North Kingstown has been away from home for three games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Burrillville Broncos at 7:00 p.m.
North Kingstown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Central, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (North Kingstown was ranked 12th). North Kingstown fell to Central 22-17.
North Kingstown might have lost, but man, Jack Diano was a machine: he threw for 245 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Burrillville beat Woonsocket 28-21 on Saturday.
Burrillville had a senior duo take command as Leland Kelleher gained 176 total yards and two touchdowns and Logan Gelinas 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.
North Kingstown's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Burrillville, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. North Kingstown has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 293.8 passing yards per game. Burrillville, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 153.8 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
North Kingstown strolled past Burrillville in their previous meeting back in September of 2021 by a score of 21-6. Does North Kingstown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Burrillville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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