The Burrillville Broncos will take on the North Kingstown Skippers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Burrillville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.8 points per game this season.
Burrillville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Woonsocket, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Burrillville was ranked ninth). Burrillville came out on top against Woonsocket by a score of 28-21 on Saturday.
Burrillville can attribute much of their success to Leland Kelleher, who gained 176 total yards and two touchdowns, and Logan Gelinas, who rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Gelinas a new career-high in rushing yards.
Burrillville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 240 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, North Kingstown was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap last Friday as they fell 22-17 to Central.
Despite the loss, North Kingstown got top-tier performance from Jack Diano, who threw for 245 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown.
Burrillville pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for North Kingstown, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Burrillville has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 153.8 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, North Kingstown has preferred to attack from the air: they average 293.8 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Burrillville lost to North Kingstown on the road by a decisive 21-6 margin in their previous matchup back in September of 2021. Can Burrillville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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