After a string of five wins, Burlingame's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell 28-21 to the King's Academy Knights. The Panthers were down 28-7 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Although Burlingame took the loss, they still got scores from Jake Flood, Lucas Kirk, and Cole Hardtke.
Reid Black was his usual excellent self, rushing for 82 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, while also throwing for 178 yards and two touchdowns for King's Academy. The dominant performance gave Black a new career-high in rushing yards. Jaiden Flores was Black's top target, picking up 54 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Burlingame's loss dropped their record down to 5-2. As for King's Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-4.
Burlingame will welcome Aragon at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Burlingame's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Aragon has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road. As for King's Academy, they will venture away from home to square off against Hillsdale at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. King's Academy is facing Hillsdale at the right time seeing as Hillsdale is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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