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Monday, 12 October 2009 |
SMITHFIELD – Jean-Daniel Roussel scored three touchdowns on Friday night while leading St. Raphael Academy to a 28-6 non-league victory over Smithfield.
Roussel scored on runs of 10 and 19 yards and then returned an intercepted pass 64 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.
Patrick Miranda added a 71-yard touchdown runs for the Saints, who are 2-3 overall and 0-2 in Division I so far this season.
“It was good for a young football team like ours to have a game like this,” Saints coach Mike Sassi said. “We need to get some confidence in ourselves. Unfortunately, I think our kids kind of took Smithfield lightly. We only led 7-6 at halftime.”
After Roussel’s 19-yard TD run gave the Saints a 7-0 lead, SRA’s defense forced Smithfield to punt. Instead of getting the ball back, though, the Saints committed an illegal block before the change of possession and Smithfield got the ball back and drove for its only touchdown of the game.
“That’s the kind of dumb mistakes we have been making,” said Sassi,.
Roussel ran for 112 yards on 15 carries.
Defensively, Ricardo Pognon, Mike Dolan, and Miranda led the way for the Saints, who return to divisional play on Friday night with a road game against winless North Kingstown High.
Smithfield is also back in league action with a home game against East Greenwich High on Friday night.
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St. Raphael 7 – 0 – 6 – 15 – 28
Smithfield 6 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 6
SRA scoring: Jean-Daniel Roussel 19 run (Julian Diaz kick); Roussel 10 run (kick failed); Patrick Miranda 71 run (Roussel run); Roussel 64 pass interception return (Diaz kick).
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