Football Game Preview: Davies Career & Tech Patriots vs. North Smithfield Northmen

Two dominant signal callers in Tyrell Barros and Ben Black are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Davies Career & Tech Patriots will head out on the road to challenge the North Smithfield Northmen at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Davies Career & Tech sitting on seven straight victories and North Smithfield on nine.

Davies Career & Tech is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 28-0 win over Juanita Sanchez Complex. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Patriots just coasted through the last quarter.

Jomar Lopes

Receiving Yards (Career)

11/07/25 vs Juanita Sanchez Complex	89
11/23/24 vs Narragansett	88
09/27/25 @ Hope	85
11/01/25 @ Juanita Sanchez Complex	84
10/09/25 vs Scituate	68

A big part of Davies Career & Tech's victory came down to the chemistry between Jomar Lopes and his top target Edgar Melendez. Lopes picked up 89 receiving yards and one touchdown while Melendez picked up 109 receiving yards and a pair of TDs. Those 89 receiving yards gave Lopes a new career-high.

Meanwhile, North Smithfield got the win against Exeter-West Greenwich/Prout on Friday by a conclusive 34-14. The result was nothing new for the Northmen, who have now won four games by 20 points or more so far this season.

Davies Career & Tech's win bumped their record up to 7-2. As for North Smithfield, their victory bumped their record up to 9-0.

Davies Career & Tech strolled past North Smithfield in their previous meeting back in November of 2024 by a score of 46-27. Do the Patriots have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Northmen turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.