The W.F. West football team took a slim halftime lead and turned it into a comfortable non-league win Friday night, beating 3A Prairie 26-8.
The Bearcats (4-3, 3-1 2A EvCo) held things down on defense but mustered just six points in the opening 24 minutes.
That all changed in the second half, when W.F. West took the opening kickoff, scored a Gage Brumfield sneak, forced a turnover and got right back in the end zone on a 23-yard pass from Brumfield to Declan McDonald to put 13 points on the board in a matter of 27 seconds.
Prairie took the ensuing kickoff to the house, but to a certain extent, that just served to keep the Bearcat offense rolling on the field, and Brumfield hit Tucker Land to make it a three-possession game.
“We had to make some adjustments at halftime, made those adjustments, had some quality drives, and put some points on the board,” WFW coach Dan Hill said. “The team responded well in a tight ballgame when it was 6-0.”
Brumfield finished with 138 rushing yards on 18 carries to lead the Bearcats, and McDonald had 54 on 14.
Meanwhile, the W.F. West defense held Prairie to 91 yards of total offense, forcing five punts and seven fumbles — two of which the Bearcats recovered.
W.F. West returns to 2A EvCo play Friday with a clash at Aberdeen that’s likely to determine the league’s second seed — and hosting rights — in the crossover round.
