ADDISON, Ala. – Elijah Roberts threw touchdown passes to three receivers and ran for three more scores Friday night as Addison defeated Fayetteville 55-13 in the first round of the Class 1A football playoffs.
The Bulldogs improved to 11-0.
Scout Flynn caught a 33-yard pass from Roberts for the opening touchdown. Conner Lane kicked the extra point, then intercepted a Fayetteville pass at the Wolves’ 37-yard line.
Roberts finished the ensuing drive with a 15-yard touchdown run, and Lane’s second extra point put Addison ahead 14-0.
Fayetteville returned the kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown but came up short on the 2-point attempt. Roberts answered with a 4-yard touchdown run.
Addison then stopped the Wolves on fourth down at their own 39. A completion to Judah Wilkins moved the Bulldogs to the 6, and Wilkins ran it in from there.
Lane caught a 34-yard touchdown pass from Roberts and kicked the extra point for a 35-6 lead.
Flynn intercepted a pass at the Addison 6, and the Bulldogs later recovered their own punt after it touched a Fayetteville player.
Roberts found Wilkins for a 25-yard touchdown, giving Wilkins both a rushing and a receiving score.
Zane Smith added a 1-yard touchdown run for Addison. Fayetteville scored from a yard out before Roberts ran 24 yards for his third rushing touchdown.
Lane made 7 extra points, and neither team scored in the fourth quarter.
Fayetteville finished 3-8.
Addison advances to face Sulligent, which defeated Appalachian 44-26.
