The Pilgrim football team rolled past visiting Toll Gate 34-8 on Thanksgiving to win its third straight Beacon Bowl while extending its streak over the Titans to five games. The Pats got on the board …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/4/24
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The Rocky Hill field hockey team entered the 2024 fall season with high hopes in its new conference, as it switched from the RIIL to NEPSAC. The Mariners saw immediate success and managed to reach …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/4/24
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It was halftime of last week’s Thanksgiving football game between Pilgrim and Toll Gate. It was cold, windy, wet. I was huddled under a tent on the Pilgrim sideline just trying to send out some …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/4/24
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At the depths we often catch fish there is little light and little color. Fish do not see red or blue in deep water. You might say they are colorblind or nonpartisan. They just aim to survive and …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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12/4/24
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
The Pilgrim and Toll Gate football teams are set for another Beacon Bowl showdown on Thanksgiving morning and each will be plenty motivated to get a win in the final game of …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/27/24
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
The Bishop Hendricken football team relied on its typical standouts to beat La Salle 24-21 for its 19th state championship last Friday night, but the difference was the …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/26/24
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NOAA Fisheries reached out to anglers with a New England Recreational Fishing Roundtable earlier this month at the Providence Hilton Hotel and online. The purpose of the meeting was to share updates …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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11/26/24
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The Bishop Hendricken football team edged La Salle to earn its 13th state championship in the past 15 years. It’s cliché to say this, but it really was a team win in every sense of the …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/26/24
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The top-seeded Bishop Hendricken football team punched its ticket to its 15th straight Rhode Island state championship when it held off No. 4 Cumberland, 35-22, last Friday night at home. Hendricken …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/20/24
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The Ponaganset football team overcame a halftime deficit to hand Pilgrim a 32-16 loss in the Division III semifinals, ending the Pats’ 2024 run. Pilgrim took a 16-15 lead into the halftime …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/20/24
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Pilgrim saw three of its athletes sign their college letters last week at the school. Recent cross country state champion Keaney Bayha as well as track and field state champion Brandon Wolfenden …
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11/20/24
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Last week marked the return of boxing legend Mike Tyson when he fought YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. To be frank, I figured we’d be in for a freak show and that’s exactly what we got. …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/19/24
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Striped bass have been under a rebuilding plan since 2019. Although some of the conservation measures taken since then are working the most recent 2024 stock assessment update conducted by the …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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11/19/24
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A jam-packed Thayer Arena, filled with young hockey players and former NHL stars, took the time on Sunday to honor one man who has called the arena a second home for much of his life.
Yogi Gardiner has been coaching hockey in Warwick for 50 years, and with...
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/14/24
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The No. 2 Pilgrim football team took down No. 7 Johnston 28-27 in the Division III quarterfinals last week in Warwick. The two teams met up in October with the Pats hanging on for a 52-50, …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/13/24
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The No. 2 Pilgrim football team took down No. 7 Johnston 28-27 in the Division III quarterfinals last week in Warwick. The two teams met up in October with the Pats hanging on for a 52-50, …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/13/24
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The Warwick Beacon’s Athlete of the Week is Bishop Hendricken soccer player Jack Mefford. Mefford was a staple in the Hendricken offense all season long and went off in the postseason on the …
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11/13/24
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The Pilgrim Parent Teacher Student Association recently held its annual Gerald Habershaw Scholarship cornhole tournament. Winners were Jay Almeida and Brian Gallucci. The second place team was Bob …
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11/13/24
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The Bishop Hendricken soccer team won its first state championship since 1998 last Sunday at Rhode Island College when it took down rival La Salle Academy in a shootout. The top-seeded Hawks were …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/12/24
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As of Friday, Nov. 1st, vessels 65 feet or longer must slow to 10 knots or less in the North Atlantic Right Whale Seasonal Management Area. For Massachusetts and Rhode Island mariners and anglers …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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11/12/24
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