Parkville’s Defense Destroys Wheaton 49-0 in Playoff Win

The Parkville Knights forced six turnovers and turn them into six touchdowns to pound Wheaton 49-0 to kick off the 4A playoffs. The game was played Friday night at Perry Hall High School.

After the Knight’s offense failed to score on their first drive, the defense took over. An interception by Jah’kem Allen and a fumble recovery by Da’Vaghn Curbeam set up a short field for the offense. The Knights turned those turnovers into touchdowns to grab a 14-0 lead.

Wheaton’s offense was able to move the ball onto the Parkville side of the field for the second time in the game but Parkville’s Desmond Stuks put the game away with a 52-yard interception return for a touchdown to make it 21-0. The only other time Wheaton got the ball into Parkville territory was after a Knight muffed punt on Wheaton’s opening drive but that drive ended with a sack by Parkville linebacker Desmond Walker.

Parkville defenders forced five interceptions and one fumble in the shutout win.

Parkville scored a touchdown after every turnover. It appeared that the Knights were going to end the first half after a Curbeam interception at their own 44-yard line with 35 seconds. But Curbeam then broke off a 46-yard run to the Wheaton 6-yard line. Curbeam had two turnovers on defense, 80 yards rushing on the evening and scored one touchdown.

Curbeam’s big run set up a score when Noah Hambrick ran in his second touchdown on the last play before halftime to extend the lead to 28-0.

Noah Hambrick scores a touchdown right before the half.
Hambrick had over 100 yards total offense as he had 73 yards on the ground and caught the only pass of the game from Parkville quarterback Kevin Smith III for 27 yards.

Smith and the offense kept the running game going as the team rushed for 338 yards. Smith had 72 yards rushing and two rushing touchdowns in the second half. Running back Arriq Redd had 57 yards on five carries and running back Raymond Wood added 56 yards with a rushing touchdown.

The only time Parkville did not score a touchdown off a turnover is after the second half kickoff, which started in Wheaton territory after a return by Hambrick.

Parkville is the number one seed in this region and Wheaton was seeded eight. The Knight improves to 10-0 on the season and will be back at Perry Hall next Friday to play fourth seeded Einstein who defeated fifth seeded Blair 25-21.

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