Football Preview: King's Academy Knights vs. Palo Alto Vikings
The King's Academy Knights will stay at home for another week and welcome the Palo Alto Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
King's Academy will head into Friday's contest out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Friday after soaring to a 31-point game in their last game. They fell just short of Sacred Heart Prep by a score of 24-21. Despite 120 more yards than the Gators, the Knights couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Reid Black put forth a good effort for the losing side as he threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns. A healthy portion of that aerial production (114 yards to be exact) went to Kyle Welch.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palo Alto). They simply couldn't be stopped last Thursday as they easily beat Fremont 43-14 on the road.
Isaiah Phillips and Justin Fung were among the main playmakers for Palo Alto as the former rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries and the latter threw for 163 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 passes. Phillips got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 52 yards.
Palo Alto'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 Erik Taylor and Jeremiah Fung.
King's Academy now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Palo Alto, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-1.
King's Academy came up short against Palo Alto when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 34-28. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Palo Alto's Joseph Kessler, who rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Now that King's Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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