Central had three 100-yard rushers -- all in the first half -- and blasted visiting Farmington 59-21 Friday night.
The Tigers improved to 2-4 while the Knights fell to 1-5.
Central scored on all eight of its first-half possessions to build a 52-7 lead at the break. The entire second half was played with a running clock.
Mikey Jones rushed for 157 yards on 11 carries and scored two touchdowns. Braion Owens rushed for 127 yards on 11 carries and scored two touchdowns.
Al Young added 100 yards rushing on just three attempts. He scored three touchdowns, two on runs and one on a pass reception.
Jones, Owens and Young did all their damage in the first half as the Tigers cleared their bench in the second half.
Farmington 0 7 7 7 -- 21
Central 24 28 7 0 -- 59
First Quarter
C -- Al Young 8 pass from Dennis Vinson (kick failed), 7:19
C -- Mikey Jones 7 run (run failed), 4:16
C -- Braion Owens 8 run (pass failed), 2:36
C -- Vinson 1 run (pass failed), 0.5
Second Quarter
C -- Owens 1 run (Brennan Redinger kick), 9:49
C -- Jones 62 run (Redinger kick), 7:22
F -- Justin Boehm 69 run (Brayden Krause kick), 7:01
C -- Young 23 run (Redinger kick), 3:26
C -- Young 64 run (Redinger kick), 1:43
Third Quarter
C -- Jalen Reddin 35 run (Redinger kick), 5:51
F -- Krause 23 run (Krause kick), 3:54
Fourth Quarter
F -- Krause 3 run (Krause kick), 1:57
F C
First downs 18 18
Rushes-yards 41-293 41-478
Passing yards 34 21
Passes 7-15-1 2-3-0
Punts 4-29 2-51.5
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 0 4-35
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING -- Farmington, Krause 11-131, Boehm 9-120, Brandt Busenbark 7-31, Ethan Barron 4-27, Collin Huitt 3-13, Brayden Bohn 6-4, team 1-minus 33. Central, Jones 11-151, Owens 11-127, Young 3-100, Reddin 5-83, Vinson 3-14, Daevon Hudson 3-9, Deandre Banks 3-minus 2, team 2-minus 4.
PASSING -- Farmington, Boehm 6-13-1-31, Busenbark 1-2-0-3. Central, Vinson 2-3-0-21.
RECEIVING -- Farmington, Quin McIntosh 4-14, Trevor Keith 2-9, Tyler Finish 1-11. Central, Young 2-21.
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