The King's Knights and the Rochester Warriors are set to duel on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
King's will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 32) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 40-37 victory over Olympic. The score was all tied up 21-21 at the break, but the Knights were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Rochester had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They really took it to the Eagles for the full four quarters, racking up a 43-0 win on the road. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Warriors had established a 35 point advantage.
Ethan Rodriguez was his usual excellent self, rushing for 192 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 70-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Xander Peterman, who rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Rochester was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 465 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in 15 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
King's record now sits at 2-3. As for Rochester, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
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