The 2025 Winter All-State sports teams were rolled out over the last week, but if you missed any of them, we put them all in one place for you — right here!
The Journal has been selecting All-State teams for more than 80 years, and while it is a fun and exciting exercise our Sports staff undertakes after each season, it’s also very challenging.
Some sports are easier than others. Sports that hold individual championships make it easy since our selections can be made prioritizing performance at their respective RIIL final events. Selections for team-based sports require more conversation. Athletes were selected based on in-person evaluations, statistics, conversations with various sport sources, postseason performance and other factors, including the coaches’ postseason awards.
Teams were selected positionally. There is only one goalie in hockey and our All-State teams reflect the positions you would see on the court or ice. It can lead to difficult decisions, but we believe it’s important to honor all the positions, not just a select few.
The All-State teams were published online at providencejournal.com, as well as in print beginning on Monday, April 21.
Here are the 2025 Providence Journal Winter All-State teams, highlighting one of the first-teamers’ accomplishments. But there’s plenty more student-athlete success stories, so please take a look at The Providence Journal first and second All-State teams from the winter high school season.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Among the first-teamers was freshman John Ramos from Providence’s Central High School. Ramos plays with a great feel, an innate knack of when to look for his own offense or get his teammates involved.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Basketball is usually all about piling up the points, but Ponaganset’s Anna Nerney earned her stripes on the defensive end. Her play fueled the Chieftains’ run through the state tournament, helping to limit opposing offenses.
BOYS INDOOR TRACK
Woonsocket’s Shamrock Thoun, a junior, won his first gold at the RIIL State Championships with a distance of 78 feet, 8¾ inches in the weight. But he didn’t stop there. He went on to win the weight throw at the Nike and New Balance Nationals, then set a meet record in the weight at the Adidas Track Nationals.
GIRLS INDOOR TRACK
There’s not much more that can be said about West Warwick’s Lisa Raye. The fastest high school sprinter in the country put on a show at the RIIL State Championships, winning the 55 meters, 55 hurdles, the 300 and the long jump. She’s graduating early from West Warwick and will head to compete for the University of Georgia.
BOYS SWIMMING
Fabrizio Petrarca showed why he’s the state’s best distance swimmer when he captured the first two gold medals of his career by winning the 200 and 500 freestyle at the state title meet. With two years left, expect the Moses Brown sophomore to continue to dominate the events.
GIRLS SWIMMING
Grace Lunardelli’s state-meet debut started with a runner-up finish in the 200 IM, but the Barrington freshman didn’t wait long to win her first gold when she won the 100 butterfly. Lunardelli also swam on two of Barrington’s winning relay teams and will have her sights set on double gold next winter.
BOYS HOCKEY
For the second straight season, Prout senior Angelo Evangelista was the top goalie in the state. The Crusaders’ netminder finished with a 96% save percentage and a 1.25 goals-against average to lead the South County program.
GIRLS HOCKEY
La Salle’s Eliza Barker is leaving the high school ranks with quite a legacy. She surpassed 100 career goals this season and lifted the Rams to their first title in four years. She finished with 31 goals and 16 assists for a 47-point season.
BOYS WRESTLING
Ponaganset’s Jared Hood capped off a standout career with his fourth straight gold medal. He won the 106 class as a freshman, 113 in his sophomore campaign and 120 last year. Hood won his final state championship at 126 pounds by tech fall, 17-2, in 93 seconds.
GIRLS WRESTLING
Pilgrim sophomore Allison Patten was named the state tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler, after she dominated the 107-pound class en route to her second wrestling title. She needed just 49 seconds to claim her second championship this season.
GYMNASTICS
Cranston West’s Gianna Desmarais showed potential for an all-around title as a freshman last year. This year, the sophomore earned a 37.2 overall score to take the state championship’s top prize. Desmarais also earned first place on bars and vault at the state meet.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Meet the 2025 Providence Journal Winter All-State teams