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Friday, January 4, 2013

5 EGHS Girls Earn First Team All-State Honors For Fall Sports

EGHS's Drljaca in tennis, Pallister and Kraft in field hockey, McCaffery in Cross Country, and LeBlanc in soccer are named.

The Providence Journal has named many of its All-State teams for the fall season. Here are the girl athletes from East Greenwich High School who received honors. Girls Tennis, First Team: Junior Aleksandra Drljaca was named to the first team for the third year in a row, but this year, she has the distinction of having won the state singles title. Drljaca won every match she played during the regular season, and lost only 2 sets out of the 38 she played.  Second Team: Heather Shen Elizabeth Blessing Field Hockey, First Team: Senior Keri Pallister was, according to the Providence Journal, a "key reason East Greenwich finished second in I-South." Pallister, as sweeper, provided leadership for several rookie teammates. Senior Marielle Kraft …

Monday, July 30, 2012

GoLocalProv Names Briggs, King, Baron EG's Greatest Athletes

Wilma Briggs played pro baseball, Steve King played pro hockey and Jimmy Baron plays pro basketball. What would be your pick?

GoLocalProv ran the Greatest Athletes In R.I., West Bay version, Monday and named Wilma Briggs as EG's top pick, with runners up Steven King and Jimmy Baron. Briggs grew up on the Briggs' family farm, one of 11 children. Her father played semi-pro baseball and one of her brother's played minor league baseball, but Wilma's star shone brightest. Briggs played for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League right out of high school, from 1948 to 1954. In 1953, she led the league with 9 home runs, then hit 25 homers in 1954, second best in the league. The was the league's final year. Briggs lives in Narragansett now. Steven King grew up in East Greenwich and lives here still, with his wife, Christine, and their three sons. He played …

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Elizabeth McNamara

9:57 pm on Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Thanks, Mark! Now, any other EG athlete greats to nominate, readers?   more ›

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