Fairfield can’t contain No. 1 Williamsburg

FAIRFIELD — Fairfield football faced off against one of the toughest teams in the state on Friday night in the Raiders of Williamsburg.

It was a tough matchup for the Trojans (2-4) as the No. 1 Raiders (6-0) blistered to a 56-14 victory in the Class 3A District 5 clash.

It didn’t take long for Williamsburg to find the end zone as it put seven points on the board on its first drive of the night.

The Raiders drove over 60 yards in 13 plays and capped off the drive with a touchdown from Kellen Cockrell to Derek Weisskopf from 16 yards out.

The Trojans had a pair of opportunities to get the Raiders off the field, forcing Williamsburg into a fourth down, but they couldn’t get the stop.

Williamsburg continued to tack it on the rest of the quarter.

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After a three and out by Fairfield, Weisskopf — who replaced an injured Cockrell at quarterback — connected with Braylon Wetjen for the 63-yard touchdown to make it 14-0.

Despite the quick 14 point deficit, Fairfield found a grove with the run game on its third possession of the night.

A mix of runs from Sam Weaton and Cason Miller moved the Trojans just over 20 yards down around the Raiders 30-yard line.

However, the Raider defense quickly thwarted any momentum as Weisskopf picked off Weaton and took it 77-yards to the house to push the Williamsburg lead to 21-0 with 1:30 left in the first quarter.

The Williamsburg defense continued to make plays.

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On the second play of the Trojans next offensive possession, another pick-6 added to the Raiders total, 28-0.

While defense was clicking for Williamsburg, it was the defense for Fairfield that got them on the board as well.

After three straight punts, a 47-yard touchdown run by the Raiders was called back by holding. Three plays later and Lucas Konczal picked off Weisskopf.

On his way to the end zone, Konczal was stripped and Bode Hoskins recovered the ball in the end zone, notching a touchdown for the Trojans.

After the missed two point conversion, Fairfield trailed 28-6 with 4:26 left in the first half.

Any semblance of pulling within single digits in the first half was quickly silenced as the Raiders scored twice in the final four minutes, the last coming with one second remaining off a 77-yard run by Nile Sinn.

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At the break, the Trojans trailed 42-6.

It was a deficit of which Fairfield could never make up.

Williamsburg went on to score 14 more in the third frame.

After a punt by the Trojans, the Raiders scored on their first play of the second half off a 35-yard touchdown pass from Weisskopf to Rayce Heitman.

Fairfield was forced to punt once again on its next drive and Weisskopf notched another touchdown pass, connecting with Caleb Welsh from nine yards out to make it 56-6 with 1:17 to go in the third.

The Trojans final score of the evening came with 3:17 left in the game. With some precision passing from Weaton, the Trojans were able to get down the field and Wyatt Johnson punched it in from five yards out to give Fairfield its second score of the night.

Weaton and Hoskins connected for the two point conversion to give the Trojans 14.

The Trojans will look to get back on track next week against South Tama (0-6).