Eric Benevides

Sports Editor, Valley Breeze & Observer Newspapers in northern R.I. Fan of Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, and Hartford Yard Goats. 80s music expert.

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This story is WILD! Cumberland's Maria Chevalier completed her 17th straight Boston Marathon by not only running the course twice, including at 3 a.m. from Boston to Hopkinton, but also drinking shots and beers with the fans during her final 26.2 miles! https://t.co/ttEKahHluZ

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Here's a quick look at the Blackstone Valley Schools hockey team's epic quadruple-OT victory over Lincoln in tonight's D-II finals. There will be more to come on this classic! @saintrays @Fic27 @PCDAthletics @nshsnorthmen https://t.co/LC2Ho0KzDg via @TheValleyBreeze

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At the D-2 boys, hockey championship game at the AMP and @LHSRI_Athletics strikes first on Blackstone Valley Schools on a power-play goal by Nick Pelosi, set up by Tyler Almeida. @LHSRI

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Blackstone Valley Schools has won the D-2 championship on Jaxon Boyes' goal 1:47 into the fourth OT. The AMP is going crazy!

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We're going to a fourth OT. Next goal wins the championship.

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Here we go again: We're headed to OT of the D-2 boys' hockey championship game between Blackstone Valley Schools and @LHSRI_Athletics, thanks to a goal by BVS senior Colin Dorgan with 30.2 seconds left on regulation. You can't make this up. @Fic27 @PCDAthletics @SaintRays

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Here's a look at what was an incredible game and an emotional night. BVS will face Lincoln for the D-2 title next Wednesday at 4 at the AMP.

https://t.co/abNU42uZQV via @TheValleyBreeze

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North Providence High senior Colin Dorgan just sent the Blackstone Valley Schools hockey team to the D-2 finals by scoring the game-winning goal with 48.1 seconds left in double OT. BVS was outshot 53-18 and won 3-2 over top-seeded Portsmouth. What a game!

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I had a wonderful afternoon with Ms. Bessette's first-grade class at the Francis J. Varieur Elementary School in Pawtucket, talking about the sports they played and reading "Marathon Mouse" to them. What a great bunch of kids! Thank you for the invitation! @PSDRI_Schools

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@mitchlafon Sweet Caroline belongs on this list.

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Scituate High senior Ryan Larsh became the 11th basketball player in his school's history, and only the third from the boys' program, to score 1,000 career points in today's 59-24 win over Block Island, the fifth in a row for the Spartans. @RIBCABasketball @SpartanPrideRI

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After Christmas, the state's longest high school boys' basketball tournament will return to @GoBlueClippers that weekend when Cumberland, @LHSRI_Athletics, @TolmanAthletics, and Woonsocket meet in this 52nd annual event. https://t.co/hzYRUm9dMf via @TheValleyBreeze

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A meet-record 26 points, five runners in the top 12, and the team's first individual champion since 1988 -- the @CumberlandXCTF girls' cross country team did it all to win its third straight state title last weekend. https://t.co/Hoqo0q35Qa via @TheValleyBreeze

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Here's a fantastic feat you don't see everyday in running: Cumberland's Nicole Greene and Lincoln's Alicia DeCastro placed among the top 1.5 percent of the 27,156 women who finished Sunday's TCS New York City Marathon. https://t.co/zE0gJScRtt via @TheValleyBreeze

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The @GoBlueClippers girls' cross country has captured its third straight state title by scoring 26 points to top La Salle's 54. Cecelia Ludwig took first place and Charli McCue placed third to lead @CumberlandXCTF.

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What a Homecoming Night for North Providence in its 38-6 win over Chariho: Kaiden Wray scores three TDs, NP scores two TDs on special teams, and the Cougars' defense sacked the QB 10 times. NP improves to 3-2 in D-3. @fic @joegoho

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There will be a high school football twinbill tomorrow at Max Read Field: @SRA_Football will host Cranston West at 4:45 p.m. -- tonight's game has been rained out -- and Pawtucket will host Middletown at 7 p.m. instead of 6. @SaintRays @CoachDeLawrence @SRASaints @TolmanAthletics

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The New England Babe Ruth Hall of Fame inducted North Providence-Smithfield president Lou Zammarelli last Friday, and here's a look at his 52 years of service and 30 as the president with the @npsbaberuth organization. https://t.co/ADsyWrsg9M via @TheValleyBreeze

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The @SportsSentinels football game tomorrow night at home vs. Tiverton has been cancelled. Tiverton will be unable to field a team due to a low numbers of active players on its roster.