For five years, Caf Bar has been serving the Wakefield community quality cups of coffee, fresh food and now, samplings of local art and music. Opened in 2018 by Elias Boutros and his wife, Caf Bar started as a small coffee shop at 119 Main St. in Wakefield. Boutros, who has had a lifetime of…
The University of Rhode Island is not home to your typical college club lacrosse team. The Rams have held the Continental Lacrosse Conference title for the last three years. Boasting a record of 15 wins and two losses last season, URI entered the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association Division II national championship tournament as the #1-seeded…
The 2023 College Football season is nine weeks old, and the Coastal Athletic Conference has seen its fair share of nail-biters, blowouts and even upsets. The top teams are beginning to gear up for the playoffs and the bottom organizations are starting to look forward to 2024. The Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff will…
Football: FINAL (10/28): URI 34-28 UNH URI battled it out with conference rival New Hampshire on Saturday at Meade Stadium. The game went to overtime, where the Rams would seal the deal. For more on the matchup, visit Aidan Garvey’s recap (page 12, rhodycigar.com). Volleyball: FINAL (10/28): SLU 3 – 0 URI FINAL (10/29): SLU…
Formed just last year by a group of students who loved the game of pickleball, the now fully-fledged University of Rhode Island club is competing against fellow New England teams and having fun doing so. The president of the club, second-year Ryan Estus, was the one to officially found it last year. What started off…
The University of Rhode Island Women’s swim and dive team swept Springfield College and Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon, improving their record to 3-0 on the season. In a strong effort to beat Springfield College 196-99 and Coast Guard 183-108, URI won 12 out of 14 scoring events. Third-year Maddie Tetreault, second-year Rylee Kelly and…
The University of Rhode Island football team returned home after losing two straight games to host the University of New Hampshire in a Coastal Athletic Association Conference Matchup on Saturday afternoon. The teams last met in 2022, when a called touchdown for New Hampshire that was in fact a drop, kept the Rams out of…
The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team fell 2-0 to the La Salle University Explorers in an Atlantic 10 playoff matchup on Friday. The seventh-seeded Rams traveled to Philadelphia looking to upset the Explorers, but came up short after a late push from the hosts. The match was Rhody’s second A-10 tournament appearance in…
Last season, the University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team lost their final match to Davidson College which knocked them out of playoff contention. This season, the roles were reversed, with Rhode Island looking to play spoiler as Davidson seeked to clinch the regular season Atlantic 10 title. Rhode Island traveled to Alumni Stadium in…
Coming off of their first Atlantic 10 win of the year, the University of Rhode Island women’s volleyball team could not keep up the momentum against the St. Louis University Billikens over the weekend. Rhode Island took only one set between a pair of matches at St. Louis’ Chaifetz Pavilion, as Saturday’s match saw the…