John Gillooly
History and Tradition Drive Narragansett High Players
Catch the Pilgrim @ Narragansett football game on YurView LIVE this Friday November 1 at 7:00pm on Cox Channel 4 and streaming on YurView.com
Some people say history is lost on today's young people. They think teenagers who live in a world of instant information thanks to the internet aren't interested in something like tradition.
The...
Omar Reyes Jr: “Football Made Everything Fall Into Place In My Life.”
Catch the Cumberland @ Cranston East football game on YurView LIVE this Friday October 25 at 7:00pm on Cox Channel 4 and streaming on YurView.com.
These days Omar Reyes Jr. laughs when he thinks about his first football practice.
“I started playing youth football when I was eight years old," Reyes said. “The first day I...
Hendricken vs La Salle Wasn’t Always RI High School’s Main Gridiron Event
Catch the La Salle @ Bishop Hendricken football game on YurView LIVE this Friday evening October 4 at 7:00pm on Cox Channel 4 and streaming on YurView.com.
They are the two largest Catholic high schools in the state with the most densely-Catholic population in the country. So, it makes sense Hendricken and La Salle would be...
Once on Life Support, North Kingstown is Thriving Under Joe Gilmartin
Coach Joe Gilmartin had read all the print media accounts; seen the TV reports on networks like ESPN and CBS. They all were concluding high school football in America is in trouble.
Citing National High School Federation statistics, the stories chronicled how the participation numbers in American high school football had been declining for the...
Football Runs Through the Veins of Cranston West’s Cameron Alves
Cameron Alves grew-up hearing the stories that make his family Rhode Island high school football royalty.
There's the story of how for nearly a half century his great uncle held the record for most points scored by a player in a single Rhode Island high school football season.
People have told him his late grandfather was...