The King City Wildkats will face off against the Albany Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. King City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.2 points per game this season.
King City is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Worth County/Northeast Nodaway, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (King City was ranked 22nd). King City was dealt a 60-14 loss at the hands of Worth County/Northeast Nodaway on Friday. The contest marked the Wildkats' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Although King City took the loss, they still got scores from Cayden Wainscott and Landon Carlson.
Meanwhile, Albany put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They snuck past Pattonsburg with a 78-74 win.
Kyle Emerson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, picking up 102 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 70 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making six total tackles and defending three passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Albany was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 394 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 159 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
This is the second loss in a row for King City and nudges their season record down to 4-4. As for Albany, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. King City has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 236.9 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Albany struggles in that department as they've been averaging 264.6. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
King City was taken down by Albany 62-12 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Emerson, who picked up 88 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Now that King City knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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