Football Preview: Kennett Blue Demons vs. Phoenixville Phantoms
After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Kennett is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Phoenixville Phantoms at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Kennett is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Norristown on Saturday. They took a 16-8 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles.
Meanwhile, Phoenixville humbled Henderson with a 48-14 victory. Given the Phantoms' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Warriors are ranked 260th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Deacon Williams had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 57 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 59 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Talon Romance, who threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns while completing 100% of his passes.
Phoenixville's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB three times. TJ Howard was especially locked on to Henderson's QB and sacked him twice.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Phoenixville was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 515 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Kennett's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Phoenixville, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Kennett came up short against Phoenixville when the teams last played back in September of 2018, falling 21-14. Can Kennett avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
