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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING THE LASALLE ACADEMY BOYS LACROSSE TEAM ON THE

INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT OF WINNING THEIR TENTH STRAIGHT RHODE ISLAND

DIVISION I STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

     Introduced By: Representatives Hull, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Filippi, Shallcross Smith,
Fellela, Fogarty, and Cortvriend

     Date Introduced: June 21, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The LaSalle Academy Boys Lacrosse Team were once again dominant in

the 2021-2022 Rhode Island Lacrosse season as they compiled a perfect 10-0 record in the Rhode

Island Interscholastic League and an outstanding overall record of 15-3. The Rams outscored

their opponents in league play 215 to 47, and outscored their opponents in all competition, 300 to

105, and defeated Boston College High when they were the number one ranked team in

Massachusetts, and also defeated the third ranked team in the State of Connecticut; and

     WHEREAS, In the State Championship Tournament, LaSalle lived up to their billing as

the favorites and the one seed from the start, when they dispatched Bishop Hendricken by the

score of 22-7. In the championship game, the Rams met Moses Brown, their closest rivals

throughout the regular season, and after a closely fought first half that ended in a 4-4 tie, LaSalle

took control in the second half thanks to Anthony DiCenso’s domination of the faceoff circle and

the four goals scored in a row by attackman Nolan Johnson to handily dispatch Moses Brown by

the score of 15-5 to secure La Salle’s tenth in a row Rhode Island Division One Championship;

and

     WHEREAS, LaSalle had numerous players who earned local and national honors.

Thomas Caito III, Anthony DiCenso, Dylan Johnson and Noah Rose were named US Lacrosse

2022 All-Americans and Noah Rosa and Connor Braham were named US Lacrosse Academic

All-Americans. Noah Rosa, Nolan Johnson, Anthony DiCenso, Dylan Johnson, Thomas Caito,

Hayden Almeida, Colby Frigon, Max Ayotte were Rhode Island 1st Team All-State and

Providence Journal All-State selections and Ryan Cowan was named Rhode Island Boys Lacrosse

2nd Team All-State; and

     WHEREAS, Winning a State Championship requires that every team member sacrifice

their individual wants and needs for the greater good. The LaSalle Boys Lacrosse Team once

again had these important attributes in abundance as they were led all season by the key

contributions of Ian McMahon, Anthony DiCenso, Joseph Ferguson, Thomas Caito, Matthew

Hayes, Noah Rosa, Adam Camille, Andrew Bradley, Ronan Peterson, Brighton Got, Grover

Moran, Dante D’amico, Samuel Yan, Adam Dady, Benjamin Riccitelli, Brady Fisher, Nolan

Johnson, Luca Fattore, Owen Giorgio, John Rodehorst, Garrett Clare, Colby Frigon, Hayden

Almeida, Timothy Ward, Connor Graham, Dylan Johnson, Cole Bouchard, Tyler Graham,

Dominic Muratore, Alexander Edmonson, Paul Boghosian, Ryan Cowan, Connor Moynihan,

Jacob Wilson, and Maxim Ayotte. The Rams Lacrosse Team also benefited all season, and

throughout their ten year championship run, from the outstanding leadership and coaching

provided by Head Coach Steven O’Donnell, who was ably assisted by Associate Head Coach

Cody O’Donnell, Assistant Coaches Timothy Ryan and Austin Marinosci, and Assistant and JV

Coaches John Ricci and Mark Kelly; and

     WHEREAS, The incredible success of the LaSalle Boys Lacrosse Team would also be

impossible without the incredible support provided by the President of LaSalle Academy,

Brother Dennis Malloy, FSC, Principal Donald Kavanagh, Athletic Director Vincent McGinn,

and Athletic Director Emma Ofner; now, therefore be it

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

heartily congratulates the 2022 LaSalle Academy Boys Lacrosse Team on winning the 2022

Division I State Championship, their tenth in a row; 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. Steven O’Donnell, Head Coach, LaSalle

Academy Boys Lacrosse.

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