News Roundup: May 31, 2012

News from Around The Web for May 31, 2012:

• The Westerly Sun, “Ward family benefit scheduled for Calabrese Club.” A benefit will be held in Westerly on Thursday, June 7 for the Ward family. Jeff Ward passed away in a fire earlier this month.
• The South County Independent, “Three Prout students at the top of their class.” Mary-Catherine Stockman of Ashaway is Prout’s valedictorian this year, with Lauren O’Malley of Wakefield and Heather Pasquazzi of Narragansett earning co-salutatorian honors.
• GoLocalProv, “Who Are the Most Skilled Lacrosse Players in D-II?” Prout’s Nathan Farrar gets ‘Best Goalie’ honors, and Prout’s Chris Kopelcheck earns ‘Strongest.’ Noticeably absent? Any players from playoff No. 2 seed and championship game contender South Kingstown.
• The Providence Journal, “Boys Division II lacrosse championship game rescheduled.” Speaking of boys’ lacrosse, the tilt between South Kingstown and East Greenwich will be played 6 p.m. Saturday (weather permitting) because the EG graduation is Sunday. It’s too bad, because it breaks up an originally scheduled Sunday doubleheader with Narragansett.
• The South County Independent, “SK wins 14^th consecutive D-I state championship.” A nice long profile on the lengthening of a streak from the SK boys’ tennis program. (They’re just 12 behind the 26-year streak of Mount Saint Charles hockey.)
• The Jamestown Press, “Skippers lose in bid to defend state title.” Despite the headline, it’s actually good for South Kingstown, since they beat the Skippers for the junior varsity tennis title.
• The South County Independent, “Crusaders fall short in upset bid.” No. 5 Prout almost pulled off the upset in Division II tennis against undefeated No. 1 seed Cranston West.
• The South County Independent, “Pond gets infusion of baby scallops.” Save the Bay is attempting to replenish the scallop supply of Point Judith Pond.
• The South County Independent, “Festive fund-raiser planned.” The Narragansett police and fire departments will play a charity flag football game 11 a.m. Saturday at the high school, with a rain date of Sunday.
• The South County Independent, “Community support tremendous.” The organizers of the Kayla Feeley Benefit at Old Mountain Lanes thanks the community and businesses for support.
• The South County Independent, “’Forever Plaid’ actor happy to be back in ‘second home.’” A profile by Doug Norris on Mike Backes, the lead in Theatre By The Sea’s first production of 2012.
• The South County Independent, “Revelers kick off Towers live music series.” A review of the opening performance of the Towers live music series (obviously).
• The Valley Breeze, “Krajanowski, Cottiero top students of CHS Class of 2012.” Cumberland High School valedictorian Kaitlyn Krajanowski will be attending URI in the fall for pharmacy. Also from The Valley Breeze, Smithfield High School valedictorian Mallory Poskus will also be attending URI to study pharmacy.

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