STARS OF THE DAY: For second straight season, Portsmouth's Casey is state high jump champ

Morgan Casey, Portsmouth girls track

For the second straight year, Casey reigned in the high jump at the state championship meet. On Saturday at Brown University, she cleared 5 feet, 8 inches to beat the second-place finisher by eight inches and lead Portsmouth to a 15th-place finish in the team scoring.

Kaden Kluth, Portsmouth boys track

Kluth wrapped up his impressive career with a runner-up finish in the 800 meters at the state championship meet at Brown University on Saturday. He was edged by St. Raphael runner Darius Kipyego, though both runners eclipsed the meet’s previous best time. Kluth hit the tape in 1 minute, 51.49 seconds, just behind Kipyego’s time of 1:51.32.

Kluth also teamed with Jeff Brady, Tom McGraw and Aiden Chen for a second-place finish in the 4x400 relay, helping the Patriots take 12th as a team.

Kordell Tate-O'Brien, Rogers boys track

Tate-O'Brien was the top finisher for the Vikings, who finished 18th in the team scoring at the state championship meet Saturday at Brown University. He cleared 11 feet, 6 inches to take third in the pole vault.

Jason Hayes, Middletown boys track

Hayes recorded a pair of top-four finishers at the state championship meet Saturday at Brown University. He was third in the discus (156 feet, 6 inches) and took fourth in the shot put (50-51/2) to score all of the Islanders’ 10 points.

Wednesday's stars

Luke Del Deo and Aaron DeGala, Tiverton boys tennis

The seniors were still on the court when the match ended as top-seeded Mount St. Charles eliminated No. 4 Tiverton from the Division II playoffs via a 4-0 decision Wednesday.

Del Deo at No. 1 singles was leading in the second set after dropping the opening set, and DeGala at No. 3 singles had lost a first-set tiebreaker. The Tigers ended the season with a 12-4 overall mark.

"Our seniors will be hard to replace, Luke Del Deo, Aaron DeGala, Toby Harrison, Kyle Sousa and Chace Cirillo," said Tigers coach Bill Phillips. "These guys are really hard-working student-athletes and fun to coach — a really fun season!!!"

Devon-ta Campbell, Rogers boys track

Campbell won the triple jump with a leap of 40 feet flat in leading the Vikings to a third-place finish at the junior varsity state championship meet Wednesday at Bishop Hendricken High School.

Aiden Chen, Portsmouth boys track

Just a freshman, Chen recorded a pair of top-four finishes at the junior varsity state championship meet Wednesday at Bishop Hendricken High School.

He was runner-up in the 400 meters with a time of 53.92, and took fourth in the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 6 inches. The Patriots placed seventh as a team.

Tuesday's stars

Jason Potvin, Tiverton baseball

The junior pitcher was lights out Tuesday as he fired his second straight no-hitter to lead Tiverton to a 3-0 Division II playoff win over host Mount St. Charles.

Potvin, who tossed a five-inning no-hitter the last game he pitched, needed just 84 pitches to set down the Mounties. He struck out 12 and walked just one in the seven-inning contest. He also doubled home an insurance run in the seventh inning and scored on a passed ball.

Tiverton will play another single-elimination round game Friday when it travels to take on top-seeded Westerly.

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Karissa Dupuis and Ella Bolano Middletown softball

Dupuis pitched a complete game, allowed four hits, struck out 10 and smacked a home run and two singles for host Middletown, which punched its ticket to the double-elimination portion of the Division II tournament with a 10-2 win over Johnston on Tuesday.

Bolano racked up 10 total bases as she swatted a home run and two triples and, like Mia DeSantis, finished with three hits. The Islanders travel to play at East Greenwich on Thursday.

John Mass and Gavin Bicho, Portsmouth baseball

Mass, just a sophomore, pitched a complete-game, three-hitter and struck out 10, and Bicho delivered both Portsmouth runs with a triple as the host Patriots downed Coventry 2-0 on Tuesday in a Division I playoff contest.

Bicho’s first-inning, two-out line triple to right field plated Mac Dunn (two hits) and Mass with Portsmouth’s runs. The Patriots will travel to play at Cumberland in another single-elimination round game, and a win will put them in a best-of-three state semifinal series.

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Ellie Skeels and Grace Boneu, Portsmouth girls lacrosse

Skeels netted seven goals — including Portsmouth’s last six of the contest — and Boneu tallied five goals and had four assists as the host Patriots edged Cranston West 15-14 in a Division II semifinal game on Tuesday night.

Top-seeded Portsmouth will play No. 2 Burrillville in the championship match Sunday at 2 p.m., at Cranston Stadium.

Marcus Evans and Jack Cianciolo, Portsmouth boys lacrosse

Evans netted five goals and Cianciolo scored two goals and assisted on two others as the No. 3 seed Patriots bowed to No. 2 seed and host Moses Brown 17-10 in a Division I semifinal match Tuesday. The Quakers led by three at halftime and held Portsmouth to two second-half goals.

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Johnny Lopes and James Cawley, Middletown golf

Lopes shot an 84 and Cawley carded a 92 in contributing the top two scores for the Islanders at the state tournament at Cranston Country Club on Tuesday.

Lopes played steady golf with a birdie and two pars on both the front and back nines en route to a 42 on each for a total of 13-over par. Cawley’s round included three pars and a birdie, which left him 21-over par for the day as the Islanders finished with a team total of 372 strokes and finished in 15th place.

Joe Nardolillo and Vincent Milici, Portsmouth golf

Nardolillo shot an 83 and Milici came through with an 89 to pace Portsmouth at the state tournament at Cranston Country Club on Monday. Nardolillo was plus-3 at the turn as he made six pars and three bogeys. He faltered on the back nine, managing just three pars and shot a 45 for a 12-over-par total.

Milici had a birdie and two pars on the back nine and three pars on the front in finishing 18-over-par as the Patriots had a team total of 361 strokes and finished in 13th place.

This article originally appeared on Newport Daily News: Newport County high school sports: Stars of the Day May 30 June 6