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1980 Boys Baseball League Yankees won the championship in a playoff over the Senators. Kneeling: Kevin Lamarca; Kevin Martel; Fred Creighton; Doug Mitchell; Jay Almeida; and Paul Carey. Second row: Michael Alger; Wayne Perrault; Steve Collins; Paul Silva; and Mark MacDougall. Back row: Coaches John Jannitto; Wally Felag; and Mike "Bird" Witherell. Missing from photo: John Bailey. (All three coaches, Martel, and Mitchell are members of the Athletic Hall of Fame. Jannitto later was elected to the town's Sewer Commission, while Felag served as Town Council President and State Senator.)
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1981 DaPonte Brothers Furniture of Warren captured the Bristol Recreation Winter Basketball League title, defeating PM Tavern two games to one in the playoffs. Team members: Nick DeSisto; Al Sweet; Walt Norton; Mike Delekta; Dave Giaria; and Steve Warner. (Delekta and Sweet, who served as the town's Recreation Director for many years, are members of the Athletic Hall of Fame.)
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1981 Moe's Tap Fall River Hockey League Champions. Kneeling: Bill Palumbo; Joe Tavares; Chip Corvi; John Tallmadge; Paul Palumbo; and Wayne Mello. Standing: Alex Gastergini; Glenn Tiberis; Tom Marchand; John Costa; Mike Sevigny; Doug Quintin; Dave Trott; and Ken McPhillips.
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1981 Moe's Tap trio of Hall of Famer Jay Barry, Vin Calenda, and Ben Cottrell were members of the Warren Softball League's regular season and playoff champions.
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1982 Moe's Tap Fall River Hockey League Champions. Kneeling: Wayne Mello; Mike Sevigny; John Costa; Chip Corvi; John Tallmadge; Tom Marchand; and Joe Tavares. Standing: Walter Tavares; Glenn Tiberis; Ken McPhillips; Dave Trott; Paul Palumbo; Doug Quintin; John McGloin; and Bill Palumbo.
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1982 Little League Baseball Yankees. Kneeling: Fred Creighton; Don Fitting; Todd and Tim (or Tim and Todd?)Lindsay; Scott Komeiga; Tom Ledley; and Matt Kinney. Second row: Matt MacDougall; Paul Carey; Kevin Medeiros; Joey Lamora; Chris Lannon; and Gary Violette. Back row: Manager Wally Felag; Coach Mike Witherell; and Coach John Jannitto. (All three coaches are members of the Athletic Hall of Fame. Felag and Jannitto both held elective office in the Town of Warren.)
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1982 (Click article once or twice to read more easily.) The Warren Times-Gazette looked back at the 1958 founding of the Midget Football League by Hall of Famers Sam Correia and Bill Willis. As of 2013 more than ten Athletic Hall of Famers were mentioned in this story.
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1983 (Click picture once to read more easily.) Repro-Stat won the Warren Men's Softball Championship for the second year in a row, defeating Moe's Tap in the finals. Front row: Sponsor Charlie Francis; Ken Mello; Betty Pevin, the team's No.1 fan; Bob Massa; Jay Moniz; Joe Catalfano; and Chuck Connolly. Back row: Pete Thivierge; Bill Cabral; League Most Valuable Player Steve Vargas; Walter Krychta; Joe Osmanski; Mike Morra; Dave LaBrecque; and Jay Ferreira. (Jay Ferreira is the designer and manager of the Athletic Hall of Fame's website. He, Catalfano, and Massa are members of the Athletic Hall of Fame.)
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1986 Hall of Famer Linda Ferrara of the University of Rhode Island (URI) women's track team high jumped at the Penn relays. Having earned All State honors while at Warren High School, she subsequently received the Holmes Award for excellence in both academics and athletics at URI.
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