Brookville tops Franklin in finale of regular season
Blue Devils senior Mason Starnes recovered a fumble to give the ball back to BROOKVILLE — When the Brookville midway through Brookville High School footthe third quarter. ball team needed a spark, After a 52-yard pass from it turned to junior running sophomore Keegan Mehr back Tim Davis. to sophomore Kory Davis
Trailing 7-6 at the half, the pushed the ball into Franklin Blue Devils capitalized on territory, Tim Davis scored three Franklin turnovers and on a 3-yard run to give the scored 15 unanswered points Blue Devils the lead for good. in the second half to beat Mehr again found Kory Davis the Wildcats 21-7 in Southon the two-point conversion western Buckeye League to give Brookville a 14-7 lead. action on Thursday night “Our kids definitely capiin Brookville. talized on (the momentum),”
Davis rushed for 106 yards Hetrick said. “It was the difand two second-half touch- ference in the game, that downs as the Blue Devils finkickoff return and the turnished the regular season 8-2 overs.” and 5-2 in the SWBL West Brookville recovered two Division. more fumbles in the sec
“He’s shifty and he’s really ond half, including a fourth matured this year,” said quarter recovery by Vinny Brookville coach Mike HetBrookshire that led to an rick. “He’s working hard in 18-yard TD run by Tim Davis practice. He blocks well for to make it 21-7 with 4:23 us, which is a must in what remaining. we do. He’s a kid that’s just “They responded really kept working and working we ll in the second ha lf and he’s made some big plays defensively,” Hetrick said. for us this year.” “We were able to punch it
The Wildcats running in twice. … Our kids hung game took control early in in there. We’ve been batthe game, but they weren’t tling a bunch of injuries. able to capitalize, missing I’m really proud of the guys two field goals in the first that have stepped in. They quarter. They finally broke did a great job.” through in the second quarFranklin finished the regter when senior quarterback ular season 4-6 and 2-5 in Drew Isaacs hit sophomore the SWBL East Division. The Hunter Prickett on a 24-yard Wildcats entered Week 10 TD pass to make it 7-0. ranked 11th in the Division III,
“It was a tale of two Region 12 playoff rankings. halves,” Franklin coach With the loss, it’s unclear Larry Cox said. “We played whether they’ll advance to like we’re capable of in the Week 11. first half and we gave them “I’ll let that play itself out,” the game in the second half. Cox said. “There’s nothing Credit to (Brookville). Their I can do about that now. kids played hard and played That’s what I told our kids, within their structure. The our underclassmen need biggest breakdowns we had to learn right now, don’t today were discipline. Disciput your playoff hopes in pline is involved in handling someone else’s hands, take the football. Discipline was control of your destiny. We involved when we lost the didn’t do that tonight.” kick return they hit.” Brookville has won three
After Prickett’s TD, straight since falling to Eaton Brookville’s Davis returned 29-7 in Week 7. With the victhe ensuing kickoff to the tory, the Blue Devils likely Franklin 43-yard line. After earned a top-eight seed in shaving nearly five minutes the Division V, Region 20 off the clock, the Blue Devplayoffs, but it’s unclear who ils scored on a 2-yard run they’ll play in Week 11. by junior Grady Lamb to “I didn’t even try to figure cut Franklin’s lead to 7-6 at it out,” Hetrick said. “There’s the half. so many of those teams play
“We knew it was going ing games below us, playing to be a tough, hard, phys- each other and one of those ical game, it is every year teams is going to get a lot with Franklin,” Hetrick said. of points. We could end up “They’ve got tough kids and dropping and I wouldn’t be they play hard.” surprised. We’ll enjoy this
Franklin received the ball tonight and enjoy a night to open the second half, but off tomorrow night.”