Football Preview: South Kingstown Rebels vs. Woonsocket Villa Novans
The South Kingstown Rebels will square off against the Woonsocket Villa Novans at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
South Kingstown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Middletown, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (South Kingstown was ranked tenth). Everything went South Kingstown's way against Middletown on Friday as South Kingstown made off with a 28-6 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rebels.
South Kingstown can attribute much of their success to Dante Peno, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. That's the most rushing yards Peno has posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Woonsocket, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They claimed a resounding 33-0 victory over Mt. Pleasant at home. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Villa Novans considering their seven-point performance the contest before.
Anthony Solano had a dynamite game for Woonsocket, rushing for 180 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.6 yards per carry. Another player making a difference was Ariel Medina, who gained 102 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Woonsocket was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mt. Pleasant only rushed for 79.
Woonsocket's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Maxymus Garneau and Aiden Carriere.
South Kingstown's win ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-0. As for Woonsocket, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
South Kingstown strolled past Woonsocket in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 24-6. Does South Kingstown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Woonsocket turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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