Brunswick Academy and Kenston Forest are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2018, but not for long. The Brunswick Academy Vikings will welcome the Kenston Forest Kavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Brunswick Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Broadwater Academy, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Brunswick Academy was ranked sixth). Brunswick Academy claimed a resounding 49-8 win over Broadwater Academy. Brunswick Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 24 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Kenston Forest was fully in charge on Thursday, breezing past Fuqua 44-6.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Ransom Clark and he. Clark rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries while he rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Those 77 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Kenston Forest didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Clark and Nathan Daniel. Daniel is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season.
Kenston Forest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Brunswick Academy's victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-3. As for Kenston Forest, their win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-6.
Everything went Brunswick Academy's way against Kenston Forest in their previous meeting on October 10th, as Brunswick Academy made off with a 54-30 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Kenston Forest's Zain Queen, who rushed for 184 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry, and also picked up 30 receiving yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Brunswick Academy still be able to contain Queen? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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