Fairview scored a touchdown in every quarter Friday night and kept its perfect season going in the Class 3A playoffs.
The Yellow Jackets beat Stratford 28-16 on Friday, Nov. 6, at Fairview High School in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs. Fairview is 11-0. Stratford finished 4-7.
Four backs, four touchdowns
Sophomore Julius Carter led Fairview with 107 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries, according to statistics posted on MaxPreps. Freshman Rellan Langford added 78 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries.
Sophomore Emmet Sutton ran 4 times for 49 yards and a touchdown, and senior Kentrell Harrison ran 5 times for 28 yards and a touchdown. Senior John Barrick added 35 yards on 5 carries. As a team, Fairview ran 50 times for 305 yards, 6.1 yards per carry.
Junior quarterback Isaac Burgos completed 8 of 13 passes for 49 yards. Barrick caught 3 of them for 23 yards. Fairview finished with 354 total yards.
Defense in the backfield
Fairview had 4.5 sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss. Senior Wyatt Langford had 8 tackles and 2 sacks, and junior Hunter Nolen had 5 tackles, 2 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss.
Senior Cole Neal led the defense with 9 tackles and an interception he returned 10 yards. Rellan Langford and junior Madden Huffines had 7 tackles each, and senior Cannon McPeek had 3 tackles and half a sack. Senior Tristan Rogers made all 4 extra points.
A touchdown every quarter
Fairview scored 7 points in each quarter. Stratford scored 3 in the second quarter, 7 in the third and 6 in the fourth.
Fairview has scored 424 points and allowed 65 in 11 games this season.
Up next
Fairview hosts Covington on Friday, Nov. 13. The kickoff time has not been set. The Chargers are 8-3 and won 48-12 at Melrose.
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