Category: Journalism Clips

The Independent – July 16, 2015 By William Geoghegan SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Two college programs have sent four players to the Ocean State Waves this summer. One is the hometown University of Rhode Island, with a campus just down the road from Old Mountain Field. more »

The Independent – Sept. 17, 2015 By William Geoghegan NORTH KINGSTOWN — Brian Garrepy, Kevin Harrington and Corey Maack were at the helm for some big years with the North Kingstown High School girls volleyball program, when victories piled up and championships were within reach. more »

The Independent – July 2, 2015 By William Geoghegan Matt Murphy played shortstop in Little League. He was an infielder at Bishop Hendricken High School. He went to Assumption College as an infielder, played American Legion ball as an infielder and was signed by the more »

South County Life Magazine – Nov. 13, 2015 By William Geoghegan Dan Hurley wanted to be a lawyer. Summers in high school, he worked in a family friend’s law office. He went to Seton Hall University and started on a pre-law track. “It wasn’t the more »

The Independent – Feb. 5, 2015 By William Geoghegan The point guard slashed to the basket again and again Friday night. On the opposition’s bench, the assistant coach wasn’t surprised. “At the beginning of the season, she wasn’t driving to the basket,” he said. “She more »

The Independent – July 23, 2015 By William Geoghegan SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Macular degeneration keeps Neil McCauley from seeing anything with clarity. Bob Magiera lost a good chunk of his eyesight to optic neuropathy. For Don Rego, it was Leber’s Disease. Doug Aldrich had Rocky more »

The Independent – Oct. 15, 2015 By William Geoghegan Ten days after the best moment of his soccer career, Ethan Scott lay in a hospital bed, wondering if that soccer career had any moments left. He had just helped lead his North Kingstown High School more »

The Independent – Jan. 14, 2016 By William Geoghegan On a summer day in 2010, Michael Gray took two hits to his head at a South Kingstown High School football practice, and they nearly killed him. In the days and weeks after surgery, Gray and more »

Warwick Beacon – August 22, 2013 William Geoghegan, Sports Editor On every football roster the University of Rhode Island hands out this season, above the 6-foot-3 wide receivers and the 300-pound linemen, is the spot reserved for a 4-foot-2, 62-pound quarterback who’s listed as a more »