Tim Brasic certainly has a flair for the dramatic.
With his team trailing 30-26 and 3 minutes14 seconds to play, the senior quarterback engineered a seven-play, 46-yard scoring drive that gave Riverside-Brookfield a go-ahead touchdown en route to a 38-30 victory over Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin.
Brasic was 38-of-54 for 431 yards and four touchdown passes and also rushed for 100 yards and a TD in Saturday’s season opener.
Brasic lofted a 13-yard scoring strike to wide receiver Shantone Powers in a sudden downpour with 2:16 to play to give his team a 32-30 lead. The Bulldogs added a final TD with 28 seconds left as they tried to kill the clock. Matt Tierney scored on a 7-yard run on fourth down.
“When it rained I knew we were going to do it for sure because Tim’s a really great quarterback,” said Riverside-Brookfield coach Otto Zeman.
Brasic piled up 242 yards as the No. 17 Bulldogs built a 20-10 halftime lead..
But the Cyclones took advantage of Bulldogs miscues in the second half to rally for a 30-26 lead with 8 minutes to play.
Until then, Riverside-Brookfield had never trailed. The Bulldogs dominated in the early going, quickly marching 65 yards on 10 plays on their opening drive–which included eight Brasic passes–for a 6-0 lead on a 19-yard scoring pass from Brasic to receiver Tierney.
Two subsequent first-quarter drives stalled, but the Bulldogs struck twice more in the second quarter.
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