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SMITHFIELD – Greenville
resident Angelica
McAfee says the
reason she won the
St. Timothy Award
is because she is
blessed.
McAfee, 17, a
senior at Bay View
Academy, said the
award is the "high-
est achievement" a student can
receive from the Providence Diocese.
Local student
wins highest award
for Catholic youth
By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD
Valley Breeze & Observer Staff Writer
jackie@valleybreeze.com
MCAFEE
See MCAFEE, Page 16
New England champions!
Lynch, McGill propel Ponaganset wrestling team to first regional title
PROVIDENCE – It started out
as a goal at the beginning of the
season, and last Saturday night at
the Providence Career & Technical
Academy facility, it became a real-
ity, as the Ponaganset High wrestling
team made school history by captur-
ing the New England championship
with 83 total points.
Not only did the Chieftains become
the ninth Rhode Island school in his-
tory to win the regional title, but two
seniors, 138-pounder Sam Lynch and
145-pound Cole McGill, won indi-
vidual N.E. titles to help Ponaganset
edge Mount Anthony Union High
of Bennington, Vt., a 30-time state
champion, by three points.
"Honestly, it hasn't set in, but I'm
really, really proud of all of our kids,"
Ponaganset head coach Mike Joyce
said after the two-day N.E. meet,
which featured wrestlers from 176
schools. "There are a lot of kids in
our room that didn't start or make
their way into the lineup, but the
reality was they were there every day
and they worked hard every day, so
this championship is as much theirs
as the two guys we had crowned New
England champions tonight."
The team championship went right
By KAYLA PANU
Valley Breeze & Observer Sports Writer
kayla@valleybreeze.com
See CHAMPS, Page 6
SMITHFIELD – Town Council
members want no part of a plan that
would have them taking over pur-
chases of open space.
The council on Tuesday unani-
mously passed a resolution to the
Town Council
opposes
disbanding
Land Trust
By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD
Valley Breeze & Observer Staff Writer
jackie@valleybreeze.com
See COUNCIL, Page 9
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