The Woonsocket Villa Novans will venture away from home to square off against the South Kingstown Rebels at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Woonsocket is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Mt. Pleasant, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Woonsocket was ranked 12th). Woonsocket breezed by Mt. Pleasant at home to the tune of 33-0 on Saturday. 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. Woonsocket also got a significant boost from Ariel Medina, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 95 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Woonsocket was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mt. Pleasant only rushed for 79.
Woonsocket's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Maxymus Garneau and Aiden Carriere.
Meanwhile, everything went South Kingstown's way against Middletown on Friday as South Kingstown made off with a 28-6 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rebels.
Among those leading the charge was Dante Peno, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023.
The win got Woonsocket back to even at 1-1. As for South Kingstown, their victory ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-0.
Woonsocket ended up a good deal behind South Kingstown in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, losing 24-6. Thankfully for Woonsocket, Amani Boamah (who rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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