykesha". He was allowed to become only the 12th Illinois High School quarterback
to pass for 5,000 yards or more. His team, Southeast, was losing at the time to Cahokia, late in the game, when the two coaches struck a deal.
"We will let you score if you let Nate complete the needed pass". Two days later, Nate called the commissioner of the Central Eight
Conference to ask that the completion not count. "I didn't feel right," said Haasis. Congratulations!
- Other WWW Links ...
- FASTPITCH CLINICS
- RHODE ISLAND FASTPITCH LEAGUE (1995-1997 *1)
- RHODE ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL FASTPITCH & ALL-STATE TEAM (1997-1998 **2)
- "SOUTH COUNTY WAVES" FASTPITCH SOFTBALL TEAM (1995-1997 *****1+4)
- South Kingstown High School Fastpitch Team - Starts 1998 (Any interest?)
- URI SOFTBALL TEAM (1997-1999 ***3)
- Other WWW Links ...
- Buzz Classic, The Buzz Classic is held at the Al Bishop Softball Complex in Marietta, Georgia. Directions: I-75 to Exit #261 (Delk Road). Go west on Delk Road.
Stay in left lane to continue on Delk Road (DO NOT TAKE the Hwy 41 split) for about 10 minutes (many traffic lights) passing Lockheed Corp. and Dobbins A.F.B. Turn right on Austell Road at traffic light. Turn right on County Services Pkwy at traffic light.
Go down the hill and turn left at Al Bishop Drive. Al Bishop Softball Complex is approximately 100 yards down on the right.
- Miscellaneous ... Paige Stamp, from Lisbon Iowa, broke Michelle
Granger's career high school strike-out mark with 1,703 K's (68 more than Granger).
She was 159-16, with 30 earned runs in 1,119 1/3 innings. She walked 83 and gave
up 293 hits. She will pitch for UofIllinois-Chicago. Lisbon High, as do all Iowa High
Schools, play their season from May-August. [Fastpitch World, Oct '96]
Update: 3/18/98 ... Paige Stamp played for UIC (Illinois-Chicago) last season and was 7-3 with a 1.59 ERA in 19 appearances. She struck out 57 in 75.0 innings. Unfortunately, she transferred after her rookie year to a small school back in Iowa, possibly Coe College.
- Rhode Island Junior Olympic A.S.A. Girls' Fastpitch League
(Al Southwick (401-294-3331 x240), Recreation Director of North Kingstown, heads the league which is made up of local recreation teams throughout Rhode Island. Being replaced in 1997 by a new league headed by Mark O'Leary and Tom Galib. See Rhode
Island Panthers for more info.
- Amateur Softball Association |
Fastpitch Forum |
NSA |
North American Sports Federation |
OurTeam.com |
Softball Sales |
Softball Search
(Where is that missing logo?)
- Directions to RI High Schools
- RI Interscholastic League, B-#6, RIC, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Providence, RI 02908-1991, 401-272-9844, Fax 401-272-9838, (Closes for month of July)
- Administration
- Executive Director: Richard Lynch
- Assistant Executive Director: Richard Magarian
- Chairperson: Thomas A Mezzanotte
- Administrative Assistant: Maryann Brown
- Web Page: www.to-come ($19,000 development cost
- you've got to be kidding!) It's here now.
- Girls Sports
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Fall: Cross Country (All State = 7), Field Hockey (A.S.=11),
Soccer (A.S.=11), Tennis (A.S.=10)
- Winter: Basketball (A.S.=5), Gymnastics, Indoor Track, Swimming
- Spring: Golf, Fastpitch Softball (A.S.=10), Outdoor Track,
Slowpitch Softball (A.S.=11), Volleyball (A.S.=6)
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- Coed (Boys) Sports (Supposedly, all boys' sports
are coed)
- Fall: Cross Country, Football (Danyelle Stephenson/SK)
(A.S. Defense=13; Offense=14), Soccer (A.S.=11, Volleyball
- Winter: Basketball, Hockey (Sara DeCosta/Toll Gate), Indoor Track,
Swimming, Wrestling (Alice Hill/SK)
- Spring: Baseball, Golf, Outdoor Track, Tennis
- Note: An athlete can play two varsity sports at the same time
if one sport is track and he or she competes in a field
event only.
- A typical season ...
- For SKHS ...
- Soccer 8/19/97-11/ 8/97 ( 85 days); 3 days off until the
winter sport (made playoffs);
- Basketball 11/12/97- 2/20/98 (104 days); 12 days off until the
spring sport;
- Volleyball 3/ 5/98- 5/21/98 ( 78 days).
Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame. (ProJo, Nov 1, 1996) ... SOUTH KINGSTOWN - "The Institute for International Sport, .... build ... Hall of Fame. The facility will be on the south west corner of the URI campus. Official opening in June of 1997."
URI/Arena. (ProJo, May 29, 1996) ... PROVIDENCE - "Governor Almond has started discussions with
University of Rhode Island officials on building a state-of-the-art 10,000-seat arena on the Kingston campus to replace Keaney Gym, URI's historical but outmoded basketball stadium." Keaney, with 4,000 seats, opened in 1953.
- Pre-bid conferences to be held next week. (ProJo, Dec 24, 1996)
- URI is still thinking of replacing Keaney Gym. Added to the plans for a new $25-million facility will be a $3.5-million golf course along Plains Road. (ProJo, Aug 21, 1997)
- Proposal for 7,500 seat arena, two ice rinks, and a golf course presented to President Carothers. (ProJo, Sep 11, 1997)
- Plans for new arena will be ready for public review next month. (ProJo, Jan 24, 1998)
- URI Board of Governor's okay $250,000 to continue the review process. (ProJo, Mar 20, 1998)
- Governor Almond names a 25-member panel to create business partnerships and raise up to $50 million. (ProJo, Apr 09, 1998)
- Governor Almond proposed that $13.6 million of the state surplus go towards the new URI Arena. (ProJo, May 21, 1998)
- Governor Almond announces a financing package to build the new arena. URI,
corporate arena boosters, and the legislature finally appear to be in step. (ProJo, Jun 17, 1998)
- Groundbreaking for $43.6 million facility will be March of 2000. It will open November, 2001. (ProJo, Dec 22, 1998)
- On Jul 13, 2000 Governor Almond put the wrecking ball into the URI Fieldhouse as
construction officially or unofficially began. (Narr Times Jul 19, 2000)
- Oct 14, 2000 - Governor Almond and others, with shovels in hand, celebrate the
"ground breaking" for the $54 million convocation center. Absent was the SK Town Council.
(Narr Times Oct 18, 2000)
- Jun 23, 2002 - Open house for the 8,000seat, $54 million convocation center. It's the Thomas M. Ryan Center,
named for the CEO of the CVS Corp. (ProJo Jun 18, 2002)
- The First Annual "Narragansett Half Iron Man Triathlon" was held Sep 7, 1997. The swim was at Narragansett Beach, the bike ride went down Route #1 to Westerly, and the run was north through Narragansett finishing back at the beach. Roz
gave it a "thumbs up".
- The Annual Narragansett Ten Mile Road Race is held the last Friday of July at 1800 hours.
- The 22nd Annual "Ocean State Marathon" was held Nov 9, 1997. Rainy, windy. This race begin in 1976 in Newport, RI. For a few years there was a competing marathon but not anymore. The race runs from Narragansett to Warwick, RI.
- The Annual 15K "Run Around The Block" is held the first Saturday after Labor Day. A great race. Course record of 45:52 (1994) is held by Richard Nerurkar. Women's record of 55:41 is held by one of SCFun's favorites, Janice Cataldo (19
85) and Kim Ginder (1988). Was it held in 1997?
- Who is Mike BUCKLEY? He set the open male record for the Around Cape Ann 25K on Labor Day back in 1979.
- WHERE is the distance for a given race measured as the course proceeds right, around this corner, and left, around that corner - at the edge, where?
- Other WWW Links ...
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