It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Pattonsburg can now relate to. They were beaten by the King City Wildkats 88-48 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (34), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
When it comes to explaining why Pattonsburg lost, don't look at Camden Griffith. Despite the final result, he threw for 393 yards and six touchdowns, and also rushed for 73 yards and two touchdowns. Griffith has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Gavin Humphrey was in the mix as well, providing Pattonsburg with two touchdowns.
It was another big night for Graham Medsker, who rushed for 303 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry for King City. The dominant performance gave Medsker a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Landon Carlson, who rushed for 84 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.
Pattonsburg dropped their record down to 1-9 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for King City, the win got them back to even at 5-5.
Pattonsburg does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for King City, they will face off against Albany on Friday. Albany will roll in looking for their tenth straight victory, something King City surely won't give up without a fight.
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