SECTION IV FOOTBALL: BELLES, ROBINSON, WESTBROOK LEAD WAVERLY TO 37-19 WIN OVER JOHNSON CITY IN REGULAR-SEASON FINALE (2025-05-10)

Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Junior Brilynn Belles threw three first-half TD passes to junior Liz Robinson, and ran for another score, while senior Addison Westbrook added another "pick-6" to her school-record total in Waverly's, 37-19, win over Johnson City here Saturday night at Memorial Stadium in the regular-season finale of the Section IV flag football season.

"What a great way to end the regular season and reach our first goal of making the postseason," said Waverly coach David Shaw. "We will get back to work Monday and get ready to compete for a sectional title.

"We had a lot of girls step up today, and I could not be more proud of them — it was a total team effort.

"We continue to give more than we take, and it makes us coaches truly appreciate these girls," added Shaw.

Perhaps the biggest story of the night was Robinson, who was an emergency starter at center.

"She learned how to snap last night, when we found out we would be without Lauryn Welles," said Shaw. "She played phenomenal."

Robinson, who entered the game without a catch this season, led Waverly with seven receptions for 82 yards and three TDs, while senior Brinn Cooney had five catches for 59 yards, and senior Leah Cole had three grabs for 27 yards.

Belles completed 16 of 24 pass attempts for 185 yards and three TDs, with one interception.

Belles also led the Waverly ground game with 93 yards and one TD on seven carries, while junior Mira Kittle had 67 yards and one TD on 12 carries, and Westbrook, who had one catch for 17 yards, added 15 yards on three carries.

The Wolverines struck first on a 1-yard TD pass from Belles to Robinson about four minutes into the contest to take a 6-0 lead.

Westbrook ended JC's first possession with her school-record 10th interception of the season, but the Wolverines couldn't turn it into points.

Waverly maintained a 6-0 lead until the Wildcats registered a pick-6 with 6:49 remaining in the first half. They tacked on a conversion run to make it 7-6.

The Wolverines answered with a quick scoring drive, capped by a 47-yard TD from Belles to Robinson to make it 12-7 with 3:55 left in the first half.

With 2:34 remaining in the half, junior Claire Clonch gave the Wolverines the ball back with an interception.

About a minute later, Belles and Robinson hooked up on an 11-yard scoring pass to give Waverly an 18-7 lead at the half.

After the team's exchanged possession in the second half, Belles ripped off a 54-yard TD run to put the Wolverines up 24-7 with 15:01 left in the game.

The Wildcats scored on its next two possessions to close the gap to 24-19 with 6:13 remaining in the game, but the Wolverines answered.

Waverly put together a long 5 1/2-minute scoring drive, and scored on an 11-yard TD run by Kittle with 46 seconds remaining. Belles hauled in the pass on the conversion to make it 31-19.

Moments later, Westbrook hauled in her second interception of the night — and 11th of the season — and returned it 50 yards for a TD for her school-record fourth pick-6 of the season.

Senior Cheyanne Dorsey led Waverly with nine tackles and two QB sacks, while Kittle had seven tackles, Westbrook had six tackles and two interceptions, freshman Maci Wheeler had four tackles and one QB sack, and sophomore Claire Clemens had four tackles and two pass break-ups.

Waverly wraps up the regular season at 7-4. The playoff bracket is set to be announced Monday.

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IN PHOTO: Waverly's Brilynn Belles. ... VSR STOCK PHOTO.

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