Daily Briefing: A night to honor RI's top high school athletes

ALSO: 📰 In Johnston, the school year ended with a bang. Advertisement [eNewspaper]( | [Crosswords]( | [Horoscopes]( [Read in browser]( [Read in browser]( The Daily Briefing YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Tue Jun 27 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. Sure Rhode Island may not traditionally garner the hype that other state do when it comes to high school sports. The area around Washington, D.C./Maryland/Virginia is known for basketball and southern Florida has long been a high school football hotbed. That isn't to say Rhode Island hasn't had some star power at the high school ranks. In recent years we've seen the likes of Sabastian Thomas go from Bishop Hendricken to play D-I basketball and last year South Kingstown’s Ben Brutti signed with the Cincinnati Reds after being an 11th-round pick. Berutti may even be topped this year by Hendricken's Alex Clemmey. [C4 5334] Alex Clemmey, Hendricken baseball Eric Rueb / The Providence Journal There are many more R.I. high school athletes worth honoring and tonight will be their night when [The Providence Journal hosts the 2023 All-State Rhode Island High School Sports Awards, presented by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium.]( In addition to honoring the top student-athletes across the state, the event will also feature retired Patriots star Devin McCourty. To learn more about the athletes being honored check out our stories from the past year. To see a complete list of fall season athletes click here: [Here are the fall high school All-States teams in Rhode Island]( To see a complete list of winter season athletes click here: [Here are the winter high school All-States teams in Rhode Island]( To see a complete list of spring season athletes click here: [Spring sports nominees All-State Rhode Island High School Sports Awards]( Your subscriptions help support the best coverage of high school sports across Rhode Island. [Click here for our latest offer.]( WORTH A READ 🌡️ We finally had some summer-like weather here in R.I., but tens of millions of Americans across the south and central U.S. – many of them in Texas – have endured a brutal heat wave over the past couple of weeks as temperatures soared to record levels, including some above 110 degrees. 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