Sports Roundup: Boys’ Soccer Hopes to Build on Strong Finish

Narragansett High School boys’ soccer coach Ryan Kanaczet is hopeful that his team can use a strong playoff run last year to help further build the program.

“I’m hoping the playoff experience will help them with leadership,” he said, noting that this year’s team could be a bit deeper than last year’s.

Kanaczet noted that he has a “strong junior class,” supplemented by two or three seniors that will log significant playing time.

Last year, the Mariners finished at 6-6-4 in Division II-South play, good enough for 16 points and a No. 6 seed. To get into the playoffs, Narragansett won .

In the first round of the playoffs, Narragansett , before .

From that team, the Mariners lost Cory Durkin, who was named to Second Team All-Division, and Third Team All-Division member John Sheil.

Senior Aaron Libman is one of the players the Mariners will look to for leadership. Libman was named First Team All-Division in 2010. Starting goalkeeper and junior Zachary McKanna returns as well.

Freshmen currently listed on the varsity roster are Devon Chofay, Logan Cote, Kyle Frankovich, Steve Iannucci, Yianni Koukos, Thomas Lindley, Aiden Maynard and Jacob Zuchowski.

However, Kanaczet said the roster is still fluxuating. As of last Wednesday, he had only seen his team for three days of practice, and the hurricane canceled the scheduled season-opening Injury Fund game at East Greenwich on Tuesday.

The Mariners open up their season tonight, hosting Toll Gate at 3:45 p.m.  Junior varsity plays at 5:15 p.m.

Girls’ Volleyball, Girls’ Tennis Start Seasons; Football, Girls’ Soccer Injury Funds

In addition to boys’ soccer, several other fall sports start up this week, in various forms. All games are subject to postponement for power outages and weather.

• Girls’ volleyball was scheduled to host Warwick Vets at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Their next game will be hosting Mt. Hope 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7.
• Girls’ tennis travels to Toll Gate today for a 3:30 p.m. match.
• Football has their Injury Fund game 6 p.m. Friday against Westerly at North Kingstown High School. The Skippers, Chariho, South Kingstown and East Greenwich also play. The Mariners’ first regular season game is 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9 at Chariho High School.
• Girls’ soccer has an Injury Fund game 2 p.m. Friday at Gaudet Middle School in Middletown. The Mariners’ play their first regular season game 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9 at the Davies Career and Technical High School.
• Boys’ cross country travels to Burrillville Middle School for an Injury Fund meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7. The girls run the next day at Burrillville, same time.

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