Eagles-Huskies Turkey Day Clash Seems One-Sided, But Who Knows?

Barrington High and Mt. Hope High tangle again on Thanksgiving morning in a renewal of their annual East Bay Turkey Day rivalry.  Kickoff is at 10 am at Victory Field in Barrington.

Barrington leads the series 13-7 and the Eagles have taken 12 of the last 13 games after Mt. Hope won 6 of the first 7 contests. The game last year went down to the wire with Barrington winning 25-20 in the final 42 seconds.

The Eagles, 10-1 on the season, are heavy favorites to win their seventh straight game in the series this year. Barrington will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division 1 playoffs with a 7-1 record. Barrington’s only loss came in its last game against Portsmouth on Nov. 15 in double overtime, 7-6, after a two-point conversion attempt was botched.

Mt. Hope bowed out of the Division II playoffs with a 42-0 loss to West Warwick. The Huskies finished 4-3 in their division and stand at 5-5 overall for the season.

William McCagney has been the head coach at Barrington since 2004. Brian Cote is finishing his second year as head coach at Mt. Hope.