The King's Academy Knights will head out to face off against the Founders Classical Academy Guardians at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (King's Academy has six straight victories, Founders Classical Academy has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for King's Academy at home against Campbell as the team secured a 51-6 win. Considering the Knights have won four games by more than 35 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Sam Tarrant was his usual excellent self, rushing for 161 yards and four touchdowns on only five carries, while also throwing 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. Caiden Stafford was another key player, picking up 56 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
King's Academy's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB five times. In that department, Adam Huval was the leader with four sacks. King's Academy got some further help from Tony Rivera: he picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, a victory for Founders Classical Academy just wasn't in the cards last Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were 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).
King's Academy pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Founders Classical Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
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