Football Recap: King's Academy Knights vs. Burlingame Panthers
King's Academy lost to Burlingame back in October of 2021, but they didn't allow them the same satisfaction on Thursday. The King's Academy Knights came out on top against the Burlingame Panthers by a score of 28-21. The Knights pushed the score to 28-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Reid Black, who rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and also threw for 178 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Jaiden Flores was in the mix too, providing King's Academy with two touchdowns.
King's Academy's defense stepped up as well, laying out Luke Levitt. three times. Leading the way was Josh Taylor with two sacks.
King's Academy's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-4. As for Burlingame, with the defeat, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-2.
King's Academy is taking a road trip to face off against Hillsdale at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. King's Academy is facing Hillsdale at the right time seeing as Hillsdale is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Burlingame, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Aragon at 7:00 p.m. Burlingame will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
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