The South Kingstown Rebels will face off against the Woonsocket Villa Novans at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
South Kingstown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Middletown, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (South Kingstown was ranked tenth). Everything went South Kingstown's way against Middletown on Friday as South Kingstown made off with a 28-6 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rebels.
South Kingstown can attribute much of their success to Dante Peno, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. That's the most rushing yards Peno has posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Woonsocket, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat Mt. Pleasant 33-0 at home. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Villa Novans considering their seven-point performance the matchup before.
Anthony Solano was a one-man wrecking crew for Woonsocket as he rushed for 180 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.6 yards per carry. Ariel Medina was another key player, gaining 102 total yards and a touchdown.
South Kingstown's victory ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-0. As for Woonsocket, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
South Kingstown strolled past Woonsocket in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 24-6. Will South Kingstown repeat their success, or does Woonsocket have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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