North Kingstown Football Team Celebrates Third Straight Title

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI — The North Kingstown football team won the Division 1 Super Bowl with a 28-19 victory against Cranston West on Saturday. It is the third straight state championship for the Skippers.

North Kingstown won the Division 2 title in 2017 and the Division 1 title the past two years.

NK Football defeats Cranston West 28-19 for Division I Super Bowl. James Osmanski named MVP. @NKBoosterClub @NKHS_RI @nk_schools pic.twitter.com/meLSZtDNdo
— NK Athletics (@NoKingstownHS) November 23, 2019

North Kingstown took a 7-0 lead on a touchdown pass from James Osmanski to Shane Kenyon in the first quarter. Osmanski's 8-yard run then put North Kingstown up 13-0.

It was 13-0 at the half, but Cranston West cut the gap to 13-7 midway through the third quarter. Osmanski then found Kenyon a second time for a 21-7 lead with 5:17 left in the third.

Cranston West got within one score a second time before Osmanski hit Tyler Pezza with a 30-yard strike on fourth-and-9 before Osmanski took in the score from a yard out on his way to being named game Most Valuable Player.