Week 2 of the RI high school football season was filled with great performances and even better games
Division II
East Providence 29, St. Raphael 22
Steven Clark scored three touchdowns and ran for 127 yards as the Townies turned back the clock and took down the Saints. For full Providence Journal coverage from the game, click the link below.
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Woonsocket 19, South Kingstown 14
Daunte Melton and the Villa Novans found the balance on offense they were looking for while the defense locked down the Rebels. For the full Providence Journal story from the game, click the link below.
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OTHER THURSDAY RESULTS
(stats and scoring information were not provided by coaches for these games)
Division II
Shea 15, Barrington 14
Division III
Pilgrim 24, Mt. Hope 9
FRIDAY'S GAMES
Division I
Hendricken 28, North Kingstown 21
Oscar Weah ran for 155 yards and a touchdown as the Hawks took down the Skippers. For the full Providence Journal story and photos from the game, check the link below.
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Division II
Cumberland 35, East Greenwich 14
Andrew Ray was unstoppable, running for 113 yards while scoring four touchdowns as the Clippers sunk the Avengers, 35-14.
Ray scored on touchdown runs in the first and fourth quarter and caught two touchdown passes from Evan Spencer in the second quarter as well. Up 20-7 at halftime, Spencer added a 1-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and the Cumberland defense earned some points on a safety later in the same quarter.
EG quarterback Alex DeTomasis threw two TDs in the loss, connecting with Cade Thomas in the second quarter and Pat Kiernan in the fourth.
Portsmouth 26, Westerly 10
With their starting quarterback injured, Neal Tullson switched from running back to the QB position and looked just fine, rushing for 200 yards and three touchdowns in the Patriots’ 26-10 win over the Bulldogs.
According to the Newport Daily News, Tullson had three days to prepare to play the position, which will be his for the foreseeable future. Tullson carried the ball 24 times, rushing for exactly 200 and the Portsmouth defense kept the high-powered Westerly offense from doing much damage.
Division III
Coventry 45, Toll Gate 7
Tommy Turner jump-started the Oakers’ offense and it never slowed down in a 45-7 win over the Titans.
Turner scored on a 68 yard rush in the first quarter and caught a 45-yard pass from Gavin Nurmi for another score before the quarter was up. In the second quarter freshman Nate Petrarca scored on two short TD runs and Ason Jones had another. Nurmi rounded out the scoring with a 1-yard TD in the fourth quarter.
West Warwick 13, Ponaganset 7
A defensive battle, the Wizards got a fourth-quarter rushing touchdown from DionDre Chase in the fourth quarter to make the difference in their 13-7 win over the Chieftains.
West Warwick went up first, scoring on a 30-yard touchdown pass by Brady Miale to Jacob Suffoletto in the second quarter. Ponaganset responded as Rob Grenga found Bryce Peterson for a 12-yard score to tie the game going into halftime.
Both defenses clamped down before Chase and the Wizards got into the end zone a final time to grab their first win of the D-III season.
Lincoln 33, North Smithfield 7
The Lions kept up their roaring start as their run game was in control in a 33-7 win over the Northmen.
Tyler Durang had himself a big night, rushing for 149 yards and two touchdowns. Jon Nicoll threw for two scores – one to Sean Clifford and another to Joseph Conti – and Ryan Plante also added a score.
Rogers 25, Johnston 24
After watching their first-half lead dissolve, the Vikings came up big in the clutch as Jordan Neves caught a 40-yard touchdown from Cisco Aponte and Nixon Brownell’s extra point with 38 seconds left was the difference in a win over the Panthers.
Rogers went up 18-6 early after getting a 52-yard touchdown run by Dayvon London and touchdown runs from 20 and 8 yards by Dylan Walker, the last coming in the third quarter that put the Vikings up 18-6.
Johnston came back with touchdown runs from Steve Finegan before Rogers got the game-winning score.
Middletown 26, Classical 14
Quarterback Julien Delacruz had it all working, helping the Islanders build a big first-half lead they’d never let go of.
Delacruz was practically perfect in the first two quarters, completing 10 of 14 passes for 162 yards and four touchdowns, giving Middletown a 26-7 lead at the break. Trent Ames had a 23-yard TD catch, Trent Sotelo brought in a 50-yard bomb, Andrew Doody caught a 5-yarder and R.J. Wiggins had the fourth on a 10-yard score.
Division IV
Tiverton 19, Scituate 14
The Tigers ended a 16-game losing streak, scoring two touchdowns in the final three minutes to upend the Spartans.
Tiverton’s comeback started in the fourth down 14-7. Malcolm Michaud caught a 10-yard pass from Ben Sowa, but the conversion failed. Down 14-13, the Tigers’ defense came up with a stop and in the final minute, Sowa connected with Rajin Ramunno on a 32-yard pass for the game-winning score.
“We’ve been preaching to the kids not to quit. That was the biggest thing we took out of this,” Tiverton coach Dillon Sheridan told the Newport Daily News. “At halftime we were down, but nobody was hanging their heads.”
Non-League
Catholic Memorial 47, La Salle 7
The-shorthanded Rams did what they could against one of New England's best teams, but couldn't find a way to stop them. For the full Providence Journal story from the game, click the link below.
More: How La Salle handled Massachusetts power Catholic Memorial in football
OTHER FRIDAY RESULTS
(stats and scoring information were not provided by coaches for these games)
Division II
Moses Brown 20, Narragansett 6
Chariho 17, Tolman 14
Non-league
Central 44, Cranston East 6
SATURDAY'S GAMES
Cranston West 32, Burrillville 13
Kelan Cornell had a hot hand, throwing three touchdown passes in the Falcons’ 32-13 win over the Broncos.
With the game tied at 7 in the second quarter, Cornell hit Brayden Stetson on a 35-yard touchdown pass and followed it with a 58-yard TD to Marcus Chung that made it 18-6 going into halftime.
Coming out of the break, Cornell threw his final TD of the day on an 18-yard pass to Hudson Carvalho, then ran in the two-point conversion for the 26-7 lead. Chung added his second score of the game in the fourth quarter on a 12-yard run.
Logan Gelinas was involved in both scoring plays for Burrillville, tossing a TD pass to Eli Diallo in the second quarter and running for the team’s final score in the fourth.
Davies 20, Juanita Sanchez 14
Big-play Daniel Rose was at it a gain with two long touchdowns that helped the Patriots take down the Cavaliers, 20-14.
Rose caught a 46-yard touchdown pass from Antonio Cabral to put Davies up 8-0 in the first quarter. Up 14-6 at halftime, Rose opened the second half by taking the kickoff back 84 yards for a score.
Cabral ran for a score in the second quarter to put Davies up 14-0 in the second quarter. Juanita Sanchez responded with a touchdown pass by Orlando Torres to Marquis Collins. Down 20-6 in the third quarter, Torres ran for another score but the Davies defense kept the Cavaliers at bay the rest of the game.
OTHER SATURDAY RESULTS
(stats and scoring information were not provided by coaches for these games)
Division IV
Central Falls 35, North Providence 6
Exeter-West Greenwich 29, Hope 8
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Scores and stats as league play begins for RI high school football
