William Geoghegan

Cooper Maher, from Westerly, will transfer to Duke before his sophomore baseball season.

NORTH PROVIDENCE – High-level basketball, connections with players around the world, a trip to Europe, a chance to connect to her roots.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – There were no Chris Berman home run calls, no SportsCenter music, but the ESPN spotlight was on the Ocean State Waves all the same last Thursday night.

Former Ocean State Waves head coach Jalen Borders, left, signed on as an assistant coach at Arizona earlier in July, ending his time with the Waves early.

With playoff seeding already set and rain impacting the schedule, the final week of the NECBL season for the Ocean State Waves was quiet.

It was a down year for the Ocean State Waves. The New England Collegiate Baseball League squad got off to a poor start and never dug its way out, finishing

PAWTUCKET – Every summer, the Boston Red Sox send 10 American teens to the Dominican Republic for baseball and community service as part of the franchise's Lindos Sueños program. Pawtucket native and St. Raphael Academy graduate Jaiden Rosario was selected to participate this year and enjoyed a memorable experience.

Top teams in Rhode Island Division II high school football are probably relieved to see that South Kingstown is moving back up.

NORTH SMITHFIELD – The North Smithfield High football team continued its rise last year with an 8-0 regular season, one of the best campaigns in school history. Though it ended with an upset loss in the semifinals, the season represented a significant step forward, and the Northmen plan to stay in that territory this year, even with some talent to replace.

NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Cumberland High girls' soccer team played its season opener on August 27, about as early as head coach John Hoxsie can remember.