Pacheco goes off in Mt. Hope's big win; Mount Pleasant wins opener; Vowels leads North Smithfield; CF continues to roll

The cool weather in Bristol on Friday made it a perfect night to take in a Brock Show.

Mt. Hope’s Brock Pacheco took over the game and put on a memorable performance, rushing for 230 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Huskies past Narragansett, 25-6.

With Pacheco leading the way, Mt. Hope dominated on both sides of the ball. Ben Calouro caught a 55-yard touchdown pass from Riley Howland in the win. Mike Lombardi, Ben Martel and Colin Maloney led the Huskies’ ferocious pass-rush that limited the Mariners’ high-powered offense. Lombardi also had a fumble recovery in the win.

Mt. Hope kicker J.J. Pimental also got in the act, burying a 42-yard bomb through a tough wind that tormented the state.

Division II

Mount Pleasant 26, Burrillville 20

In their first game of the fall, the Kilties showed off their explosive offense and held on for a 26-20 win over the Broncos.

A canceled non-league game and a Week 1 bye had Mount Pleasant off until Friday’s opener. The Kilties made up for lost time and showed off all their offensive weapons. Israel Hiraldo had the big highlight, rushing for a 56-yard touchdown as part of his five-carry, 97-yard night.

Jelon King ran 11 times for 98 yards and had a 13-yard score and also went 15 of 23 passing for 160 yards, including a 26-yard TD pass to Jorge Ventura. Jadiel Diaz had the other Mount Pleasant score, rushing for a 1-yard touchdown.

Burrillville quarterback Logan Gelinas threw two touchdowns in the loss, connecting with Jack DiChiaro and Eli Diallo. The Broncos other touchdown came via special teams when Ethan Murphy blocked a punt that Connor Deprofio scooped and scored on.

South Kingstown 35, Cranston East 14

The Rebels’ offense got to work early, scoring four times in the first half to build a lead they had no trouble maintaining in a 35-14 win over the Thunderbolts.

Isiah Carter and Phoenix Sward both scored a pair of touchdowns for South Kingstown. The duo scored on short runs in the first quarter and Sward got his second touchdown in the second. Rian O’Rourke added a short touchdown in the second to put the Rebels up 29-8 at halftime and Carter put a bow on the win with a 20-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

Cranston East got on the board in the first quarter when Antonello Lucchetti took a kickoff back 90 yards for a touchdown. Da’Qwon Foster had a six-yard touchdown run for the Bolts’ other score.

St. Raphael 23, Cranston West 0

The Saints rebounded nicely following last week’s loss, pitching a shutout on defense and getting two touchdowns from Ethan McCann-Carter in a 23-0 win over the Falcons.

McCann-Carter caught touchdowns from both his quarterbacks, snagging an 8-yarder from Kenny Jacques and a 39-yarder from Dan Wulf. Jacques had the other touchdown on a 1-yard run.

Other Division II scores

Barrington 33, Wes

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Division III

North Smithfield 27, Toll Gate 6

Cole Vowels was in charge all night long, throwing three touchdown passes and rushing for another as the Northmen cruised to a 27-6 win over the Titans.

Vowels opened scoring with five-yard, first-quarter touchdown run before the aerial attack took over in the second. Vowels threw two TDs passes before halftime, connecting with Isaiah Chauvin on a 38-yard fade for a score and then hitting Aiden Lariviere on a 25-yard touchdown.

His final touchdown pass was a big one, throwing a strike to Chauvin over the middle of the field for a 70-yard touchdown.

Tolman 6, Middletown 0

Defense was the name of the game and Friday the Tigers did it better than the Islanders and came away with a 6-0 win.

Guy Bamba – a Providence Journal Preseason All-State selection – was a monster on the field for Tolman. Bamba disrupted the Middletown passing attack, coming up with three sacks and seven tackles for loss in the win.

Scoreless through three quarters, the Tigers got the only score they would need when Jayden Hall punched one home from five yards out with 5:44 left to play. The defense came up with a final stop and it was enough to hand the Islanders their first D-III loss of the season and for the Tigers to earn their first league win.

Ponaganset 34, Johnston 15

Jason Pincince and Nick Baccala paced the Cheiftains’ ground game in a 34-15 win over the Panthers.

Big-play Baccala had himself a night, rushing eight times for 125 yards with a 25-yard third-quarter touchdown run. The senior came up with a big special teams play as well, blocking a punt and then scooping it up for a score in the fourth quarter.

Pincince got the job done with his legs as well. He ran 13 times for 78 yards and two touchdowns, getting Ponaganset’s first TD on a 5-yard run in the second and giving the team the lead for good with a 15-yard run in the third.

Ponaganset’s defense put an exclamation point on the win, getting a strip sack that Gianlucca Bachini picked up and took back 26 yards for a touchdown.

Johnston started hot, as Dean Paris caught a TD pass early in the second quarter to take an 8-0 lead. The Panthers didn’t get on the board again until the fourth when Steve Finegan found the end zone.

Division IV

Central Falls 22, Exeter-West Greenwich 0

The high-scoring Warriors let their defense take control in a low-scoring first half before putting the game away in the second half.

Central Falls got a first-quarter touchdown from Ty O’Connell, but it was all either teams could manage over the first two quarters. The Warriors came up with a big red zone stop before taking an 8-0 lead into the half.

With the defense in control, Andreni Maldonado added a touchdown in the second quarter to help the Warriors close the win out.

Other Division IV scores

(No stats were reported by coaches)

Tiverton 34, Hope 8

Non-league

North Kingstown 33, East Greenwich 7

Eddie Buehler was slinging it, throwing three touchdowns and rushing for another to guide the Skippers to a 33-7 win over the Avengers.

Buehler started his night with a first-quarter TD pass to Chris Bishop and, after a Brayden Rogers punt return score, Buehler ran one in to put NK up 19-0. Buehler threw a touchdown to Evan Beattie to make it 26-0 and threw his final one to Andrew Ciarniello to send the Skippers into the locker room up 33-0.

Hendricken 34, Portsmouth 12

The Patriots made things interesting, but the Hawks took over with defense and their run game in the second half to pick up the 34-12 non-league win.

Hendricken led 14-0 when Portsmouth came up with a second-quarter touchdown, then recovered an onside kick and scored to make it 14-12 at halftime.

It was all Hawks the rest of the way. Jayden Falcone scored two touchdowns in the win on runs of 8 and 17 yards. Oscar Weah continued his stellar season with two scores – one from 20 and another from 7 – and backfield partner Ronjai Francis popped a big one, scoring on a 25-yard touchdown.

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Scores, recaps and stats from Friday night's high school football games