Football Preview: Princeton Tigers vs. King City Wildkats
The Princeton Tigers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the King City Wildkats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Princeton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Pattonsburg, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Princeton was ranked 14th). Princeton breezed by Pattonsburg at home to the tune of 66-28 on Friday. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Tigers as it put an end to their five-game losing streak dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, King City didn't have too much trouble with Stanberry on the road on Friday as they won 48-32.
King City's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Graham Medsker led the charge by rushing for 109 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Medsker a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Landon Carlson, who rushed for 62 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: King City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 219 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 158 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
King City's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Wyatt Jackson and Carlson.
Princeton's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for King City, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Everything came up roses for Princeton against King City in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as the squad secured a 62-26 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was King City's Ryder Sample, who rushed for 54 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 45 receiving yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Princeton still be able to contain Sample? There's only one way to find out.
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