Football Game Preview: King City/Union Star vs. Pattonsburg/North Harrison

On Friday King City/Union Star take on Pattonsburg/North Harrison at 7:00 PM. It should be a fierce showdown as Pattonsburg/North Harrison are ranked 5th in the MaxPreps state rankings and King City/Union Star are ranked 3rd.

King City/Union Star and Stanberry -- ranked 49th and 18th in the MaxPreps national rankings, respectively -- squared off last week in a high-profile match. King City/Union Star took a hard 28-46 fall against Stanberry. King City/Union Star's defeat came about despite a quality game from senior Collin Breckenridge, who passed for 234 yards and 3 touchdowns. In fact, with 13 tackles Breckenridge was a force on both sides of the ball.

Meanwhile, don't be fooled by the insanely high score: we promise Pattonsburg/North Harrison and North Andrew were playing football. Pattonsburg/North Harrison blew past North Andrew 76-52. Pattonsburg/North Harrison were expected to win, but the margin was definitely larger than the state rankings had forecast.

Pattonsburg/North Harrison's victory lifted them to 3-0 while King City/Union Star's loss dropped them down to 2-1. In their win, Pattonsburg/North Harrison relied heavily on junior Steven Willhite, who passed for 426 yards and 9 touchdowns; a key strategy for King City/Union Star will lie in finding a way to minimize his impact.