Football Recap: Kinkaid Falcons vs. St. Mark's Lions
Kinkaid entered their tilt with St. Mark on Friday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They walked away with a 34-23 victory over the St. Mark's Lions. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Lions are ranked 439th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wayne Shanks Jr. was his usual excellent self, rushing for 275 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 64 yards. Jordan Manuel also helped out with an impressive 99 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Kinkaid was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 303 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Kinkaid's record is now 5-1. As for St. Mark's, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-2 record.
It'll be Battle of the Birds when Falcons faces off against Episcopal School of Dallas at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Kinkaid is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.8 points per game this season. As for St. Mark's, they will challenge Cooper at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cooper also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 31.2 points per game.
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