Football Preview: Portsmouth Patriots vs. Cranston West Falcons
After two games on the road, Portsmouth is heading back home. They will square off against the Cranston West Falcons at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Cranston West took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Portsmouth, who comes in off a win.
Portsmouth is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Bishop Hendricken, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Portsmouth was ranked seventh). Portsmouth came out on top in a nail-biter against Bishop Hendricken last Friday, sneaking past 24-21.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Cranston West's offense. They came up short against La Salle Academy last Friday, falling 24-0. The Falcons just can't catch a break and have now endured three losses in a row.
Portsmouth's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-3. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 28.3 points per game. As for Cranston West, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Portsmouth and Cranston West were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in September, but Portsmouth suffered an agonizing 27-26 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cranston West's Kelan Cornell, who threw for 160 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown. Now that Portsmouth knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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