King is 1-7 against Great Oak since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The King Wolves will square off against the Great Oak Wolfpack at 7:00 p.m. King is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Last Friday, King ended up a good deal behind Murrieta Mesa and lost 28-13.
Meanwhile, Great Oak didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Temecula Valley on Friday, but they still walked away with a 28-22 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolfpack.
A big part of Great Oak's victory came down to the chemistry between Reagan Ricken and his top target Mikey Vazquez. Ricken threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes while Vazquez picked up 192 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Ricken has become a key player for Great Oak: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 2-4 otherwise. Great Oak also got a significant boost from Cris Scott, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 84 yards.
Great Oak was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 211 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 154 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
King's loss dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Great Oak, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-5 record this season.
King and Great Oak were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but King came up empty-handed after a 21-20 defeat. Can King avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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