> ## 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. # Dressed for success: Brooks brothers dazzle in Hermitage's playoffs romp - URL: https://www.richmonder.org/dressed-for-success-brooks-brothers-shine-in-hermitages-playoff-romp/ - Published: 2026-11-14T08:04:29.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-14T08:27:04.000Z - Description: Twins combine for four TDs; Allums adds 192 rushing yards and two scores in 34-14 win - Author: Weldon Bradshaw - Tags: Sports Energy abounded. Joy reigned. Celebratory postgame backflips were the order of the evening. And why not? The Hermitage Panthers had just defeated visiting Glen Allen 34-14 at Chester E. Fritz Stadium on Friday in the quarterfinal round of the Region 5C playoffs, and they were, unabashedly, in an oh-so-festive mood. “They’re kids, man,” said Timothy Jean-Pierre, Hermitage’s perpetually enthusiastic and refreshingly animated coach. “You want the young men to enjoy the process. “We go hard Monday to Thursday. We talk about Friday being fun, but we have to earn fun, so when they come out here, they’re having a ball and enjoying the game. That makes me happy to see. It’s football. It’s a game. It should be fun.” The fourth-seeded Panthers (8-3) had an absolute blast in the first half. Playing aggressive and relentlessly on both sides of the ball, they built a commanding 28-0 lead and appeared on the fast track to a running-clock-after-the-break blowout. The onslaught began when Tison Brooks’s red-zone interception thwarted a promising offensive foray by the fifth-seeded Jaguars (6-5). His well-timed pick proved the impetus for a 12-play, 92-yard drive that ended when his twin brother Myles Brooks connected with Daquan Henley for a 45-yard touchdown (and Noor Lamrhari delivered the first of her four points-after) at 3:09 of the first quarter. On this clear, breezy, low-40’s night as the schools’ dueling marching bands rocked on from opposite ends of the grandstand, Jean-Pierre’s guys scored to end each of their three second-quarter possessions. The Panthers’ first TD came on Jahson Allums’ 48-yard run at 11:18. Their second came on Myles Brooks’s 59-yard run off the right side at 7:33 after he faked a handoff to Allums up the middle. The third came 9.7 seconds before the break when Myles Brooks hit a well-covered Tison Brooks near the back of the end zone. “We were able to spread them out,” Myles Brooks said. “Being able to run and pass opened up everything for us. “I like (executing our offense at) a fast pace. We never let them get comfortable.” Before the break, the Panthers amassed 190 yards on the ground and 70 in the air and limited Glen Allen to just 86 yards, 31 rushing and 55 passing. The problem was, though, that the Panthers were flagged nine times for 95 yards and saw two TD runs by Allums as well as a long Brooks-to-Brooks connection nullified by holding penalties. “Penalties are part of the game,” Jean-Pierre said, “but at the end of the day, we have to be the best version of ourselves.” With a region semifinal matchup at Highland Springs looming next Friday, the Panthers’ second-half plan was to take the opening kickoff, score quickly to ensure a 35-point differential and let the subs play the second half as the clock ran unrestrained. The Jaguars had their own plan. After recovering an onside kick, they traveled 48 yards on eight plays, the last a 13-yard TD run by quarterback Luke Perini (followed by a Perini-to-Ty Tirri conversion) to cut their deficit to 28-8 at 7:53 of the third quarter. “We wanted to get our (first-string) guys out of the game, but, obviously, we had to take control of the game,” Jean-Pierre said. “When they got the onsides, that shifted the plan a little bit, but shout out to (the Jaguars) for fighting their way back into the game and making it interesting.” With its starters still in the lineup, Hermitage responded quickly. A 35-yard Myles Brooks-to-Terrell Lewis connection took them to the Glen Allen 36, and on the ensuing play, Allums (21 carries, 192 yards) blasted off the right side for a touchdown. “Our O-line is pretty great,” Allums said. “I’ve got my trust in them. We’ve been together all season. I know they’re going to do their jobs so I’m able to do my job.” Which is? “Hitting the holes they open up,” he said. “Scoring. Rewarding them for blocking.” Though Hermitage led 34-8 and the outcome seemed a fait accompli, Perini engineered a 13-play, 74-yard drive that ended with Cooper McPherson’s 9-yard TD run at 11:05 of the fourth quarter. Try as they might, however, the plucky Jags were unable to close the gap. “What we did well was read the keys, play as a team, and play as a brotherhood,” said Thomas Brown, a 6-4, 200-pound senior two-way lineman of the Panthers’ defensive effort. “We can’t let up. The game isn’t over until the final whistle.” Hermitage amassed 369 yards (221 rushing plus Myles Brooks’s 7-for-8 passing for 148 yards) on 38 plays. Glen Allen’s stat line read 265 yards (145 rushing plus Perini’s 14-for-21 passing for 120 yards) on 56 plays. All told, the Panthers drew 14 penalties for 145 yards. They also recorded four quarterback sacks and four other tackles for losses. “We need to get better every week,” Brown said. “We don’t think about our final record. Just 1-and-0 every week.” ### Area playoffs scoreboard **Region 6A quarterfinals** No. 3 Manchester 6, No. 6 Cosby 0 No. 4 L.C. Bird 45, No. 5 Landstown 0 **Region 5C quarterfinals** No. 1 Highland Springs 56, No. 8 James River 0 No. 2 Midlothian 47, No. 7 William Fleming 0 No. 3 Patrick Henry-Roanoke 16, No. 6 Douglas Freeman 14 No. 4 Hermitage 34, No. 5 Glen Allen 14 **Region 4B quarterfinals** No. 1 Louisa 42, No. 8 Hanover 35 No. 4 Courtland 35, No. 5 Mechanicsville 0 No. 2 Varina 68, No. 7 King George 0 No. 3 Huguenot 21, No. 6 Spotsylvania 7 **Region 3A quarterfinals** No. 1 Petersburg 33, No. 8 I.C. Norcom 0 No. 5 New Kent 17, No. 4 Tabb 9 No. 2 Hopewell 63, No. 7 Lake Taylor 12 No. 3 Booker T. Washington 46, No. 6 Colonial Heights 28 **Region 3B quarterfinals** No. 3 Warren County 17, No. 6 Goochland 14 **Region 2A quarterfinals** No. 4 Armstrong 21, No. 5 Thomas Jefferson 0 No. 3 King William 29, No. 6 Southampton 28