QUITMAN — Garrett Stevenson’s career-best 47-yard field on the last play of the game lifted Pierce County to a 17-14 slobberknocker victory here Friday night over Brooks County.
Stevenson’s kick, tied for third-longest field goal in school history behind the 52-yard effort of Jonah Allen in 2021 against Fitzgerald, gave the Class 2A top-ranked Bears’ (5-0) a schoolrecord 14th consecutive win in the September 20 matchup. It was also PCHS’s first-ever victory in five tries in Quitman.
“I asked him (Stevenson) if he could make the kick,” said head coach Ryan Herring afterwards, “and he said ‘yes sir’ looking me dead in the eyes. That was what I wanted to hear and he did it. That’s the first time in my 26 years of coaching I’ve ever been a part of a walk-off game-winning kick.
