Always feared for a strong ground game, Bayfield's air raid did even more damage last Friday night, as the Wolverines shelled Gunnison relentlessly in a 40-0 conquest.
And that was playing nice; the Wolverines went into halftime already up 34-nil, as junior Hayden Farmer fired four touchdowns, three (of more than 20 yards each) to senior Dax Snooks.
Senior Hunter Killough caught the other, a 16-yard strike, as the Cowboys could only hope to avoid a running-clock, mercy-rule fate. GHS quarterback Dante Marchitelli, by comparison, finished a reported 9-of-27 passing for a whopping 32 yards and was intercepted once-by BHS senior Dawson Heide. That set up senior Carl Heide's 17-yard touchdown run, which put Bayfield up 40-nothing in the third quarter.
Defensively, the Wolverines limited Gunnison to 29 net rushing yards on 20 carries, with junior Chase Percival's 14-34 figures the team's best.
Helped by a non-scoring 50-yard completion, just before the aforementioned Carl Heide TD run, Snooks easily broke the 100-yard receiving barrier, though precise numbers had still not yet been reported by press time.
Sophomore Dylan Hilliker also penetrated the end zone for a rushing touchdown, and BHS' defense logged a safety late in the second quarter after Killough was stopped a yard short of scoring on a fourth-down plunge.
With backfield regulars David Hawkins (knee) and Keyon Prior (foot) either out or slowed by injury, Hilliker's efforts - along with those of fellow reserves Garrett Beebe, Max McGhehey and Jake Sandrey - were keys in supporting Killough and Farmer.
Ranked #2 in the CHSAANow.com Class 2A poll both before and after their Intermountain-opening road rout, the Wolverines (5-0, 1-0) will next visit Montezuma-Cortez Saturday afternoon for a 1 p.m. start. The Panthers (1-3, 0-1) took a 38-0 beating at Alamosa (4-1, 1-0) last Friday night.
Gunnison (0-5, 0-1) will travel to Pagosa Springs (3-2, 1-0) Friday for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
CHSAANOW.COM CLASS 2A FOOTBALL POLL (10/2): 1.Englewood Kent Denver, 2.BAYFIELD, 3.Kersey Platte Valley, 4.La Junta, 5.Colorado Springs The Classical Academy, 6.Sterling, 7.Arvada Faith Christian, 8.Salida, 9.Alamosa, 10.Aspen.
