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Balls - In or Out?
If the following come to a rest (first bounce in the case of tennis and volleyball)
and are partially in and partially out - ARE THEY IN OR OUT?
BALL Criteria Determination
Baseball Vertical planes dropped from perimeter Any part FAIR, ball is FAIR
Definitely NCAA; MLB - 99.9% sure
(Many umpires don't know this.)
Basketball Vertical planes dropped from perimeter Any part OUT, ball is OUT
Soccer Vertical planes dropped from perimeter Any part IN, ball is IN
Football Perimeter? Rule 3, Section 20, Article 2, Paragraph c - The ball is out of bounds when ... touches a boundary line. (Thanks to Pat's game on 12/16/01.)
Any part out, ball is out!?
Volleyball Since "rolling" is not allowed ... Same as tennis?
Tennis Ball footprint is used. If any part of footprint is in, ball is in.
Coaching Issues
As of the spring of 1997, some varsity high school coaches made ~ $2,900; JV ~ $1,900.
College Stuff
Colleges - UFlorida-CLAS
Colleges - Yahoo

Brown University

Providence College
(University Netcasting, Inc.)

University of Rhode Island

Local Newspapers - High School Sports

Chariho Times

East Greenwich Pendulum

Narragansett Times

North Kingstown Standard Times

South County Independent

Providence Journal (High School)




BASEBALL ...

BASKETBALL ...

  • "Cathy Rush Basketball Camp"
  • RHODE ISLAND BREAKERS GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM (1997 *1)
  • RHODE ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' DIVISION I BASKETBALL & ALL-STATE TEAM (1996-1999 ***3)
  • SOUTH KINGSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM (1996-1999 ***3)
  • URI WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM (1996-1999 ***3)
  • The "SCRIPT" - On Feb 24, 1998, Nykesha Sales, a great basketball player from UConn became an actor. At the time, she was the second leading scorer in the history of UConn Women's Basketball, just ONE POINT behind Kerry Bascom-Poliquim. That was a wonderful accomplishment. Injured and out for the rest of the season, the senior was allowed to score two (why not just one to tie the record?) points. Now, having "acted" her 2177th and 2178th points, she is in the UConn Record Book as the player with an asterisk tattooed to her forehead. Shame on UConn Coach, Geno Auriemma, Villanova Coach, Harry Perretta, Big East Commissioner, Michael Tranghese and other involved in writing this SCRIPT. (What was the point? Why wasn't the initial jump at least legitimate ... after each team exchanged baskets, UConn was "given" the ball. They didn't earn it! Tranghese said he would not have okayed the SCRIPT if it had been a male basketball player.)
    Update: ESPN reports that Nykesha was credited with a basket she never made in the Jan 22nd game against Seton Hall. Do you think if Geno had it to do all over again, he would? Boo! 03/11/98.
  • The "SCRIPT-II" - On Oct 25, 2003, Nate Haasis was given a "Nykesha". He was allowed to become only the 12th Illinois High School quarterback to pass for 5,000 yards or more. His team, Southeast, was losing at the time to Cahokia, late in the game, when the two coaches struck a deal. "We will let you score if you let Nate complete the needed pass". Two days later, Nate called the commissioner of the Central Eight Conference to ask that the completion not count. "I didn't feel right," said Haasis. Congratulations!
  • Dee Kantner, former NBA referee, who got the "shaft" from the NBA, is still out there. She used to, maybe still does, ref at URI games. 12/22/08.
  • Celtic's 2007-2008 Championship Ring. 07/31/09.
  • Tim Donaghy, the NBA Ref who bet on NBA games, claims NBA Basketball is more entertainment, similar to Professional Wrestling, than it is an athletic competition. Wow! Tim is just as credible as anyone else. The fact that he got caught cheating doesn't make him less credible than someone else who hasn't yet been caught ... it may even make him more credible. No need to lie anymore. Others still may be covering their ass and the league's ass. 12/07/09.
  • South Kingstown High Girls' Basketball Team easily defeats East Greenwich at home on 1/7/10. This 2:36 video starts at the start of the second half. Also a few blurry pix. 1/08/10.
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CROSS COUNTRY ...

FASTPITCH ...

FIELD HOCKEY ...

FOOTBALL ...

  • South Kingstown High School Football Team (Any interest?)
  • In spite of what the media tells you, a "FOOTBALL FIELD" is 120 yards long. (Ever hear of an "end-zone"?)
  • Andy Azula ... how do they do those UPS ADS that run on televison during every quarter of every NFL game. There must be some trickeration - especially when it comes to drawing those "perfect circles" that he does so well. Andy is not an actor; he's the ad exec who thought up the idea. (What's going on? Been getting a lot of Google Hits as of 11/29 - did the NY Times or the like do an article on Andy?) 11/11/09.
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GOLF ...

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  • South Kingstown High School Golf Team (Any interest?)
  • Tiger Woods ... 6348 Deacon Circle, Windermere, 34786 ... For those of you with Google Earth, SCFun believes (99.9% sure) that this is Tiger's home in Isleworth, located in Windermere, Florida.
    28degrees, 28 minutes, and 16.14 seconds NORTH; 81 degrees, 31 minutes, and 33.37 seconds WEST. 11/28/09.
  • Other WWW Links ...

GYMNASTICS ...

HOCKEY ...

LACROSSE ... lax-logo

MISCELLANEOUS ...

  • Directions to RI High Schools
  • RI Interscholastic League, B-#6, RIC, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Providence, RI 02908-1991, 401-272-9844, Fax 401-272-9838, (Closes for month of July)
    • Administration
      • Executive Director: Richard Lynch
      • Assistant Executive Director: Richard Magarian
      • Chairperson: Thomas A Mezzanotte
      • Administrative Assistant: Maryann Brown
      • Web Page: www.to-come ($19,000 development cost - you've got to be kidding!) It's here now.
    • Girls Sports
      • Fall: Cross Country (All State = 7), Field Hockey (A.S.=11), Soccer (A.S.=11), Tennis (A.S.=10)
      • Winter: Basketball (A.S.=5), Gymnastics, Indoor Track, Swimming
      • Spring: Golf, Fastpitch Softball (A.S.=10), Outdoor Track, Slowpitch Softball (A.S.=11), Volleyball (A.S.=6)
      • Coed (Boys) Sports (Supposedly, all boys' sports are coed)
        • Fall: Cross Country, Football (Danyelle Stephenson/SK) (A.S. Defense=13; Offense=14), Soccer (A.S.=11, Volleyball
        • Winter: Basketball, Hockey (Sara DeCosta/Toll Gate), Indoor Track, Swimming, Wrestling (Alice Hill/SK)
        • Spring: Baseball, Golf, Outdoor Track, Tennis
      • Note: An athlete can play two varsity sports at the same time if one sport is track and he or she competes in a field event only.
      • A typical season ...
        • For SKHS ...
        • Soccer 8/19/97-11/ 8/97 ( 85 days); 3 days off until the winter sport (made playoffs);
        • Basketball 11/12/97- 2/20/98 (104 days); 12 days off until the spring sport;
        • Volleyball 3/ 5/98- 5/21/98 ( 78 days).
    • Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame. (ProJo, Nov 1, 1996) ... SOUTH KINGSTOWN - "The Institute for International Sport, .... build ... Hall of Fame. The facility will be on the south west corner of the URI campus. Official opening in June of 1997."
    • URI/Arena. (ProJo, May 29, 1996) ... PROVIDENCE - "Governor Almond has started discussions with University of Rhode Island officials on building a state-of-the-art 10,000-seat arena on the Kingston campus to replace Keaney Gym, URI's historical but outmoded basketball stadium." Keaney, with 4,000 seats, opened in 1953.
      • Pre-bid conferences to be held next week. (ProJo, Dec 24, 1996)
      • URI is still thinking of replacing Keaney Gym. Added to the plans for a new $25-million facility will be a $3.5-million golf course along Plains Road. (ProJo, Aug 21, 1997)
      • Proposal for 7,500 seat arena, two ice rinks, and a golf course presented to President Carothers. (ProJo, Sep 11, 1997)
      • Plans for new arena will be ready for public review next month. (ProJo, Jan 24, 1998)
      • URI Board of Governor's okay $250,000 to continue the review process. (ProJo, Mar 20, 1998)
      • Governor Almond names a 25-member panel to create business partnerships and raise up to $50 million. (ProJo, Apr 09, 1998)
      • Governor Almond proposed that $13.6 million of the state surplus go towards the new URI Arena. (ProJo, May 21, 1998)
      • Governor Almond announces a financing package to build the new arena. URI, corporate arena boosters, and the legislature finally appear to be in step. (ProJo, Jun 17, 1998)
      • Groundbreaking for $43.6 million facility will be March of 2000. It will open November, 2001. (ProJo, Dec 22, 1998)
      • On Jul 13, 2000 Governor Almond put the wrecking ball into the URI Fieldhouse as construction officially or unofficially began. (Narr Times Jul 19, 2000)
      • Oct 14, 2000 - Governor Almond and others, with shovels in hand, celebrate the "ground breaking" for the $54 million convocation center. Absent was the SK Town Council. (Narr Times Oct 18, 2000)
      • Jun 23, 2002 - Open house for the 8,000seat, $54 million convocation center. It's the Thomas M. Ryan Center, named for the CEO of the CVS Corp. (ProJo Jun 18, 2002)
  • A Guide to PED's - Performance Enhancing Drugs. - 09/25/09.
  • How about that catch! How about that putt that Tiger made! Yes, how about it! ... how about letting us see the damn catch, or the damn putt, or whatever else is going on at the bottom of the screen, as well as what is going on at the top! How about it!? 10/03/09.

NETBALL ...

ROAD RACING ...

RULES ...

  • "DROPPED 3rd STRIKE"!
    A dropped third strike includes any pitch thrown into the dirt before it does or does not bounce into the catcher's glove, whether or not it is dropped. Of course, the batter must swing and miss.
  • What is "TRAVELING"?
    Traveling is when a player takes two steps without dribbling. If she takes three, then that's not traveling.
    There is a difference between "two steps taken one at a time" versus "two steps taken simultaneously (jump)".
    To be more specific, try the following ...
    
    Traveling (running with the ball) is moving a foot or feet in 
    any direction in excess of prescribed limits while holding the ball.
    The limits on foot movements are as follows:
    1.0  A player who catches the ball with both feet on the floor,
    may pivot, using either foot. When one foot is lifted, the other is
    the pivot foot.
    2.0  A player, who catches the ball while moving or dribbling,
    may stop, and establish a pivot foot as follows:
      a.  If both feet are off the floor and the players lands:
        1.  Simultaneously on both feet, either foot may be the 
            pivot.
        2.  On one foot followed by the other, the first foot to
            touch is the pivot.
        3.  On one foot, the player may jump off that foot and 
            simultaneously land on both. Neither foot can be a pivot in 
            this case.
      b.  If one foot is on the floor:
        1.  It is the pivot when the other foot touches in a step.
        2.  The player may jump off that foot and simultaneously 
            land on both. Neither foot can be a pivot in this case.
    3.0  After coming to a stop and establishing a pivot foot:
      a.  The pivot foot may be lifted, but not returned to the
          floor, before the ball is released on a pass or try for goal.
      b.  If the player jumps neither foot may be returned to the
          floor before the ball is released on a pass or try for goal.
      c.  The pivot foot may not be lifted, before the ball is 
          released, to start a dribble.
    4.0  After coming to a stop when neither foot can be a pivot:
      a.  One or both feet may be lifted but may not be returned
          to the floor before the ball is released on a pass or try for 
          goal.
      b.  Neither foot may be lifted, before the ball is released, 
          to start a dribble.
    5.0  A player holding the ball:
      a.  May not touch the floor with a knee or any other part of
          the body other than hand or foot.
      b.  After gaining possession while on the floor and touching
          with other than hand or foot, may not stand or attempt to get 
          up.
    
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SOCCER ...

SWIMMING ...

TENNIS ...

TRACK & FIELD (Winter - Spring) ...

VOLLEYBALL ...

WRESTLING ...

UPDATES ...

  • Meaghan Almon, great goalie for East Greenwich back in the late 90's and now working in Athletic Dept at Hofstra returns to Rhode Island at Hofstra-URI game at Ryan Center on 12/22/07. 12/23/07.
  • Ian Barlow, great wrestler from the Class of 1998 at South Kingstown High School, and now a physical or occupational therapist, at the YMCA Health Fair in Sep, 2009. He got married in July, 2009. Good luck, Ian. - 10/03/09.
  • Christina Batastini - remember her? Great basketball player for Classical ('96) and Stanford ('00). Check out her Basketball School. She got married in June, 2007 according to Sunday (09/09/07) ProJo. 09/10/07.
  • Beth Bellantoni got married. Beth played softball for South Kingstown High. She must have graduated in '98 or '97. 01/01/09.
  • Bob Cavanagh, who will retire in 2007, coaches his last game on 11/11/07, a 1-0 loss to NK in state title game at RIC. 11/12/07.
  • East Greenwich's Jill Craybas wins her first pro tennis tournament, the Japan Open. 10/06/02.
  • Bert DeSalvo, SKHS Alum, gets the women's basketball coaching job at Penn State-Beaver. 07/07/07.
  • Luke Devine, from South Kingstown, RI closes out his basketball career on Senior Day at Fordham on March 7, 2009. Luke and parents are on the left. 03/11/09.
  • Ernie D. (DiGregorio), NBA Rookie of the Year - 1974 - Buffalo Braves. He's out and about in Wakefield on 09/22/08. 09/22/08.
  • Katie Dougan (SKHS '98), a great soccer player at SK has married Dr. Andrew Bogle. Best wishes, Katie and Andrew. 11/20/08.
  • Bobby Doyle. He left us too early. Winning the Newport or Ocean State Marathon in 1976. 12/15/07.
  • Anna Grzebien, great golfer from Narragansett High and Duke University has a succesful debut as a professional. She earns a paycheck in a two-day tournament in Westerly, RI. 06/11/07.
    Update: Anna in the news. She's modeling - how about that. 06/29/08.
    Update: At the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament at Daytona Beach, Florida, Narragansett's Anna Grzebien did well. Quoting the Boston Globe ... "The day was also a positive one for Anna Grzebien of Narragansett, R.I., the former NCAA champion at Duke. Tied for 12th to start the day, but only two shots inside the number, Grzebien posted the day's best round, a 65, and earned full exempt status with a third-place finish, at 14 under." Here is her third place finish. Great job! 12/08/08.
    Update: Anna Grzebien, putting at the U.S. Women's Open at Saucon Valley C.C. in Bethlehem, PA on Thursday. After two rounds she made the cut with a stroke to spare. Cut-off was +9 and she was +8 on the 71-par course. Update: Two under on Saturday and now tied for 17th. Back to 8 under for the tournament on Sunday and a tie for 17th, earning $42,724. Winner by one stroke is Eun Ji at even par for $585,000. 07/12/09.
    Update: Anna makes the "Body Issue" of ESPN the Magazine - their Oct 19, 2009 issue. And, YES, she is naked, although it is quite tame. 10/19/09.
  • South Kingstown Teachers Hodge and Carr, continue to do their second jobs at URI Basketball games. Mr. Hodge, the great Latin teacher, is the Official at the scorer's table while history teacher Mr. Carr (center) runs the time clock. 12/23/07.
  • Liz Horton, great soccer player for SKHS in the late 90's is doing well. She spent two years in the Peace Corps in Panama. Even married a gentleman from Panama. 04/15/09.
  • Dylan Humphrey passed away on 10/17/08. So sad. He had MS. As of 11/20/08, his web pages at Swarthmore were still active. Here'a a PDF of his main page in case it's not still active. You can see that he loved the movie, Tombstone, volleyball, and The Boston Red Sox, especially Mike Greenwell, among other things. Here's Dylan Humphrey's Bio. 11/20/08.
  • Former URI softball coach, Melissa Jarrell, resigned that same position at UNCW in the summer of 2008 for personal reasons. What a mess. She is in a battle with her domestic partner, Julia Boseman, the only openly gay member of the North Carolina legislature. Loss of job; loss of 1.3 million dollar home; possible loss of a custody fight over Melissa's son - what else could go wrong? Sad.
    Resignation | Home | Home-2 | Mother? | Election | Private Detective. 01/07/09.
    Melissa loses her battle to undo the adoption by her formr parter Julia Boseman.
    Undo Adoption - 01 | Undo Adoption - 02. 09/11/09.
  • Christine Kane, great soccer/basketball/softball player at East Greenwich High in late 90's ... She married Russ Hochstein of the New England Patriots on 07/06/07. He's #2 at his position on the all important depth chart. 09/16/07.
    Traded to Denver for 2009 season. Saw #71 vs Dallas on 10/04/09. 10/05/09.
  • Well Hot Spit! Molly Little (SKHS '04), makes national news by throwing a pie at New York Times Journalist Thomas Friedman as he was about to speak at Brown on Earth Day, April 22, 2008. Molly was going to Colby - did she transfer to Brown? She has been suspended from Brown for one semester. She ran XC for SK. 05/21/08.



            

  • An update on Shawn McGill, (SKHS '03). His summer of 2008. 12/15/08. He'll return for 2009 season according to SCI on 4/23/09. 04/24/09.
  • Bethany Moore, former South Kingstown High School (SKHS '00) soccer player has married. Best wishes. 08/30/09.
  • Colin Murphy, SKHS '03, and David (Sweeny too) climb Mt. Washington on Jan 11, 2009. Fog at top will abort the mission. 01/11/09.
  • Bill Pepin died - so says ProJo (no obituary) on 02/13/10. He coached girls' basketball at Narragansett High School. SCFun knows him from the 1995-1999 seasons. Since retiring, he was living in Sarasota; summering in RI. What happened? Found this obituary on 02/14 from a Sarasota Newspaper. This was in SCIndependent of 2/18. 02/13/10.
  • Anne Serdakowski - is everyone getting married? - the former great softball player, cross country runner, track runner, and hurdler (Mary was better hurdler, right?) from Chariho-2000, URI-2003, and RPI-2007 - she's getting married on August 9, 2008 according to the South County Independent. 09/13/07.
    Update: She got married on August 9, 2008 in Newport. Anne & Brian London. 09/23/08.
    Update: Anne Serdakowski London finishes the 2009 BAA Marathon on Patriot's Days in Boston. She raised $5,500 for MS. Super. Picture. 04/20/09.
  • Mary Serdakowski (Chariho '02), Anne's younger sister, just got engaged. Congratulations. 11/30/08.
    Update: Mary Serdakowski got married. Now Boggs. Any relation to Wade? Anyway, ... She graduated from Chariho way back when. Great hurdler. Her announcement from ProJo. Best wishes from SCFun. 02/02/10.
  • Summur Shaikh, SKHS Class of 1999 and a great soccer player at SK, continues to do her thing on "The View" in New York CIty. - 10/03/09.
  • David does well at Westerly OCY Triathlon at Misquamicut on 09/21/08. He is about 28th out of the water. 09/21/08.
  • Sarah wins the Savannah Open on Jan 11, 2009 by 24 strokes. 01/11/09.
  • The South Kingstown High Boys' Tennis Team wins the state title for the 12th year in a row. Amazing! 06/01/10.
  • Vicki Tefft, as of 02/21/09, may lose her job as South Kingstown Boys' Volleyball Coach. She's a retired teacher and a current teacher wants the job and so there's a "preference" issue. This current teacher is already the girls' coach. (Does she want to be both coaches?) Vicki is fighting it. Here's the article from the SCIndependent. ... Supporters of Vicki attended the School Committee meeting at 7:00pm on Feb 24 in the SKHS Library but to no avail. ... Son-of-a-gun - the South Kingstown Boys Volleyball Team won the State Championship according to the 05/28 SCI and "yes", Vicki was on the sidelines, the NK Sidelines. 5/30/09. Update: Vicki was the coach on Oct 6, 2009 when North Kingstown beat South Kingstown. She was coaching North. Seriously. 10/24/09.
  • Mike Wilson, a great running back for SKHS in late 90's gets four year sentence at ACI. He's been there since July. The problem this time is a gun, carrying and firing. He's already spent three to four years at the ACI on drug charges. What a shame. Let's hope he can turn things around. 11/08/07.
  • Kristin Zepp, great defensive soccer player for South Kingstown (SKHS 2000), is engaged. Here's the picture from the Sounth County Independent. 09/10/09.



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