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High School Schedule: Scores and recaps from Thursday’s games around RI
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▶BOYS BASKETBALL
Division I
East Providence 55, Mount Pleasant 53
The Townies built enough of a lead in the first half that despite being outscored, 32-29, in the second frame, they were able to hold on to edge the Kilties. Tyler Gomez scored 15 points and Franklin Lopez added 10 more in the win. Ledell Henton and Benji Mordan topped the Kilties in scoring with 18 and 14 points, respectively, in the loss.
La Salle 78, North Kingstown 61
Nick Tarro poured in a game-high 21 points and teammates Jake Marcone had 19 and Lucas Gillis added 10 more as La Salle upended North Kingstown and moved to 3-0 on the season. Landon Boddington led the 1-1 Skippers with 17 points.
Barrington 60, Cumberland 40
The Eagles improved their record to 2-0 in D-1 with a dominant win over the Clippers. Barrington jumped out to a 12-0 lead and were never really challenged after that. Ryan Rigamonti scored 14 of his game high 20 points in the third quarter to pace the 2-0 Eagles and Caleb Satisfield and Colin McDermott also finished in double figures with 16 and 14 points, respectively. The Clippers were led by Ben Jahnz‘s four three pointers and 16 points and teammate Dylan Briere, who finished with 15.
Division II
Juanita Sanchez 67, Chariho 55
Robert Frazier-Robinson led all scorers with 27 points and Tyrelle Paye added 11 as the Cavaliers evened their record at 1-1 on the young season. Sean Westnedge led the Chargers with 21 points and Kian Underhill added 13 in the loss.
▶GIRLS BASKETBALL
Division I/II
South Kingstown 33, Cranston East 21
Makenzie Ribeiro led the Div. I Rebels with 13 points and Abigail O’Rourke added 5 to even SK’s record at 1-1. For the Div. II Thunderbolts (0-3), Ceanaa Tuazon scored a team-high 8 points and Isabella Dupret had 7 in the loss.
Division II
Narragansett 54, Johnston 18
Delaney Bonneau paced the Mariners with 15 points and recorded 6 rebounds and 3 steals in the win. Grace Blessing had 13 points, 8 assists and 9 boards and Brooke Caffrey added 12, as Gansett improved to 3-1. Annabella Gesualdi led the Panthers (1-3) with 9 points in the loss.
Division III
Davies 68, Times2 28
Aniyah Gomes poured in 17 points and teammates Jojo Ali and Deidra Delille scored 14 points apiece as Davies overwhelmed Times 2 in D-III contest. The Patriots’ win spoiled a solid outing by the Eagles’ Hadiya Jennings, who pumped in a game high 21 points in the loss.
▶BOYS HOCKEY
Nonleague
Ponaganset 5, Mount St Charles 5 (Tuesday)
Jake Steinkamp recorded a hat trick as Ponaganset scored twice with two minutes left to knot their nonleague contest with Mounties. Brennan Printer and Cody Sabatos also scored for the Chieftains. In net, Ponaganset goalies AJ Murgida and Rootie Boisvert made 15 saves apiece. (No stats were provided for Mount St. Charles.)
BOYS BASKETBALL
Mount St. Charles at Juanita Sanchez, 6 p.m.
Portsmouth at Hendricken, 6:30 p.m.
Times2 vs. St. Patrick at RI School for the Deaf, 7 p.m.
Coventry at Westerly, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Bay View at St. Raphael, 3:45 p.m.
Central at PCD, 4:30 p.m.
Juanita Sanchez vs. Moses Brown at Wheeler School, 5:30 p.m.
Scituate vs. Rogers at the Martin Recreation Center, 5:30 p.m.
Paul Cuffee/St. Patrick at Mount Pleasant, 5:30 p.m.
Shea/Tolman at Classical, 6 p.m.
Westerly at Portsmouth, 6:30m p.m.
Coventry at East Providence, 6:30 p.m.
Achievement First at Burrillville, 6:30 p.m.
Hope at Prout, 6:30 p.m.
Ponaganset at Barrington, 7 p.m.
Cranston West at La Salle, 7 p.m.
South Kingstown at North Kingstown, 7 p.m.
Cumberland at East Greenwich, 7 p.m.
Tiverton at Lincoln, 7 p.m.
Middletown at Exeter-West Greenwich, 7 p.m.
BOYS ICE HOCKEY
Pilgrim vs. Moses Brown at Thayer Arena, 3:45 p.m.
Portsmouth vs. Ponaganset at Levy Arena, 5 p.m.
South Kingstown/Westerly vs. Narragansett/Chariho at Boss Arena, 6:30 p.m.
Coventry/Johnston vs. Cumberland at Lynch Rink, 7 p.m.
Barrington at Burrillville, 7 p.m.
Smithfield vs. Hendricken at Thayer Arena, 7:15 p.m.
West Warwick/Exeter-West Greenwich vs. East Greenwich/Toll Gate at Benny Magiera Rink, 8 p.m.
Rogers Co-op vs. North Kingstown at Boss Arena, 8:15 p.m.
Prout vs. La Salle at Smithfield Rink, 8:30 p.m.
GIRLS ICE HOCKEY
Smith/Cov/MB vs.TG/Pilgrim at Thayer Arena, 5:30 p.m.
East Bay Co-Op at Cranston Co-Op at Cranston Vets, 8:10 p.m.
BOYS SWIMMING
PCD vs. East Greenwich at McDermott Pool, 6 p.m.
GIRLS SWIMMING
Smithfield vs. BVP/CF at MacColl YMCA, 4:30 p.m.
Toll Gate vs. Tolman/Shea/St. Pats at Pawtucket Boys and Girls Club, 5 p.m.
PCD/St. Rays vs. East Greenwich at McDermott Pool, 6 p.m.
Mt. Hope vs. Burrillville at Smithfield YMCA, 6:15 p.m.
BOYS INDOOR TRACK
RIIL Meet at PCTA, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS INDOOR TRACK
RIIL Meet at PCTA, 5:30 p.m.
KILLINGLY, Conn. (WTNH) — A Rhode Island man has died after he crashed his pickup truck into a house Wednesday night in Killingly, according to Connecticut State Police.
State police said the 2023 GMC Sierra was traveling westbound on Route 101 in the area of Valley Road when it failed to negotiate a curve around 10:20 p.m. The truck left the roadway and struck mailboxes, a street sign, and a residential structure.
The driver, identified as Matthew James Sherman, 42, of Foster, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Vehicle crashes into house on Route 101 in Killingly -
Vehicle crashes into house on Route 101 in Killingly
State police said the home sustained “catastrophic” damage. The front of the house was “destroyed,” according to the report, and the rest of the home had structural damage.
The house was searched by Urban Search and Rescue and found to be unoccupied at the time of the crash.
Route 101 between Chestnut Hill Road and Bailey Hill Road was closed for several hours, but reopened just before 5 a.m.
The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad also assisted.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Reporter Paul Edward Parker asks cast members of the “Real Housewives of Rhode Island” if they’re up for another season of the Bravo TV show.
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It was in a Rhode Island court that “The Real Housewives of Rhode Island” heated up as a Cranston woman sued the husband of one of the cast members for slander.
The legal fireworks started April 13, when Brian Pontarelli, husband of “Real Housewife” star Rulla Nehme Pontarelli, sued Beth Walker of Cranston in Superior Court, alleging that she violated a confidentiality agreement in another lawsuit by “making public statements and social media posts” about facts related to the earlier lawsuit.
On Tuesday, May 5, Walker fired back, calling the confidentiality agreement illegal and unenforceable, saying that Pontarelli broke it first by talking on “Real Housewives,” and filing a countersuit saying that he made false, “defamatory and disparaging” comments on the “Real Housewives” main show, as well as during a podcast and an after-show live broadcast. She is seeking unspecified damages.
A past affair, current speculation and a national audience feed lawsuit
Walker particularly identifies the April 26 episode of “Watch What Happens Live,” when host Andy Cohen brings back stars from the show, which was taped last year, for further discussion. In this episode, Brian and Rulla talk about how their marriage has survived his cheating with another woman.
One of the subplots of “The Real Housewives of Rhode Island,” which is midway through its first season, is whether or not the affair Brian had is still ongoing. Texts and social media posts by an unnamed woman, whom the cast refers to as “the mistress,” feature in several episodes.
What Beth Walker has to say
Reached by The Providence Journal on Wednesday afternoon, May 6, Walker’s lawyer, Frank L. Orabona Jr., said that she can’t tell her side of the story right now.
“A public narrative has been created around my client, but narrative and facts are not always the same thing,” Orabona said. “As this unfolds, the evidence will tell a very different story.”
Post-show discussion and podcast fuel drama in court
In the April 26 “Watch What Happens Live” episode, in which Walker’s suit says Pontarelli “discussed a romantic relationship … in a defamatory and disparaging manner,” Rulla and Brian talk about his affair with “the mistress,” also referring to her as “the cockroach.”
Walker’s Tuesday filing also served as her answer to Pontarelli’s suit, and she asked the court to toss his claim based on 16 separate grounds.
Among other things, Walker’s filing says:
- “Walker’s speech relates to topics of public concern being discussed weekly to a nationwide audience of millions of viewers.”
- “Any comments made by Walker were truthful, not disparaging, related to matters in the public domain and/or were made in good faith.”
- “As a result of the national publicity of the show, information related to [Pontarelli’s] personal, romantic relationships is public knowledge nationally across the United States and locally in communities throughout Rhode Island; and is otherwise in the public domain.”
- “It is inequitable and unfair to allow [Pontarelli] a national platform to discuss topics to a coast-to-coast audience and prohibit Walker from speaking on the same topics and/or from correcting false information being spread by [Pontarelli] or others.”
- Prohibiting her from commenting would violate the state and federal constitutions’ guarantee of free speech.
No hearings have been scheduled in the case.
Pontarelli’s lawyer, Jessica L. Basso, declined to comment on the case.
This story has been updated with new information.
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