KMS Soccer Notes: Huskies fall in boys' playoff quarterfinals
Cole shuts out local, advances to final four
The run in the 2026 state championship tournament for the Kickemuit Middle School boys' soccer squad came to an end Thursday night, Oct. 22, after the Huskies fell to visiting Cole-East Greenwich, …
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KMS Soccer Notes: Huskies fall in boys' playoff quarterfinals
Cole shuts out local, advances to final four
The run in the 2026 state championship tournament for the Kickemuit Middle School boys' soccer squad came to an end Thursday night, Oct. 22, after the Huskies fell to visiting Cole-East Greenwich, 3-0, in a quarterfinal round contest at Veterans Field in Warren.
The contest somewhat mirrored the KMS girls' state tourney game against Lincoln played over the same pitch an evening earlier with the sides playing scoreless through the first half before the Huskies scored four times en route to the shutout win.
Unfortunately for the locals last Thursday, it was the visiting Lancers who found the back of the net in the second half, scoring three times in a 15-minute span to salt away the victory. KMS keeper Logan Simas was credited with five saves.
The opening 30 minutes were played mostly in the midfield and in the Cole third of the field, but the Huskies couldn't put many true scoring chances on frame despite the best efforts of attacking group Charlie Jacobs, Nolan Toevs, Myles Medeiros, Joshua Alves and Adrien Toledo.
With the win, fifth-seeded Cole advanced to the semifinals to face top-seeded Nathan Bishop-Providence. The loss finished the 2026 season for the Huskies with a 6-2-3 overall mark, including an overtime win over DelSesto-Providence earlier last week on October 20 in a preliminary round game.
"The season went great," first-year KMS head coach Chris Moniz Jr. said. He was assisted by Matt Moran.
Reflecting on the Huskies bouncing back from their struggles a year ago when the went 2-6-2 and missed the postseason, he continued, "Being a new coach for the team it's tough to ask middle school boys to completely change the culture and the way of play, but they did and got a lot of success out of it.
"It's unfortunate we fell short, but they worked so hard everyday which got them to this point and it showed in the win on Tuesday. They fought for everything and never gave up no matter what. I couldn't be more proud of the effort and determination they gave every practice and every game and it showed with the success they had."
