Brookville rolls over Hidden Valley

Brookville can only hope it raises money for the school’s new field house as fast the Bees were scoring points against visiting Hidden Valley on Friday.

Brookville scored 21 points in the first quarter and cruised to a 49-14 victory.

Brookville is trying to raise $500,000 for the new field house and will name it after the school’s late principal, Jim Whorley.

“Jim Whorley was a great man and I feel like the field house will help us out tremendously,” Brookville coach Jeff Woody said.

The Bees also honored former coach John W. “Bunker” Hill for his many years of service to the school before the start of the game.

Brookville (4-0) completely dominated the game from the first whistle.

The Bees’ Deshon Foxx intercepted Chad Frazier’s pass on the first play from scrimmage and returned it 17 yards to Brookville’s 15.

The Bees scored four plays later on a four-yard run by Foxx. Shane Wood made the extra point and Brookville was up 7-0 with a little less than five minutes gone.

Hidden Valley’s next drive went no better. The Titans committed two penalties; Frazier was sacked twice and ran the ball once for a five-yard loss.

Hidden Valley punted on fourth-and-27 from its own 13.

Brookville took over on its own 46 and scored two plays later on a 40-yard touchdown pass from Kendall Becraft to Holton Walker. Wood added the kick.

The Titans then ran two plays that were sandwiched between a roughing the passer penalty on the Bees. Both were stopped for losses and the last play of the drive was intercepted by Brookville’s Jacob Pitts, who returned it 16 yards to the Bees 10.

Brookville scored two plays later on a four-yard pass from Becraft to Travis Riley. Wood’s extra point made the score 21-0 with 5:44 left in the first.

The Bees were so dominant on defense that of the 24 plays Hidden Valley ran in the first half, only five went for positive yardage.

Four were QB sacks, five were tackles-for-losses, two were interceptions, and two were incomplete passes.

Include the offensive penalties and the Titans ran 24 plays for minus-21 yards.

“I think every high school football game is won in the trenches and I feel pretty good about my guys up front,” Woody said.

Becraft was 8-for-8 for 123 yards and three touchdowns in the first half for Brookville as the Bees took a 34-0 lead into halftime.

“Credit the kids for working hard in practice,” Woody said. “I tell them that hard work pays off. Kendall did a great job distributing the football. He got everyone involved and I’m proud of the good job he did.”

Life will get a little tougher for Brookville next week when its faces Rustburg.

“It’s our first Seminole District game and a big rivalry game, but we are going to be ready,” Woody said.