The View Park Knights will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Marshall Barristers at 3:30 p.m. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
View Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Torres 47-16 on the road on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Knights considering their 12-point performance the game before.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Marshall's strategy against Mendez on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Marshall blew Mendez out of the water with a 54-7 final score. The Barristers pushed the score to 45-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Jaguars had no chance of recovering from.
It was another big night for Joaquin Means, who rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 31 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an incredible 71 yards. Nathaniel Cadet was another key player, throwing for 145 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Marshall was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 271 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 259 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Marshall wouldn't let Mendez keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Marshall can thank Andres Sandoval and George Saens for forcing all of them.
The win got View Park back to even at 2-2. As for Marshall, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
View Park took their win against Marshall when the teams last played back in September of 2021 by a conclusive 26-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for View Park since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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