Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Farmington at Alma

Airedale Stadium

- — Rick Fires • @NWARick

KICKOFF 7 p.m.

RECORDS Farmington is 4-0, 1-0 in 5A-West. Alma is 0-4, 0-1. ON THE AIR www.farmcards.org

BETWEEN THE LINES Teams headed in opposite directions will meet tonight at Airedale Stadium. …. Farmington is 4-0 following a 22-21 victory over Clarksvill­e while Alma fell to 0-4 after losing 36-8 to Vilonia. …. Drew Sturgeon provided the winning margin for Alma when he kicked a 42-yard field goal with 1 minutes, 27 seconds left against Clarksvill­e. … Sturgeon has 18 catches for 285 yards and five touchdowns this year for the Cardinals, who’ve lost three consecutiv­e to the Airedales. … Farmington suffered a threegame losing streak last year that began with a 35-28 loss to Alma. Sturgeon had 14 catches for 130 yards in the game. …. Alma quarterbac­k Landon Blair had a 2-yard touchdown run to cap a 10-play drive in the third quarter to put the Airedales ahead 21-7. …. Blair has thrown seven touchdown passes this season for the Airedales.

PLAYERS TO WATCH Farmington — WR Drew Sturgeon (Sr., 6-1, 165), QB Marqwaveon Watson (Sr., 5-7, 150), LB Colton Kilgore (Sr., 6-1, 210), LB Hayden Cox (Jr., 5-11, 190), FB/LB Josh Stettmeier (Sr., 6-2, 225), RB Jaden Schader (Sr., 6-1, 205), RB DeCory Thomas (Jr., 5-11, 145), OG Hayden Grantham (Sr., 5-10, 275). Alma — QB Landon Blair (Sr., 6-1, 250), RB Ben Henley (Sr., 6-0, 220), WR Grayson Bailey (Sr., 6-2, 160), DL Nick Archer (Sr., 6-1, 235)

HOOTEN’S RANKINGS Farmington is No. 17 in Class 5A. Alma is No. 24. HOOTEN’S LINE Farmington by 1 OUR TAKE Farmington 35, Alma

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