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A Rhode Island connection to a famous horse racing thoroughbred and jockey | Opinion
Patrick T. Conley is historian laureate of Rhode Island and a former supervisor of drug testing at Narragansett Race Track. As the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby begins the 2024 quest for horse racing’s Triple Crown, the attention of many Americans turns toward the so-called Sport of Kings. However, as a historian my attention also reverts to horse racing history, especially when there is a Rhode Island connection.
Hendricken star is heading to the SEC
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Bishop Hendricken’s Rushaune Vilane is headed to the University of Kentucky after his senior year. The outstanding linebacker will join the Wildcats in the fall as a red shirt freshman. Vilane won back-to-back Super Bowls while at Bishop Hendricken.
Newport County High School Roundup: Scores and recaps from Thursday
Coaches are reminded to send in game results each weeknight by calling (401) 277-7340 or by emailing pjsports@providencejournal.com. Nixon Brownell drove in two runs and teammates Benjamin Borgueta and Conor Donahue each drove in runs to power the Vikings past the Times2 co-op. On the mound Robert Dufault threw a complete game, struck out 14 and allowed just 2 hits and no earned runs in the victory.
East Providence's Abigail Ellison is winning points, and minds, for the boys tennis team.
EAST GREENWICH — She’s a girl playing on a boys tennis team, but Abigail Ellison isn’t trying to prove a point. She’s trying to win them. Girls playing boys tennis isn’t something new to the Rhode Island Interscholastic League. Girls playing near the top of the ladder and having success on a team that’s in title contention is. ...
Oakers get past Sentinels, 1-0
SMITHFIELD - The Coventry baseball team must have gotten wind of the softball team’s performance against Moses Brown on Tuesday. A day after the Oakers blanked the Quakers, 1-0 in Providence, the baseball team prevailed by the same final score in a mid-week showdown over Division I rival Smithfield.
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