FERRIDAY — For 10 weeks, the Ferriday defense has been trying to live up to what is known in Trojan lore as the Junkyard Dog defense, or JYD.

But on Friday, the Trojan defense resembled less junkyard dog and more, well, junk.

Farmerville gashed Ferriday’s defense for 362 rushing yards and 490 total yards in a 44-24 victory.

The win clinches the District 2-2A championship for Farmerville with a perfect 5-0 district record, while Ferriday finishes in a tie for second with a 3-2 district record and must wait until Sunday to see where they are seeded in the playoffs.

Ferriday coach Freddie Harrison knew that Farmerville had a great rushing attack, but he didn’t expect his defense to get run over the way it did.

“I was kind of surprised the way they ran on us,” Harrison said. “But I said earlier in the week, the team that wins in the trenches is going to win the football game, and that’s what happened tonight.”

While Farmerville’s offense was having its way, Ferriday’s DeVonante Scott was doing his best to keep the Trojans in the game.

The junior rushed five times for 67 yards and a touchdown, caught four passes for 136 yards and a touchdown and also scored on an 83-yard kickoff return.

But Scott sprained his ankle late in the third quarter and wasn’t nearly as effective in the fourth quarter.

“It hurts when you lose weapons,” Harrison said. “He tweaked his ankle a little bit, and (receiver) Alfred Brown hurt himself a little bit. It’s one of those type of things that happens in football.”

Ferriday hung in the track meet for a quarter, as Bobby Madison scored on a 30-yard run on the Trojans’ first possession of the game.

After Carl Pearson made an amazing juggling catch over a Ferriday defender that he turned into a 62-yard score, the Trojans retook the lead on Scott’s 46-yard TD run.

Farmerville jumped back on top when quarterback Caleb Kelly found Derrick Lawrence on a slant route for a 48-yard touchdown early in the second quarter, but Scott returned the ensuing kickoff 83 yards to put the Trojans back up 18-14.

However, it was all Farmerville from that point.

The Farmers took the lead for good when Kelly found Jarvis Cooke for a 16-yard score on fourth and six midway through the quarter.

Kelly only completed four passes in the game, but three of them were for touchdowns.

The Farmers got their first rushing touchdown of the night a few minutes later when Depaul Elliot took a pitch and sprinted 82 yards down the sideline for a score that gave Farmerville a 30-18 lead they took into halftime.

Ferriday briefly climbed back into the game in the first minute of the third quarter when Scott caught a slant pass from quarterback Rodney Lawson and outran the Farmerville secondary for a 57-yard score.

But Farmerville’s relentless rushing attack took the game over.

A 44-yard run by Keontae Fields set up a 30-yard touchdown rumble for Wesley Woods five minutes later, and Farmerville finished off their scoring in style, as Fields set sail for a 69-yard touchdown run in the final minutes of the third quarter.

Despite the disappointing loss, Harrison said he expects his team to regroup and play well as the playoffs begin next week.

“I tell the kids, for 10 weeks you’re playing for me, and now the playoffs are for them,” Harrison said. “I can’t gear them up, they’re going to have to want to do it themselves. I think they’ll get it together, rebound and come back and play hard.”