> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.richmonder.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Brunswick Academy's dynamic duo too much for Blessed Sacrament Huguenot - URL: https://www.richmonder.org/brunswick-academys-dynamic-duo-too-much-for-blessed-sacrament-huguenot/ - Published: 2026-11-08T05:48:49.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-08T05:50:17.000Z - Description: Vikings' Wells, Reese combine for six touchdowns in private-schools' 8-man title game - Author: Weldon Bradshaw - Tags: Sports SUTHERLAND – They never quit. Capitulating in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, you see, isn’t remotely part of the Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Knights’ collective DNA. Sure, coach Gary Brock’s guys fell three touchdowns behind Brunswick Academy a minute into the second quarter of the Virginia Independent Schools 8-Man Football League championship game Saturday at the Dinwiddie Sports Complex. Sure, they had scant answer for the Vikings’ Nathan Wells, a surprisingly agile 6-4, 287-pound senior who played multiple offensive backfield positions and as a defensive tackle anchored a daunting front four that made every foray across the line of scrimmage an adventure in pain. Sure, they had difficulty matching the speed, quickness, savvy and intensity of Brunswick Academy junior quarterback Ross Reese, who directed his maroon-and-gray clad teammates to a 46-14 victory. But quit? No way. “We got behind early, but our mentality was that we had a good chance of winning this game as long as we keep fighting tooth and nail,” said JonMichael Lee, the Knights’ 6-1, 180-pound junior quarterback. “That’s just the team morale. It’s a good locker room. It’s a good group of guys. Everybody had each other’s back. That’s what we pride ourselves on the most. We’re big on camaraderie. When we fall, everybody helps get that person back up.” The Vikings (11-0), winners of the past five VISFL state titles, scored with relative ease the first three times they had the ball and never relinquished the advantage or the momentum. After Reese led a 71-yard drive to the Knights’ 1, Wells crashed off the right side into the end zone and added the 2-point conversion for an 8-0 lead at 8:40 of the first quarter. After the Vikings stopped BSH (9-2) three-and-out, Reese took them 68 yards in three plays, the last a 65-yard TD pass to senior tight end Cooper Hightower. Wells then reprised his blast-off-the-right-side PAT play to put Brunswick Academy up 16-0 at 5:24. On the first play of the second quarter, Reese ended a quick seven-play, 62-yard drive with a 52-yard TD run. Once again, Wells provided the 2-point conversion with, yes, a power off the right side. Wells, who’s also a talented basketball and baseball player, lines up at various times as running back, blocking back and even quarterback. He’s powerful, for sure, evidenced by the fact that he can carry a bevy of would-be tacklers with him, even those who hit him low. He also has speed, which he demonstrated when he crashed through the Knights’ front line and broke free for a 47-yard run in the fourth quarter. “Since I was a kid, I’ve been really athletic,” Wells said. “Whenever I see a hole, I’m going to hit it hard. If I get through it, I’m going to run as fast as I can until I see the end zone.” Though he rushed 24 times for 138 yards, he was the key blocker who allowed Reese to amass 220 yards on 27 carries. His imposing strengths beg the question: Does he prefer running the football or blocking? “Whatever gets the touchdown,” he said. “Blocking’s fun. You’ve got to make the push, no matter what, but the biggest thing is getting the touchdown, whether it’s you running or the guy behind you. Blocking’s a big part of this game. If you don’t block, you don’t get the win.” With his team trailing 24-0, Lee provided a ray of hope with a 34-yard TD run followed by the first of freshman Zach Tovar’s two points-after 2:18 before halftime. As twilight descended on this cool, breezy day, the Knights returned from the break with renewed intensity, especially on defense. That said, it wasn’t nearly enough to appreciably slow the Vikings from Lawrenceville or cut into their lead. At 2:38 of the third quarter, Reese raced 50 yards for a TD, and Wells once again added the points after. “It all starts with the blocking,” Reese said. “If we aren’t blocking up front, we’re not moving the ball. It starts with the big man up front, and that allows me to get in space and do what I do.” At 7:19 of the third quarter Lee connected with John Loftin for BSH’s second TD. Try as they might, though, the Knights couldn’t stop the Vikings’ relentless ground game, which resulted in two more touchdowns by Wells in the fourth quarter. “These guys stepped up,” said BA coach Bubba Weidman, accepting congratulations as he shivered compliments of a celebratory water-cooler dousing. “The offensive line played phenomenal. Backs played phenomenal. Defense was awesome. We were shutting them down.” The Vikings limited BSH to 107 yards (47 rushing, 60 passing) and five first downs on 34 plays while recording seven tackles for loss. “Last time we played them (a wild 48-40 victory for BA), they ran some plays that really cooked us,” defensive end Cooper Skea said. “We didn’t know what to do. “This time, we came out knowing what they’d run. We wanted to put some pads on them and set the tone early.” Brunswick Academy amassed 439 yards (374 rushing and 65 passing) and 12 first downs on 58 plays. “We try to teach that there’re going to be disappointments,” said Brock, the veteran coach. “Sometimes, it’s going to be on the practice field. Sometimes, it’ll be on the game field. Sometimes, it’ll be in life. “We just have to pick it up from where it is and move on.”