King Academy is 2-8 against Wardlaw Academy since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The King Academy Knights will venture away from home to take on the Wardlaw Academy Patriots at 6:00 p.m.
King Academy is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Tuesday. They took a blow against Curtis Baptist, falling 56-8. The match marked the Knights' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wardlaw Academy). They took their game on Monday with ease, bagging a 57-22 victory over Richard Winn Academy. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Wardlaw Academy is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.6 points per game. As for King Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
King Academy suffered a grim 51-28 defeat to Wardlaw Academy in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can King Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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