After starting their season with three straight games on the road, Kenwood is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the Morgan Park Mustangs at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Kenwood's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Payton College Prep, posting a 27-0 victory on the road. Given the Broncos' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 82nd, while the Grizzlies are ranked 291st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Morgan Park's strategy against Westinghouse on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Morgan Park blew Westinghouse out of the water with a 54-0 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Mustangs had established a 47 point advantage.
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.
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.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, 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.
Kenwood's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Morgan Park, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Kenwood couldn't quite finish off Morgan Park when the teams last played back in October of 2023 and fell 28-26. Thankfully for Kenwood, Chris Durr (who picked up 142 receiving yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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