Central Private lost against Kentwood back in November of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Central Private Redhawks had to suffer through a 44-8 loss at the hands of the Kentwood Kangaroos. While losing is never fun, the Redhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana football rankings (they are ranked 250th, while the Kangaroos are ranked 119th).
Kentwood found their leader in sophomore Ahmade Bickham Jr, who rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. Kentwood is undefeated when Bickham Jr posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
Central Private dropped their record down to 5-5 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Kentwood, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Central Private will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Kentwood at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Kentwood, they will play host again on Friday to welcome St. Mary, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. St. Mary is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.9 points per game this season.
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