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East Providence Football Team Ranked Fifth in State

East Providence Townies play La Salle Academy tonight under the lights.

East Providence is currently ranked fifth in Rhode Island's football teams. See below to get the whole scoop and check back in with East Providence Patch to see how the Townies fare against La Salle Academy.

Football Poll

Undefeated in Rhode Island high school play, La Salle remains at No. 1, capturing all 12 first place votes. Hendricken and South Kingstown are ranked No. 2 and 3, with Chariho the first Division II team at No. 4.

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Other ranked Patch coverage areas: East Providence (5), Portsmouth (7), Cranston West (9), Barrington (10), Mt. Hope (17), Cranston East (t-19).

 

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Rank Team Points Last Week Rank 1 La Salle  240 1 1 2 Hendricken 228 2 2 3 South Kingstown 216 3 3 4 Chariho 196 4 4 5 East Providence 187 5 5 6 Central 176 7 6 7 Portsmouth 166 6 7 8 Westerly 145 9 8 9 Cranston West 141 10 9 10 Barrington 133 8 10 11 Cumberland 123 11 11 12 Rogers 106 13 12 13 West Warwick 96 12 13 14 Tolman 74 14 14 15 St. Raphael 68 15 15 16 Narragansett 66 17 16 17 Mt. Hope 37 16 17 18 Classical 33 19 18 t-19 Cranston East 26 18 19 t-19 Middletown 26           NR 20

Also receiving votes: North Smithfield 19, Johnston 8, Central Falls 7, Smithfield 6, Mount Pleasant 3. The Rhode Island Sports Media football poll is voted upon by 12 members of the media. Patch's ballot is cast by Narragansett Local Editor Stephen Greenwell. The poll is run by Eric Rueb of Southern Rhode Island Newspapers.

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