SUFFOLK — King’s Fork senior Isiah Gilliam knew he had to have a big game.

Not just because it was senior night, but because his backfield mate and fellow senior Preston Hall III went down in the second quarter with a knee injury.

That left it up to Gilliam to carry the load, and he rushed for 152 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 5 King’s Fork over No. 8 Nansemond River 27-8 in the Battle of Suffolk. It also was a game where the Warriors were without star quarterback Tyrell Grant, who missed the game because of an injury he suffered last week.

“Everything I did in this game, I did it for him,” Gilliam said about Hall. “That’s my brother, and we’ve been through so much together. That man hasn’t done nothing but put in work all season. So everything I do from here on out, I do it for

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