The East Greenwich Avengers will take on the Mt. Hope Huskies at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. East Greenwich will be strutting in after a victory while Mt. Hope will be coming in after a defeat.
East Greenwich took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They took down Central Falls/Blackstone Valley Prep/Achievement First 19-2.
East Greenwich can attribute much of their success to Thomas Slater, who rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Slater a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Mt. Hope didn't have quite enough to beat Ponaganset on Saturday and fell 10-7. The loss continues a trend for the Huskies in their matchups with the Chieftains: they've now lost three in a row.
The win got East Greenwich back to even at 1-1. As for Mt. Hope, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
East Greenwich beat Mt. Hope 17-6 when the teams last played back in November of 2018. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Greenwich since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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