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'Beauty, Brains, And Basketball'
The St. Rocco Lady Raptors, made up of seventh- and eighth-graders from the local Catholic school, recently took first place in the girls Grammar Division I and won the Rhode Island Catholic Athletic League championship.
Rhonda Sasa sent us the attached photos of the Lady Raptors grade 7 & 8 girls' basketball team, who recently took first place in the girls' Grammar I Division and won the Catholic Athletic League championship.
"They're awesome, and I'm so proud of them — they worked hard," Sasa told us, adding the teams' championship tee-shirts will sport a motto she designed: "Beauty, Brains, and Basketball."
St. Rocco finished the 2011-12 season with a 10-1 record, good for the top spot overall in their division.
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The Lady Raptors then proceeded to defeat Fr. John V. Doyle School of Coventry, 29-22, at the state CAL Championship on Mar. 11 at St. Mary Academy — Bay View in East Providence.
On the weekend of Mar. 30 through Apr. 1, the Lady Raptors are scheduled to travel to Burlington, VT, for the Regional tournament.
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The local school's basketball squads have been sharing in the accomplishments — earlier in the month, St. Rocco's girls Midget team defeated St. Peter's of Warwick to take first place in their division.
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