Even with the toughest challenges still to come, the South Kingstown High School girls basketball team has already been introduced to what it will face as a favorite in the state’s top division.

One special year at North Kingstown High School got even better for Keri Spitler on Monday when she was named Rhode Island’s girls volleyball Gatorade Player of the Year.

For five straight years, Narragansett drove the lead pack in Division II boys basketball, avoiding the ups and downs that everyone else experienced in a rough-and-tumble division.

Starting with a 3-pointer at the 8:49 mark, the senior guard scored 16 points in two minutes and 47 seconds, the last of which bumped his career total to 1,000 and 1,001.

South Kingstown edged Lincoln 3-2 in a physical, back-and-forth matchup of unbeaten Division II squads.

The South Kingstown High School gymnastics team opened the year with a point total of 132.70 in its first meet, a solid starting line.

The Skippers dominated defensively, keeping the Vikings scoreless for the first 8:40 of the game and stifling them all night in a 51-22 victory.

Leah Hart's last-second heave caromed off the rim this time as North Providence hung on for a 32-31 victory over the Mariners.

One bad stretch kept the Narragansett/Chariho co-op hockey team winless on Saturday night.

With a small roster and a challenging dual-meet slate, the Narragansett High School girls swim team is locked in on individual improvement this season.

The Rebels won the 36th annual even for the fourth year in a row

The host team broke through on the final day of the Crusader Christmas Classic hockey tournament.

Good teams playing their absolute best led a parade of success in 2019 for South County sports.