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High school athletes arrive for the Fall 2025 All-State photo shoot at The Providence Journal’s downtown offices.
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🏀GAME OF THE NIGHT
Did the best high school basketball game of the season happen on Wednesday night?
The ups and downs between the Chariho and Juantia Sanchez boys basketball teams were rivaled only by the nearest amusement park and one overtime wasn’t enough to decide a winner. In the second overtime, Evander Perez came through with six points, helping the Chargers pull out the 84-76 win over the Cavaliers.
Juanita Sanchez got off to the start it wanted, with 13 combined points from Geston Richardson and Amaree Gomes giving the team a 19-11 lead. The second quarter belonged to Chariho, as seven different players scored and the defense locked down to give it a 31-25 lead at halftime.
The Cavaliers turned the tides on the Chargers in the third quarter – helped by a defense that allowed only eight points – but Chariho had enough in the fourth quarter to send the game to overtime. Both teams found a groove on offense in the first overtime, with each scoring 10 points, but Perez got the Chargers’ offense going in the second overtime and the defense held the Cavaliers to six points.
Three different Chariho players reached double figures and two others almost got there as well. Brendan Gleason led the way with 21 points and Perez and Riley Conroy both scored 19 in the win. Sam Ellis and Rohan Downing helped out with nine points apiece.
Richardson was masterful in defeat, scoring a season-best 35 points. Gomes ended his night with 14 points and Angel Collazo closed out with 13 in the loss.
🏀BOYS BASKETBALL – Division I
Smithfield 61, Portsmouth 56
C.J. Blakely and Christian Snowman came up big in the second half, helping the Sentinels pull off a 61-56 upset over the Patriots.
Smithfield came in with a 2-5 record in Division I while Portsmouth was 3-0, but those records didn’t mean anything when the teams hit the floor. The game was gritty between the two teams, but the Patriots found a way to take a 27-24 at halftime.
Blakely came out ready to prove a point in the third quarter and his 12 points were huge for the Sentinels, who matched Portsmouth’s pace and trailed 42-40 after the third quarter. Snowman grabbed the wheel in the fourth quarter for Smithfield and scored nine points, building a lead the Patriots couldn’t come back from.
Blakely finished as Smithfield’s top scorer with 19 points and Snowman closed with 14. Adam Conheeny led Portsmouth with 23 points and Jack Casey had 17 points and double-digit rebounds in defeat.
🏀BOYS BASKETBALL – Division III
Davies 58, Times2 49
Trailing at halftime, the Patriots put on a defensive clinic in the third quarter as the offense exploded before pulling out the 58-49 win.
Times2 trailed 11-9 after the first quarter, but found a groove in the second thanks to six points from Justin Urey and two 3-pointers from Jayden Navarrete that had the team up 26-23 at the break.
Davies didn’t like the direction the game was going and changed it in a hurry. The Patriots swarmed on defense and didn’t give up a single point while Ephraim Jean-Baptiste scored 10 of the their 22 points that made it 45-26 heading to the fourth quarter. Times2 tried to muster up a comeback, but the deficit was too big to overcome.
Jean-Baptiste and Austin Kearns finished as the top scorers for Davies with 16 points apiece. Jomar Lopes scored 11 and Albert Medrano was also in double figures with 10. Zion Rayside was Windex all night, grabbing 14 rebounds in the win.
Times2 had four players in double figures, led by 15 from Lucas Cruz. Navarette, Urey and Sekou Kaba scored 10 points each in the loss.
Toll Gate 59, Central Falls 36
The Double-Double Twins were at it again, helping the Titans get off to a quick start and put the game away by halftime in the 59-36 win over the Warriors.
Toll Gate had it working on both sides of the court early, outscoring Central Falls 17-4 in the first quarter and taking a 32-11 lead into halftime. The second half was just as methodical.
Damola Oremosu and Jake Andersen dominated the game and both had double-doubles. Oremosu finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds while Anderson scored 12 and pulled down 10 boards.
Aidan Tourangeau was also in double figures for the Titans, scoring 12. Will Goodine and Jaden Roache chipped in with six apiece.
Central Falls was led by Iryan Aubert, Rafael Borges Da Lomba and Terrell Ciprian, who scored six points apiece.
Exeter-West Greenwich 83, Middletown 59
The Scarlet Knights continued to score at a prolific pace, with five players reaching double figures in an 83-59 win over the Islanders.
With two 80–plus point scoring nights on its resume already, EWG added a third against Middletown. The Knights trailed 20-18 after the first quarter, but put together a practically perfect second to take a 39-29 lead into the break. Shining on both ends of the court in the third, EWG got its lead over 20 before cruising home with the win.
Matt Chartier closed his night with a bang, hitting three 3-pointers in the fourth and finishing the game with 24 points. Dylan Main scored 16 for the Knights and Bruce Sampson finished with 13. Stanley Berek and Brody Simoes were also in double figures with 10 points apiece.
Ryan Johnson was instrumental in Middletown’s early start and finished the evening with 20 points. Gabriel Cantone scored 13 in the loss.
Prout 65, Tiverton 60
Down at halftime, Ryan Antonucci and the offense got rolling and turned things around in a 65-60 win over the Tigers.
It was a close game all night, but a Caleb Purcell-led Tiverton took a 30-25 lead into the locker room. Coming out of halftime, Antonucci, Christian Pachis and Mike Brugnoli got the offense turned around and helped the Crusaders grab the victory.
Antonucci led Prout with 20 points, while Pachis scored 19 and Brugnoli added 12. Purcell led Tiverton with 20 points, with Philip Kenny scoring 17 and Jase Kelly getting 11 in the loss.
🏀BOYS BASKETBALL – Other Scores
The home team coach failed to report scores or stats to the Journal from the following games. Home team is noted in CAPS.
Division II
Pilgrim 80, NORTH PROVIDENCE 68
Division III
PROVIDENCE COUNTRY DAY 75, Hope 70
🏀GIRLS BASKETBALL — Division I
Classical 39, Chariho 35
The Chargers took an early lead as the Purple struggled to score in the opening quarter, but Classical turned the tables in the second quarter to take an 18-14 lead at the break. Daniella Jimenez led the Purple with 19 points and 12 of those were scored in the second half.
Menuhki Harris nearly completed Chariho’s comeback, scoring 9 of her team-high 11 points in the fourth frame. But the Chargers fell just short in the end.
St. Raphael 61, Juanita Sanchez 41
Leila Delgado had the offense rolling, the Saints defense dominated early and nothing changed after their good start in a 61-41 win over the Cavaliers.
Delgado came to play, scoring nine points in the first quarter that had St. Raphael ahead 21-4. While the offense slowed down a bit in the second, the defense didn’t as the Saints held Juanita Sanchez to 11 points and led 32-14 at halftime. The Cavaliers tried to battle back in the third, but SRA’s offense kept pace and was able to finish the game off clean.
Carolyn Abreau led the way for St. Raphael, scoring all 13 of her points in the first half. Keniamarie Oyola and Jocelyn Taylor were both in double figures with 10 and Delgado finished with the the nine points.
After a quiet first half, Anayjah Delves came alive in the second and finished the game with 21 points for Juanita Sanchez. Breanna Marcotte scored 11 in the loss.
Cranston West 43, West Warwick 34
The Falcons’ defense played well and Kyla Buco led the offense in a 43-24 win over the Wizards.
Buco was Cranston West’s lone scorer in double figures with 14 points. Maggie Sjoval and Tayla Walker both scored nine for the Falcons.
Alexa Foley led West Warwick with 10 points.
Westerly 55, Bacon Academy 24
The Bulldogs’ freshmen sensations Macy Antoch and Santanaa Hamelin got the team out to the start they wanted, taking a bite out of Bacon Academy, 55-24.
Antioch and Hamelin took control of the game in the first quarter, combining to score 12 of the team’s 20 points. Westerly led 20-6 after the first eight minutes, then gave up three points in the second and five in the third while it’s offense kept pumping in buckets.Ella Reyes got going in the second quarter and finished as the team’s top scorer with 15 points. Hamelin finished with 11, Antoch scored 10 and Danica Jarrett chipped in with seven points.
🏀GIRLS BASKETBALL – Division II
Lincoln School 57, Rogers 48
The Lynx tried to give away a big lead, but Sarah Berube made sure they finished things off in a 57-48 win over the Vikings.
Lincoln School’s starting five found a rhythm early and the consistency was there, scoring 15 points in each of the first two quarters to take a 30-21 lead into halftime. Rogers flipped momentum coming out of the locker room, and two 3-pointers from Abby Hole and solid defense cut the deficit to five heading to the fourth quarter.
But Lincoln School’s offense awoke from its third-quarter slumber, with Berube scoring seven of the team’s 20 points that sealed up the win.
The senior guard had a productive night, leading the Lynx with 21 points. Reign Whiteing came through with 14 points and Alivia Harris joined them in double figures with 11. Freshman Aubrey Watkins helped out with seven points.
Rogers had three players in double figures, led by 13 from Zaida Aponte. Hole finished her night with 12 points and Lila Leys scored 10 in the loss.
East Providence 49, La Salle 38
The Townies used balanced scoring to pull of a 49-38 upset over the Division I Rams.
Zarae Hall was the focal point of the East Providence offense, scoring 16 points to go with seven rebounds. Trinity Provencher scored nine points to go with 10 rebounds and Nadiyah Calouro-Vargas scored nine points in the win.
🏀GIRLS BASKETBALL – Division III
Pilgrim 46, Burrillville 17
The Patriots let their defense do all the talking and eight different players scored as they rolled to a 46-17 win over the Broncos.
Pilgrim has had some strong offensive nights, but the defense was the star of the show, holding Burrillville to just two points in the first, second and fourth quarters. Maddison Belanger made sure the offense got off to a good start, scoring nine of the team’s 16 first-quarter points that led to a 26-4 halftime lead.
Belanger led the Patriots with 13 points and while she was the only double-digit scorer, seven other players came up with buckets. Natalie Fratus nearly got there, scoring nine points, and Skylar Hawes and Lia Wasilewski both scored six in the win.
Mackenzie Stone was a bright spot for the Burrillville offense, scoring 10 points.
Central 46, Middletown 30
Keeana Palmer‘s solid performance (18 points, 3 blocks, 5 steals, 7 assists and 8 rebounds) helped pave the way for the Lady Knights’ win over the Islanders. Eveisha Santana also figured in the victory with 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals and sophomore Anaya Rios Rodriguez scored 8 points with 2 treys and turned in a solid effort on defense. Central improved to 5-1 on the year.
Senior Lamaya Gonsolves had 15 points with 5 rebounds and 3 steals for Middletown in the loss.
Achievement First 32, Times2 28
One big quarter did the trick for the Falcons, who held on in the final eight minutes to beat the Eagles, 32-28, for their first win of the season.
It was a classic rockfight in the first half, with Times2 taking a 13-12 lead into the locker room. Achievement First came out firing in the second half, as Silvyraida Mustafa powered the offense and scored seven of the team’s 12 points that gave them a 24-15 lead. Times2’s Haidya Jenkins and Maylin Hilario tried to get their team back in the game, but the Falcons’ lead proved to be too big.
Mustafa finished her night with 11 points. Ny’Asia Cruz came up with eight points for Achievement First and Jeiliany Calero scored six. It was the first win of the season for the Falcons and second in program history.
Jenkins led Times2 with 17 points. Jenna Jennings added six points and Hilario had the remaining five, all coming in the fourth quarter.
🏀GIRLS BASKETBALL – Other Scores
The home team coach failed to report scores or stats to the Journal from the following games. Home team is noted in CAPS.
Division I
Portsmouth 47, MOSES BROWN 40
Division II
Johnston 37, MT. HOPE 31
Lincoln 66, WOONSOCKET 51
🤼WRESTLING
Westerly 65, Classical 18
Westerly 77, Johnston 5
THURSDAY’S GAMES
🏀BOYS BASKETBALL – Division I
Classical at East Providence, 6:30 p.m.
La Salle at Barrington, 7 p.m.
Hendricken at Cumberland, 7 p.m.
Cranston East at Johnston, 7 p.m.
Lincoln at Tolman, 7 p.m.
🏀BOYS BASKETBALL – Division II
Narragansett at South Kingstown, 5:30
Burrillville at Chariho, 6:30 p.m.
Mt. Hope at Middletown, 6:30 p.m.
Moses Brown at St. Raphael, 6:30 p.m.
Rogers at Cranston West, 7 p.m.
East Greenwich at West Warwick, 7 p.m.
🏀BOYS BASKETBALL – Division III
Ponaganset at North Smithfield, 6 p.m.
Block Island at Toll Gate, 6 p.m.
St. Patrick at Providence Country Day, 6:30 p.m.
Prout at Blackstone Valley Prep, 7 p.m.
Scituate at Paul Cuffee, 7 p.m.
🏀GIRLS BASKETBALL – Division I
Moses Brown at Bay View, 4 p.m.
Cumberland at St. Raphael, 4:45 p.m.
🏀GIRLS BASKETBALL – Division II
South Kingstown at Narragansett, 5:30 p.m.
Tiverton at Durfee (Mass.), 6:30 p.m.
Coventry at Cranston East, 7 p.m.
North Smithfield at Smithfield, 7 p.m.
🏀GIRLS BASKETBALL – Division III
Exeter-West Greenwich at North Providence, 6:30 p.m.
BOYS INDOOR TRACK
RIIL Tournament at PCTA, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS INDOOR TRACK
RIIL Tournament at PCTA, 5:30 p.m.
BOYS SWIMMING
NP/Smith/NS Co-op vs. Portsmouth at North Providence Pool, 4 p.m.
Moses Brown vs. South County Boys Co-op at Rhode Island College, 5 p.m.
Pilg/TG Co-op vs. BVP/CF/Pawtucket Co-op at McDermott Pool, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS SWIMMING
NP/Smith/NS Co-op vs. Portsmouth at North Providence Pool, 4 p.m.
Moses Brown vs. South County Boys Co-op at Rhode Island College, 5 p.m.
Pilg/TG Co-op vs. BVP/CF/Pawtucket Co-op at McDermott Pool, 5:30 p.m.
Midd/Rog Co-op vs. Burr/Scit Co-op at Newport YMCA, 7:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pilgrim, Prout, West Warwick at Pilgrim, 5 p.m.
Woonsocket at Mt. Pleasant, 5:30 p.m.
Lincoln at North Providence, 6 p.m.
Rhode Island
Bodycam footage shows moments police respond to Pawtucket shooting
Police bodycam footage shows the moments officers arrived to the scene of a deadly mass shooting in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
The shooting on Feb. 16 at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena killed Rhonda Dorgan and Aidan Dorgan, the ex-wife and son of the shooter, who died by suicide.
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Gerald Dorgan, Rhonda’s father, died from his injuries this week. His wife, Linda Dorgan, and family friend Thomas Geruso remain hospitalized.
Around five minutes after the first officer arrives, he beings helping paramedics with a man who identifies himself as Aidan. Twelve minutes in, Aidan Dorgan is transported to the hospital, where he would later die from his injuries.
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For the last 10 minutes of the footage, the officer then begins helping paramedics transport the other three gunshot victims.
The video ends with police prepping witness interviews.
The shooting rocked the Pawtucket community. Chris Librizzi, head coach of the Blackstone Valley Schools hockey team impacted by the shooting, said the players and coaching staff “are devastated over the events that took place at Lynch Arena on Monday and intimately affected one of our teammates.”
As authorities continue investigating the shooting in Pawtucket, three patients remain in critical condition.
“We will lean on each other and support one another, as we have always done as a team,” he added.
Pawtucket police said two handguns were found at the scene after the shooting, a Sig Sauer P226 and Glock. Other weapons have been seized at the suspect’s storage unit in Maine.
Investigators continue reviewing all video evidence from before, during and after the shooting, including surveillance footage from the Dennis M. Lynch Arena, police body-worn camera footage and other records — a high school sports livestream captured the shooting from a distance — police said.
Rhode Island
Man killed in RI shooting; suspect involved in Mass. car crash that killed 2 others
A man has died after a shooting in Cranston, Rhode Island, and investigators say a suspect was later involved in a car crash in Swansea, Massachusetts, that killed two other people.
The shooting victim was found Thursday on Legion Way, shot multiple times in the chest, Cranston police told NBC affiliate WJAR-TV. He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital where he later died. His name has not been released.
The suspect initially fled on foot, setting off a shelter-in-place order while investigators searched the area.
Police said Friday that investigators identified a suspect vehicle, which was later spotted by Massachusetts State Police. A trooper followed the car down Route 6 and Interstate 195, but stopped when it crossed back into Rhode Island. The car was later involved in a crash on Route 136 in Swansea, Mass.
Swansea police say that crash on Route 136 (James Reynolds Road) resulted in the deaths of two other people.
According to the Swansea Police Department, two officers saw a white Infinity G37 speed past them around 12:18 a.m. Friday on Route 6, otherwise known as Grand Army of the Republic Highway. Moments later, officers observed that the vehicle had crashed into the side of a blue Subaru Ascent that had been traveling southbound on Route 136.
Both vehicles sustained catastrophic damage, police said.
The vehicle that was struck was fully engulfed in flames. First responders and bystanders tried to extinguish the fire, but both occupants — a man and a woman — were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Their names have not been released.
The 28-year-old Infinity driver, who struck the victims’ Subaru, was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with serious injuries and later into custody by Cranston Police. They have not been publicly identified at this time.
Swansea police said they are aware that the Infinity was the subject of a police pursuit, and know the driver was wanted in connection to the Rhode Island homicide investigation. While Swansea police had been alerted to be on the lookout for the suspect’s vehicle, however, they say they were not involved in the pursuit and were not pursuing the vehicle at the time of the deadly crash.
The crash in Swansea is under investigation by Massachusetts authorities, including state police and the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. Meanwhile, Cranston police said they would give an update on their investigation around 1 p.m.
Rhode Island
RI House speaker unveils housing bills for 2026. What to know
House Speaker Shekarchi unveils 2026 RI housing legislative package
House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s nine-bill package for 2026 seeks to cut red tape and relax rules on parking, dividing lots and staircases.
House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi is once again taking aim at the regulations he says are stifling new homebuilding.
The Warwick Democrat unveiled his sixth annual suite of housing legislation on Thursday, Feb. 26, a few weeks after announcing he would not be running for governor this year.
“We are still trying to play catch-up for all the years that Rhode Island was dead last in the country for new housing starts,” Shekarchi said. “While Rhode Island remains a relatively affordable option for people moving here from other states, our own residents are too often priced out of the neighborhoods they grew up in.”
The legislative text of the nine-bill housing package, and with it the specifics of how it would work, were not available for Thursday’s news conference.
But highlights of the package, according to summaries, include:
- Infill housing. Allow property owners to divide lots in single-family zoning districts, creating multiple dwellings instead of one, provided they have water and sewer service.
- Parking maximums. Put new limits on how much off-street parking communities require for new apartment buildings.
- Homeless Bill of Rights. Expand the state’s Homeless Bill of Rights to require 15-day notice to the occupants of encampments before local authorities clear them.
- Emergency shelters. Let communities build temporary shelters, such as the ECHO Village Pallet shelter in Providence, during a state of emergency.
- Stairs. Legalize the construction of four-story apartment buildings with a single staircase.
- Affordable housing taxes. Overhaul the tax system for income-restricted housing covered by the state’s “8 Law.”
Is land-use reform working?
Since Shekarchi was elected speaker in 2021, the General Assembly has passed dozens of bills he backed that tweaked state land-use statutes or streamlined the process for building.
How successful this approach has been is subject to debate.
Many local elected officials wary of development in their communities continue to rail against efforts to erode their power over construction.
Others in the growing Yes In My Back Yard movement see Rhode Island’s piecemeal approach as inadequate in comparison with the scale of the affordability problem and what other states are doing.
As evidence that his changes are making a difference, Shekarchi said Rhode Island saw a 70% increase in building permits in 2023 and a more modest increase in 2024. (Statistics for last year were not immediately available.)
Gov. Dan McKee’s 2030 plan calls for 15,000 new housing units built by that year.
Democratic primary challenger Helena Foulkes is slated to roll out her housing plan on Monday.
It is expected to include a millionaires tax to fund affordable housing, a revolving fund and target of 20,000 new homes.
What would the new laws do?
Letting property owners put multiple homes on a plot of land is one of the most direct ways that lawmakers can encourage the construction of more homes, but it is also one of the most controversial.
That’s especially true in areas zoned for large lots and single-family homes.
How far the new bill allowing lots to be subdivided in single-family zones goes is unclear. It is sponsored by Rep. Stephen Casey, D-Woonsocket.
Legislation setting maximum parking requirements for new developments, introduced by Rep. Joshua Giraldo, D-Central Falls, would apply to areas accessible by public transit.
Critics of off-street parking requirements say they make it harder to build new apartments and make the units that are built more expensive.
Shekarchi proposed the emergency shelter bill last year. It passed the House and died in the Senate.
It was the result of how long it took state officials to navigate Rhode Island’s building code and open the ECHO Village Pallet shelter in Providence.
The staircase bill, sponsored by Rep. June Speakman, a Warren Democrat and chair of the House’s home affordability study commission, follows a wave of cities and states relaxing rules on how many exits are required in new construction.
Currently, the state building code requires two stairways in buildings with more than three stories, and fire officials have opposed all efforts to change that.
Speakman’s bill would allow four-story buildings with a maximum of 16 units with a single staircase.
Supporters of single-stair buildings say they allow development of small sites that would otherwise sit vacant and allow family-sized units with more light and better ventilation.
A previous Rhode Island single-stair bill would have allowed six stories, but it died in committee.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order in mid-February to study the idea.
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