Bowling Green edges Brookhaven
By Johnnie Daniel
Bowling
Green School hosted Brookhaven Academy as both teams looked to pick up their
second win of the season.
The home standing Buccaneers got on the scoreboard
first when Patrick Roublow ran 54 yards down the right sideline for a
touchdown. The try for two failed and the Bucs led 6-0 at the 10:06 mark of the
second quarter.
Brookhaven Academy answered with a drive of their own that
culminated on a 23 yard touchdown pass from Heath Hickman to Steven Williams.
Myrick’s extra point was good and the Cougars took a 7-6 lead with 5:23 left in
the half.
Both teams were scoreless for the remainder of the quarter and the
Cougars held a one-point lead at halftime.
The
Cougars opened the second-half scoring when Jacob Thurman capped a BA drive
with a 5 yard run. Myrick's kick left the Cougars with a 14-6 lead with 8:32
left in the third quarter.
The next score wouldn't come until the fourth
quarter when Buccaneer running back Elgin Austin scored from 4 yards out.
Quarterback Connor McCain connected with Logan Wood for the two point
conversion that knotted the score at 14 with 11:11 remaining.
At the 7:32 mark,
McCain found Roublow for a 42 yard touchdown pass. McCain then avoided a heavy
Cougar rush and scampered 3 yards for the two point conversion to give the
Buccaneers a 22-14 lead.
Brookhaven took less than 2 minutes to answer the BGS
touchdown.
Hickman ran 4 yards for the score to bring the Cougars within 2
points. The BA try for two was unsuccessful and Bowling Green held a 22-20 lead
with 5:15 remaining in the game.
The Cougars forced a Buccaneer punt with less
than 2 minutes to go in the game. With less than 20 seconds remaining Hickman
completed a pass near the Buccaneer 10 yard line, but time expired before BA
could get off another play.
Bowling Green had held on for 22-20 win over the
defending AA state champions.
Bowling
Green (2-2) travels to Silliman next Friday for their district opener.
Brookhaven Academy (1-3) hosts Amite School Center in a district contest.
