On Saturday, Burrillville faced Woonsocket in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Burrillville Broncos walked away with a 28-21 win over the Woonsocket Villa Novans. That's more bragging rights for the Broncos, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Burrillville was led to victory by Leland Kelleher and Logan Gelinas. Kelleher gained 176 total yards and two touchdowns, while Gelinas rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Gelinas a new career-high in rushing yards.
Burrillville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 240 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Despite the loss, Woonsocket saw an underclassman step up: Ariel Medina rushed for 81 yards on only 11 carries, and also picked up 55 receiving yards.incredibly, Medina got all that yardage with just one huge grab Benjamin Wilcox was in the mix as well, providing Woonsocket with two touchdowns.
Burrillville pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Woonsocket, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-4.
Burrillville will challenge North Kingstown at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Burrillville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.8 points per game this season. As for Woonsocket, they will play host again on Saturday to welcome Shea, where kickoff is scheduled at 1:00 p.m.
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