On Friday, North Providence faced St. Raphael Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The North Providence Cougars' defense stepped up to hand the St. Raphael Academy Saints a 4-0 shutout. Even though the Cougars got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( Lochlan Burke was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
North Providence hit St. Raphael Academy with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jeronimo Grajales (2),
Sebastian Gutierrez, and
Toprak Kalakci.
North Providence has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4-1 record this season. As for St. Raphael Academy, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-2-1.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. North Providence will play host again on Tuesday to welcome Hope, where kickoff is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. North Providence is facing Hope at the right time seeing as Hope is stuck on an eight-game losing streak. As for St. Raphael Academy, they will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against Mt. Hope at 4:15 p.m. Mt. Hope will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something St. Raphael Academy surely won't give up without a fight.
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