Blown Out and Broken Down

Knights win blowout homecoming game against Brandon Eagles 48-6.

Juno Le, Editor-in-Chief

Clear skies this time, the Robinson Knights came back home for a game to remember.

On Sept. 23, Camelot kicked off its annual homecoming game, which was against the Brandon High School Eagles this year. In terms of their overall season came into this game 2-2 after a 68-29 loss at Plant High School’s Dad’s Stadium the previous week, when their game was rescheduled to the morning after due to lightning storms.

The Knights had a bright start, scoring their first touchdown roughly 30 seconds into the first quarter and secured the extra point. 7-0 on the scoreboard and the game just started. The combination of Brandon’s weak defense and Robinson’s confidence from being back in their home field led them to a steady first quarter, with another touchdown with 8:08 left on the clock by Jeremiah Fernandez (’23). First quarter ended 14-0.

Second quarter breezed by, still with little damage from the Brandon Eagles. In fact, the Knights were able to advance another 20 points by halftime. At 38-0, the Jack Peters Field welcomed the Homecoming Inner Court along with Robinson football player, Kassim Johnson (’23), who was crowned King of Camelot.

Friday night wasn’t looking so good for the Eagles and the game entered a mercy rule. Brandon was able to score their first, only and last touchdown that night during the mercy rule, but no extra points were obtained and they fell even further behind when the Knights advanced another 10 points by the end of the game.

Robinson’s Homecoming victorious 48-6 win brings them to a 3-2 overall season record for the time being. The Knights will depart the home turf for an away game at Tampa Catholic on Sept. 30 and won’t be playing at home again until Oct. 14.