Central Falls hasn't had much luck against North Kingstown recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Central Falls Warriors will look to defend their home pitch against the North Kingstown Skippers at 7:00 p.m.
Central Falls is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Barrington, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Central Falls was ranked 24th). Central Falls lost 6-1 to Barrington on Saturday. The Warriors were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 4-1.
Their goal came courtesy of
Densil Franco, who's now up to five this season.
Meanwhile, North Kingstown came tearing into Friday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Northmen a 2-0 shutout. Give the Skippers' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
This is the second loss in a row for Central Falls and nudges their season record down to 4-7-3. As for North Kingstown, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-2 record this season.
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