1961 Warren High School Basketball, (Class of 2018), (Current Era Team)

Warren High School has a storied athletic history. Baseball dominated the early years. By the early 1960s, football started to dominate as Pat Abbruzzi took over the job of head coach.

Despite all the great athletes that went through WHS, Warren could only manage one basketball championship between 1920 and 1960, that being the 1929 team. Finally, during the 1960-61 basketball season, Coaches Nick Cariglia* and Tom Duffy broke the drought. With a solid starting team of Ted “T” Almada, co-captain Norm O’Brien, co-captain John McMahon,  Don “Duck” Ramsden, and (finally a big man) Rick Bettencourt, the Warren hoopsters dominated Class C. Their only blemish was two losses to Barrington but those came after the Warren five had captured the Class C title. 

The team lost in the quarter-finals of the state tournament to Class A Rogers High. Other team members who contributed to the Class C Championship were; Ken Abbruzzi, Charlie Andrade, Oscar Charette, Al “Tubby” Jamiel, Del Martin*, Dave Dallaire, and manager Nick Ramos.

Don Ramsden is an individual inducted member of the Hall of Fame.