Big finish lifts Wildcats past Rockets, 37-21

From Hometown Life

Plymouth scored 30 unanswered points in the second half Friday and went on to post a 37-21 KLAA South Division football victory over host Westland John Glenn.

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The Wildcats (4-1 overall, 2-1 in the KLAA South) trailed 14-7 at halftime and needed to regroup to avoid a second consecutive loss.

That’s exactly what they did, beginning with a 25-yard field goal by Viet Nguyen with 7:41 to play in the third, slicing the John Glenn edge to 14-10.

Before the end of the frame, Plymouth jumped ahead 17-14 on a 1-yard run by D.J. Rossell — who had another spectacular game with 189 yards in 32 carries.

Plymouth’s scoring surge continued into the early part of the fourth when quarterback AJ Convertino (9-18, 93 yards) fired a 19-yard pass to Connor Stella to make it a 23-14 contest.

Rossell’s 28-yard romp with 4:17 to play upped Plymouth’s advantage to 30-14 and Anthony Kenney followed with a 5-yard fumble return for the Wildcats’ final points of the night.

John Glenn (2-3, 1-2) finally got back on the board with just four seconds remaining, when Kimari Johnson scored on a 44-yard run.

Read the full recap from Hometown Life.