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Recap: Parkland Advances to Semifinals After 48-27 Win over Northampton

 
Tagged under: District 11, Gameday Hub, News, pfn, Playoffs

| November 7, 2026

The Parkland Trojans bounced back on their home field after tasting a 45-42 bitter defeat to Whitehall in their last home game 2 weeks ago with a 48-27 quarterfinals win over Northampton. QB Finn Coen tossed 2 TDs to WR Blake Nassry and RB Tycen Norman ran for 3 on the night. Parkland will now await their semifinals opponent, with a rematch against Whitehall potentially looming.

Parkland won the toss and elected to defer. Northampton started on their own 20. The K-kids went 3 and out. Parkland took over at their own 47 and a couple passes to Nassry later, Tycen Norman took it in from the Northampton 16, giving Parkland a 7-0 lead with 9:20 left in the 1st.

Northampton started the next possession on their own 20 again and took a slow methodical drive down the field with Chase Kessler runs and sprinkled in a few more runs and passes to Joell Small. Small finished the drive with a 5 yard TD run, tying the score 7-7 with 4:04 left in the 1st.

 

Parkland started at midfield after Henry Weikel’s huge return. Finn Coen then hit Nassry twice, and the drive culminated in another 16 yard Tycen Norman TD run, putting the Trojans up 14-7 with 2:35 left in the 1st.

 

Northampton started the next possession on their own 20 and went 3 and out. Parkland took over at the Northampton 47 and on the first play of the drive, Coen hit Nassry for the 47 yard TD, extending the Parkland lead to 21-7 with 59.8 seconds left in the 1st.

 

Northampton started on their own 17, but went 3 and out. Parkland then started on their own 43 and Finn Coen spread the ball around to Nassry and Derek Fistner, with a couple of runs to Justin Barnes and Garron Bombich in there as well. The drive ended with a 12 yard strike from Coen to Nassry, extending the Parkland lead to 28-7 with 7:46 left in the 2nd.

Northampton started on their own 20 and rode Chase Kessler down to their own 47, where Zion McKinney had a couple runs to the Parkland 24, but at the Parkland 21, Luke Stopay was intercepted by Justin Barnes.

Parkland started on their own 4, with Coen hitting a deep pass to Barnes at the Northampton 46. However, the drive staled at the Northampton 19, bringing on Andrea Giroudon for the 36 yard FG, extending the Parkland lead to 31-7 with 1:22 left in the 2nd.

 

Northampton started the next possession on their own 24 and went to half.

A surprise onside kick started the 2nd half, but Parkland recovered at their own 40. Coen then hit David Scherb a few times, and handed the ball off to Norman 4 straight times, but the drive stalled at the Northampton 13, bringing out Giroudon for the 30 yard FG, extending the Parkland lead to 34-7 with 7:21 left in the 3rd.

Northampton started at their own 32 after a Javien Florian return. Northampton leaned on Kessler the whole drive, but it was Zion McKinney’s 48 yard TD run that brought the score to 34-13 following a failed 2 pt try, with 3:56 left in the 3rd.

Parkland started on the Northampton 35 after another huge Weikel return. It was Tycen Norman’s drive as he had 4 runs, his last being a 4 yard TD run that put Parkland up 41-13 with 1:35 left in the 3rd.

 

Northampton started their next possession at their own 25, and the 1-2 punch of Kessler and McKinney resulted in a score, when McKinney ran for a 41 yard TD to cut the deficit to 41-20 with 10:30 left in the game.

 

Parkland started at the Northampton 44 and quickly responded with Henry Weikel running it in from 32 yards out, putting Parkland up 48-20 with 7:53 left in the game.

Northampton started on their own 17 but Kessler fumbled. Parkland recovered at the Northampton 18, but missed the 30 yard FG. Northampton took over at their own 20 and ran both Robert Wambold and Trevor Messer down to the the Parkland 4, where Zion McKinney ran in a 4 yard TD to cut the deficit to 48-27 with 1:48 to go in the game.

 

Parkland took a knee, the game ended 48-27 with Parkland advancing to the District 11 6A Semifinals next week.

Score by Quarters

Northampton- 7 0 6 14

Parkland -21 10 10 7

First Quarter

Parkland (Norman 16 yard TD run) 9:20 (7-0)

Northampton (Kessler 5 yard TD run) 4:04 (7-7)

Parkland (Norman 16 yard TD run) 2:35 (14-7)

Parkland (Nassry 47 yard TD catch) 59.8 (21-7)

Second Quarter

Parkland (Nassry 12 yard TD catch) 7:46 (28-7)

Parkland (Giroudon 36 yard FG) 1:22 (31-7)

Third Quarter

Parkland (Giroudon 3o yard FG) 7:21 (34-7)

Northampton (McKinney 48 yard TD run) 3:56 (34-13)

Parkland (Norman 4 yard TD run) 1:35 (41-13)

Fourth Quarter

Northampton (McKinney 41 yard TD run) 10:30 (41-20)

Parkland (Weikel 32 yard TD run) 7:53 (48-20)

Northampton (McKinney 4 yard TD run) 1:48 (48-27)

Unofficial Stats

Parkland:

Finn Coen 12/18 passing

Blake Nassry 6 catches, 140 yards, 2 TDs

Justin Barnes 2 catches, 48 yards, 4 rushes 39 yards, 1 INT

Tycen Norman 14 rushes, 93 yards, 3 TDs

Henry Weikel 5 rushes, 49 yards, 1 TD

David Scherb 2 catches, 28 yards

Andrea Giroudon 2 FG, 36 yards, 30 yards, 6 PATs

Northampton:

Luke Stopay 5/9 passing, 73 yards, 1 INT

Chase Kessler 19 rushes for 96 yards, 1 TD

Joell Small 2 catches, 52 yards, 11 rushes, 50 yards

Zion McKinney 0/2 passing, 9 rushes, 148 yards, 3 TDs.

Postgame Interview with Parkland QB Finn Coen

 

Postgame interview with Parkland WR Blake Nassry

 

Postgame Interview with Parkland RB Tycen Norman

 

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