The Lawrenceville School Big Red had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.7 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. Everything went their way against Kent School as Lawrenceville School made off with a 40-14 victory. That's another feather in the cap for Lawrenceville School, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Lawrenceville School's victory was their fourth straight at home, bumping their overall record up to 4-3. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 0-5 Kent School and 2-5 Peddie (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 28.6% over those games). As for Kent School, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-5.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Lawrenceville School will challenge Hotchkiss School at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hotchkiss School comes in on a streak of failing to score more than eight points in their last three games, a trend the team is of course eager to reverse. As for Kent School, they will head out on the road to face off against Taft School at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Taft School is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
