Football Recap: Wardlaw Academy Patriots vs. King Academy Knights
On Friday, Wardlaw Academy faced King Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Wardlaw Academy Patriots walked away with a 34-26 win over the King Academy Knights. That's two games straight that the Patriots have won by exactly eight points.
Colt Bailey continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 305 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 15.3 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wardlaw Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 326 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 218 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Wardlaw Academy wouldn't let King Academy keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Wardlaw Academy can thank Jon Rodgers and Ryan Rosier for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Rosier is now averaging an impressive 5.3 total tackles per game.
Wardlaw Academy pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for King Academy, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.
Wardlaw Academy and Oakbrook Prep are set to duel on Friday. Wardlaw Academy is facing Oakbrook Prep at the right time seeing as Oakbrook Prep is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for King Academy, they will head out to square off against Newberry Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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