Football Preview: Woonsocket Villa Novans vs. West Warwick Wizards
Two dominant backs in Ariel Medina and James Branch are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Woonsocket Villa Novans will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the West Warwick Wizards at 6:00 p.m. West Warwick took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Woonsocket, who comes in off a win.
Woonsocket is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Moses Brown, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Woonsocket was ranked 19th). Woonsocket's defense stepped up to hand Moses Brown a 23-0 shutout on Saturday. The Villa Novans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 23 points or more this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Woonsocket to victory, but perhaps none more so than Medina, who rushed for 122 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries. Medina's longest rush was for an impressive 50 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Patrick Munger, who threw for 138 yards and two touchdowns.
Woonsocket was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 231 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, West Warwick didn't have quite enough to beat Westerly on Friday and fell 29-26. The Wizards have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
The win got Woonsocket back to even at 4-4. As for West Warwick, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.
Everything came up roses for Woonsocket against West Warwick in their previous matchup back in October of 2019, as the squad secured a 40-6 victory. In that match, Woonsocket amassed a halftime lead of 33-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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