The King's Academy Knights will face off against the Loganville Christian Academy Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The King's Academy is coming into the contest on a six-game losing streak.
The King's Academy is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Lakeview Academy on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Knights took a blow against the Lions, falling 48-20. The Knights were down 41-8 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
The King's Academy's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Roger Wilson, who picked up 63 receiving yards and a pair of scores, and Joe Iredale, who threw for 123 yards and three touchdowns. Wilson was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 52 yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Loganville Christian Academy). In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 34-33 win over Riverside Military Academy. The victory continues a trend for the Lions in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now won four in a row.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Kylan Fryar and JJ Blackwell. Fryar had a great game last Friday and punched in three rushing scores. Meanwhile, Blackwell was balling out in the loss, rushing for 81 yards and two TDs, while also throwing for 17 yards and one touchdown.
Loganville Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for The King's Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
The King's Academy came up short against Loganville Christian Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2024, falling 20-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fryar, who rushed for 75 yards and a pair of scores on only nine carries, and also threw for 158 yards and one TD. Now that the Knights know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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