February 19

1968 Charlie Smith, a top-notch golfer and finalist in the State

Amateur Tournament last summer, found the range on the hoop in much the same manner he canned putts in the tourney to pace Woonsocket to a 59-49 win over Lincoln to improve the Villa Novans to a 13-2 mark in the Class B Eastern Division standings. Smith wrecked the Lions defense for 20 points and Tom Asselin added 14. Don Bishop swished 15 points, John Stafford connected for 12 and Mark Hodgkins chipped in with 11 for Lincoln coach Andy Boyle, who was tagged with a technical for protesting to the officials about the officiating.

1988 Coach Bill Britt’s hustling Tolman Tigers staged an hero

ic comeback rallying from a 34-22 halftime deficit for a 64-57 triumph over Middletown in Class B-One action. Sparkplug point-guard Todd Rivard caged 15 points, dished out 11 assists and had four steals, while his backcourt mate Bill Carpenter canned 12 points. “It was a good performance by the whole team,” said Britt as the Tigers improved to 6-10 in league play and remain in the hunt for one of the league’s six playoff berths.

1998 Lyndita Liburd of Central Falls and East Providence’s Ca

rissa Meekins are battling neck-and-neck for the Times area schoolgirl scoring crown with Liburd averaging 18.3 points per game and Meekins close behind with an 18.0 mark. Rounding out the top five point-getters are Sara Wright of Attleboro (17.7 ppg), Bishop Feehan’s Monique LeBlanc (17.2) and in fifth place with 17.1 ppg is Lincoln’s Renee Raymond. Carmen Pizarro of Central Falls is the leader in three-point field goals with 31, LeBlanc has the single-game scoring high of 33 points and Lori Betley of Saint Raphael Academy is the pacesetter in free throw accuracy at 78.2% (43-of-55).