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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING THE CHARIHO BOYS BASEBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2018

RHODE ISLAND DIVISION II BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

     Introduced By: Representatives Kennedy, Filippi, Price, Ucci, and Fellela

     Date Introduced: June 19, 2018

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The 2018 Chariho Boys Baseball Team achieved something no other

Chariho baseball team has been able to attain since 1966, when they won the 2018 Rhode Island

Division II Baseball Championship, the first such title for Chariho in fifty-two years; and

     WHEREAS, The Chariho Baseball Team had an outstanding regular season, compiling a

sterling 15-3 conference record and finishing tied for first place with Ponaganset; and

     WHEREAS, In the Division II Regional Playoffs, the Chariho Chargers dominated Mt.

St. Charles in the first game, shutting the Mounties out by the score of 10-0. Chariho then went

on to easily dispatch and sweep Mt. Hope High School by the identical scores of 5-0, setting up a

best of three finals series against their arch-rivals, Ponaganset High School; and

     WHEREAS, After beating Ponaganset at McCoy Stadium by the score of 4-2 in the first

game of the finals series, the two rivals clashed again in a scintillating second, and final game of

the series, with Chariho emerging victorious by the score of 4-2. In a tense, hard-fought game,

Chariho entered the sixth inning with a 4-2 lead but were in a perilous situation with Ponaganset

having the bases loaded. Down in the count, Chariho starting pitcher and series Most Valuable

Player Sean Sposato knew he had to bear down and challenge the hitters with fastballs over the

plate and he did exactly that when he blew two fastballs past the hitter to end the threat and help

to clinch the Title for Chariho; and

     WHEREAS, Winning a State Championship in a team sport is an immense

accomplishment, one requiring that every member of the team give one hundred percent and

place team needs and goals ahead of individual aspirations. The 2018 Chariho Boys Baseball

Team had those qualities in abundance as they were led all season by the important contributions

provided by John Pellegrino, Luke Elson, Grant Vargo-Willeford, Alexander Radicioni, Devin

DiBiasio, Daniel LaBelle, Ethan Blanchard, Cameron Anderson, Will Beaudreau, Dylan LaBelle,

Kyle Abbott, Sean Sposato, Jared Powers, Benjamin Harrison, Mark Wightman, Maxwell Willett,

Zachary Snow and Liam Goldstein; and

     WHEREAS, Chariho also benefitted all season from the innovative coaching and

outstanding leadership provided by Head Coach Andy Devereaux and Assistant Coaches John

Devereaux and Todd Guevremont; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates the Chariho Boys Baseball Team for winning the

2018 Rhode Island Division II Baseball Championship; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Andy Devereaux, Head Coach, Chariho

Baseball Team.

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