Rhode Island High School Championships

High-school sports in Rhode Island are governed by the Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL).^[1]

An eight-team Rhode Island High School League existed from 1918-1929. Below is what is known about its champions:

• Hope won 4 Baseball Championships
• Hope won 3 Football Championships
• Burrillville won the 1927 Baseball championship
• St. Raphael won the 1928 Class B Baseball championship
• Warren won the 1929 Class B Basketball championship
• Burrillville won the 1929 Class B Baseball championship
• Rogers won the 1930-31 Boys Basketball championship (Pawtucket won the regular season title, De La Salle the Conference A and Colt the conference B)

State Interscholastic Outdoor Track Meet Champions

• 1917- Hope
• 1918- Pawtucket
• 1919- Woonsocket
• 1920- Woonsocket
• 1921- Pawtucket
• 1922- Providence Technical High School + Pawtucket (Class A), Westerly (Class B)
• 1923- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Cumberland (Class B)
• 1924- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Westerly (Class B)
• 1925- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Barrington (Class B)
• 1926- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Barrington (Class B)
• 1927- Brockton (Class A), Warwick (Class B)
• 1928- Hope (Class A), Stonington (Class B)
• 1929- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Stonington (Class B)
• 1930- Hope (Class A), Stonington (Class B)
• 1931- La Salle (Class A), Warwick (Class B)
• 1932- Moses Brown (Class A), Warwick (Class B)

Ice hockey

In 1926-27 the first Ice Hockey League was formed containing:^[2]

• Cranston
• Hope Floats
• La Salle
• Mount Saint Charles, Rhode Island

A few years later, some other public schools joined to form an official league.

Cranston won the 1930-31 Interscholastic State and League (regular season) title while Mount Saint Charles won the Interscholastic Conference title

Rhode Island Interscholastic League

In the 1932-33 season, the Rhode Island Interscholastic League was formed with nine sports:

• Baseball
• Boys Basketball
• Ice Hockey
• Football
• Boys Tennis
• Boys Golf
• Boys Cross Country
• Boys Indoor Track
• Boys Outdoor Track
• In the 1953-54 Season, Wrestling was added
• Boys Swimming in 1959-60
• Boys Soccer in 1965
• Boys Volleyball in 1987
• Boys Lacrosse in 2001

Rhode Island Division 1 Football Champions

Division I Football Championship Results

1972: Cranston East (6-0-1) def. Woonsocket (6-0-1): 35-8

1973: Rogers (7-0) def. Warwick Vets (6-1): 20-0

1974: Rogers (9-0) def. Cranston East (8-0-1): 26-20

1975: Pilgrim (8-0-1) def. Tolman (8-0-1): 20-7

1976: Rogers (9-0) def. Hendricken (7-1): 22-14

1977: Rogers (9-0) def. La Salle (9-0): 20-17

1978: Rogers (6-1-1) def. Barrington (7-0-1): 28-7

1979: East Providence (9-0) def. Johnston (8-1): 14-0

1980: East Providence (8-0) def. Middletown (7-2): 16-14

1981: Hendricken (7-0-1) def. Cranston West (8-0): 6-0

1982: Hendricken (9-0) def. Lincoln (8-0-1): 14-6

1983: West Warwick (9-0-1) def. Hendricken (7-2): 30-13

1984: St. Raphael (8-1) def. Cumberland (8-0): 34-20

1985: Rogers (8-1) def. Johnston (7-1-1): 14-12

1986: Rogers (9-0) def. East Greenwich (8-2): 28-7

1987: Cranston East (7-2) def. Rogers (7-2-1): 13-0

1988: Rogers (9-0) def. East Greenwich (6-1-1): 14-0

1989: Rogers (9-0) def. Woonsocket (9-1): 55-14

1990: Rogers (9-0) def. Toll Gate (8-2): 24-0

1991: Portsmouth (8-1) def. La Salle (6-3): 21-14 [OT]

1992: Portsmouth (9-0) def. La Salle (6-3): 10-2

1993: Portsmouth (8-1) def. North Kingstown (6-2): 24-19

1994: Hendricken (7-2) def. Portsmouth (8-1): 17-14

1995: Hendricken (9-0) def. East Providence (6-3): 26-12

1996: Hendricken (8-1) def. Portsmouth (6-2-1): 26-21

1997: East Providence (9-0) def. Hendricken (7-2): 26-0

1998: Portsmouth (9-0) def. Hendricken (7-2): 14-0

1999: East Providence (9-0) def. Hendricken (8-1): 12-6 [OT]

2000: La Salle (9-0) def. Portsmouth (7-2): 36-33

2001: La Salle (9-0) def. East Providence (7-2): 26-18

2002: East Providence (7-1) def. La Salle (8-0): 35-21

2003: East Providence (8-0) def. La Salle (7-1): 19-6

2004: Cranston West (9-1) def. La Salle (8-2): 28-14

2005: Barrington (8-2) def. La Salle (8-2): 28-7

2006: East Providence (9-1) def. Hendricken (8-2): 35-13

2007: St. Raphael (12-0) def. Hendricken (11-1): 8-6

2008: La Salle (12-0) def. Barrington (9-3): 31-6

2009: Barrington (11-1) def. Hendricken (9-3): 21-0

2010: Hendricken (12-0) def. Portsmouth (9-3): 20-17

2011: Hendricken (10-2) def. La Salle (11-1): 17-14

2012: Hendricken (10-2) def. La Salle (11-1): 26-20

2013: Hendricken (11-1) def. Cranston East (9-3): 35-21

2014: Hendricken (11-1) def. La Salle (11-1): 32-7

Girls' sports

The earliest known Girls' Tennis tournament was the 1969 Singles Tournament. Unsure of the first year.

In 1970-71 Golf became a co-ed sport, with an individual Girls Golf champion being crowned for the first time

In the 1971-72 season, the following girls' sports were initiated:

• Girls Basketball
• Girls Cross Country
• Field Hockey
• Gymnastics
• Girls Volleyball
• Girls Outdoor Track
• In 1973 Girls Tennis crowned its first team champions, signifying the addition of Girls Tennis
• Slow-Pitch Softball in 1977
• Girls Soccer in 1983
• Fast-Pitch Softball in 1986
• Girls Indoor Track in the 1990-91 Season
• Swimming became the second co-ed sport in the 1991-92 season with the first all-girls postseason. Swimming remained a co-ed sport from 1991-92 to 1999-00. In 2000-01, Swimming was separated into a Boys Swimming individual sport and a Girls Swimming individual sport)
• Girls Lacrosse in 2001
• Girls Ice Hockey in the 2002-03 season

Footnotes

External links

• Rhode Island Interscholastic League official website
• Rhode Island High School Sports
• Rhode Island 1991-1992 High School Sports