La Salle Academy offers 30 different Varsity Sports for students, as well as many Junior Varsity and Freshman teams. La Salle is a charter member of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League and competes within the framework of the RIIL as well as competing against out of state teams.
The Athletic Program at La Salle is situated within the overall mission of the school. As such, it is an excellent means of teaching the students a deep understanding of what it means to live out each day the message of Christ.
Athletics provide opportunities for training, physical conditioning, and healthy competition in which students can develop their physical talents as well as their mental prowess in strategy and in the intricacies of the sport. Athletics can help the student learn how to function effectively in and to make a positive contribution by encouraging responsibility, by fostering persistent effort, and by promoting self-awareness.
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Athletic News
Lady Ram Harriers Win National Ranking
8/10/2010
The La Salle Academy girls cross-country team has been ranked the 14thbest in the entire nation in a story by Dye/Stat/ESPN RISE Editor Rich Gonzales for The Harrier Magazine, a publication dedicated to the sport of cross-country.
In the article Gonzales says of the Kelly Martin coached Lady Rams, who were unranked nationally last year, “the state champion Lady Rams return 6 of their top 7 led by state champion Molly Keating after a stellar track season and loom as the best in the northeast region.”
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Coach Marcone Selected for NFL Summit
7/20/2010
As announced in a story in The Providence Journal, La Salle Academy football and baseball head coach “Geoff Marcone is one of 51 high school coaches selected by the NFL to participate in the 11th annual NFL-USA Football Youth Summit” being held in Canton, Ohio – the home of the National Football League Hall of Fame.
According to the story, the summit is being held Wednesday July 21 through Friday, July 23. That is the week prior to the 2010 Hall of Fame Weekend in Canton, Ohio.
According to the Journal story, “in addition to these coaches, more than 50 other supporters of youth and high school football, including former NFL players now coaching, will attend the summit, which is held at Kent State Stark Professional Education & Conference Center. Leaders in the fields of sports medicine and sports psychology will present on various topics facing youth sports.”
Jamieson Bernard '10 Awarded Scholarship
6/29/2010
La Salle Academy graduate Jamieson Bernard '10 has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the Catuogno Scholarship by the Rhode Island Boys Basketball Officials Board.
"On behalf of the Board, I am very pleased to present Jamieson with the certificate and the scholarship check in the amount of $500," said Thomas Maggiacomo '73, president of the organization. "Jamieson is most deserving of the award and his coach Bill Black is also to be commended."
"On behalf of the Board, I am very pleased to present Jamieson with the certificate and the scholarship check in the amount of $500," said Thomas Maggiacomo '73, president of the organization. "Jamieson is most deserving of the award and his coach Bill Black is also to be commended."
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