Parkville’s magical football season came to an end after a 34-13 loss to Old Mill on Friday night at Perry Hall High School in the 4A State Quarterfinals.
Parkville finished the season 11-1The Knights fell behind early 20-0 in the first half but it appeared Parkville was back in the game after they scored a touchdown before the half.
Then the Parkville defense forced a quick Old Mill three and out and the Knight offense moved the ball down to the Old Mill 38 yard line in the early third quarter. Parkville needed to convert a fourth and two but was stopped. Then Old Mill took over the game.
Old Mill’s defense was all over ParkvilleOn the next play, Old Mill broke off a 62 yard run touchdown run. Then the Parkville offense turned the ball over on their first plays on their next two possessions. Old Mill was able to score on one turnover and put the game away 34-7 in the third quarter.
Old Mill’s offense rushed for over 200 yards and scored five touchdowns on Friday. Parkville defense was able to force three turnovers, including an interception from cornerback Da’Vaughn Curbeam, but the offense was not able to capitalize until the end of the game.
Noah Hambrick had over 60 yards rushing.The Knight offense punted on its first three drives. Parkville finally got on the board before halftime after a Jeff Simmons 48-yard kickoff return set up Quarterback Kevin Smith’s 5-yard touchdown. Smith had 41 yards rushing on the night and add a second touchdown run at the end of the game. Running back Noah Hambrick had over 60 yards rushing for the Knights.
The Knights finished the season with an 11-1 record.
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.
