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

Mt. Hope High and Barrington 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.

Mt. Hope trails 13-7 in the series after dropping 12 of the last 13 games. The Huskies won 6 of the first 7 contests. The game at Mt. Hope last year went down to the wire with Division I Barrington pulling out a 25-20 win over the Division II Huskies.

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 I 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.

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