Islanders Host Play Playoffs Tonight

editor's note: Tonight's Semi-Final Varsity Football game has been postponed.  The game will be played tomorrow night at 7:00 PM at Gaudet Field.

For the second year in a row, the Middletown Islanders and the Narragansett Mariners will compete for a berth in the Division III Super Bowl game, although this year, the roles are reversed for the two teams.

In 2011, the Mariners were the No. 2 seed and favorites against No. 3 seeded Middletown. However, a slew of personal fouls on Narragansett and six fumbles, three lost, led to 38-22 win for Middletown.

This year, the teams met up once in the regular season. On Oct. 26, Middletown beat Narragansett 48-20. Middletown finished the Division III schedule undefeated, a perfect 8-0, and went 9-2 overall. Narragansett went 4-4 to earn the No. 4 seed, earning the berth thanks to a tiebreaker over Ponaganset.

According to records at Rhode Island High School Sports, Narragansett last won a division title in 2003, when the Mariners went 10-0 to take the Division IV crown. The Mariners have never played for a Division III title, but did win Class B championships in 1986 and 1987.

Stephen Greenwell, our high school football expert and Narrangansett Patch editor, said Middletown is heavily favored to win tonight's game. 

Wish Middletown good luck in the comment section below!

Playoff Schedule:

Division III Playoffs

• Middletown hosts Narragansett at 7 p.m. in  Division III playoffs
• East Greenwich hosts Moses Brown at 6 p.m. in the Division III playoffs

The winner of these two games will play on Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. at East Greenwich.

Division II

• Woonsockets hosts Central at 6 p.m. in the Division II playoffs.

Division I Playoffs

• La Salle hosts Portsmouth at 6 p.m. in the Division I playoffs.
• Hendricken hosts Cranston East at 6 p.m.
  
  

The winners play at noon on Dec. 2 at Cranston Stadium.