By John Raffel
Correspondent
FARWELL — Farwell’s football team beat Hesperia 34-14 to start the season 1-0.
It was 6-0 Farwell after the first quarter. Hunter Edlin scored from 7 yards out
The score was tied 14-14 at the half. Edlin scored the second TD from 4 yards out.
Farwell opened the third quarter with a 17-play drive that ate up 12 minutes off the clock. Scoring from two yards out on a run was Edlin giving him three total TDs on the day.
The defense held on Hesperia’s first drive of the second half causing them to punt. Ayden Barkley returned the punt 76 yards for the score to make it 28-14 after the third.
In the fourth, Hesperia would get the ball into the redzone but Farwell would hold with a goal line stand taking over on the 6 yd line. They then drove the length of the field going 94 yards to score, capped off by a 33-yard TD run by Mason Esterline to make it 34-14. Edlin had 54 yards and 3 TDs.
Mason Esterline had 87 yards and 1 TD
Ayden Barkley had 104 yards rushing and 206 yards total with 1 TD
As a team Farwell had over 400 total yards.
Defensively the team was led by the defensive line, anchored by Hunter Miller. Braylin Bailey had 9 tackles and 2 sacks.
Coach Travis Waddell: “Overall our offensive and defensive lines stepped up tonight. Hesperia played physical but our players are gritty and got the job done. We also had 2 defensive stops in the red zone which were huge for our team.”
