Smithfield baseball and softball teams advance; Barrington, NK boys tennis teams win, too
BASEBALL
Division I
Portsmouth 11, Coventry 8
Host Portsmouth overcame a pair of multiple-run deficits to defeat Coventry in a Pod 1 preliminary round playoff game that started Tuesday and finished Wednesday. The game was halted by darkness on Tuesday after five innings with Portsmouth leading, 9-8. Coventry returned to Portsmouth on Wednesday but failed to get a hit against Patriots’ pitcher Oliver Rey in its two at-bats. Rey also cracked a two-run double in the bottom of the sixth to give his team some breathing room. John Mass led Portsmouth’s 13-hit attack with a double and three singles. Matt Nolan swatted a bases-clearing double in the second inning and also had a single. Casey Cord had two singles as eight of nine Patriots had at least one hit. Logan Downey went 3-for-4 for Coventry. Tom Turner contributed a triple and single for the Oakers. Portsmouth will face Cumberland in the double-elimination portion of the bracket on Friday.
Smithfield 2, Cranston East 1
Runs were hard to come by as both teams’ starters threw gems, but Ryan Flynn’s fourth-inning sacrifice fly proved to be the difference in the Sentinels’ 2-1 win over the Thunderbolts.
Smithfield starter Brayden Shadoian – who finished with 10 strikeouts – and Cranston East’s John Devine – who finished with nine – were both on top of their games, with both refusing to let the offenses do anything of note. The Thunderbolts scored in the top of the first after some smart baserunning by Angel Garcia caught the Sentinels sleeping, but it was the last run Shadoian would surrender.
An RBI single by Chris Lopez tied the game for Smithfield before Flynn’s sacrifice fy in the fourth. Cranston East nearly came back, leading off the seventh inning with a triple, but Shadoian struck out the next batter, got a ground out and after an intentional walk, got a fly ball to center field to end the game.
The win sends the Sentinels to the double-elimination portion of the Division I tournament, where they’ll get a chance to play La Salle, the top seed from I-B. The loss ends Cranston East’s season.
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Division III
Classical 2, Blackstone Valley 1
SOFTBALL
Division I
Smithfield 6, North Kingstown 4
The Sentinels started the scoring in the first inning, as Leah Saunders drove in Madison Kennedy with a triple. Three more runs came in the second, with RBIs by Sophia Parrillio, Lauren Boyd and Skyla Oliveira. The Skippers tied it up in the top of the fifth, when Mia D’Andrea hit a bases-clearing triple. But Smithfield added two more in the fifth and held on to win. Cayley McCurdy pitched the last 3 innings to pick up the victory. D'Andrea pitched all 6 innings for NK in the loss. Smithfield advances to face top-seed Pilgrim on Saturday in the double-elimination first round the championship tournament.
Cumberland 14, Prout 4
Cumberland's Reilly Austin's grand slam in the bottom of the fourth put her team up for good as the Clippers rolled over Prout in the Division I play-in game. Aside from the slam, Austin had two more hits and drove in six runs altogether. CC Lanzi also had three hits and three RBI in the win and Kaitlyn Berger added 3 more RBI. Emma Manzo and Alivia Ring each had two hits for the Crusaders in the loss.
Bay View 9, St. Raphael 0
Division III
Cranston 10, Davies 6
Nevaeh Fatorma banged out four hits, including a home run, and she also drove in 3 runs to lead Cranston East to victory over the higher-seeded Davies despite being outhit 12-10 in the Division III playoff game. Also contributing to the win was Jaylanie Rosado, who had three knocks, including a triple and an RBI. Reiley Murray had 4 hits and 2 RBI for the Patriots in the loss.
Ex./West Greenwich 9, Shea/Tolman 3
BOYS LACROSSE
Division II
Westerly 12, Narragansett 5
Eric Fusaro scored three goals, Liam Cody put two in the back of the net and assisted on three others, Lance Williams added 2 goals and a helper and Drew Pietraszka netted 2 tallies as Westerly rolled to victory over Narragansett in the Division II playoff semifinal. Peter Mushen had two goals for the Mariners.
Division III
Smithfield 5, Toll Gate 4
James Sylvester scored 2 goals and added an assist, and Jacob Boudreau, Nicolas Pike, and Thomas Hayden added a goal each as Smithfield got by Toll Gate in Division II semifinal. Shawn Mullaney 2 had two goals and Kam Meunier and Jacob Pickering scored a goal each for the Titans in the loss.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Division II
Burrillville 8, Cranston West 7 (OT)
It took some extra time, but the Broncos punched their ticket to the Division II title match after dispatching the Falcons Wednesday evening. Allie Trimble scored 3 times, Sammy Murphy scored a pair, as did Emily Ferraro, whose last score came with 35 seconds left to play in sudden death to clinch the victory. Regan Polacek had 11 saves for Burrillville, who will face the North Kingstown for the championship this weekend.
Division IV
North Smithfield 15, Classical 11
The Lady Northmen got 9 goals from Kate Zonin and 4 from Nina Finn to topple the Purple. Jane Howelett led Classical with 4 goals, and Eli Howelett added 3 in the loss. No. 2 North Smithfield advances to face top-seed Mount St. Charles for the Div. IV title this weekend.
BOYS TENNIS
Division I
Barrington 4, Mount St. Charles 0
The Barrington boys tennis team advanced to the state title match after sweeping Mount St. Charles in Wednesday's semifinal. Luke Sapolsky beat Ted Bielecki, 6-1, 6-2; Charlie Martin beat Nick Zinno, 6-2, 6-1; Vineet Abbineni topped Peter Burke, 6-2, 6-3; and Gabe Anderson and Bryce Kupperman defeated Nick Dimino and Sam Elkerton, 6-1, 6-0. The Eagles will meet La Salle for a rematch in the state championship on Saturday afternoon at Slater Park (weather permitting).
Division II
North Kingstown, 4 Tiverton 0
Max Zangari and Owen Tegan's victory over Ryan Poland and Josh Guillemotte at No. 1 doubles was the deciding point in North Kingstown's victory over Tiverton in the Division II semifinals. NK moves on to the D-II finals. Henry Coghlin (NK) def. Ben Pacheco, 6-0, 6-3; Charlie Lawton (NK) def. Connor Nobrega, 6-1, 6-1; Brady Hanks (NK) def. Ben Sowa, 6-4, 6-1.
THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE
BASEBALL
Playoff Quarterfinals
Tolman/Shea at Mount Pleasant, 3 p.m.
Scituate at North Smithfield, 3:30 p.m.
Cranston East or Smithfield at La Salle, 4 p.m.
Ponaganset at East Providence, 6 p.m.
Blackstone Valley or Classical vs. West Warwick at McCarthy Field, 6:30 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Playoffs
Quarterfinal
South Kingstown at East Greenwich, 4 p.m.
First Round
Mount Pleasant vs. Juanita Sanchez at Roger Williams Park, 3:30 p.m.
Prout or Cumberland at La Salle, 4:30 p.m.
TBD at Coventry, 4:30 p.m.
West Warwick at Mt. Hope, 5 p.m.
East Providence vs. Cranston West at Brayton Avenue, 5 p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Playoff Semifinals
Both Games at Cranston Stadium
Portsmouth vs. Moses Brown, 5 p.m.
East Greenwich vs. Barrington, 7 p.m.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Playoff Quarterfinals
EWG at Juanita Sanchez, 5:30 p.m.
Classical at North Smithfield, 6 p.m.
Hendricken at North Kingstown, 6 p.m.
Cranston East at La Salle, 6 p.m.
East Providence at Lincoln, 6 p.m.
Scituate vs. Tolman/Shea at Tolman, 6 p.m.
Central at Westerly, 6 p.m.
St. Raphael at Woonsocket, 6 p.m.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: High school scores and recaps from across RI on Wednesday, May 31
