Football Preview: Morgan Park Mustangs vs. Kenwood Broncos
The Morgan Park Mustangs are on the road again on Saturday to play the Kenwood Broncos at 1:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Morgan Park's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 54-0 win over Westinghouse. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Warriors are ranked 274th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Terrance Gurley had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 156 yards and two touchdowns. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 84-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Jamarius Andrus, who rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Morgan Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 376 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Morgan Park's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Ahmad Grayer and Darrell Mattison.
Meanwhile, Kenwood humbled Payton College Prep with a 27-0 victory.
Morgan Park now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Kenwood, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Morgan Park skirted past Kenwood 28-26 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Morgan Park since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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