Farragut High School’s offense is clicking at the right time.
Senior quarterback Adam Fulton threw for 276 yards and four touchdowns and ran for a score as the Admirals beat visiting South-Doyle 63-26 in a non-region game Friday night.
Farragut beat Lenoir City 69-7 last Friday.
“We’ve been putting up big points,” Fulton said. “We always can. We can throw it deep, we can run on you, so it’s pretty good.”
Farragut (8-1) had 517 total yards against South-Doyle (4-5).
Adam Fulton bulldozes his way for an Admiral TD against South Doyle on 10/21. PHOTO CREDIT: Ashley Wathen, CRFOTO.com
Fulton, who completed 14 of 22 passes for the game, threw two touchdown passes and scored on a 1-yard run in the first half as Farragut took a 28-19 lead.
Grayson Utterback catches a 65 yard TD pass against South Doyle on 10/21. PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, CRFOTO.com
Fulton had scoring passes of 65 yards to Grayson Utterback and 6 yards to Braden Collins before halftime.
Braden Collins returns an interception all the way for an Admiral TD against South Doyle on 10/21. PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, CRFOTO.com
Collins scored on a 31-yard interception return of a Caleb Wender pass for Farragut’s other first-half touchdown.
After the interception, Wender completed his last nine passes of the half for 157 yards and three touchdowns.
Wender had scoring passes of 42 yards to Seandre Scott, a 63-yarder to Jake Harper, and an 11-yarder to Gus McAnally with 46 seconds left in the half that cut the deficit to nine.
Jaden Gibbs catches a long TD pass against South Doyle on 10/21. PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, CRFOTO.com
Fulton threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to Jaden Gibbs as Farragut took a 35-19 lead with 8:04 left in the third.
South-Doyle gained two first downs and punted.
Cooper Hardin rushes 55 yards for the Farragut TD on 10/21 against South Doyle. PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, CRFOTO.com
Two plays later, the Admirals’ Cooper Hardin ran for a 55-yard touchdown and 42-19 lead.
South-Doyle’s A.J. Nunn threw an incomplete pass on a fake punt, and the Admirals started at the Cherokees’ 36.
On second down, Fulton threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jacob Warren for a 49-19 lead.
“Our offense was clicking all night long,” Farragut coach Eddie Courtney said. “Defensively we just made some mistakes early.
Alex Williams makes a diving tackle against South Doyle on 10/21. PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, CRFOTO.com
The second half we came out and played better like we’re capable of playing.”
South-Doyle’s Kent-Ta Tanner rushed for 142 yards on 26 carries, and Wender threw for 259 yards.
Dave Link is a freelance contributor.
The Admirals will host Clinton in the regular season finale at Bill Clabo Field next week. The Admirals will be paying close attention to the Campbell County vs. Oak Ridge game on Thursday night, as the Admirals need some help from the Cougars and to then beat Clinton on Friday, to repeat as region 3-5A champions. The Dragons are 1-8 and are coming off a big loss at Heritage 35-0 and their only win of the season coming against Karns 29-26. Kickoff is set for 7:30 at Bill Clabo Field on the 28th. Get to the stadium early as the seniors will be honored for Senior Night. To read more on this upcoming matchup CLICK HERE.
A special thanks to Carlos Reveiz of CRFOTO for the action shots from the game. Be sure to checkout CRFOTO.com every week for a full photo gallery from Friday’s game. See a photo you like? They are also available for purchase directly from his website. Click here for this week’s photos.
JACKSBORO — After losing star wide receiver Davis Simmons to an injury against Bearden, the Farragut High School football team needed a playmaker to emerge.
Enter Braden Collins.
Braden Collins catches a pass over the middle against Campbell County on 9/29. PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, CRFOTO.com
Collins caught three first half touchdown passes and Cooper Hardin ran for two second half scores as the visiting Admirals (5-1, 2-1 in Region 3-5A) knocked off Campbell County 38-28 in a pivotal Region 3-5A contest.
“Our coaches talked about it since he got hurt,” said Collins. “We had to step up and make bigger plays for our team.”
Collins’ touchdowns covered 6, 28, and 42 yards. Farragut quarterback Adam Fulton completed 11 of 26 passes for 209 yards, with 119 going to Collins.
Hardin rushed for 112 of his 113 yards after the intermission.
Cooper Hardin breaks a long run against Campbell County on 9/29. PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, CRFOTO.com
His two 7-yard touchdown runs turned a tie game at halftime into a 35-28 Farragut lead.
“I told them at halftime ‘You’ve got to be physical’,” said Farragut coach Eddie Courtney. “We’ve got to run the football to win games like this. That’s what we did.”
Joe Doyle’s 47-yard field goal with 9 minutes, 1 second left stretched the lead to 38-28.
“Our kicking coach Gerald Robinson gave me the yes that he could hit that one,” said Courtney.
“We just had confidence that he would.”
Quarterback Zach Rutherford, who was 27 of 41 for 382 yards, threw two touchdown passes for Campbell County (6-1, 2-1) and Elijah Phillips ran for two more. Max Farris hauled in 11 passes for 221 yards.
Jack DeVault intercepts a Campbell County pass on 9/29. PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, CRFOTO.com
However, five turnovers, including two interceptions in the final 4:51, doomed the Cougars.
“It came down to about 3-5 plays,” said Campbell County coach Justin Price.
“We turned the ball over a couple times, and they didn’t. That’s usually the difference in the game when you’ve got two really good teams going at it.”
A fleet of Admirals tackle the Campbell County running back for a loss on 9/29. PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, CRFOTO.com
The win was Farragut’s 15th in as many tries against Campbell County and keeps the Admirals’ hopes for a region championship alive.
“We have to do each week like we did tonight,” said Courtney. “In week 11, we’ll see where we’re at.”
A special thanks to Carlos Reveiz of CRFOTO for the action shots from the game. Be sure to checkout CRFOTO.com every week for a full photo gallery from Friday’s game. See a photo you like? They are also available for purchase directly from his website. Click here for this week’s photos.
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Farragut High School football coach Eddie Courtney had his worries Friday night against visiting Cleveland in the first round of the Class 5A state playoffs.
His worries were justified, but not for long.
PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, crfoto.com
The Admirals trailed by a touchdown in the first quarter before rolling to a 50-20 victory. Farragut (10-1) scored 43 unanswered points after the early deficit.
“I was concerned about that (Cleveland) bunch,” Courtney said. “I knew the athletes they have. I saw them on film and saw how much they improved since early in the year.”
After the game, Courtney embraced Cleveland coach Scott Cummings, who coached West to the Class 5A state championship last year.
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“Scott and I have been friends,” Courtney said. “We have a lot of respect for each other. Last year I was pulling for him. I hated to see him leave Knoxville, but I know it’s a great opportunity for him in Cleveland.”
The Admirals play host to Rhea County (8-3) in next Friday’s second round.
PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, crfoto.com
Farragut senior Tanner Thomas rushed for 142 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries against Cleveland (5-6).
PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, crfoto.com
Jacob Naumoff completed 7 of 12 passes for 181 yards and two touchdowns. Davis
Simmons had five catches for 113 yards and a touchdown.
Farragut led 27-14 at halftime, but had two touchdowns called back for penalties and settled for field goals by Carter Phillipy.
Keegan Jones’ 6-yard touchdown run capped Cleveland’s opening drive.
Thomas scored on a 7-yard run as the Admirals tied it 7-7.
Taddarius Brown intercepted a pass by Naumoff and returned it 45 yards for a 14-7 Cleveland lead, which lasted less than a minute.
On Farragut’s next play on offense, Naumoff threw a short pass to Simmons, who raced down the sideline for a 58-yard touchdown and 14-14 tie with 15 seconds left in the first quarter.
Thomas scored on a 26-yard run early in the second quarter, and Phillipy had field goals of 36 and 25 yards before halftime.
PHOTO CREDIT: Carlos Reveiz, crfoto.com
Farragut scored touchdowns on its first three possessions of the third quarter.
Cleveland played without its top receiver, junior Skyler Davis, and without freshman running back Micaleous Elder due to injuries.
“The reality of it is Farragut is a more seasoned team,” Cummings said. “They’ve been in the weight room a lot more than us and they’re playing a lot of juniors and seniors. We have two seniors total on offense.
A special thanks to Carlos Reveiz of CRFOTO for the action shots from the game. Every week be sure to checkout CRFOTO.com for a full photo gallery from Friday’s game. See a photo you like? They are also available for purchase directly from his website. Click here for this week’s photos.
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