Good Counsel Football: Can You "Diggs" It?
Our Lady of Good Counsel Falcons football team won a high scoring battle 49-37 against the Gilman Greyhounds improving their season record to 3-0 Thursday evening.
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Stefon Diggs had an impressive evening for the Falcons coming up big off kickoff returns.
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Gilman lead the offensive charge with Darius Jennings who highlighted most of Gilman's rushing attack.
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OLNEY, MD - Sophomore running back Stefon Diggs left his mark Thursday evening as Our Lady of Good Counsel Falcons football team won a high scoring battle 49-37 against the Gilman Greyhounds improving their season record to 3-0.
Playing at home for the first time this season, Good Counsel entered the game with previous wins this season against Mt. St. Joe's and Valhalla.
Outscoring their opponents 70-16 so far this year, they were about to face a tough Gilman (2-1) team. Gilman's lone loss was from DeMatha September 12th.
It was an impressive game on both sides of the ball. With high Div I prospects all over the field, Good Counsel was able to put points up on the board with big plays and not with many plays from the offensive side of the football.
Stefon Diggs had two impressive back to back 90+ yards kickoff returns for touchdowns in the first half. He scored a third touchdown on a 12 yard run.
Junior quarterback Zach Dancel had an impressive game as well with a 71 yard strike down the left sideline to senior defensive back/wide receiver Louis Young and another 35 yard pass to EJ Scott for a touchdown. Zach added his own rushing touchdown.
Gilman lead the offensive charge with Darius Jennings who highlighted most of Gilman's rushing attack. He attacked with running plays up the middle and quick counters off of fake handoffs to the fullback and tailback. Jennings followed his blockers and had four touchdowns in the game.
Gilman constantly fought back, but could not keep up with the big plays of Good Counsel. The final score was 49-37.
PLAYERS OF THE GAME
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Stefon Diggs #7 - Good Counsel
Three touchdowns on the day, two on kickoff returns for 90+ yards basically untouched.
Darius Jennings #4 - Gilman
Impressive night with four touchdowns on the day. He highlighted most of Gilman's rushing attack.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Rushing Yards:
Good Counsel - 27-174 total yards
Gilman - 52-434 total yards
Rushing Stat Leaders:
Wes Brown (GC) - 10 carries for 104 yards (10.4 avg)
Darius Jennings - 31 carries for 261 yards, 3 TD's, (8.4 avg)
Passing Yards:
Zach Dancel (GC) - 7 of 9 for 209 yards, 2 TD
Darius Jennings (Gilman) - 3 of 6 for 35 yards, 2 TD's
Cyrus Jones (Gilman) - 0 for 1
GamedayMD broadcasted the game live on www.gamedaymd.com from Kline Stadium at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School.
GamedayMD's next broadcast of Good Counsel football will be October 9th as they travel to take on DeMatha in what may be the game of the season in Montgomery County, MD.
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