Lions unable to catch Cardinals

— Spencer Boudrey made life miserable Friday for the Gravette Lions, catching two touchdown passes and scoring on a 70-yard run to lead Farmington to a 34-27 victory over the Lions in 4A-1 Conference action at Allen Holland Field.

Sophomore quarterback Keaton Austin contributed three touchdown passes, including strikes of 79 and 40 yards in the first half to Boudrey.

Farmington (6-1, 3-1) scored five consecutive touchdowns after Gravette (2-5, 1-3) took a brief lead on a 17-yardtouchdown run by quarterback Chase Brody, who also scored on a 65-yard run after Boudrey began the second half with a 70-yard run to put the Cardinals ahead 34-7.

Gravette continued its comeback effort in the second half behind Brody, who added a 6-yard touchdown run and a 71-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Means to cut Farmington’s lead to 34-27. But the Lions failed on a fourth-down attempt at the Farmington 5 and Boudrey got the Cardinals out of danger with a 30-yard run.

“Boudrey is the guy we build our offense around, and it’s obvious why,” Farmingtoncoach Mike Adams said. “On that long pass play, that wasn’t the route we called for but he and Keaton made an adjustment and (Boudrey) broke it off deep.”

Gravette had a final chance after getting the ball back with 46 seconds left, but the Lions could only get to their 45-yard line before time expired. Gravette fell to Farmington for the second consecutive year in a close series the Cardinals now lead, 14-12.

“Farmington is a great team, obviously, at 6-1 and losing to Prairie Grove by only a touchdown,” Gravette coach Bill Harrelson said. “But I’m proud of my kids and the way they fought.”

Sports, Pages 12 on 10/17/2012