The Kingsland Knights will venture away from home to take on the Spring Grove Lions at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Kingsland sitting on three straight wins and Spring Grove on ten.
Kingsland's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They breezed by Mabel-Canton at home to the tune of 43-0. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by 27 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Kaaleem Reiland, who rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 105.6 rushing yards per game. Zach Reiland was another key player, rushing for 86 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Kingsland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 375 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 197 rushing yards in 11 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Kingsland's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB five times. Parker Johnson was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up three sackshimself.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Spring Grove rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Superlarks 52-6 at home. The matchup marked the Lions' most dominant victory of the season.
Kingsland's record is now 7-2. As for Spring Grove, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0.
Kingsland came up short against Spring Grove in their previous matchup on October 4th, falling 36-32. Can Kingsland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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