Eoanna Lantinga | October 11, 2026
The Northampton K-Kids traveled over to Cottingham Stadium Friday night to take on the Easton Rovers and clinched a 23-21 victory. The Rovers started off strong in the 1st quarter with a long 3rd down completion from Zahviay McGurn to Amin Fideen to put Easton on the board. The K-Kids answered back with a 48-yard pass from Luke Stopay to Colby Brearman to put the score at 7-6, Rovers.
In the 2nd quarter, Easton continued the momentum with a pass on 4th down in the red zone from McGurn to wide-open Ahkir Brown in the corner of the end zone, putting the Rovers up 14-6. Northampton had a quick answer with a long run for a touchdown from Chase Kessler, making it 14-13 with 7 minutes remaining in the quarter. Northampton’s defense held Easton’s offense the rest of the 2nd quarter. Kicker Jason Sandt hit a 29-yard field goal to give the K-Kids the lead 16-14 going into the half.
4th and 7, Zahviay McGurn connects with a wide open Akhir Brown to put Easton up 14-6 in the 2nd quarter.
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Northampton continued to build their lead in the 3rd quarter with less than 2 minutes to go, with a short run from Kessler making the score 23-14. Easton answered back late in the 4th with a pass from McGurn to Lafayette-commit Sean McPeek, who broke a tackle to get into the end zone, getting the Rovers within 2. But the K-Kids held off a late offensive push to earn their first win over the Rovers in 18 years.
Chase Kessler with a run up the middle to put 6 on the board for Northampton.
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Northampton moves to 5-2 and will host Freedom next, while Easton drops to 3-4 and goes on the road against Liberty.
Box Score:
Northampton: 6 10 7 0 23
Easton: 7 7 0 7 21