The Middletown Islanders will face off against the Shea Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Middletown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: South Kingstown, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Middletown was ranked 20th). Middletown lost 28-6 to South Kingstown on Friday. Having soared to a lofty 35 points in the game before, the Islanders couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Shea was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 13th straight loss dating back to last season. They came up short against West Warwick, falling 28-7. The last quarter was a mere formality, since the game's final score was reached by the end of the third quarter.
This is the second loss in a row for Middletown and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Shea, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Middletown was dealt a bruising 42-7 loss at the hands of Shea in their previous matchup back in November of 2017. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Middletown was down 36-7.
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