Football Recap: King Vikings vs. Riverdale Country Falcons
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact King can now relate to. They fell to the Riverdale Country Falcons 32-27. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Vikings came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 47th in Connecticut, while the Falcons are ranked 180th in New York).
Jonathan Nordlinger continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Riverdale Country, rushing for 151 yards and a touchdown. Nordlinger's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 138 rushing yards. Kayne Glass made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
This is the second loss in a row for King and nudges their season record down to 5-4. As for Riverdale Country, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
King will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on St. Luke's at 1:00 p.m. on November 9th. As for Riverdale Country, they wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 33-0 loss against Hackley on the 2nd.
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