The King's Academy Lions will venture away from home to take on the Grace Christian Academy Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
King's Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They put the hurt on Maryville Christian with a sharp 9-1 victory on Tuesday. The high-scoring effort was just what King's Academy needed considering they were shut out in their previous contest.
Meanwhile, Grace Christian Academy had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.1 goals) and they went ahead and made it eight on Tuesday. They blew past the Warriors 7-1. The result was nothing new for Grace Christian Academy, who have now won nine matches by four goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Christian Academy of Knoxville from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Slade Hickson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
King's Academy's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-5-2. As for Grace Christian Academy, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
King's Academy suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Grace Christian Academy in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Lions avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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