February 27

1968 Ken Adam, leading scorer for the La Salle Academy

freshmen, torched the twines for 31 points as undefeated Holy Trinity (11-0) clinched the regular season pennant in the Cadet Division of the Blackstone Valley Basketball League by edging St. Mary’s 66-63 in its final game. In other action, Ron LaFlamme pumped in 31 points to pace St. Mathieu’s to a 74-60 victory over St. Teresa’s. Wayne Perry caged 27 points and Bill Mulholland chipped in with 12 in a losing effort.

1988 Pawtucket’s Kevin Kolek, former Saint Raphael Acad

emy star, was named co-player of the year in the Little East Conference. In addition, Kevin was selected to the Northeast District One Division Three All-New England first team. Kolek averaged 21 points per game this season in leading the Southeastern Massachusetts University’s Corsaires to a top 10 ranking nationally in Division III.

1998 Robert “Oubie” Griffin fired in a game-high 30 points,

grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out six assists and had three steals as Saint Raphael Academy edged city-rival Tolman 65-61 before a noisy, packed house at the SRA gym. T. J. Sorrentine was the only other Saint in double figures with 10 points, while the downtrodden Tigers had three players in double digits with Joe DeBlois and Maurice Toro notching 14 points and Peter Wolejko adding 13. SRA coach Tom Sorrentine’s quintet improved to 15-2 in Division 1-North play, while Tolman coach Paul Rabbitt’s squad dropped to 8-9 in league action.