Daily Briefing: Meet RI's winter all-state athletes

ALSO: A look at the most challenged books of 2022. [eNewspaper]( | [Crosswords]( | [Horoscopes]( [Read in browser]( [Read in browser]( The Daily Briefing YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Tue Apr 25 2023 Will Richmond | Managing Editor Communities & R.I. [@Will_Richmond]( Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at The Providence Journal and this is the Daily Briefing. While our thoughts have mostly turned to spring by this point there's always a little house cleaning to do as the seasons change and that's no different in The Providence Journal sports department. While our reporters welcome the opportunity to feel the sun on their faces as they travel to fields across Rhode Island they also just spent parts of the past five months cooped up in gyms and rinks watching the state's student-athletes compete. With that knowledge, we look back to the winter sports season and name The Journal's all-state teams. [Sa23 Presto Winternominees Allstaterhodeisland 2] All-States logo 2023 GANNETT The individual teams have been presented over the past week, but we've compiled them all in one spot so you can see all of the outstanding contributions made by Rhode Island's high school athletes. Additionally, along with our major sponsor, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, we are proud to announce the nominees for Players of Year for all the winter sorts. Winners will be announced during the live show Tuesday, June 27, at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium — part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards, the largest high school sports recognition program in the country. [Check out all the teams here and see who are the best of the best.]( WORTH A READ • It's not your imagination, and it's not fearmongering: Books, and our free and ready access to them, are under attack in the U.S. The American Library Association (ALA) has the data to prove it. [Here's a look at the list of the 13 most challenged books of 2022.]( • Outdoor shower season has finally arrived. [A couple of tips to make it the best one ever.]( • ICYMI: The race to replace Congressman David Cicilline is getting crowded. [So what will it take for someone to be the victor?]( [Today's Weather]( ☁ Mainly cloudy. High in the low-60s. TOP STORIES [Answering the casting call to be ye olde villager]( [Dan Gagnon of Coventry sings "Drunken Sailor" at his audition for King Richard's Faire. Director Dan Reed joins in the chorus.]( Singing, dancing, voices, stage falls. It's all part of becoming a villager for the King Richard's Faire. [READ MORE]( Advertisement [The day after Ida, flood water laps at the foundation of Warren Auto Body, which sits in one of the lowest spots in the Market Street neighborhood.]( [Fossil-fuel giants tried to push RI suit into US courts. They failed]( The Rhode Island case and others like it can proceed in state courts, seen as friendlier to state and local suits against fossil-fuel companies. [READ MORE]( [Cheerleaders at the Segue Institute for Learning in Central Falls help raise their schoolÕs spirit before one of their teachers, John Rosenbaum, was surprised with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award on March 29, 2022. ]( [A high school to train educators? That's the next step for Segue]( “We were like, ‘Wait a minute we can’t find educators that we think should be in front of our kids ... let’s make them.'” [READ MORE]( [Red and blue lights of police car]( [Boy charged in friend's death in case at center of RI gun-storage debate]( 30-year-old also arrested in the case, which took center-stage during State House hearing on proposed firearm-storage requirements. [READ MORE]( [Nicole Silvestri, Cranston West softball]( [For subscribers] [Five things we learned from Cranston West softball's win vs. La Salle]( Is Cranston West for real? After what happened against La Salle, it's hard to argue it's not - but that wasn't all we learned from the game, [READ MORE]( Advertisement Sign up for the news you want Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don’t miss out! We’re always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. [SEE ALL NEWSLETTERS ➔]( [SEE ALL NEWSLETTERS ➔]( Follow Us Problem viewing email? [View in browser]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Manage Newsletters]( • [Terms of Service]( • [Privacy Policy/Your California Privacy Rights]( • [Privacy Notice]( • [Do Not Sell My Info/Cookie Policy]( • [Feedback](