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NFL Giants closing in on deal with Judge By TOM CANAVAN Associated Press Patriots special teams coach off to be NY head coach EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New negotiations told The Associated Press. McVay currently is the youngest at 33. Cowboys’ new coach. Another candidate, York Giants and New England Patriots assis- The person spoke to the AP on condition of Judge has won three Super Bowls with Matt Rhule, who was supposed to interview tant Joe Judge are working on a deal for him anonymity Tuesday. New England in eight years as an assistant on with New York on Tuesday, is instead headed to become the team’s head coach, a surprising Mentored by Bill Belichick and Nick Sa- Belichick’s staff. He was the fifth candidate to the Carolina Panthers, according to people move for the four-time Super Bowl-winning ban in a 15-year career, Judge would become the Giants interviewed since firing Pat Shur- familiar with those situations. franchise that tumbled to the bottom of the a head coach for the first time. At 38, he would mur on Dec. 30. Among those, Mike McCa- NFL in recent years, a person familiar with the be one of the youngest NFL coaches. Sean rthy agreed Monday to become the Dallas See JUDGE, page B2

GIRLS BASKETBALL Novans crush visiting Pats Woonsocket jumps out to 21-point lead in D-III win By JON BAKER Davies Tech became its lat- [email protected] est victim Tuesday night. The Novans exploded for 21 WOONSOCKET — unanswered points in the first Given Woonsocket’s relative 9:14 of the initial half and youth, a lot of people may cruised to a 67-29 blowout of have thought the Villa No- the Patriots before about 120 vans would have a rocky start fans inside the Gus Savaria to its Division III campaign. Memorial Gymnasium. Coach Mike Cahill, after All told, the hosts forced all, didn’t have a senior on Davies into 24 first-half turn- his roster, and 13 of his 23 overs (36 in all) and turned girls happened to be sopho- more than a few into points mores or younger. to rush out to a 37-9 cushion. The crazy thing: Cahill’s crew keeps on winning, and See NOVANS, page B3

Photos by Ernest A. Brown Woonsocket freshman guard Bella Mencarini, above, scored a game-high 18 points to help the Villa Novans overwhelm Julianna Rosado, left, and visiting Davies Tech, 67-29, in a Division III contest at Saravia Gymnasium Tuesday night. MLB Athlete of Sox accused of cheating Investigation the Week Brady Gillis – Wrestling looking at what Cumberland High School team did in 2018 Cumberland senior All-America wres- By KYLE HIGHTOWER tler Brady Gillis is the Spumoni’s Italian Associated Press Seafood Restaurant Times Athlete of the BOSTON — Major Week after winning his second tourna- League Baseball says it will ment in two weeks in a different weight investigate allegations the class. Gillis rolled through the 120-pound Boston Red Sox illegally bracket at the Marshfield Holiday Tourna- used their video replay room ment and then claimed the 113-pound title to steal signs between op- posing pitchers and catchers at the Sanford (Maine) Wrestling Annual during their 2018 World Se- Tournament over the weekend. Gillis and ries championship season. the Clippers compete in the John Gorman The claims were made Invitational Saturday. Tuesday in a report by The Athletic. The website cited File photo three anonymous sources it said were with the Red Sox during the 2018 season who Proud sponsor of said some players visited the replay room during games to The Times’ get information on sign se- quences. Athlete of the Week Those sources told The Athletic that the Red Sox weren’t able to do it during 1537 Newport Avenue, the postseason because of Pawtucket, RI 02861 in-person monitors used by MLB in those games. File photo 401-726-4449 • www.spumonisrestaurant.com Alex Cora and the Boston Red Sox are being investigated by See CHEATING, page B7 MLB for cheating during their 2018 World Series season. Sports Wednesday, January 8, 2020Wednesday, January 8, 2020 Sports THE TIMES B3 NFL PLAYOFFS GIRLS BASKETBALL things with the offense and particularly remained at a mere 6-0 over receivers.” four minutes into regulation, Judge met with Giants co-owner Novans but Mencarini downed a free John Mara, general manager Dave Get-Continued from page B1 throw, then a pair of short tleman and vice president of football If there was a down side, jumpers off steals, and Caro operations Kevin Abrams at the team’sWHS committed 26 miscues, netted a 10-footer with 10:30 New Jersey headquarters on Monday. but it still improved to 3-0 in left to collect the 13-0 advan- The Giants had been expected to in-league play and 3-3 overall. tage. terview Patriots offensive coordinator “I never expected that Just 3:44 later, after Caro Josh McDaniels this week along with(kind of final score),” Cahill canned a running one-hander, Baylor’s Rhule. But Rhule did not in-stated later. “I thought we the Novans had snatched that terview with them, the person said. played our best defensive 21-0 lead. New York also had been given per-game of the season. The girls The home defense would mission by Dallas to speak with formerdidn’t reach, they weren’t hold Tech scoreless until the Cowboys coach Jason Garrett aboutmaking silly fouls, we played 6:07 mark; that’s when Cruz the head coaching job. An interviewdefense with our feet and we laneded a turnaround base- was planned later this week, the person forced a ton of turnovers. line jumper. said. “We also started better From that point to the Garrett’s contract with the Cowboysthan we have all year long,” scoreboard’s 2:57 reading, does not expire until next week. he added. “We were shooting the Novans had produced an- There have been reports the Giantsbetter; catching and shooting other 14-3 surge; in fact, at are considering Garrett for a job as aand hitting. We moved the that juncture, Cahill’s three- coordinator or quarterbacks coach, butball well. We’re deeper than bomb delivered WHS the the person said the new coach will de-a lot of teams, and we’ve got 35-3 cushion, though Davies termine his staff. a lot of athletic girls. Our closed the gap to 37-9 at the Others interviewed were Kris Rich-freshmen have stepped up break. ard, the Dallas defensive assistant again. They’re playing well In the opening four min- coach and former Seattle defensive co-right now.” utes of the second session, ordinator; Chiefs offensive coordinator Call that an understate- the Pats actually outscored Eric Bieniemy; and Ravens defensivement. their foes, 5-4, to slice the coordinator Don Martindale. Freshman guards Bella deficit to 41-14, yet Menca- Mencarini (18) and Nevaeh rino dropped an amazing re- Caro (15) combined for 33 verse layup and was fouled points, nearly half the No- (she missed the freebie), then vans’ total. Junior guards watched Caro can a baseline Peyton Cahill and Abbie hook before Cahill drilled a Desjardin each planted sev- trey with 8:43 left in regula- en, classmate Tianna Carpen- tion. tier six and junior D’Anna That, and Mencarini’s Botelho five. three-pointer, lifted the No- Pacing the Patriots (1-4 vans to the 51-17 advantage overall, 0-3 league) was – and the triumph. athletic junior guard Keeara Howard, who closed with 11, ** while junior center/forward DAVIES TECH (29) – Keeara Howard 4 3-7 Jenny Cruz tacked on 14 11, Julianna Rosado 0 0-0 0, Cheyenne rebounds and eight points; Robertson 1 0-0 3, Paola Hernandez 0 0-4 0, Jenny Cruz 3 2-8 8, Ana Gomes 2 2-3 6, sophomore Ana Gomes eight Jaylene Sanchez 0 1-4 1, Ivelisse Martinez boards and six points; and 0 0-0 0, Alaynah Rubio 0 0-0 0, Katrina Fer- junior Cheyenne Robertson nandes 0 0-0 0, Emma Ise 0 0-0 0, Luisa Restrepo 0 0-0 0; totals 10 8-26 29. a trey. WOONSOCKET (67) – Bella Mencarini 7 Despite the lopsided final 3-5 18, Nevaeh Caro 7 0-0 15, Peyton Ca- hill 3 0-0 7, Taylor Tempest 2 0-0 4, Erinee score, Woonsocket had its is- Agyemang 2 0-0 4, Tianna Carpentier 2 0-0 sues contfrolling the round- 6, D’Anna Botelho 1 3-4 5, Abbie Desjar- din 3 0-2 7, Dajonna Lewis 0 1-2 1, Rushie ball in the opening minutes, Vilane 0 0-0 0; totals 27 7-13 67. as it posted its fourth turnover Three-point field goals: Robertson, Menca- rini, Caro, Cahill, Carpentier 2, Desjardin. Photo by Ernest A. Brown just 1:52 into the tilt. It’s lead Halftime: Woonsocket, 37-9. Woonsocket guard Abby Desjardin glides to the hoop for two of her seven points in Tuesday’s 67-29 victory over visiting Davies.

Zancan, Vemmer lead Pic of the Day Clippers to victory By BRANDEN MELLO Ramos and Molly Richardson both missed [email protected] free throws. On the other end of the court, the Clippers went inside to Vemmer and that CUMBERLAND — The Cumberland proved to be a winning formula. The junior girls basketball team made a big mistake in scored buckets on back-to-back possessions late December – the Clippers produced a to stretch the lead out to six. crisp 32-minute performance in an upset of Vemmer finished the evening with 16 Division I Johnston. points and 10 rebounds. No other Clipper had Since that contest, coach George Coderre more than six points. has spent the last few weeks prodding squad “I knew if I could get the ball up high to to try and replicate the effort in that contest, [Vemmer] I knew she’d finish,” Zancan said. but to no avail. In Tuesday night’s Division II Cumberland, which also received six game against Tiverton at the Wellness Cen- points from guard Molly Rebelo, is back in ter, Juliette Vemmer, Madison Zancan and action Thursday night with a trip to undefeat- the Clippers started and ended the way they ed West Warwick. played against the Panthers, but the middle 18 minutes were less than stellar. Follow Branden Mello on Twitter @Bran- Cumberland scored the game’s first seven den_Mello points and led by as many as eight in the first half, but Mariah Ramos (22 points) and the Tigers battled back and closed to within one SAINTS ROUT PATRIOTS point with just over four minutes remaining. PAWTUCKET — The St. Raphael girls Eventually, Cumberland turned to Vemmer, basketball team still has plenty of room to who made back-to-back buckets, to secure a improve, according to coach Tammy Drape, 49-44 victory. but the Saints will take the wins even when “I took a long talk in the locker to pull they’re not at their best. this one out,” Zancan said after pouring in a Junior center Amaya Dowdy had a game- game-high 23 points to go along with 11 re- high 19 points and 10 rebounds, while bounds and three assists. “The big challenge Chleo Rayko (16 points), Tatum Forbes (15 is to get our confidence up in some of our points) and Elizabeth Bruno (10 points) all younger players right now – even us start- scored in double figures in a 77-51 Division ers. Once we start to break down everything I victory over Portsmouth Tuesday night at breaks down. We need to back it up.” Alumni Hall. “We just get frantic,” Coderre said. “I’m St. Raphael (3-0 Division I) will finish up glad the final four minutes happened the way the week with a visit from Cranston West they did because I hope they realized that if before next week’s showdown with unde- we just settle down, the offense works. We feated North Kingstown on Monday night. had a good eight minutes and then an awful eight to start the game. We came out in the December 14, 2019 - Ernest A. Brown photo second half and had a good few minutes and PERCY KEYS TOLMAN VICTORY then a terrible stretch of about six minutes. We need to be consistent.” PAWTUCKET — Tolman center Ashley Cumberland (1-1 Division II) saw a nine- Percy produced 16 points and 12 rebounds, point lead (38-29) evaporate over a stretch of while Arianna Stimpson chipped in with 10 4:09 because of the play of Ramos, a shifty points to lead the Tigers to a 55-22 rout of guard who can shoot the ball. 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