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 (7-0-1) 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 (11-0) def. Barrington (10-2): 31-6
  • 2009: Barrington (10-2) def. Hendricken (8-2): 21-0
  • 2010: Hendricken (11-0) def. Portsmouth (10-2): 20-17
  • 2011: Hendricken (9-2) def. La Salle (10-1): 17-14
  • 2012: Hendricken (9-2) def. La Salle (11-0): 26-20
  • 2013: Hendricken (10-1) def. Cranston East (9-3): 45-34
  • 2014: Hendricken (11-1) def. La Salle (10-2): 32-7
  • 2015: Hendricken (10-0) def. La Salle (9-2): 24-20
  • 2016: Hendricken (11-0) def. La Salle (11-2): 48-28
  • 2017: La Salle (11-2) def. Hendricken (9-2): 22-21

^ OT: Overtime

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
  1. Rhode Island Interscholastic League official website. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  2. http://www.rihockey.net
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