After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Tolman is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the West Warwick Wizards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Tolman is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Coventry, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Tolman was ranked 21st). Tolman and Coventry were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but Tolman suffered a 21-20 defeat.
Meanwhile, West Warwick posted their biggest victory since September 15, 2023 on Friday. They put the hurt on Shea with a sharp 28-7 win. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Wizards just coasted through the last quarter.
James Branch went supernova for West Warwick, rushing for 189 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per carry. Another player making a difference was Karl Swanson, who picked up 74 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
West Warwick was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to West Warwick's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Luke Gallo and Christian Briggs, who racked up four sacks between them.
Tolman's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for West Warwick, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Tolman beat West Warwick 25-14 in their previous matchup back in September of 2021. Will Tolman repeat their success, or does West Warwick have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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