Burrillville is 0-3 against North Kingstown since April of 2021 but things could change on Saturday. The Burrillville Broncos will take on the North Kingstown Skippers at 3:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Burrillville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past Central with a 20-14 win.
A big part of Burrillville's victory came down to the chemistry between Logan Gelinas and his top target Jack Belluzzi. Gelinas threw for 87 yards and two touchdowns while Belluzzi picked up 64 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, North Kingstown faced Portsmouth in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. North Kingstown came out on top against Portsmouth by a score of 21-14.
Cooper Berthelot was his usual excellent self, rushing for 38 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 38 receiving yards.
North Kingstown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Another reason for the win was North Kingstown's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Portsmouth's QB won't forget Naftali Watson anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Watson has been hot for a while, having also posted five or more total tackles the last 17 times he's played.
North Kingstown's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-3. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.0 points per game. As for Burrillville, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
Saturday's game will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Gelinas and Jack Diano. Gelinas just won't slow down this season and has thrown 14 touchdowns while averaging 161.1 passing yards per game. Diano has been a dominant force too and has averaged 249.6 passing yards per game.
Burrillville suffered a grim 35-14 defeat to North Kingstown in their previous matchup back in October. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Burrillville was down 28-6.
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