Farmington shuts out Perryville in district opener

The Perryville football season came to an abrupt halt on Friday night.
The fourth-seed Farmington Knights took over from the opening kick as they defeated fifth-seed Perryville 49-0 in the opening round of the Class 4, District 1 tournament at Farmington High School.
The Knights scored touchdowns on seven of their nine possessions and the defense held the Pirates to 51 total yards. Three Knights ran for over 100 yards as fullback Kaesen McClain went for 156 yards on 22 carries and four touchdowns. Quarterback Brett Drye ran for 101 on nine carries and Connor Rice managed 117 yards on only four carries.
“Obviously, we play our best game tonight, but I feel like the team improved over the course of the season, which is what you want to see as a coach.” Perryville coach Brent Roth said.

Perryville knew they had to leave it all out on the field as they ran a trick play on the opening drive of the game, although it didn’t pan out. Perryville went for it on fourth down at midfield, and failed to convert on a running attempt.
McClain made the Pirates pay with a nine yard touchdown run with five minutes to go in the first quarter. Perryville fumbled on the next drive Farmington hit paydirt again with a 26-yard run to give Farmington a 14-0 run.
The Knights led 27-0 at the half as Dry scored twice more.
Farmington (4-6) will continue their season this Friday at Hillsboro, while the Pirates will end their season at 3-7 and graduate nearly 20 seniors.