WARREN – Their football dreams started a decade ago as Pop Warner players, learning the game on the field at Kickemuit Middle School.

For the Mt. Hope football team – especially its seniors – it wasn’t about to see current dreams dashed on the same piece of turf.

For four quarters Saturday, the Huskies did what they’ve done all season long. It was power football at its finest, as the line won the battles up front on both sides of the ball, former lineman-turned-quarterback Will Francis finished drives with authority as Mt. Hope dashed any hopes upset-minded East Greenwich had in a 34-0 win that sends the team to the program’s first Super Bowl since 2009.

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