Knights celebrate Homecoming with deluge of touchdowns

By DONN ADAMSON
Daily Journal Sports Editor

FARMINGTON -The Farmington Knights took only 86 seconds to score their first of seven touchdowns, and they did not even have the ball first. The Knights offense was too much for the Rock Summit Falcons and they pulled off a 45-28 win in their Homecoming Game on Friday.

Linebacker Andrew Huhman dove on a loose ball on Rock Summit’s second play from scrimmage after the opening kickoff, and it took only two plays for quarterback Zach Hibbitts to hit Nick Baker in the end zone for the first touchdown. Logan Bradley made good on his first of six extra points.

After two traded possessions the Knights fell on another Falcons dropped ball. Running back Otis Woodard was on the way to the end zone when a Farmington tackler hit him from behind jarring the ball loose, and defensive back Jordan Kimrey came up with the recovery at the six-yard line

The Knights again made the Falcons pay for their mistake. With passes from Hibbitts to Robert Craig of 17 and to Zachary Olyer of 28, the quarterback made a 14 yard run to polish off eight play drive of 94 yards for the touchdown with 5:06 left in the first quarter.

Summit marched back down the field after the kickoff, but upon stalling in the Red Zone they tried a field goal which was just wide. The Knights received possession at the 20, and that was all the field Olyer would need as he took the ball to the house on the first play, 80 yards for the touchdown to make it 21-0 at the quarter.

Rockwood would get on the board early in the second quarter, but it took their first of two trick touchdown plays to do it. Facing a fourth and six at the 36, running back Woodard took the hike and faking the run, he found Brandon Sarkissian in the end zone with the touchdown pass. The score stood at 21-14 until the half.

Summit made a quick game of it in the third quarter. Recovering a Farmington fumble on the kickoff, the Falcons were stymied by Farmington’s defense and set up for a field goal. Kicker Zach Klump took the ball from the holder and rolled left drawing the defense to him only to throw a pass over the line to receiver Brandon Farotto to make it a one-touchdown game.

Farmington fumbled again on their next possession, but Summit reciprocated on theirs. Olyer sprinted for 38 yards, and Hibbitts hit Baker with passes of 11 and 10 yards the last one for a touchdown.

Hibbitts would again use the pass to score the Knights fifth TD with a 29 yard pass to Bryan Krause, after the receiver broke into the open behind the defense to make the running catch.

Woodard capped off two drives for the Falcons in the fourth quarter with one yard runs for touchdowns. Woodard carried the ball 29 times and finished with 129 yards.

Farmington’s last touchdown came after a 23 yard run by Olyer. Olyer finished with 17 carries for 262 yards and one touchdown. Hibbits capped off his passing with a 23 yard pass to Baker, who made a leaping catch in the end zone for his third score. 

Hibbits had a huge passing night as he finished 12-26 for 213 yards and four touchdowns. Baker caught eight passes for 127 yards.

Bradley finished off he scoring with a 16 yard field goal to give him nine points on the night.

The Knights are now 4-1 and will travel to Jackson for a match-up of the SEMO North Conference leaders.