Sean Gerhart scored three touchdowns and James Fox rushed for 183 yards as Farmington cruised without leading rusher Nick Bliss to a 52-0 victory over Enfield on Friday night at Farmington High School.

"We showed tonight that we can do more than just run the ball one time or pass the ball one time," Farmington coach Jeff Bemis said. "We really didn’t miss a beat."

While Farmington (5-0) used its ground game to wear down the Raiders’ defense, it was a long strike through the air that keyed the Indians opening drive. Steve Harrington found Martin Jones on the right sideline for a 44-yard play that put Farmington on the Enfield two-yard line. Gerhart then scored on the next play on a sweep to the right to make it 7-0 with 6:30 to go in the quarter.

Enfield (0-6) moved the ball on its second possession, advancing to the Farmington nine behind the running of Patrick Jubrey and Jerry Moore. The Raiders went for it on a fourth down, but the Farmington defense held its ground and took over on downs.

Farmington wasted little time taking the ball the other way, with Fox gaining 71 yards on a run up the right side on the second play of the drive, which was capped by a 19-yard pass from Harrington to Gerhart, who stretched out to catch the ball in the right corner of the end zone.

The lead grew to 21-0 early in the second quarter when Harrington hit Gerhart again, this time for 18 yards up the right sideline with 10:04 left in the half. Fox was a force on Farmington’s next drive, its fourth consecutive scoring march, which went 96 yards on nine plays, including 37 from Fox on six carries, the last of which was a five-yard touchdown up the middle with 1:45 left in the half that made it 27-0.

"That’s because of that front line blocking," Bemis said. "Jimmy’s a tough kid and he’ll get tough yards for us, but we know he doesn’t have the speed of a Nick Bliss, but he’s a tough runner. He gets the hard yards and has good awareness of what’s in front of him, and the line did a great job making holes for him."

The Indians scored twice in the third quarter before Enfield ran a play from scrimmage. Fox broke a 53-yard run on Farmington’s first play of the half, setting up Mike Peltier from two yards out to make it 34-0. Shaun Murray recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and ran it back 27 yards, and the two-point conversion from Harrington to Gerhart gave Farmington a 42-0 lead with 10:38 left in the third quarter.

Harrington hit R.J. Simeone for a 35-yard score early in the fourth, and Ryan Dunn made a 27-yard field goal to complete the scoring.

"We threw alot of different passes tonight," Bemis said. "(Harrington) threw the ball on a dime for us tonight."

The Indians now must prepare for an NWC showdown with 6-0 Berlin in Farmington next week.

"We’re taking things game by game," Bemis said. "We’ll compete, and it should be a great game."

Matt Straub can be reached via email at mstraub@newbritainherald.com