After two games on the road, King is heading back home. They will square off against the Princeton Tigers at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
King is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They really took it to Marshall/Raby for the full four quarters, racking up a 40-8 win. The Jaguars pushed the score to 34-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Princeton waltzed into their game last Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Hawks 40-8. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Hawks are ranked 242nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Princeton's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Casey Etheridge led the charge by rushing for 150 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. Etheridge's rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 134 rushing yards. William Lott was another key player, rushing for 18 yards and two touchdowns.
Princeton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 315 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 245 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Princeton pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.4 points per game. As for King, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
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