Football Preview: Middlesex Chargers vs. King & Queen Central Royal Tigers
Middlesex and King & Queen Central are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The Middlesex Chargers will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the King & Queen Central Royal Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Middlesex will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Middlesex is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Charles City to the tune of 66-28 last Friday. The Chargers pushed the score to 52-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had no chance of recovering from.
Jaquan Griffin was his usual excellent self, rushing for 358 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 18.8 yards per carry. Those 358 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Middlesex didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Davonte Griffin and Nathan Powell. Griffin has been hot recently, having also posted eight or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Middlesex was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 390 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for King & Queen Central, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They strolled past Charles City with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 34-20.
Middlesex now has a winning record of 4-3. As for King & Queen Central, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Middlesex was taken down by King & Queen Central 48-13 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Middlesex was down 28-0.
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