Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s 15th Annual Energy, Environment and Oceans Leaders Day (EEO Day) held Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, was a big success. The purpose of the workshop is to recognize Rhode …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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12/20/24
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Winter sports are underway and plenty of our teams will be in the mix to do some damage. Here are some of the teams that I will be watching closely in the next few months. For boys basketball, …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/20/24
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Warwick was buzzing on Tuesday night as the Bishop Hendricken basketball team hosted rival La Salle in its season opener. Despite a strong start for the Hawks, the Rams would take control in the …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/20/24
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The defending champion Toll Gate girls basketball team has faced an uphill battle in the early going this winter and dropped to 0-2 on Monday night when it fell 41-16 to Exeter-West Greenwich. …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/20/24
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The Warwick Beacon’s Athlete of the Week is Pilgrim basketball player Jack Bannon. The Pats are off to a stellar start this season, picking up wins in their first three games including a …
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12/20/24
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The Pilgrim boys basketball team is off to a strong start as it currently sits at 3-0. The Pats got an opening night win over East Providence before picking up wins against St. Ray’s and …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/20/24
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The Warwick Beacon is thrilled to unveil its 2024 Fall All-City sports teams, recognizing some of the area’s top athletes from this past season. Athletes were chosen based on their achievements …
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12/11/24
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The Pilgrim basketball team is gearing up for tip-off and returns a veteran core to lead the way. The team has been rebuilding in recent seasons and reached the Division II playoffs in 2023 after an …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/11/24
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Striped bass have been under a rebuilding plan since 2019. The most recent 2024 stock assessment update conducted by the Atlantic States Mariene Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) found the resource …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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12/10/24
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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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