After a rendition of “Water Spirits Redux” by Nathan Daughtrey, North Smithfield High School’s percussion ensemble, under the direction of Kevin Plouffe, was announced the winner of this year’s Percussion Ensemble Festival, an event that has been bringing together local musicians for over 20 years. Percussionists of all ages gathered together on Saturday for the…
With the University of Massachusetts leaving the Atlantic 10, the conference should look to two other northeastern universities to replace the Flagship. The University of Vermont Catamounts are a viable option that the Atlantic 10 should explore to replace UMass. UVM men’s basketball has won two straight America East titles, four of the last five…
Women’s Tennis FINAL (3/2): URI 5-2 Stony Brook FINAL (3/3): URI 6-1 Hofstra The University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team kept their win streak going over the weekend, picking up a 5-2 win over Stony Brook University on Saturday and a 6-1 win over Hofstra University on Sunday. They have now won six in…
March has finally arrived and that means the regular season has come to an end in the 2023-24 women’s college basketball season and conference tournaments are set to get underway. For the final time this year, the Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff got together to rank all the teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference….
The Atlantic 10: a conference filled to the brim with buzzer beater finishes, high intensity play and paradoxical upsets. Every week, The Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff will vote on these teams to generate a power ranking of the conference’s basketball programs. Here are the men’s basketball rankings as of March 3: 15th Place:…
The University of Rhode Island’s women’s track and field team closed their season with the New England and Eastern College Athletic Championships this past weekend. The Rams sent 15 athletes to Boston to compete, with some of the athletes beating personal records. On the first day of the New England Championship, the team placed third…
Men’s Track & Field Championship Recap Following their fourth straight Atlantic 10 title, for the first time in program history, the University of Rhode Island men’s track and field has won all three championships in a single indoor season. URI won their 30th A-10 title back on Feb. 24 and just a week later, the…
The University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team extended their winning streak to six with a pair of wins on the weekend over Stony Brook University and Hofstra University. Rhody improved to 7-2 on the season at the International Tennis Hall of Fame after Saturday’s 5-2 win over Stony Brook and Sunday’s 6-1 win over…
Through dramatics and several snowstorms, the University of Rhode Island baseball team took one of three games against Washington State University as their steep non-conference road slate trudged on through the late winter months. After dropping the first two games of the series, the Rams found themselves tied going into the ninth inning at 3-3…
In their regular season finale, the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team clipped the wings of the University of Dayton in a thorough 77-42 victory. The Rams led the Flyers in the contest through all four quarters, a trend that branched off from the start of the game when Rhode Island started on a…