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Cross Country 10/20/09
Freshmen State Championship

The runners in this race were very lucky to have such a beautiful sunny day to get out and run. The freshmen states were held at Goddard Park on the 2.5 mile course. Representing Fatima was Megan Delamer, the girls varsity leading runner. Megan got out to a fast start in the race and unfortunately twisted her ankle less than a mile into the race. However, that did not stop the fierce determination that Megan posses. Megan was able to cruise through the course finishing in the middle of the pack of nearly 140 runners. Not only did Megan place well, but she also ran an excellent time of 19:40. This time was over a minute and a half faster than when she ran the same course back in September at the injury fund. This race showed how Megan has improved throughout the course of the season and how she will continue to improve right up to the Class Championship race on October 31st at Ponaganset.

Boys & Girls Cross Country 10/5/09
Fatima VS LaSalle, Moses Brown, Tolman, Shea @ Roger Williams Park
The boys cross-country team had their best race of the year. The team scored the most amount of points it has all year and was only 2 points away from victory. The guys really stepped up and ran strong as a group. Dominic Pirri led the attack for Fatima finishing only 10 seconds away from yet another personal best time. Right behind Dominic was Marc Rabideau, Andrew Jones, and Nick Jean-Gilles. Marc and Nick finished very strong both setting new personal records for the 3.1 miles. Devin Silva was Fatima˙s 5th man and without his strong finish, also leading to a season best time, the team would not have come so close to victory. Without the complete team at the race due to illness, Bryce Capracotta stepped up for the team and also had a personal best time this season.

For the girls cross-country team Victoria Harris had an excellent day. Megan Delamer pulled up half way through the race with a bad cramp; Victoria seeing this happen during the race showed great team leadership and stepped up to lead the charge for the lady tigers finishing first for the team. Megan, the tough runner she is, battled through the cramp not letting it stop her from finishing and still had a great race. I was very proud of the determination that was shown today by all the runners.

From here we look forward to our next meet. We will continue working hard for the next couple weeks, and then begin to taper down before the class championship race at the end of the month.

Boys and Girls Cross Country 10/15/09
Fatima VS Bishop Connolly
@ Bishop Connolly
This race was a non-league dual meet that we had set up to get the team an extra meet before the championship races begin. The weather did not cooperate with us today and the athletes were faced with just more than the challenge of running the 2.65 mile course. With the wind and rain constant throughout the race, both the boys and girls did very well considering how cold it was.

The boys started us off on the right foot with Dominic Pirri leading the way. The runners did very well not only as individuals, but they did very well as a team. Dominic was able to capture third place with Marc Rabideau right behind in fourth. Marc showed great determination in the race coming from fifth place and laying down a powerful kick with a quarter of a mile to go to capture fourth. From there Fatima was able to grab places 8-11. Nick Jean-Gilles was Fatimas third runner finishing in eighth place. The next three runners who ran close in a tight pack were Jamie Nunes, Devin Silva, and Alex Melfi. Overall each runner showed a great effort for a tough day of running.

The girls had an amazing race. By far this was their best performance not only individually but as a team as well. Megan Delamer led the entire race with Victoria Harris only seconds behind her giving Fatima positions 1 and 2. This was Megans first win of the year and a well-fought victory. Despite the nasty weather conditions, Megan was still able to run 19:28 to gain the win. Teresa Harris and Ashley DeAngelis stepped up and ran very well coming in with strong finishes to gain spots seven and eight for the team. The great effort shown by the Fatima Lady Tigers was good enough to tie them for 1st place in the meet overall. Hats off to a job well done ladies, keep up the good work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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FATIMA Coaches Corner

Post Game Recap:

Boys Basketball

2-23-10 vs. Prout It was a great atmosphere on senior night as the Tiger's Den was packed on Tuesday Night. The boys played their hearts out and the seniors played their last home game with pride and hard work. Even though they lost the boys gave Prout all they could handle. Nick Jean-Gilles had 18 points and three rebounds. Eric Norman had six points and 5 rebounds, Andrew Jones chipped in 8 points, John Delamer had 6 points and Will Widdicer had 3 and Marc Rabideau had 2. The boys play their last game of the season at Mt. Saint Charles on friday.

2/15 vs. Burriville
Six of the eleven players came down with sickness before the game leaving the tigers shorthanded for the night. Nick Jean-Gilles had ten points, John Delamer had 6 points for his first varsity points of his career and Alex Melfi had 3 points in the loss.

2/17 vs Central Falls
Fatima played very hard against the top team in the league eventually losing to a more experienced Central Falls team. There was a lot of positive to come out of the game. Nick Jean-Gilles had 20 points and 5 assists, Andrew Jones had 8 points and 5 rebounds, John Delamer contributed 4 points and Eric Norman had 4 points and 6 rebounds in the loss.


2/19 vs. North Smithfield
This was by far the most exciting game of the season as the boys fell at the buzzer by two points. Fatima gave North Smithfield all they could handle as defensively the boys played superb. This great game was a total team effort. Nick Jean Gilles scored 20 points and dished out 6 assists while grabbing 4 rebounds. Andrew Jones had 9 points and 7 rebounds and Dillon Renzi also contributed 9 points. Marc Rabideau and Pat Fogarty each contributed 6 points. Eric Norman had 2 points but played his best defensive game of the season with 4 blocked shots and 10 rebounds. The boys improvements every game have been really exciting to watch.

2/5/10
Fatima's boys basketball team played hard in a loss to Juaniata Sanchez on friday in front of an exciting crowd. Nick Jean-Gilles had 24 points and 5 rebounds, Andrew Jones had 14 points and 4 rebounds, Eric Norman continued his improved play with 6 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. Marc Rabideau and William Widdicer each contributed 3 points in the loss.

2/2/10 Vs. Johnston High School The boys had a tough task in taking on undefeated Johnston High. They played very hard and hung in there with them for most of the game in the loss. The improvement in the boys both offensively and defensively are evident as they are beginning to look more and more like a team every day. Nick Jean-Gilles had 22 points and 5 rebounds, Andrew Jones had 12 points and 7 rebounds, Dillon Renzi played his best game of the year and had 9 points and 5 assists, Marc Rabideau chipped in 3 points, Pat Fogarty had 2. Eric Norman had 7 rebounds and took his first charge of his career.

1-27-10 vs. Middletown Fatima played one of its best games of the season in a loss against middletown. The defense was much improved and the boys scored the most points they have all season with 56. Nick Jean-Gilles scored 34 points and had 8 rebounds, Andrew Jones chipped in 16 points and 7 rebounds, Eric Norman had 8 points and 5 rebounds. Dillon Renzi, Reinaldo Ramos and Pat Fogarty contributed great defense and energy.


Friday 1/15 vs Central Falls
The boys showed determination and energy on friday night when they lost to Central Falls. After Falling behind 40-8 at halftime, the boys came out in the second half and held C.F. to 1 point in the first 6 minutes of the 2nd half. With superb defense and hustle, they clawed their way back into the game and were only down 10 with 8 minutes to play and it was a good game the rest of the way. The future continues to look brighter for Fatima Basketball as junior Andrew Jones led the defensive charge with 11 points and 8 rebounds as well as taking his 5th charge in his last 3 games. Nick Jean-Gilles scored 18 and had 4 assists and junior Eric Norman added 6 points. Sophmores Will Widdicer and Pat Fogarty played key roles off the bench.


Tuesday 1/19 vs. North Smithfield
The boys once again showed signs of improvement as they put up their most points of the season with 48 as they fell to North Smithfield. Andrew Jones led the way with 22 points, 10 rebounds and took another charge, Nick Jean-Gilles added 16 and 5 rebounds, Patrick Fogarty had 6 points and 3 rebounds. Will Widdicer, Eric Norman, and Marc Rabideau each contributed 2 points and played key roles in the game.

1/12/10
Fatima lost a hard fought game to Burriville High School 72-50 on Tuesday Night. Andrew Jones score 17points, had 7 rebounds and took two charges. Nick Jean-Gilles scored 15 points and had 5 assists, and Reinaldo Ramos had his best game of the season and contributed ten points and four rebounds. William Widdicur contributed valuable minutes at point guard off the bench and dished out four assists. Fatima continues to get better every game offensively and needs to continue to improve on defense throughout the rest of the season.

Thursday 12/10 Vs. Mount Hope Boys Basketball
Nick Jean Gilles scored 31 points, and Reinaldo Ramos had 10 points in the loss to lead the team in scoring. Overall the team worked hard and stayed together for the first game of the season. It was very impressive to see some of the athletes play as hard as they did for their first high school basketball game of their career.

Friday 12/11 Vs. West Warwick Boys Basketball
Overall the team played much better than the previous night, making it a close hard fought game at half time. The defensive intensity improved and there was a lot of pride being displayed throughout the game. Unfortunately the boy's did not have enough gas in the tank to keep up with west warwick and ended up losing. Nick Jean Gilles scored 30 points, Dillon Renzi had 11, Eric Norman had 2, and Zach Tavares scored the first 2 points of his Varsity career.

Saturday 12/12 vs. Toll Gate Boys Basketball
The team showed what the 3rd game in 3 days does to young and inexperienced team. They were very tired from all the hard work they put into basketball all weekend. Nick Jean-Gilles scored 14 points and was named to the All-Tournament team, Marc Rabideau scored 7 points for the first points of his career and Zach Tavares had 4. Eric Normand lead the team with 3 block shots. Zach Tavares showed great leadership both on and off the court with his hustle and encouragement of his teammates, he had a great weekend of basketball. A lot of good things came out of this great weekend of basketball action. Hopefully the tough tests playing against Division 2 competition will help the boys when they play in the first game of the league starting on Tuesday vs. Middletown.

Tuesday 1/5/10 vs. Davies Boys Basketball
Fatima won its first game of the season as they defeated Davies 48-38 in Lincoln. Nick Jean-Gilles scored 25 points and had 5 assists, Andrew Jones scored 10 points and had 8 rebounds, Eric Norman had 4 points and 15 rebounds, Marc Rabideau, Dillon Renzi each scored two points. Eric Norman had the play of the game with a huge block and assist to Nick Jean-Gilles when Fatima was only up 4 with 2 minutes left. Hopefully the men can take this success and continue to get better everyday for the rest of the season!

Basketball - Girls

Central Falls 60 Lady Tigers 22. In the pregame festvities the seniors were honored for their hardwork and dedication to their teammates and team this year. Senior Kristine DaSilva had 5 points, Senior Kate Malloy playing on her first high school team scored her first points of the season, a 3 pointer. Soph. Leslie Pavao finished with 233 rebounds this year.
Coaches Vollaro and Nolan would like to thank everyone for their support this year

Rocky Hill 38-Fatima 23 The Lady Tigers dominated all aspects of the game except on the scoreboard, missing 14 free throws and 15 layups. Michaela Furtado had 10 points and Leslie Pavao went over the 200 rebounds mark. She now has 203. Next game is Thursday at NECA at 4:30 Last two games of season Friday Feb. 26th home 7;00 vs. Bishop Keough and Tuesday March 2nd Senior Night 7;00 vs. Central Falls.

2/2/10
With only seven players available for the game due to injuries and illness the girls played their best division game of the season in a hard faught 46-28 defeat to Hope. All seven players scored led by ninth grader Megan Delamer with 10 points.

1/29/10
Friday Davies 47-Fatima 14 . Davies broke open a close game 8-6 with a 20-2 run to end the first half 28-8 and didnt look back after that. Michaela Furtado had 6 pts. Megan DELMER 4pts.

1/23/10
Bishop Keough 54-Fatima 24
Girls played hard to the end. Megan Delamer had 6 pts four steals and five rebounds. Leslie Pavao had 4 points 11 rebounds, Alex Wall 4pts three steals five rebounds.

1/13/10 NECA 46-FATIMA 33
The team game back from a big deficit but ran out of time. Michaela Furtado 9 points 11 rebounds, Leslie Pavao 7 pts. 15 rebounds, Vicky Harris 6pts. 7 rebounds.

Volleyball 10/15/09
Fatima VS Central High School

FATIMA WINS!
Megan Silva had 21 service points for the tigers while Justine Lavoie had 25 assists for the team. The girls worked together setting the ball up in order to have 30 attacks as a team. They played great defense through the entire game. The last time we played Central we did not come up with the win due to the absence of the team setter Justine Lavoie. With her back in the line up we came up with the win easily. Once again Leslie Pavao came off the bench and was able to score 3 service points and had 2 attacks. She is no doubt a great addition to the team and will be a great player next year for Fatima. We did have some trouble with service errors, having 13 errors during this game. We need to work on eliminating these errors as we head to the end of the season and playoffs.


Volleyball 9/30/09
Fatima VS Hope High School

FATIMA WINS!
Justine Lavoie had 49 assists, a season record for her to go along with her 15 saves. Mary Kate Sanders had 18 attacks, 10 digs and 5 ace service points. Hailey Bober had 28 service points and NO errors. The girls played extremely well as a team. All the girls contributed to the tigers won. Every player had at least 5 attacks and 11 service points. Players were on their game, and if they made a mistake they got right back into the game. Teamwork was a big reason for the tigers to come out with a win. All the players played well. Megan Silva stepped up, going to the line and making all 12 serves without an error. Serving this game was better than games in the past; however we still need to eliminate errors.


Volleyball 10/2/09
Fatima VS Middletown
Justine Lavoie had 30 assists, 7 saves and 10 service points. Hailey Bober had 7 attacks, 8 digs, and 16 service points for the tigers. Although the team lost, I think that ALL the girls played a great game. The serve was good, the hitting was good, and their defense was great. Since it was homecoming I think the team was excited and nervous. They played great and I was pleasantly surprised at the team spirit and energy. Megan Silva stepped up once again and had 6 attacks and 2 service aces. We are going to continue to work on serving and hitting to empty places on the court.

Volleyball 10/5/09
Fatima VS Central Falls
Megan Silva had 10 service points for the tigers and Hailey Bober had 11. With Mary Kate Sanders sick, Leslie Pavao had another good game with the tigers. She stepped up and played great defense for the team. Central Falls is the number one team in the division and is undefeated as of now, however, I think the team played well together and did the best they could against a tough competitor. Megan Silva did a great job for the tigers with no service errors from the line, and skipping up to play junior varsity when she was asked due to illness of the other players.

Volleyball 10/13/09
Fatima VS Middletown
Justine Lavoie had 35 assists, 5 saves, and went 10 for 10 at the service line. Meghan Colvin had a good game as well with 14 attacks and 4 saves. The tigers had a great game but could not come up with the win. They all played together. They set the ball up and every member of the team had at least 5 attacks. Kristine DaSilva stepped up and had 7 saves to go along with 10 service points for the tigers. We still need to work on service errors, attacking different places on the court, and hitting/tipping over the blockers at the net.

 
 

Athletes of the Week:

 

Coming Soon

 

Athlete of the Month:

Athlete of the Month: February

Congratulations to Nick Jean-Gilles for being named Fatima High School Athlete of the month for February.

Nick finished his senior season in extraordinary fashion. He averaged 22 points 5 rebounds and 3 assists a game over his last 6 games. Nick scored his 1,000th point in early February and finished his career with 1,170 points. Nick was honored with being placed on the 2nd team all-division team. He is a pleasure to coach and always has a smile on his face. The thing that stands out about Nick is determination to get better. Nick was always the first person in the gym and the last one to leave. He just loves playing basketball. He is always the hardest worker at practice and was a player coach on the court. Nick is someone who not only makes himself better, but also the underclassmen. He took many of the underclassmen under his wing and helped them become better basketball players, which is a big reason the boys basketball team showed much improvement over the entire season. Nick is not only a great athlete, but he is a great person.

Athlete of the Month: January

Congratulations to Victoria Harris for being named Fatima High School Athlete of the month for January.

Victoria Harris not only has been averaging 6.7 rebounds a game she is a true team captain. She gets the girls prepared before and after practices and games. She has been for a couple weeks this season and despite being injured she is at every practice and game. We have nicknamed her Coach Harris, because she has become a third coach on this young team. In the classroom she excels and is very involved in other school organizations.

Athlete of the Month: December


Congratulations to Marc Rabideau for being named Fatima High School Athlete of the month for December.

Marc Rabideau. Marc is playing his first year of organized varsity basketball. The improvement he has shown in such a short amount of time is a reflection of Marc's character. He has never missed a practice and he works extremely hard in practice and games. He has gone from being a role player to a starter who plays a significant amount of minutes and has helped set the foundation for Fatima Boy's basketball. He is an excellent role model for the underclassmen and always pushes everybody to do their best. He has a great attitude and is a good student athlete. It is truly a privilege to coach and be around him because he makes everyone better. He is a prime example of what an Our Lady of Fatima student athlete encompasses because he "expects success" everyday and does not settle for less.

Athlete of the Month: October

Congratulations to Megan Delamer for being named Fatima High School Athlete of the month for October

As a freshmen Megan came out and made an immediate impact on the
cross-country team. Megan recorded the fastest time this year for the
Fatima girl’s team. A very confident runner, her heart and determination
show each race she runs. She does not let the fact that she is only a
freshmen get in the way of running to the best of her ability. On two
occasions this season Megan broke into the top 10 of the race. Megan not
only cracked the top 10 at Bishop Connolly, but she finished in first
place. Megan led the race from the start to finish despite the miserable
cold and rainy weather. Megan is a coaches dream, she does what she is
asked and always with a smile. She wants to improve each week and does
whatever she has to, to do so. Megan’s times are no joke either, as a
freshmen girl she is beating many of the boys. Megan continued to set
personal bests all throughout the month of October and saving her best
race for the class championship where she ran the 3.1 mile course in 24
minutes 42 seconds good enough for 49th place out of over 100.

Athlete of the Month: September

Dominic Pirri: Cross Country

Congratulations toDominic Pirri for being named Fatima High School Athlete of the month for September.

Dominic Pirri is the boy’s cross-country captain. As a senior captain Dominic has done nothing but lead by example. With cross-country being the new team to the athletic program, Dominic has become the face of the boy’s program. Dominic has been the team’s fastest runner all season, nearly a minute a head of the rest of the team. As the coach of the cross-country team, I give Dominic a lot of credit for his hard work and determination. Dominic being a soccer player has had to go through the tough transition to become a distance runner. Anyone who has ever run before can tell you it is not easy to get out and run a 3.1-mile race. Dominic has made it through the season with no complaints, does everything that is asked of him, and does it very well. The rest of the team looks up to him and tries to chase him, therefore making the rest of the team better. Dominic trains everyday with the rest of the team; he also has gone above and beyond by running in local road races on occasion when it fits into the training schedule.

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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