Stars of the Day: Top performances lead Middletown, Rogers girls basketball to win
With the regular season coming to a close, the Middletown and Rogers high school girls basketball teams each earned key victories on Monday night.
Ginnie Hamilton and Lily Sokol, Middletown girls basketball
Host Middletown, with double-double help from Hamilton and Sokol, won its third straight game as it avenged a loss and topped Exeter-West Greenwich 49-32 on Monday. Sokol tallied 23 points, snatched 10 rebounds and blocked five shots while Hamilton scored 12 points on 6-for-8 shooting and gathered a dozen rebounds. Middletown and EWG both moved to 9-6 in the D-III standings with three games left on the schedule.
Rylee Donovan and Sydney Newsome, Rogers girls basketball
Ahead by just six points heading into the final quarter, host Rogers exploded for 19 points as it pulled away from Classical for a 52-39 victory on Monday. Donovan drained a trio of treys in the opening quarter and scored 11 points while point guard Newsome facilitated the offense, sank two 3-pointers and finished with 10 points. The Vikings elevated to 9-7 in the D-I standings and have regular-season contests left with Barrington (11-5) and Ponaganset (11-3).
Eleni Drosinos and Emily De Conto, Portsmouth girls track
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The two ninth-graders earned points in three events each as the Patriots finished third in the girls Freshman State Championship Meet. Drosinos was a member of the victorious 4x800 relay team, placed second in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11 minutes, 37.16 seconds and finished fifth in the 1,000 (3:33.61). De Conto was a member of the second-place 4x200 relay quartet, finished third in the 300 (44.98) and placed sixth in the 55 hurdles (10.36).
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