Toll Gate High School
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History
The school opened in 1972 with Robert J. Shapiro as the first principal, who later became the superintendent for Warwick Schools (retiring from this position in 2007).[2] The school's cultural arts center was dedicated in Shapiro's name in 1999.
Extracurricular activities
Athletics/Other Teams
The Toll Gate Varsity Ice Hockey team won the 2004 Rhode Island State Championship, ending the 26-year run of Mount Saint Charles Academy.[3] Their victory is documented in the 2006 documentary film Ice Kings.[4]
State championship titles:
- Baseball: 1991 (Class A), 2001 (Class A)
- Basketball (Girls'): 1973 (Class A), 1982 (Class A)
- Cross Country (Boys'): 1972 (State), 1974 (Class A, State and New England), 1999 (Class B)
- Golf: 1981 (State)
- Ice Hockey: 1988 (Met B-1 Small), 2004 (State), 2005 (State)
- Ice Hockey (Girls): 2006, 2014 (Division I-State), 2015 (DeCosta Division-State)
- Indoor Track (Boys'): 2005 (Class B)
- Indoor Track (Girls'): 2001 (Large Schools) 2015(Class - Medium Schools)
- Soccer (Boys'): 1990 (I-B), 2014 (Division II-State)
- Softball (fast-pitch): 2005-2006 (Division II)
- Tennis (Boys'): 1979-1981 (Class A), 2007-2008 (Division II)
- Tennis (Girls'): 1977 (Class A), 1985 (Class A), 1991 (Class A)
- Unified Basketball: 2014 (State)
- Unified Volleyball: 2015 (State)
- Volleyball (Boys'): 1988 (Division I)
- Volleyball (Girls'): 1979-1983 (Class A), 1985-1988 (Class A), 1990 (Class A), 1994 (Class A), 1997 (Class A), 1999 (Class A), 2001 (Class A)
- Mock Trial Team : Rhode Island State Champions 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013
- Wrestling: 2018-2019 (Division II B), 2019-2020 (Division II B)
Notable alumni
- Mary Burke, Bryant Bulldogs women's basketball head coach (1991–present)
- Sara DeCosta, Olympic hockey player[5]
- John Hynes, head coach of the Nashville Predators
- Michaela McManus, actress
- David Petrarca, director
- Dave Shalansky, actor
- Evan Shanley, attorney and politician
- Brian Shanley, president of Providence College[6]
- David Jessen, Olympic gymnast
References
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