Football Preview: Woonsocket Villa Novans vs. Westerly Bulldogs
The Woonsocket Villa Novans will challenge the Westerly Bulldogs at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Woonsocket is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: South Kingstown, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Woonsocket was ranked 21st). Woonsocket came up short against South Kingstown on Saturday, falling 37-12. Having soared to a lofty 33 points in the game before, the Villa Novans couldn't push the score so high this time.
Despite the defeat, Woonsocket got top-tier performance from Braylon Guilbeault, who picked up 121 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Guilbeault was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 54 yards.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 20-20 at halftime, Westerly was not quite Portsmouth's equal in the second half on Friday. They took a 34-27 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Patriots. The loss was the Bulldogs' first of the season.
Despite the loss, Westerly saw an underclassman step up: Landon Husereau threw for 341 yards and three touchdowns. Husereau is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Woonsocket now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Westerly, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Woonsocket couldn't quite finish off Westerly when the teams last played back in October of 2023 and fell 24-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Husereau, who threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Woonsocket 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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