Football Recap: Kenwood Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Damon Green and Darryl Giles Jr

By Team Reports Sep 30, 2024, 8:38am

Football Recap: Kenwood Bluebirds vs. North Harford Hawks

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Kenwood managed to keep up with North Harford until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Kenwood Bluebirds lost 35-12 to the North Harford Hawks. The defeat leaves the Bluebirds without a win on the season.

Darryl Giles Jr and Damon Green certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Giles Jr picked up 119 receiving yards and a touchdown, while Green rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. Giles Jr torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 80 yards.

Kenwood wouldn't let North Harford keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Kenwood can thank Jaden Smith and Emmanuel Adisa for forcing both of them.

Donnie Mullins was nothing short of spectacular for North Harford: he rushed for 232 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Mullins a new career-high in rushing yards.

Kenwood's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for North Harford, the victory snapped their losing streak at four games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-3 record.

Kenwood is taking a road trip to challenge Franklin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Franklin's defense has only allowed 15.8 points per game this season, so Kenwood's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for North Harford, they will face off against Harford Tech at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North Harford will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.

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