In Home Opener For Unified V-ball, Easy Win Over Cranston West

After the game, team members from the 2012-12 squad that captured a national championship last May were honored.

The stands were full, the teams were spirited and everyone ended the game with a smile on their face – Unified Volleyball played its first home game of the season Wednesday, beating Cranston West 3-0. The win came with strong serving by several on the squad, including Mike Carne, Jon-Erik Hurtubise, Matthew J. DeLuca, and Tessa Egan; strong hitting by Carne and Hurtubise; good defense by Patrick Quinn and Liam Shaughnessy, and great support from partner athletes. Cranston West got better as the match went on, but EGHS wasn't to be denied. After the match, the 2012 national champion team were honored and the newest Avenger banner was presented. Check out the two videos attached, right. One has clips from the game, the other has clips from …

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A Glance Back At EGHS Unified Basketball

A writeup of a home game against Cranston West and a video of a match up against Hendricken.

EG Patch apologizes for the delay in posting this write-up and video about an April game between EGHS Unified Basketball team and Cranston West's unified team. The video here is from an April game against Hendricken. Thanks to coach Dave Egan for submitting the writeup and video. The East Greenwich High School Unified Basketball team squared off against Cranston East on our home court in early April. The teams traded baskets the entire first half, with numerous lead changes. Cranston East used a strong inside game to take half, leading 18 to 14. Playing without the services of Emily Swanson, EG athletes played without much rest the entire game, and the fatigue began to show in the second half. While shooting over 30 percent for the first …

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Boys Tennis Falls To Cranston West, 4-3

They had hoped to avenge their only loss so far this season, but fell short.

The EGHS Boys Tennis team lost a close one last week, to Cranston West, 3-4. The loss — against Cranston West — was bitter for the Avengers, who were hoping to avenge an earlier loss (their only one up to that point). And it almost happened. The match was tied 3-3, with only the third doubles teams still playing. But it wasn't to be, with the doubles team of Shevy Karbasiafshar and Dylan Lo falling to Cranston West's Jason Pjojian and Chris Parnagian in a third set tie-breaker: 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. It was a tough loss for the young team, which won the DII state championship last year but lost several players to graduation. Sophomore Shiv Patel defeated Tom Morgan in number one singles, 6-0,6-0; Chris Shea has a strong win over Jay DeRobbio — 6-…

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Letter to the Editor

Dear Allagodnostic Being ...

A message from the Dare to Prayer Outreach Group.

Grant us the capacity to restore the latest long-lost virtue to join the existing list of patience, 8-track tapes, and the use of turn signals. That virtue would be tolerance. Guide us away from bullying 16-year-old girls and help us to accept different philosophical opinions. Should we succeed in ceasing to bully the aforementioned, let us at least negotiate a hard law that would ban atheists from telling bad jokes about the Pope. For we understand that the world is not always a fair place. A prayer on a school wall may be wiped away cleanly, but nasty graffiti carved into a public school desk is forever. Let us accept that the only true sign of evidence of the Almighty will be clear to all when Newt Gingrich rules as Leader of the Free …

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EG Loses Injury Fund Boys Basketball Game to Cranston West

The Falcons pulled away in the second half to win, 50-37.

CRANSTON – In an Injury Fund matchup between two teams that have a slew of inexperienced varsity players, Cranston High School West defeated East Greenwich High Friday night, 50-37. The Falcons took control of the game early, jumping out to a 12-4 lead. But the Avengers’ scored eight straight points to tie it up at 12-12. Brandon Eckles had two baskets and two free throws during the stretch. Nolan Cooney also scored a basket. EG took the lead, 19-17, when Ryan Gavin knocked down a 12-foot jump shot with 1:25 remaining. Just prior to the half, Tevin Goins grabbed an offensive rebound for the Falcons off of a missed free throw attempt. Goins quickly fed the ball to Konnor Gershkoff underneath the basket who laid it in. The Avengers …

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Girl's Soccer: Avengers Squeak out a Victory Against the Falcons

Cranston West bounced back in the second half after being down 1-0, but couldn't net the tying goal and fell 2-0 to East Greenwich.

East Greenwich and Cranston West played close Division I soccer match on Wednesday night, which pitted the leaders of the Central and Southern Divisions, at East Greenwich High School. The Avengers applied early pressure with their pristine passing, but only found the net once, and had to grind out a 2-1 win. East Greenwich came out with a purpose to start the game in front of their home crowd, and didn't waste any time before gaining 1-0 lead 2 minutes into the contest. Skylar Leblanc drove up the sideline, pivoted, and dropped a pass to the trailer Megan Greineder, who found the left side of the net, completing a pretty play for the Avengers. Cranston West picked up their play following the goal, and controlled possession for the next …

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Baseball Rally Ends Against Cranston West

The Falcons top EG twice on Thursday - with a 10-5 win in Game 1 and a 6-0 win in Game 2.

The Avengers Baseball team, who won five games in five days to help clinch their first Division 1 “Final Four” appearance - including back-to-back wins against Cranston East - lost two games yesterday to Cranston West, 10-5 and 6-0. After a lightning delay Wednesday night that postponed the first game of East Greenwich and Cranston West’s three-game playoff series, the game resumed yesterday where it left off Wednesday night with Cranston West winning 10-5 in the sixth inning. It was the second time in an as many years in which an Avengers playoff game was suspended. Last year, East Greenwich’s game versus Hendricken was suspended and resumed the next day due to fog. When Game 1 resumed, sophomore pitcher Ryan Gavin stifled Cranston West’s…

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Tennis Team Captures State Championship

The boys tennis team beats Cranston West 4-0 in the D-2 finals Monday at Slater Park.

The unbeaten East Greenwich Avengers wrapped up the 2011 season with a victory Monday at Slater Memorial Park, upending the Cranston West Falcons, 4-0, to capture the Division II title. Freshman first-singles sensation Shiv Patel picked up point No. 1 for East Greenwich Monday, defeating Cranston West junior Jay DeRobbio, 6-4, 6-3. “Although he’s a freshman, he’s played a billion tournaments. He’s not going to get nervous out there,” said East Greenwich senior co-captain Aidan McNamara. “We could trust that he was going to win, so that just takes a little bit of pressure off.” After Alex Serino and Dylan Leyden upped the Avengers’ lead with a straight-set win at second doubles, McNamara and his first-doubles partner, junior Jason Brown, …

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