Football Game Preview: Defiance Bulldogs vs. Kenton Wildcats

By Team Reports Sep 25, 2024, 3:34am

Football Preview: Defiance Bulldogs vs. Kenton Wildcats

Suggested Video

After two games on the road, Defiance is heading back home. They will host the Kenton Wildcats at 7:00 a.m. on Friday. Defiance will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.

Defiance is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Shawnee 43-7 on the road on Friday. With the Bulldogs ahead 36-7 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Defiance to victory, but perhaps none more so than Noah Gomez, who rushed for 69 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 68 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Gomez a new career-high in rushing yards. Anthony Wilder was another key player, rushing for 118 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.

Defiance wouldn't let Shawnee keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Defiance can thank Joey Robinson and Mitchell Taylor for forcing both of them.

Meanwhile, Kenton didn't have quite enough to beat Celina on Friday and fell 38-35. The loss continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now lost four in a row.

Defiance now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Kenton, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.

Everything came up roses for Defiance against Kenton in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 46-18 win. Will Defiance repeat their success, or does Kenton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps