Everything is set for this year’s Warren Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, according to committee chairperson Martha Delekta.

“After a two-year shut down, we are ready to move forward,” said Delekta, in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic, which basically threw everything into a tailspin since the spring of 2020.

The Warren Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be held on Friday, Oct. 7, at White’s of Westport, beginning at 5 p.m. Those wishing to purchase a ticket can call Ms. Delekta at 401-245-1361 or email: mgdelekta@cox.net.

This year’s induction class is very impressive. It includes Mike Bento, Tara Turnbull Kelly, James Merolla, Jorge Tributino, Doug Lanzire, Stephen Vargas, Edward “Satch” Jamiel, George Goulet, Mike Splain, Leon Urban, and the 1993 WHS Boys Basketball Team, 1993 WHS Girls Basketball Team, and the 1941 Crown Zippers Baseball Team.  
       
Mike Bento - Athlete
Baseball, Little League A Ball Champion Yankees and All Star 1987;  Baseball, Senior League All Stars 1991, 1992;  Football, Warren High Super Bowl Finalists 1992;  Baseball, 1st All Class B East 1995; Baseball, Mt. Hope Class B East Champions 1995;  Baseball, AMERICAN LEGION REGULAR SEASON STATE CHAMPIONS Allstate (All Star) 1995; Baseball, 1st All Little East Conference 1997;  Baseball, Rhode Island College: Little East Conference Batting Champion .455 and 1st All Little East 1997;  

Also, Baseball Coach: Little League Seniors (Fifteens) District Two runners-up 2001; Mt. Hope 2002, 2003; Connie Mack’s East Bay team 2003; Warren Summer team 2007; Davies 2008, 2009;  Birchwood Middle School 2015- Softball, Eighteen Years in Bristol County, Championships in 2002 and 2013; and elected to Bristol Athletic Hall of Fame 2017.   
   
George Goulet, (Mt. St. Charles) - Old Timer
Hockey, 1st team ALL STATE Defenseman, 1946; Hockey, ALL STATE (honorable mention) Defenseman, 1947.

He co-captained the football team and even though they posted a losing record, he received consideration for All State honors. In baseball, he served as both captain and was the team’s top pitcher; as the hockey six repeated as State Titleists, he was named an All State defenseman; and, he was one of eight seniors who achieved membership in the Rhode Island Honor Society.

After service in the United States Army, he enrolled at Dartmouth College, but sickness (and untimely death) prevented him from ever suiting up for the Big Green hockey team. 
  
Ed “Satch” Jamiel – Contributor
Boxing, All Service 1957; Boxing, Golden Gloves 1957; Boxing, RHODE ISLAND LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION 1959; Basketball Trainer, Brown University 1977; Basketball Trainer, PROVIDENCE COLLEGE NCAA FINAL FOUR 1987; Basketball Trainer, KENTUCKY NCAA CHAMPIONS, 1996, 1998.

Jim Merolla - Athlete
Football, 1st All Class C Offensive and Defensive Tackle 1972; Football, Warren High Undefeated Class C Champions 1972; Football, 1st ALL-STATE and 1st All Class C Tackle 1973; Football, Warren High Class C Champions 1973; Warren High, Providence Journal-Bulletin Honor Roll Boy Nominee 1974; Harvard

Football, Touch: Bristol County League Regular Season Champions Merchants 1978; Football Newsletter Contributor, Brown University 1978.
 
Mary Oliver - Phyllis Abbruzzi Award
Alumni and Booster Club Secretary, 1975; Athletic Hall of Fame Committee Member, 1999-2019.
 
Jorge Tributino - Athlete
Soccer (Boys), Rhode Island League: Junior Division Blue Bombers Fall Champions 1971; SUMMER PLAYOFF CHAMPIONS 1972, Summer Eastern Division and PLAYOFF CHAMPIONS 1973; Soccer (Boys), 2nd All Eastern back 1972; Soccer (Boys), 2nd All-Suburban East 1973; Soccer (Boys), 1st ALL-STATE and 1st All-Suburban East Fullback 1974; Soccer (Boys), Warren High State Runners-Up 1974.
 
Tara Turnbull Kelly - Athlete
Basketball (Girls), St. Mary’s CYO Region Four: Junior B Playoff Champions 2003; Champions and State Runners-Up 2004; Soccer (Girls), Warren Youth Association, Under-Twelve: State Spring REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS (A) and State Playoff Runners-Up 2003; Under-Twelve STATE Summer Regular Season CHAMPIONS (A) and State Playoff Runners-Up 2003; Under-Fourteen Super Liga Fall Regular Season Champions 2003; Under-Fourteen Super Liga and Rhode Island Cup Runners-Up 2004; Under-Sixteen Nashua, NH Tournament Champions 2006; RHODE ISLAND CUP CHAMPIONS 2006; Track (Girls): Warren 5K first female finisher 2003; Track (Girls), State Middle School 3,000 Runner-Up 2003; 3,000 champion and high jump 3rd place 2004; Soccer (Girls), 2nd All Division One North 2004; Track, Outdoor (Girls), 2nd All Eastern Division 4x800 relay and 3rd All Eastern Division 4x400 relay (Mt. Hope School Record) 2005; Soccer (Girls), 2nd ALL STATE and 1st All Division One North Girls 2005; Track, Outdoor (Girls), 1st All Class B and All Eastern Division 4x800 Relay; 2nd All Eastern Division 4x400 relay 2006; Soccer (Girls), 1st ALL STATE and 1st All Division One North 2006; Track, Indoor (Girls), 2nd All Small Class 1,500 and 3rd All Small Class 4x400 relay; 2nd All Sullivan Division 4x800 relay 2007; Soccer (Girls), Mt. Hope DIVISION ONE STATE PLAYOFF CHAMPIONS (scored against Toll Gate in Playoff Quarterfinals; upset nationally ranked La Salle in finals) 2007; Soccer (Girls), 2nd ALL STATE, 1st All Division One North, and 1st All Division One Tourney 2007.
                                                          
Leon Urban - Old Timer
Baseball, Hitless Wonders 1940s; Baseball, Boys: Boys Sixteen and Under STATE CHAMPIONS Warren/Bristol 1943; Baseball, Warren High Class C Eastern Division Champions (as a freshman) 1944; Baseball, Warren High Class C and STATE CHAMPIONS 1945; Baseball, 2nd All Class C right fielder .333 1946; Baseball, Warren High Class C and STATE CHAMPIONS 1946; Baseball, Warren High Class C Champions and State Runners-Up 1947; Baseball, Twilight League, 1947-1949: Champions Knights of Columbus .415 1947;  Batting Champion .500 and All-Star Third Baseman 1949;  Baseball, Little World Series 1948, 1949; Baseball, Providence Amateur League Standard Pharmacy 1949; Basketball, Red Feather/Community Services League: Leading Scorer; 1950, Champions Ellis Buick 1951; Baseball Coach: Warren High 1978; Warren Athletic Hall of Fame Committee Member 1998.
 
Stephen Vargas - Coach
Baseball, Pawtucket Boys League Regular Season Champions Warriors 1973; Basketball (Boys), 2nd All Suburban Three 1974;  Basketball (Boys), 2nd All Suburban Three 1975; Basketball (Boys), Nominated for Prep All American 1975; Basketball, Men’s League Regular Season Champions Hindle 1975;  Basketball (Boys), Warren High junior varsity coach 1978; Baseball Coach: Warren High 1979; Football, Flag, Bristol County League Regular Season and Playoff Champions Moe’s Tap (only non-Bristol  team to win title in ten-plus-year history of league) 1979; Softball, Men’s League Champions: Repro-Stat playoff 1983; Repro-Stat regular 1984;  Repro-Stat regular co-) 1986; Repro-Stat playoff 1987; New England Tool regular and playoff 1988;  New England Tool regular and playoff 1989; Steve’s Auto Parts Abbruzzi Division regular 1990; Softball, Men’s League: All Stars 1978, 1983-1984, 1986-1987; Most Valuable Player 1983; RHODE ISLAND USSSA CHAMPIONS 1987; Rhode Island USSSA D Champions and RHODE ISLAND TEAM OF THE YEAR 1989; Soccer Coach: School Indoor League 1996-1997: Champions Young Guns 1996; Soccer (Girls) Coach: Warren Youth Association: Under-Twelve Divisional Spring Playoff Champions 2003; Under-Fourteen Barrington Invitational Champions 2002; Under-Fourteen Super Liga Fall Regular Season Champions 2003; Under-Nineteen Super Liga Spring Champions 2010;   Basketball (Girls) Coach: St. Mary’s CYO: Region Four Junior B Playoff Champions 2003.
 
Mike Splain - Old Timer
Baseball, Silk Hats Manufacturers League Champions scorer 1909; Bowling: Warren League 1915, Broke House record at Scenic Lanes with a pinfall of 134 1915; Secretary/Treasurer 1916; Institute League Yankees 1915;  Baseball, Warren AA Secretary 1916; Baseball, Twilight League Official Scorer 1926, 1930, 1933-1935 (and many more), board 1948; Basketball Coach, Post Office 1930s; Rifle Shooting, Warren Rod and Gun Club St. Patrick’s Small-Bore Championship: Winner 1937; third place 1938; Baseball Founder: Junior Twilight League (one of several) 1943; Baseball Scheduler/Scorer: Little League, inaugural year, 1952; Baseball Scorer: Youth and Adult 1900s to 1950s; new athletic field dedication game 1961; Pool player.
 
Doug Lanzire - Coach
Warren High athlete early 1960s; Basketball (Men’s), Bristol Summer League Our Lady of Mount Carmel (averaged 20 points in playoffs) 1965;  Football, Touch, Single-Game Points Record, until broken in 1971; Football Touch, Bristol County League Gob Shop of Warren finalist 1971; Basketball, Men’s Summer League Champions Columbus Square Club 1971; Basketball, Bristol Winter Basketball League: Brum’s Champions 1972; MOST VALUABLE PLAYER 1972; Form’s Tap Champions 1974, 1975; Softball (Men’s), Bristol League: Buster’s, third with five home runs 1972; Matador finalists 1973; Soccer (Boys) Coach, Assistant: Bristol High 1973, 1974 (under Bill Josephs); Football Coach: Bristol High Freshmen (and Assistant Coach Varsity) 1975-1980 (under Rollie Rodrigues); Football Coach, Assistant:  Bristol High Division B-1 Champions 1988, 1989 (under Tom Vendituoli); Basketball Coach, Assistant: Bristol High (under Vinny Ernst); Soccer (Girls) Coach: Mt. Hope Division Two East Champions 1993; Soccer (Girls) Coach: Mt. Hope Division Two Regular Season and Playoff Champions 1994; Soccer (Girls) Coach: Mt. Hope Division Two Regular Season and Playoff Champions 1995; Soccer (Girls) Coach: Mt. Hope DIVISION ONE REGULAR SEASON CO-CHAMPIONS AND STATE CHAMPIONS 1996; Soccer (Girls) Coach: Mt. Hope Division One State Runners-Up 1997; Soccer (Girls) Coach: RHODE ISLAND SOCCER COACHES HALL OF FAME.
                                       
Basketball (Girls) – Divisional/Class Champions
                                         
Warren High School, 1993 - Current Era Team 
 
After finishing second in the regular season, this team first defeated Shea by two points in the Class C semifinals and then downed Exeter/West Greenwich, 47-43, in double overtime to capture the Class C playoff title. (They had lost to both of these teams during the regular season.)

Carrie Hicks was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player after garnering nineteen points, twenty-four rebounds, and five of the team’s last six points in the title match.

While nobody on this team was named All-State, Hicks and Jodi Kopecky were designated first team All Class C. 

Carrie Hicks (Rollins), Jodi Kopecky, and Coach Marissa Lopes are members of the Hall of Fame.

Jodi Kopecky is also a member of the Bristol Athletic Hall of Fame.
 
Basketball (Boys) – Divisional/Class Champions

Warren High School, 1993 - Current Era Team

The team finished second behind Bristol in the regular season. They came back in the playoffs to edge Ponaganset and beat Central Falls before easily downing the Colts, 49-33, to capture the Class C playoff title.

None of the Bob McFadden-coached team members were named All-State, but Sean Siembab was named first-team All Class C-Two.  Jim Bermudez, Jim Betres, Sal Corona, Paul Dallaire, Shawn Kaiser, Jim McMahon, Joel Morrissette, and David Wales were other team members. Sal Corona (the 1994 Tourney MVP) and Joel Morrissette are members of the Hall of Fame.  Corona and Jim McMahon are members of the Bristol Athletic Hall of Fame. 
 
Warren Crown Zippers, 1941 - Old Time Team 
The Crown Zippers won the regular season Rhode Island Baseball League Championship.

The team included Hall of Famers Abby Abbruzzi, Nick Cariglia, Sam Correia, Winky Correia, Ditty Drainville (.357), Ben Ferrazzano, Tom McKale, and Beany Ryan (league leading .476), in addition to Art Gabarra, Massa, G. Paivo, Al Primiano, and player/manager Stan Wojtyto.

Unfortunately, they lost in the playoff finals to Providence Certified, a team they had defeated twice during the regular season.