Mountain Brook 10, Tuscaloosa County 7
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Tuscaloosa County defenders wrap up Mountain Brook wide receiver Patrick Sullivan after he hauled in a long pass. (The Birmingham News/Joe Songer)
Mountain Brook, which coughed up a fumble on their first offensive play of the contest, had previously been shut out of the end zone on four consecutive tries from inside the Wildcats 5 on their last possession of the second half.
“We knew it was going to be a battle until the end and they had a great defense, but we kept fighting that last drive and went back to the fundamentals,” Brewster said.
Mountain Brook mustered just a 36 yard Tre Smith through three quarters, as the offense struggled to find pay dirt for much of the night. The offense went to their ground attack on the final drive, led by Gene Bromberg, who had 23 carries for 66 yards on the game, and Brewster. as they rushed thirteen times and attempted only two pass attempts on the final drive, with one being the game-winner.
Brewster finished the evening completing 8 of 12 pass attempts for 69 yards and a touchdown, while receiver Patrick Sullivan hauled in five catches for 34 yards and a touchdown.
For the visitors, the loss overshadowed a consistent effort from the Wildcats defense, which opened the scoring when Marshall Eads scooped up a Mountain Brook fumble on their first defensive play of the game and raced in from 14 yards out.
“Our guys over there work hard and that’s what we hang our hat on (playing good defense), we let them down tonight and had some opportunities we should have taken advantage of, but just couldn’t,” Tuscaloosa County coach Lee Gibson stated.
Mountain Brook had a superb defensive effort as well, limiting the Wildcats offense to just six first downs and 106 total yards.
The Wildcats were led offensively by senior running back Cornelius Prewitt, who finished with 45 rushing yards on just seven attempts.
