The Narbonne Gauchos's road trip will continue as they head out to face the King/Drew Golden Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Narbonne is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They pulled ahead with a 7-6 photo finish over Panorama. Seven seems to be a good number for the Gauchos as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Narbonne found their leader in freshman Hidayah Meadows, who rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Meadows got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 64 yards.
Narbonne's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB six times. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Shayla Rivera.
Meanwhile, King/Drew had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They secured a 6-0 W over the Democrats.
King/Drew is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-13 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 7.8 points per game. As for Narbonne, their win bumped their record up to 16-9.
Narbonne barely slipped by King/Drew in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, winning 7-6. Will Narbonne repeat their success, or does King/Drew have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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