King & Queen Central and Middlesex are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The King & Queen Central Royal Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Middlesex Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
King & Queen Central took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They strolled past Charles City with points to spare, taking the game 34-20.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Middlesex). They breezed by Charles City to the tune of 66-28 last Friday. The Chargers pushed the score to 52-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had no chance of recovering from.
Jaquan Griffin continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 358 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 18.8 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Middlesex didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Davonte Griffin and Nathan Powell. Griffin has been hot recently, having also posted eight or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Middlesex was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 390 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The win got King & Queen Central back to even at 4-4. As for Middlesex, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Everything came up roses for King & Queen Central against Middlesex in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 48-13 victory. In that matchup, King & Queen Central amassed a halftime lead of 28-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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