2 months ago
NEWYou tin now perceive to Fox News articles!
Colin Dorgan stepped up for his Rhode Island precocious school crystal lucky squad erstwhile again, and this clip it came successful nan championship.
Dorgan scored nan game-tying extremity for Blackstone Valley Schools pinch little than a infinitesimal near successful nan 3rd play against Lincoln High School successful nan Division 2 boys’ authorities championship. It led to 4 nerve-racking overtime periods earlier Blackstone yet won nan game, 3-2, and secured nan championship.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Colin Dorgan scores nan game-tying extremity for Blackstone Valley Schools connected March 19, 2026. (Eric Rueb/Providence Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
He helped get Blackstone Valley to nan title crippled itself past week erstwhile he scored nan game-winning extremity successful double overtime.
The infinitesimal connected Wednesday came weeks aft a tragic shooting occurred during 1 of his games successful Rhode Island. A shooter identified by constabulary arsenic Robert Dorgan, fatally changeable his ex-wife, Rhonda Dorgan, astatine nan Dennis M. Lynch Arena successful Pawtucket. His boy Aidan Dorgan and father, Gerald Dorgan, were besides fatally wounded successful nan shooting.
The shooter, who identified arsenic transgender, besides went by nan names Roberta Esposito and Roberta Dorgano, authorities said, adding nan shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Dorgan said aft nan title that he was tense to return, but he had immense support from family, friends and teammates to get him disconnected nan sofa and backmost onto nan ice.
"Throughout each of nan playoffs, moreover this crippled and nan overtimes, I genuinely felt it successful my bosom and my psyche that they're still pinch me," Dorgan said. "I emotion them truthful much."
Colin Dorgan celebrates pinch nan title plaque connected March 18, 2026. (Eric Rueb/Providence Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
HEROIC BYSTANDER RECOUNTS STARING INTO EYES OF HOCKEY RINK SHOOTER DURING LIFE OR DEATH STRUGGLE
Blackstone Valley caput coach Chris Librizzi was affectional earlier nan crippled started.
"It's conscionable a crippled for Lincoln High School and for everybody that's coming here, but for america who lived done that shooting? It's our lives. It's a calamity we each went done and are still treatment from it," he said.
Librizzi gave nan squad nan action of not returning aft nan shooting and encouraged anyone who made nan prime to measurement distant from nan squad to still show up connected nan chair aliases successful nan stands.
Every subordinate came back.
"I sent Colin a matter saying, ‘Bud, playoffs are this Friday night, it’s your call," Librizzi said. "He didn't respond each day, but astatine astir 9 o'clock astatine night, he sent maine a matter saying, 'Coach I'll spot you tomorrow astatine practice.'"
Dorgan credited his sister, Ava, pinch helping him push done nan misery.
Colin Dorgan hugs his coach for Blackstone Valley Schools connected March 19, 2026. (Eric Rueb/Providence Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
"She's very tough, she's a reliable girl. And I convey her, because she conscionable wholly filled nan shoes of my mom," he said. "You yet get backmost into a rhythm to wherever you gotta get up disconnected nan couch. That's nan biggest and first measurement to recovery."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X and subscribe to nan Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder editor for Fox News Digital.
