MORAN — Marmaton Valley steamrolled Hartford at home Friday, 80-22.
The Wildcats (4-1) forced three turnovers and went for five touchdown passes and six touchdown runs total. Brayden Lawson tossed all five of the touchdown passes while Dre Ellis ran in a team-high four touchdowns, out of his five total.
“I think our physicality with our blocking and our running were key,” Marmaton Valley head coach Max Mickunas said. “Our offensive line made a lot of holes and made it easier. They just didn’t want to tackle Brayden and Dre, those guys ran hard.”
Jaedon Granere and Tyler Lord had two touchdown catches each, while hauling in 68 and 83 receiving yards, respectively. Ellis caught the other touchdown pass on a 15-yard completion. 
Tyler Lord and Dominic Smith each had an interception while Lawson had the lone fumble recovery for Marmaton Valley’s defensive turnovers. Lawson also led the way defensively with a team-high six tackles while Brevyn Campbell and Lord each had five tackles.
The Wildcats’ lone fumble recovery was in the first quarter and set up the home team in a good position to score.
Marmaton Valley led Hartford 44-0 at the end of the first quarter.
The Jaguars returned a kickoff for a touchdown early in the second quarter, one of their three touchdowns, but still trailed Marmaton Valley, 44-8.
The Wildcats outscored Hartford in the second half, 36-22. 
“I think any matchup for Jaedon and Tyler is a good matchup,” Mickunas said. “Tyler is a great route runner and Jaedon has some speed unlike anyone. Those two receivers are as good as you’ll see in eight-man football. They complement each other well. You’ve got kind of a thunder and lighting offense with the runners and the speed on the outside.”
The pair of interceptions from Lord and Smith came near the end of the game and set up Marmaton Valley for the win.
“I thought our execution was there completely, we made very few mistakes,” Mickunas said. “It was a great team effort. We shut them down then scored some more touchdowns on top of that. We got those interceptions and it sealed the deal after that.”
Marmaton Valley travels to Crest on Friday in a local Three Rivers League showdown at 7 p.m.
