King hasn't had much luck against Gregory-Portland recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The King Mustangs will host the Gregory-Portland Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
King is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Friday. They took a hard 41-27 fall against Corpus Christi Moody.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Gregory-Portland's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They had to suffer through a 62-35 loss at the hands of Miller. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 455th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 137th).
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Cody Adame and Broderick Taylor. Taylor had a great game and rushed for 264 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Adame was balling out in the loss, rushing for 136 yards and two touchdowns.
King's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Gregory-Portland, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
King was taken down by Gregory-Portland 27-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2021. Can King avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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