The Fairfield Eagles completed six passes in the first half and all six went for touchdowns in the blowout win in Huntington Friday night. The 56-7 win keeps the Eagles on top of the district standings with the Diboll Lumberjacks coming to town next week.
The Fairfield air attack has terrorized opposing defenses for the last three weeks. Kohl Collins has thrown for over 1200 yards and 17 touchdowns over the last three weeks, six each in the games at McGregor and Huntington, five in the home game against Teague.
Junior quarterback Kohl Collins completed six of eight passes for 310 yards. All six passes went for touchdowns in the first eight snaps of the game. The game was decided in the first three minutes and the Eagles cruised to an easy win.
Huntington kicked off and Fairfield scored on the first play from scrimmage. Collins pump faked and hit Cal Wilson in stride, and he caught it and trotted into the endzone on the 53-yard touchdown. King added the first of eight extra points, and the lead was Fairfield’s for the rest of the night.
Fairfield stopped the Red Devil offense without a first down for most of the quarter and Collins and Wilson connected for the second of three times, this one from 54 yards out. The Eagles covered the kick and Connor Colvert caught a 22-yard touchdown pass to increase the lead to 21-0.
The final score of the first quarter was another long play to Finn Smith across the middle and the Eagles held a 28-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Fairfield got the running game on the stat sheet, but it was Jaylon Shed making the mark in the passing game. He took a short middle screen pass and raced 68 yards for the touchdown. Following another three and out, Collins hit Wilson for the third score of the game on a 42-yard touchdown.
Justus Savage and Jerimiah Hudson, along with McGowan and Jason Brackens made defensive plays and Smith put the final touchdown on the board before the half on an 11-yard jet sweep.
With a 49-0 halftime lead, the game reverted to a running clock. Huntington did get a score on the board when quarterback Brant Kovar dumped a pass to Matteo Markley, and he broke loose for a 25-yard touchdown.
The Eagles put an additional score on the board when the running game went to a second set of backs, Khalil Appel, Landon Washington and a late touchdown by Jason Brackens to set the final score of 56-7.
Fairfield and Palestine Westwood are tied atop the district 9-3A Division I standings with Diboll and Teague in the next two spots since they have split the first two games. Crockett and Huntington are winless in district play. Fairfield returns home to take on the Diboll Lumberjacks in a pivotal contest Friday night.
