Maryland High School Football - City College drops to Dunbar
September 17, 2011: Baltimore, MD 21218 In Saturday's league game, the Dunbar Poets (Baltimore, MD) football team knocked off the host City College Black Knights (Baltimore, MD), by a final score of 18-6.
The Poets (2-1) will now prepare for their game against Mergenthaler Vo-Tech (Baltimore, MD). The Mustangs come into the Baltimore City Division I game with a 2-1 record. In their last game, Mergenthaler Vo-Tech toppled Southwestern (Baltimore, MD), 30-6, in a league game.
The Black Knights now hold a 1-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Carver Vo-Tech for a Baltimore City Division I game on Friday, September 23. City College will battle a Bears team coming off a 20-6 league loss to Patterson (Baltimore, MD). The Bears record now stands at 0-3.
First Quarter
D – L. Highsmith 9 yard run (pass failed) at 5:02 in 1st Qtr
D – E. Haynes 35 yard interception return (play failed) at 8:37 in 2nd Qtr
D – E. Haynes 39 yard pass from W. Crest (pass failed) at 1:17 in 2nd Qtr
C – S. Wilkens 35 yard interception return at 0:03 (kick failed) in 2nd Qtr
Second Quarter
Game Recap: On a cool cloudy evening at Poly’s stadium, City faced the Dunbar Poets, last season’s 1A state champion and currently #5 ranked locally. City, listed in the “best of the rest” portion of the rankings, was hoping for a win to put them into the Top 10. [City came into the game 1 – 0 after a 40 – 0 win over Douglass while Dunbar had forfeited their prior week’s game vs. Southwestern after getting in a fight late in their win over Dunbar (D.C.) two weeks ago.] To start the game, Santana Baskerville returned the opening kickoff 25 yards to City’s 35 yard line, but a 3 & out by City and a 3 & out by Dunbar indicated that this would be a game determined by the two teams’ stellar defenses; field position and lack of mistakes would likely also be very important. Unfortunately for City, they made the first mistake when their second drive of the game went nowhere and they attempted to punt, but it was blocked and Dunbar took over on City’s 18 yard line. Dunbar ran the ball three stra
Fourth Quarter
Unfortunately for City it was more of the same tough sledding in the 2nd half as Dunbar stifling defense stuffed City on two 4th & short plays and in general was just too good to ever allow City to move the ball and get anywhere near the end zone. City’s defense was pretty stout too, but despite another interception by City’s S. Wilkens and a fumble recovery in Dunbar territory at the very end of the 3rd Qtr by City’s B. Jones, City could not muster any 2nd half point. Neither could Dunbar and so the 18 - 6 score at the end of the 1st half was also the score at the end of the hard-fought game.
