Washington County Enterprise-Leader
Farmington Coach Gets 101st Win
FARMINGTON — Mike Adams racked up his 101st win as head coach at Farmington and senior Drew Sturgeon finished out his home football career at Cardinal Stadium with a night to remember.
The senior wide receiver caught 6 passes for 177 yards and touchdowns of 73, 41 and 25 yards as the Cardinals (6-2, 3-2 5A West) assured themselves of a winning record for the first time as a member of the 5A West with a 50-7 thrashing of Huntsville Friday.
The Cardinals went airborne early scoring on their fourth play from scrimmage with quarterback Marqwaveon Watson, who completed 9-of-13 passes for 202 yards, going deep to Sturgeon beating single coverage for a 73-yard touchdown. Farmington marched 67 yards in 8 plays on its second possession capped by Watson’s 2-yard quarterback sneak to open up a 14-0 lead with 4:26 remaining in the first quarter.
Watson threw one interception, which generated Huntsville’s only touchdown of the game with the Eagles’ Slayter Watkins picking off the ball near the goal line and running 97 yards the other way. The miscue came when Farmington was on the verge of taking a three-score lead and cut the Cardinals’ lead in half at 14-7.
Huntsville never got back in the game however, as Farmington rolled up 359 yards on the ground.
Chase Brown picked off a Huntsville pass in Farmington territory to set up a 2-play drive with Watson connecting with Sturgeon for 41 yards on another aerial touchdown. The PAT kick failed, but Huntsville went three and out and punted to Sturgeon. The scarlett speedster returned the ball 34 yards then caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from Watson.
Watson found runningback Caden Elsik, who broke tackles for 21 yards and a touchdown seconds before halftime that put the Cardinals up 35-7 when Sturgeon reversed field and outran the Eagles on a botched PAT kick attempt.
Cardinal senior tailback Jaden Schader gained 105 yards rushing on a mere 8 carries bursting loose for a 61-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage to start the second half. interception return (Martinez kick), 11:44 Farmington — Drew Sturgeon 41-yard pass from Marqwaveon Watson (kick blocked), 7:18 Farmington — Drew Sturgeon 25 pass from Watson (Drew Sturgeon kick), 5:55
Farmington — Caden Elsik 21-yard pass from Marqwaveon Watson (Chase Brown run), :08 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Farmington, Jaden Schrader 8-105, Josh Stettmeier 9-85, Nolan Lieubray 5-54, Ian Cartwright 4-43, Caden Elsik 5-21, Marqwaveon Watson 3-16, Drew Sturgeon 1-9. Walker McCumber 2-6. Totals 42-359. PASSING — Farmington, Marqwaveon Watson 9-12-202-4-1. RECEIVING — Farmington, Drew Sturgeon 6-177, Caden Elsik 2-30, Jaden Schrader 1-(-5). Totals 9-202.