Photo by Todd Kwarcinski
Briarwood Football
Briarwood's William Gray (10) scrambles in a game between Briarwood and Wenonah on Friday, September 9, 2016, at Bell-Culpepper Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Briarwood Christian School football team can take a stranglehold of Class 5A, Region 5 with a win on Friday night.
The game at Lions Pride Stadium on Friday at 7 p.m. features a battle of the two unbeaten teams in region play; Briarwood and Fairfield, both at 2-0 in region play.
Briarwood overcame a 14-0 deficit on Friday night and rallied to win 15-14 at Wenonah. The Dragons got off to a fast start, scoring both of their touchdowns within a span of one minute, 46 seconds late in the first quarter.
Kolby Kwarcinski scored a touchdown in the third quarter to cut the gap in half, and the Lions scored again on a William Gray run in the final period.
The game-winning play came on the 2-point conversion, in which Gray connected with Barrett Tindall near the pylon to take the lead by a point halfway through the fourth quarter.
Going for two points on the conversion was Yancey’s plan from the get-go.
“I told the coaches at halftime that is we can shut them down and score the next one [touchdown], we’ll definitely go for two and I think we’ll have it,” Yancey said.
The Lions indeed had it, and held on to preserve the win.
Fairfield battled for a 12-7 win over Woodlawn last week and are winners of two straight.
