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Gallery: East Providence Mohawks summer blacktop basketball

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Mohawks youth sports organization's ninth annual summer blacktop basketball league continues nightly on the grounds of Pierce Field. The festivities … more

Photos by Mike Rego | 7/11/23

Townies trounce Titans in Division III girls' tennis quarters

EAST PROVIDENCE — The stakes changed, but the results didn't for the East Providence High School girls' tennis team as the Townies rolled past Toll Gate in the quarterfinal round of the 2023 … more

By Mike Rego | 10/27/23

Portsmouth High’s Joseph Murphy heads a penalty kick away from the goal during a boys’ varsity soccer game against East Providence on Saturday. Jackson Fox and goalie Sean Wilkey look on. The game ended in a 1-1 tie.

Portsmouth, Townies play to a 1-1 draw in boys’ soccer

PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High varsity boys’ soccer team played East Providence to a 1-1 tie on the turf field at home on Saturday. Goals have been hard to come by so far this … more

9/19/22

EPHS quarterback Max Whiting rushed past Burrillville defenders during the Townies' 28-13 win over the visiting Broncos Friday, Oct. 21, at Pierce Stadium.

EPHS ends league football slate by beating Broncs

EAST PROVIDENCE — As the East Providence High School football team wrapped up its Division II regular season slate last week the two things the Townies needed to happen to keep their … more

Photos by Julie Furtado | 10/24/22

"The Herd" student sports boosters group cheer on the East Providence High School girls’ volleyball team during the Division II championship match at Rhode Island College this past fall.

'The Herd' creates havoc (in a good way) at East Providence High School sporting events

EAST PROVIDENCE — What started nearly a decade ago by a group of student athletes at East Providence High School as a way of supporting their peers in a collective fashion has since been … more

By Mike Rego | 12/7/22

James McShane stopped nine of 10 shots for the EPHS boys' soccer team in a 1-0 loss for the Townies in Pawtucket against Tolman on October 17.

Rebels, Tigers trip up Townies in Division I boys' soccer

The aim of the East Providence High School boys' soccer club for a top-half of the table finish to its 2023 Division I regular season took a bit of hit in recent days as the Townies dropped a pair of … more

By Mike Rego | 10/18/23

Townies tumble thrice in Division I girls' basketball

One thing or another, at least, has cost the East Providence High School girls' basketball team in just about every game they've played to date in 2023-24 The Townies returned to action … more

By Mike Rego | 1/22/24

Tim Robitaille slides in safely with a run for the East Providence High School baseball during its extra-inning victory over St. Raphael Wednesday night, May 2.

Townies respond, rally from recent baseball losses

The East Providence High School baseball club enters the back half of its 2024 slate in the thick of the race for first place in the Division II regular season standings and a top seed in the playoffs as … more

By Mike Rego | 5/2/24

The 2022 EPHS boys' tennis Division III championship team.

A few for 2022…East Providence's year in review

EAST PROVIDENCE — As the calendar again turns to a new year, it always fitting to look back on some of the top stories to come from the city the previous 12 months. So, here’s … more

By Mike Rego | 12/30/22

Rumford Minor Stars reach Silva tourney championship round

EAST PROVIDENCE — The Rumford Little League squad in the District 2 Ron Silva Minor Baseball Division All-Star event reached the winners’ bracket final against Bristol where they won by a … more

Photos by Tyler Maxwell | 7/14/22

City native, product of the school department, long-time coach and building administrator Alex Butler was recently selected to become the new district athletic director upon the recent retirement of Gregg Amore, the previous AD who was recently elected as Rhode Island's next Secretary of State. Butler formally took over the position earlier this month.

East Providence beckons Butler to become next AD

EAST PROVIDENCE — With long-time district employee then athletic director Gregg Amore the overwhelming favorite to win his race for Secretary of State at the November 2022 election following … more

By Mike Rego | 12/29/22

Dylan Annicelli went the distance for the Townies in their playoff win over Chariho Thursday, June 8.

EP edges Chariho, sets up showdown for D-II baseball finals berth

RICHMOND — The East Providence High School baseball team needed to defeat Chariho on the road Thursday afternoon, June 8, in the Division II championship playoffs to keep its season alive. And … more

6/8/23

Nathan Silveira, shown during his netminding days at East Providence High School in 2016, signed a professional contract recently to play in goal for the USL Championship expansion side Rhode Island FC.

Fledgling RI pro soccer team signs former EPHS standout Silveira

Former East Providence High School standout keeper Nate Silveira is one of two native Ocean Staters to be signed in recent days by Rhode Island FC, the fledgling franchise about to begin its … more

2/22/24

Gallery: East Providence, Rumford, Riverside 9-11 Baseball All-Stars

EAST PROVIDENCE — In the District 2 Little League 9-11-year-old Major Baseball Division All-Star tourney, the E.P. Central/Rumford team as well as Riverside each lost earlier and wound up … more

7/14/22

East Providence Zach Mendo putts for birdie on the par 3 fifth hold at the Agawam Hunt Club in his match against Rogers Monday, May 15.

Townies top Vikings in Eastern Division golf match

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School golf team may not make the revamped 2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League state championship tournament at the end of the month, but that … more

By Mike Rego | 5/15/23

A view of the scoreboard in the top of the seventh inning of Post 10's eventual 7-3 loss to Post 20 in the 2023 Junior Legion Baseball championship game.

Cranston Post 20 tops Riverside Post for Junior Legion Baseball title

WEST WARWICK — Sometimes the scoreboard doesn't tell the whole story, but in the case of the Riverside Post 10 Junior Division club it pretty much did Sunday, July 30, in a 7-3 loss to … more

By Mike Rego | 7/31/23

East Providence's Sam Jackson battles for possession of the ball against a bevy of Moses Brown players in the Townies' 2023 Injury Fund win.

EPHS boys' soccer club copes with early adversity

EAST PROVIDENCE — Nothing like a little adversity to test the mettle of a new coach and a host of new players, which is exactly what the East Providence High School boys' soccer club and … more

By Mike Rego | 9/5/23

The Gorham family, Facilities Director Chris Murphy and Principal Bill Black gather as the new Scott Gorham memorial plaque at EPHS is unveiled at the Townie Tennis Complex Wednesday, May 3.

Gorham tennis memorial is unveiled at East Providence High School

EAST PROVIDENCE — One could say the tennis complex on the new East Providence High School grounds are once again whole after a plaque memorializing the life of former Townie player Scott Gorham … more

By Mike Rego | 5/3/23

Charles Phillips won two matches representing EPHS at the 2024 New England Championship Meet held March 1 and 2 in Providence.

Phillips, Akdemir vie for East Providence at 2024 New England wrestling championships

The 2023-24 season for a pair of East Providence High School wrestlers concluded last weekend as Charles Phillips and Baha Akdemir competed in the the 59th Annual Council of New England Secondary … more

By Mike Rego | 3/5/24

Post 10 manager Ben Emond waves in John Vaughan with the team's first run of the game as Riverside rallied to defeat R&R Construction Post 7 in a recent American Legion Baseball League outing.

Gallery: Riverside Post 10 Juniors rally past R&R Post 7

EAST PROVIDENCE — The Riverside Post 10, ATC-sponsored Junior squad returned to action earlier this week, adding a pair of victories and avenging its lone loss to date in the 2023 Rhode Island … more

By Mike Rego | 7/12/23

Tyler Robinson nears the finish line as the top runner for the EPHS boys' cross country squad in the Townies' recent meet at Tiverton.

EPHS cross country teams step off 2022 seasons

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School cross country teams continued their respective 2022 regular seasons in recent days, the boys’ squad with solid numbers and reasonable … more

By Mike Rego | 9/28/22

Gallery: EPHS Unified Basketball makes 2024 season debut

The 2024 East Providence High School Unified Basketball League squad made its season debut Wednesday afternoon, March 12, at home against visiting Mt. Pleasant. The Townies' roster is as follows … more

By Mike Rego | 3/13/24

East Providence High School girls' soccer senior co-captain Jordyn Brogan (left) works her way through a possession drill under the watchful eye of new Townies' head coach Melissa Ressendes during a recent practice session. EPHS begins its 2022 Division I regular season over the next few days with a pair of games against South Kingstown and Cranston West.

What’s old is new again for EPHS girls’ soccer in 2022

EAST PROVIDENCE — What’s old is new again for the East Providence High School girls’ soccer team with the start of the 2022 season as the Townies will be guided by a new coach, … more

By Mike Rego | 9/8/22

Yusef Abdullah breaks away from a would-be Cumberland tackler for the EPHS football team in the Townies' Division II outing against the visiting Clippers September 24 at Pierce Stadium.

Gallery: EPHS football falls to Cumberland

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School football team, coming off a fine win over St. Raphael in its Division II season opener the week prior, fell to Cumberland last week in … more

Photos by Tyler Maxwell | 9/28/22

EPHS senior Martim Moniz controls his Barrington opponent during a match at 120 pounds earlier this season. Last weekend, Moniz collected his third tournament title of the winter in the weight class.

Moniz wins again on latest EPHS wrestling team road trip

EAST PROVIDENCE — The latest non-league excursion for the East Providence High School wrestling team took the squad to Southington, Conn., where the Townies competed in the 2023 Connecticut … more

By Mike Rego | 2/2/23