Football Preview: King's Academy Knights vs. Mercy Bears
The King's Academy Knights will head out to square off against the Mercy Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (King's Academy has three straight wins, Mercy has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Wednesday, King's Academy won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Presentation 13-12.
A big part of King's Academy's victory came down to the chemistry between Mia Bennette and her top target Sofia Poonen. Bennette threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns while Poonen picked up 102 receiving yards and a touchdown.
King's Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Poonen and Tiffany Lin.
Meanwhile, a win for Mercy just wasn't in the cards on Monday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 26-6 to Notre Dame.
King's Academy is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Mercy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
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