Kenston Forest and Brunswick Academy are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2017, but not for long. The Kenston Forest Kavaliers are taking a road trip to square off against the Brunswick Academy Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Kenston Forest is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Broadwater Academy, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Kenston Forest was ranked eighth). Kenston Forest breezed by Broadwater Academy at home to the tune of 52-14 on Saturday. The Kavaliers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Kenston Forest can attribute much of their success to Zain Queen, who gained 151 total yards and a touchdown, and Devin Dunn, who threw for 148 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Kenston Forest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 225 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Brunswick Academy entered their tilt with Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 55-14 victory over the Knights. The result was nothing new for the Vikings, who have now won three games by 25 points or more so far this season.
Kenston Forest's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Brunswick Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Kenston Forest was dealt a bruising 84-14 loss at the hands of Brunswick Academy when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Can Kenston Forest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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