Football Preview: King's Academy Knights vs. Burlingame Panthers
The King's Academy Knights will face off against the Burlingame Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. King's Academy is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home.
King's Academy will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Mountain View, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Everything went King's Academy's way against Mountain View on Thursday as King's Academy made off with a 32-7 win. The high-scoring effort was just what the Knights needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Reid Black was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 231 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Burlingame entered their tilt with Hillsdale on Friday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They walked away with a 21-12 victory over the FIGHTING KNIGHTS.
Burlingame relied on the efforts of Lucas Kirk, who rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown, and Luke Levitt, who rushed for nine yards and a touchdown.
With the win, King's Academy broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-4. As for Burlingame, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
King's Academy couldn't quite finish off Burlingame in their previous matchup back in October of 2021 and fell 10-7. Can King's Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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