Rhode Island High School Championships

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High-school sports in Rhode Island are governed by the Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL).[1]

An eight-team Rhode Island High School League existed from 1918–1929. Below is what is known about its champions:

  • Hope won 4 Baseball Championships
  • Hope won 3 Football Championships
  • Burrillville won the 1927 Baseball championship
  • St. Raphael won the 1928 Class B Baseball championship
  • Warren won the 1929 Class B Basketball championship
  • Burrillville won the 1929 Class B Baseball championship
  • Rogers won the 1930-31 Boys Basketball championship (Pawtucket won the regular season title, De La Salle the Conference A and Colt the conference B)

State Interscholastic Outdoor Track Meet Champions[]

  • 1917- Hope
  • 1918- Pawtucket
  • 1919- Woonsocket
  • 1920- Woonsocket
  • 1921- Pawtucket
  • 1922- Providence Technical High School + Pawtucket (Class A), Westerly (Class B)
  • 1923- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Cumberland (Class B)
  • 1924- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Westerly (Class B)
  • 1925- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Barrington (Class B)
  • 1926- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Barrington (Class B)
  • 1927- Brockton (Class A), Warwick (Class B)
  • 1928- Hope (Class A), Stonington (Class B)
  • 1929- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Stonington (Class B)
  • 1930- Hope (Class A), Stonington (Class B)
  • 1931- La Salle (Class A), Warwick (Class B)
  • 1932- Moses Brown (Class A), Warwick (Class B)

Ice hockey[]

In 1926-27 the first Ice Hockey League was formed containing:[2]

  • Cranston
  • Hope Floats
  • La Salle
  • Mount Saint Charles, Rhode Island
  • Woonsocket High School

A few years later, some other public schools joined to form an official league.

Cranston won the 1930-31 Interscholastic State and League (regular season) title while Mount Saint Charles won the Interscholastic Conference title.

Woonsocket won their state titles in 1989 and 1992.

Rhode Island Interscholastic League[]

In the 1932–33 season, the Rhode Island Interscholastic League was formed with nine sports:

  • Baseball
  • Boys Basketball
  • Ice Hockey
  • Football
  • Boys Tennis
  • Boys Golf
  • Boys Cross Country
  • Boys Indoor Track
  • Boys Outdoor Track
  • In the 1953-54 Season, Wrestling was added
  • Boys Swimming in 1959-60
  • Boys Soccer in 1965
  • Boys Volleyball in 1987
  • Boys Lacrosse in 2001

Rhode Island Division 1 Football Champions[]

Division I Football Championship Results

  • 1972: Cranston East (7-0-1) def. Woonsocket (6-0-1): 35-8
  • 1973: Rogers (7-0) def. Warwick Vets (6-1): 20-0
  • 1974: Rogers (9-0) def. Cranston East (8-0-1): 26-20
  • 1975: Pilgrim (8-0-1) def. Tolman (8-0-1): 20-7
  • 1976: Rogers (9-0) def. Hendricken (7-1): 22-14
  • 1977: Rogers (9-0) def. La Salle (9-0): 20-17
  • 1978: Rogers (6-1-1) def. Barrington (7-0-1): 28-7
  • 1979: East Providence (9-0) def. Johnston (8-1): 14-0
  • 1980: East Providence (8-0) def. Middletown (7-2): 16-14
  • 1981: Hendricken (7-0-1) def. Cranston West (8-0): 6-0
  • 1982: Hendricken (9-0) def. Lincoln (8-0-1): 14-6
  • 1983: West Warwick (9-0-1) def. Hendricken (7-2): 30-13
  • 1984: St. Raphael (8-1) def. Cumberland (8-0): 34-20
  • 1985: Rogers (8-1) def. Johnston (7-1-1): 14-12
  • 1986: Rogers (9-0) def. East Greenwich (8-2): 28-7
  • 1987: Cranston East (7-2) def. Rogers (7-2-1): 13-0
  • 1988: Rogers (9-0) def. East Greenwich (6-1-1): 14-0
  • 1989: Rogers (9-0) def. Woonsocket (9-1): 55-14
  • 1990: Rogers (9-0) def. Toll Gate (8-2): 24-0
  • 1991: Portsmouth (8-1) def. La Salle (6-3): 21-14 [OT]
  • 1992: Portsmouth (9-0) def. La Salle (6-3): 10-2
  • 1993: Portsmouth (8-1) def. North Kingstown (6-2): 24-19
  • 1994: Hendricken (7-2) def. Portsmouth (8-1): 17-14
  • 1995: Hendricken (9-0) def. East Providence (6-3): 26-12
  • 1996: Hendricken (8-1) def. Portsmouth (6-2-1): 26-21
  • 1997: East Providence (9-0) def. Hendricken (7-2): 26-0
  • 1998: Portsmouth (9-0) def. Hendricken (7-2): 14-0
  • 1999: East Providence (9-0) def. Hendricken (8-1): 12-6 [OT]
  • 2000: La Salle (9-0) def. Portsmouth (7-2): 36-33
  • 2001: La Salle (9-0) def. East Providence (7-2): 26-18
  • 2002: East Providence (7-1) def. La Salle (8-0): 35-21
  • 2003: East Providence (8-0) def. La Salle (7-1): 19-6
  • 2004: Cranston West (9-1) def. La Salle (8-2): 28-14
  • 2005: Barrington (8-2) def. La Salle (8-2): 28-7
  • 2006: East Providence (9-1) def. Hendricken (8-2): 35-13
  • 2007: St. Raphael (12-0) def. Hendricken (11-1): 8-6
  • 2008: La Salle (11-0) def. Barrington (10-2): 31-6
  • 2009: Barrington (10-2) def. Hendricken (8-2): 21-0
  • 2010: Hendricken (11-0) def. Portsmouth (10-2): 20-17
  • 2011: Hendricken (9-2) def. La Salle (10-1): 17-14
  • 2012: Hendricken (9-2) def. La Salle (11-0): 26-20
  • 2013: Hendricken (10-1) def. Cranston East (9-3): 45-34
  • 2014: Hendricken (11-1) def. La Salle (10-2): 32-7
  • 2015: Hendricken (10-0) def. La Salle (9-2): 24-20
  • 2016: Hendricken (11-0) def. La Salle (11-2): 48-28
  • 2017: La Salle (11-2) def. Hendricken (9-2): 22-21

^ OT: Overtime

Girls' sports[]

The earliest known Girls' Tennis tournament was the 1969 Singles Tournament. Unsure of the first year.

In 1970-71 Golf became a co-ed sport, with an individual Girls Golf champion being crowned for the first time

In the 1971–72 season, the following girls' sports were initiated:

  • Girls Basketball
  • Girls Cross Country
  • Field Hockey
  • Gymnastics
  • Girls Volleyball
  • Girls Outdoor Track
  • In 1973 Girls Tennis crowned its first team champions, signifying the addition of Girls Tennis
  • Slow-Pitch Softball in 1977
  • Girls Soccer in 1983
  • Fast-Pitch Softball in 1986
  • Girls Indoor Track in the 1990-91 Season
  • Swimming became the second co-ed sport in the 1991–92 season with the first all-girls postseason. Swimming remained a co-ed sport from 1991-92 to 1999–00. In 2000–01, Swimming was separated into a Boys Swimming individual sport and a Girls Swimming individual sport)
  • Girls Lacrosse in 2001
  • Girls Ice Hockey in the 2002–03 season

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Rhode Island Interscholastic League official website. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  2. ^ http://www.rihockey.net

External links[]

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