The Middletown Islanders will square off against the Shea Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Middletown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: South Kingstown, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Middletown was ranked 20th). Middletown came up short against South Kingstown on Friday, falling 28-6. Having soared to a lofty 35 points in the game before, the Islanders couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Shea was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 13th straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost 28-7 to West Warwick. The last quarter was a mere formality, since the game's final score was reached by the end of the third quarter.
This is the second loss in a row for Middletown and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Shea, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Middletown took a serious blow against Shea when the teams last played back in November of 2017, falling 42-7. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Middletown was down 36-7.
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