Wildcats vs Diamond Hill-Jarvis tonight ? FTW Handley Field 7:00 PM (Corrected time)?It was a showdown at Wildcat Stadium in Kennedale that wasn?t. The last two undefeated teams in District 6/4A went head to head last Friday night. When it was over Kennedale dominated Dunbar by a score of 49-0 and laid claim to first place with two games left to play. {{more: continue…}}?Kennedale is currently on a four-game winning streak has now recorded 3 straight shut-outs ? 62-0 over Western Hill, 48-0 over Lake Worth and 49-0 over Dunbar.?Kennedale has 2 regular season games left – Diamond Hill-Jarvis Eagles (3-4) this Thursday at Handley Field (7:00 p.m.) and the Benbrook Bobcats (4-4) next week at home (7:30 PM).?Surprise, surprise …??Kennedale will secure a guaranteed playoff berth this week with a win over Diamond Hill. For the Wildcats this will be the their 19th straight playoff appearance.?Current District 6/4A standing …?Kennedale (5-2) 4-0, Castleberry (5-2) 2-1, Dunbar (2-5) 2-1, Lake Worth (4-4) 2-2, Benbrook (4-4) 2-2, Diamond Hill-Jarvis (3-4) 0-3 and Western Hills (2-5) 0-3.?Key Dunbar game stats ??
- Total Yards – Kennedale had 17 first downs on 383 yards, 42 by air and 341 on the ground. Dunbar had a 6 first downs on 176 yards with 124 by pass and 52 by rush.
- Turnovers ? Dunbar 5 (2 fumbles, 3 interceptions). Kennedale 1 (interception).
- Effectiveness – On 11 possessions in the game Dunbar could only cross the 50 yard line 3 times. Dunbar punted 6 times while suffering turnovers via interceptions and fumbles in the other 5 possessions. Meanwhile Kennedale punted once and turn the ball over on downs once. Thanks to the defense, the Wildcats offense started 6 times with 50 yards or less to reach the goal line.
Kennedale led by 21-0 at halftime and it didn?t get any better for the Dunbar Wildcats after halftime. Dunbar had four straight 3 and outs (ending with a punt) in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Dunbar had just two possessions. the first was another 3 and out and the second r was stopped at the Kennedale 14 by a Wildcat interception.?Flags, flags, flags ??A killer for both teams was penalties. Dunbar lost 82 yards on 9 flags while Kennedale lost 101 yards on seven penalties. Kennedale?s penalties prevented a real scoring opportunity just before half when they lost 30 yards in just one play. (Note: The coaches are concerned and letting the players know it. Kennedale is not yet the offense powerhouse it has been in the past and a personal foul penalty during the playoffs could be the difference in scoring the a winning points or going home wondering what could have been).?Team possessions (#/start-finish/#plays/result) …?
? ? Kennedale drives ??
- Q1 – #1/KN23-endzone/8plays/TD/Score 7-0 ? #2/DB5-endzone/4plays/TD/Score 14-0 ? #3/KN10-endzone/90 yard interception return/1play/TD/Score 21-0.
- Q2 – #4/DB25-DB17/4 plays/Over on downs ? #5/DB34l-DB19/6 plays/Missed FG ? #6/KN20-KN35/7 plays/time expires in half/Score 21-0.
- Q3 #7/DB23-endzone/4 plays/TD/Score 28-0 ? #8/Midfield-endone/2plays/TD/Score 34-0, ? #9/DB10-endzone/1 play/TD/Score 42-0.??
- Q4 #10 KN33-DB4/6 plays/Interception ? #11 Punt Return ? endzone/53yds TD/ Score 49-0, #12 KN20-DB14/10 plays (last two kneel downs)/Time expires/Final Score 49-0.
- Big Plays?
- Q1?-Cameron Hynson 17 yard run,?Paroulek-Miguel Arias?15 yard reception,?Keirahyin Brown 90 yard interception TD.
- Q2 -?Paroulek-Ryan Williams 15 yard reception, Keirahyin Brown 19 yard run, Ryan Williams 17 yards run , Cameron Hynson 18 yards?
- Q3 -Keirahyin Brown 14 yd run, Cameron Hynson 44 yard TD run, Cameron Hynson 46 yard TD run, Cameron Hynson 15 yard run, Marlette Joyner 24 yard run, Cameron Hynson 11 yard run.
- Q4 – JD Coffey 53 yard TD punt return, Micah Conner 22 yard run.?
? ? Dunbar drives ?
- Q1 – #1/DB17 ? DB46/4 plays/Turnover-Fumble ? #2/DB31-KN14/5 plays/Turnover-Interception
- Q2 – #3/DB34-DB25/3 plays/Turnover-Fumble ? #4/DB17-DB16/5 plays/Punt ? #5/DB10-KN17/6 plays/Turnover-Interception.
- Q3 – #6/DB35-DB28/4 plays/Punt ? #7/DB32-DB25/4 plays/Punt ? #8/DB17-DB6/4 plays/Punt ? #9/DB25-DB28/4 plays/Punt
- Q4 – #10/DB20-DB23/4 plays/Punt ? #11/DB25-KN20/4 plays/Turnover-Interception ? End of Game
- Big plays?
- Q1 – Jermarion Hayes 38 yard run, Savyon Barrett 50 yard run,?
- Q2 – Savyon Barrett 21 yard run,?
- Q4 – Dorain Carr-Michael Banks 63 yards reception.?
Kennedale player game stats …?
- Offense ??
- Seth Paroulek (SR) – passing 5/9 44 yds, rushing 3yds …?
- Cameron Hynson (SR) ? 12/176yds 2TDs …?
- Keirahyin Brown (JR) 12/66yds 2TDs …?
- Marlete Joyner (JR) 4/50yds …?
- Ryan Williams (SO) 5/16yds, 1TD, Receiving 21yds …?
- Miguel Arias (JR) 1/15yd reception …?
- JD Coffey (JR) 1/18yd reception.?
- Defense ??
- Keirahyin Brown (JR) 2 interceptions, 1 TD …?
- Braden Waters (SO) 15 tks, 5 for loss …?
- Antoine Martin (SO) 10 tks, 2 sacks, 2 for loss …?
- Wali Latifi ((SR) 6 tks …?
- Junior Seay (SO) 6 tks, 1 sack, 1 for loss …?
- Travis Neyhart (SO) 6 tks, 3 for loss …?
- Pa?Ton Bragg (SO) 3 tks …?
- Julius Perez (FR) 2 tks, 1 fumble recovery …?
- Elijah Williams (SR) 1 tk, 1 interception …?
- Morgan Earle (SR) 1 tk for loss …?
- Frank Brooks (JR) 2 tks …?
- Tanner Coker?(SR) 2 tks …?
- Jordan Price?(SR) 1 tk.?
- Special Teams ??
- JD Coffey (Jr) Punt returns 5/21yard ave (longest 53 yards) …?
- Aidan Birr (SO) Extra Points 7/7, Kickoffs 8/429 yds, longest 60, 1 touchback.
Game time tonight 7:00 and bring rain gear? (time corrected) …?
