It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact East Providence can now relate to. They took a 31-19 hit to the loss column at the hands of the South Kingstown Rebels on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Townies in their matchups with the Rebels: they've now lost four in a row.
Although East Providence took the loss, they still got scores from Franklin Carela Lopez, Shadean Lovett, and Aithan Vasquez.
Derek Cook was nothing short of spectacular for South Kingstown: he rushed for 133 yards while picking up 8.3 yards per carry.
East Providence's loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for South Kingstown, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-1.
East Providence does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for South Kingstown, they will square off against West Warwick at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (West Warwick: 14.4, South Kingstown: 11) so any points scored will be well earned.
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