Football Preview: Bayard Rustin Golden Knights vs. East Vikings
The Bayard Rustin Golden Knights will challenge the East Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Bayard Rustin's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 49-0 victory over Great Valley. Given the Golden Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Patriots are ranked 268th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East). They blew past Henderson 37-13 on Thursday. The win was some much needed relief for the Vikings as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
East had a senior duo take command as Nate Dolski rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns and Nate Derosa threw for 157 yards and two touchdowns. What's more, Derosa also racked up 37 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023.
East didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Nate Palsgrove and James Kernicky. Kernicky also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight. East got some further help from Louis Pietrantonio: he picked up a sack and made 12 total tackles.
The victory made it two in a row for Bayard Rustin and bumps their season record up to 7-1. As for East, their win bumped their record up to 3-5.
Bayard Rustin strolled past East in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 32-15. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was East's Fenton Kulp, who rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 33 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Bayard Rustin still be able to contain Kulp? There's only one way to find out.
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