Football Preview: Founders Classical Academy Guardians vs. King's Academy Knights
After starting their season with four straight games on the road, Founders Classical Academy is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the King's Academy Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Founders Classical Academy hasn't scored more than six points for four games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
Founders Classical Academy is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Prestonwood Christian North last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Founders Classical Academy was outmatched by Prestonwood Christian North on the road and fell 70-6. While losing is never fun, the Guardians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while the are ranked 52nd).
Meanwhile, King's Academy put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Campbell at home to the tune of 51-6. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 36 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Sam Tarrant, who rushed for 161 yards and four touchdowns on only five carries, and also threw for 94 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Caiden Stafford, who picked up 56 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to King's Academy's defense and their five sacks. In that department, Adam Huval was the leader with four. Another thorn in Campbell's side was Tony Rivera, who picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Founders Classical Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for King's Academy, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
Founders Classical Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against King's Academy in their previous meeting back in November of 2022, sneaking past 2-0. Will Founders Classical Academy repeat their success, or does King's Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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