Falcons fly by Cardinals 63-50

Wilcox-Hildreth standout Jenkins rolls up 478 total yards ending Harvard’s football season at 10-1

BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON

Back and forth was the name of the game during the first half of the Harvard versus Wilcox-Hildreth semifinal round of the D-6 state playoffs Friday night in Harvard. It is, however, where the Cardinals would end the 2018 football season with a 63-50 loss to the Falcons. W-H took the opening kickoff from Harvard and marched to the opening touchdown at the 9:04 mark of the first quarter, opening the game with a 6-0 lead after a failed extra-point kick.

W-H senior AJ Jenkins tore up the Harvard turf in the Falcons win, rolling up 354 rushing yards and passing for another 113 yards, as Jenkins accounted for 478 of the Falcons’ 559 total offensive yards on the night. Jenkins also grabbed one pass for 11 yards and scored nine of Wilcox-Hildreth’s 10 touchdowns in the 13-point win for the Falcons. 

Harvard responded with its own touchdown with 6:14 left in the half. Senior Cory Marshall sailed in to the end zone, pushing the Cardinals ahead, 8-6, following the two-point kick by Noah Okraska.

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