Thunderbolt: Practice & Game Schedule The Thunderbolt started their 2018 season with a 3-1 Injury Fund win over Scituate. Here, Angel Lopez takes a perfect pass from Kerin Murillo and heads it by the Spartan Goalie for a goal.
Varsity - 2018Bolts blast by Wizards, 4-0!After having a disappointing outcome against the Wheeler School, the Bolt played near flawless soccer in a 4-0 league victory over the Wizards of West Warwick.
The Thunderbolt, who dictated much of the first half pace with their ball possession, struck for their first goal of the game with 3:10 left. Nelson Diep passed a ball to Nabil Chaudhry down the right touchline. Chauhdry, then, touched the ball back to Diep (inside run) who passed to Kerin Murillo for a 1-0 lead. In less than 90 seconds, the Green and White made 2-0 when Angel Lopez found Luis Gavalo-Puello on an overlapping run. Three minutes (36:42) into the second half, CHSE pulled away with a 3-0 lead when Angel Lopez assisted on Murillo's second goal of the game. The Bolt finished their scoring with 14 minutes left when David DaSilva took a pass from Jeremy Mendoza and volleyed a shot with his left foot. Aided by the solid play of sweeper Matt Esteves and a quartet of fullbacks (Declan Hanley, Adnel Lopez, Beholdsen Plymouth and Moses Reyes), freshman goalkeeper Jorge Avila picked up his first save of his career with six saves. For the Wizards, senior goalie Matt Henault recorded ten saves. |
After scoring 27 goals and recording 33 assists in Division III competition over the past two years, Junior All-Stater Kerin Murillo has already scored 3 goals and recorded 2 assists in 2018.
Kerin Murillo scores one of his team-leading 18 goals against Davies in a 6-3 victory for Cranston East in the fall of 2017.
Varsity Head Coach
Head Coach Richard Grenier is in his 6th year at the helm of the Thunderbolt Soccer Program. In 25 years as a Soccer Coach in the RIIL, he has recorded over 250 RISCA victories and a career record of 280-124-79. He has directed his teams to 24 playoff appearances, 9 sportsmanship awards, 6 state final appearances, 3 state championships, 15 semi-final appearances and 10 Cranston "City Cup" Championships out of 14 games played. He has the distinction of being the only RISCA coach in the history of Rhode Island Boys' Soccer to have three different teams (Cranston West Falcons in 1996, West Warwick Wizards in 2007 & Cranston East Thunderbolt in 2014) awarded the RISOA (soccer officials) Team Sportsmanship Award, as well as three different schools win State Championships (Cranston West in 1996, West Warwick in 2004 & Cranston East in 2017).
Assistant Coaches
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JV - 2018Cranston East 4 West Warwick 0:
The Cranston East JV squad moved to 2-1-0 on the year with a 4-0 win over West Warwick. Goalkeepers, Mustafa Abbas and Luis Samayoa-Illescas, combined for their first shutout of the year. Defensively, the Green and White received solid efforts from Josue Molina, Louis Reyes, Joe Lenk and Carter Wolf. Offensively, they were led by Mario Meletz (two goals), Carlos Andrade (one goal), Jonathan Soberanis (one goal and one assist) and Albert Lopez (one assist). Cranston East 5 Wheeler 1: The Thunderbolt Junior Varsity team evened their record at 1-1-0 with a resounding 5-1 victory over Wheeler. While receiving solid efforts in goal by Mustafa Abbas and Luis Samayoa-Illescas, the Bolt struck for five goals by Albert Lopez (2), Carlos Andrade, Noah Sylva and Louis Reyes. Garnering assists were Josue Molina, Mario Meletz and Noah Sylva. |
The Thunderbolts of Cranston East, who had a 31 game streak without a card spanning from 2013-2015, have received only 16 cards over the past six seasons (99 games played).
Giovanni "Gio" Canales, who earned First Team All-Division honors for the Bolt Soccer team in 2016 and 2017, will focus on baseball full time this fall. He ended his soccer career with 330 saves, 11 shutouts and 25 wins. Recently, Canales confirmed that he will take his baseball talents to Coppin State University in the Fall of 2019.
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