Daily Briefing: Are you ready for some high school football?

ALSO: 🌭 Four rounds of voting later, the New York System Wiener declared the best RI food Advertisement [eNewspaper]( | [Crosswords]( | [Horoscopes]( [Read in browser]( [Read in browser]( The Daily Briefing YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Fri Nov 17 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. Despite the awful seasons shared by the New England Patriots and New York Giants, two of the more popular teams around Rhode Island, there is some good football news to talk about – and no it's not because the Patriots aren't playing this weekend. Instead, teams from across Rhode Island will line up against each other to battle it out in high school Super Bowls. Eight teams that started in the heat of August will have their seasons come to an end with one the victor and one falling a game short. (Yes, I know there's still Thanksgiving football, but completing the playoffs before the holiday games renders them as little more than playing for pride.) The matchups begin at Cranston Stadium on Saturday with the Division II, III and IV championships on the line. [_C4_1037.jpg] Brayden Rogers, North Kingstown football Eric Rueb / Providence Journal Beginning at noon Cumberland and Barrington will play for the D II title, followed by Middletown and West Warwick at 3 p.m. for the D III crown. The day will end with Davies and North Providence battling for the D IV championship at 6 p.m. To wrap up Super Bowl weekend Bishop Hendricken and North Kingstown will play at noon for the Division I title. To get ready for the games you should check out Eric Rueb's pregame coverage leading with [a look at eight players who could be game changers]( in their respective matchups. Eric also lays out [a difference maker playin]( each of the eight teams.]( That knowledge is just a start as [Eric sums up everything you need to know about all eight teams and offers his pick in each game.]( If you aren't ready for some football, check out Eric's coverage and come back Saturday for all the highlights and analysis. Don't punt when it comes to news and sports coverage. [A subscription to The Providence Journal will keep you in the know.]( WORTH A READ 📰 [A secret weapon in the fight for abortion rights?]( Fed-up Republican women 🚨 This Massachusetts [police practice skews racial profiling stats]( 🌭 Four rounds of voting later, [the New York System Wiener declared the best RI food]( [Today's Weather]( 🌤️ Mild with sun followed by increasing clouds; a nice afternoon for outdoor activities. Highs in the mid-60s. TOP STORIES [RI Dems elect Elizabeth 'Liz' Beretta-Perik as new party chair]( [RI Democrats elect a woman - prolific fundraiser Elizabeth Beretta Perik - as state party chai]( Liz Beretta-Perik is the handpicked successor to Rep. Joseph McNamara. [READ MORE]( Advertisement [Starbucks 'partners' picket outside their workplace as managers attend to customers inside at Providence Financial plaza location on Thursday, Nov. 16 2023.]( [Starbucks workers strike downtown, across US]( The workers say they're demanding that Starbucks "stop illegally refusing to bargain with baristas over staffing, scheduling and other issues." [READ MORE]( [Coggeshall School is one of Newport's former elementary schools the city is seeking to redevelop into housing.]( [Coggeshall school developer offers feedback on neighbors' request]( BCM Realty Partners retooled its original vision after feedback it received from abutters and residents at a community meeting in October. [READ MORE]( [Kyla Jones goes up past PC's Olivia Olsen.]( [Brown women's basketball defeats city rival Providence College]( "These are the moments that show us what everything we’re doing in practice is for," says Brown's Kyla Jones. [READ MORE]( [On Dec. 13, 1913, Charles Bradley Smith was returned to Easton’s Beach, Newport, so the jury could see where he had shot and killed 12-year-old Willie Egan that July Fourth. Brad was handcuffed to a sheriff’s deputy.]( [A Black man was sentenced to life in RI in 1913. Experts call it legal lynching.]( On July 4, 1913, Brad Smith, a young Black man from Newport, was chased down the beach by a mob. He fired a shot in self defense changing his life forever. [READ MORE]( Advertisement All of the headlines, none of the chaos. Learn daily with The Excerpt, 
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