Cross hasn't had much luck against King's Academy recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Cross Stingrays will challenge the King's Academy Lions at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Cross is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Jefferson Davis Academy, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Cross was ranked 17th). Cross was beaten by Jefferson Davis Academy 70-12 on Wednesday. Having soared to a lofty 62 points in the game before, the Stingrays couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, King's Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost to Cathedral Academy on the road by a 62-43 margin. The Lions were down 50-28 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Cross' loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for King's Academy, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Cross was taken down by King's Academy 58-6 in their previous meeting back in August. Can Cross avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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