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The Cougars came into the game hoping to hang in there with Armwood.
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Sean Williams warms up before the game.
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Durant's defense brings down running back Eric Wilson in the first quarter.
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Marquies Gines Jr. and Joshua Cannon bring down Armwood quarterback Cam'ron Ransom.
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Reginald Bush punts the ball for Durant.
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Adrian Resendez tries to shake off Armwood's Dwayne Wells Jr. at the line of scrimmage.
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Durant's offensive line gets some coaching from Wesley Wyatt.
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Sean Williams is brought down by a flock of Armwood Hawks while trying to scramble out of the pocket.
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Sean Williams and the Durant offense go over a play call in between snaps.
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The Cougars played hard but couldn't stop the Hawks in the end.
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Durant defenders cover former teammate Agiye Hall.
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Claybo Varnum and Izaya Miller talk after a defensive series.
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The Durant defense didn't make many drives easy for Armwood.
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Braxten Houston runs after intercepting Armwood quarterback Cam'ron Ransom.
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Durant's David Haynes is brought down by Ricardo Watson after a catch.
Durant’s latest rebuilding season didn’t end on a high note at Armwood.
The Cougars couldn’t get much going in their 38-0 loss to the Hawks, who bounced back from last week’s defensive battle at Hillsborough with an offensive explosion.
Durant allowed three touchdowns in the first half, starting with Eric Wilson’s 48-yard dash just under two minutes into the game. Agiye Hall caught a deep ball in double coverage for a 46-yard touchdown with 15 seconds left in the quarter, and the Hawks went up 21-0 by blocking the Cougars’ punt at 10:25, returning the ball to the DHS 5-yard line and giving it to Mario Hunt-Cruz to punch in three plays later.
Armwood could only score on Adrian Olivo’s 29-yard field goal in the third quarter, but quarterback Cam’ron Ransom snuck into the end zone with 9:51 left in the fourth quarter to put the Hawks ahead, 31-0. Rashaad Johnson picked off Durant quarterback Sean Williams on the Cougars’ subsequent drive and the Hawks were able to drive 28 yards and give it to Jaquell Narine until the former Strawberry Crest Charger found the end zone for the last touchdown of the night, setting up a running clock with just under seven minutes left to play.
Though the Cougars couldn’t get anything going on offense, the defense played well for much of the game. Linebacker Izaya Miller recovered an Armwood fumble with 3:53 left in the first quarter and was a consistent playmaker for Durant’s stop unit. The Cougars also caught a lucky break at 5:20 in the second quarter when Braxten Houston surprised Ransom in coverage and snagged an interception that would have been brought back for a Durant pick six if not for offsetting penalties called just after Houston snatched the pass out of the air.
Durant will now head into the offseason with one of the smallest groups of graduating seniors in the district and plenty of underclassmen who can now say they’ve been battle tested at the highest level.
