Herman is back at the top of the local football mountain after defeating Holy Names 28-24. "It feels amazing." said Kyanni Elliott who scored two touchdowns. "Coming to Herman you're expectations are to win the championship. Us going down 17-0 ain't really nothing on us."
Brandan Shkambi ran one in from four yards out and Stefon Morgan with the QB keeper helped the Knights build a 17-0 advantage. Elliott gave a stagnant Herman offence some life in the second quarter with an electrifying 85-yard run to get the Griffs on the board.
Herman quarterback Kaylo Elliott hit a wide open Tashon French-Robert during the first series of the second half for a 59-yarder to make it 17-14. "That got our momentum going." said French-Robert. "We just capitalized off that."
The Knights, who went undefeated during the regular season, responded with 2:14 left in the third on Skhambi's second touchdown of the night from 21 yards out to make the score 24-14. Herman tempered the excitement in a hurry as French-Robert took the ensuing kickoff to pay dirt.
Elliott dazzled one last time with an 80-yard touchdown run for what would turn out to be the game winner with 10:25 left in the game. Holy Names couldn't punch another one into the endzone as George Massaquoi's sack ended game as the crowd went wild.
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