By Dave Link of the Knoxville News Sentinel
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).
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.
Fulton had scoring passes of 65 yards to Grayson Utterback and 6 yards to Braden Collins before halftime.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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