The East Providence Townies will be playing at home against the Lincoln Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. East Providence will be strutting in after a win while Lincoln will be coming in after a defeat.
East Providence's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They breezed by Tolman to the tune of 34-0. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Townies had established a 28 point advantage.
East Providence's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Shadean Lovett led the charge by rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Lovett a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Aithan Vasquez, who rushed for 97 yards on only eight carries.
Meanwhile, Lincoln faced South Kingstown in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Lincoln took a 14-0 bruising from South Kingstown. The game marked the first time this year in which the Lions were not able to get on the board.
East Providence has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 31.7 points per game. As for Lincoln, the loss snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-2 record.
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