With a playoff game on the line, King/Drew rose to the challenge on Friday. They blew past the Franklin Panthers 35-6. 35 seems to be a good number for the Golden Eagles as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Keenan Jackson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 114 yards and a touchdown on perfect 7-for-7 passing, while also rushing for 60 yards. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August.
King/Drew was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 378 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 88.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 220.2.
King/Drew's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. In that department, Chinedu Onyeagoro was the leader with two sacks. He has been hot , having also posted five or more total tackles the last seven times he's played. King/Drew got some further help from Anthony Torrence: he made ten total tackles (1.0 for loss).
The win (which was King/Drew's third in a row) raised their record to 8-4. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.7 points per game. As for Franklin, their loss dropped their record down to 7-5.
King/Drew will face off against Kennedy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Kennedy's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last nine contests. Franklin does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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