Maryland 4A South football: Antoine Brooks, DuVal stop Wise to reach final With 20-14 win over Wise, Duval has now won eight straight games. The Tigers will play Eleanor Roosevelt next week for the 4A South region title. Antoine Brooks was at ease before DuVal's playoff game against Wise. The junior quarterback swayed on the sideline during warmups, dancing to the hip-hop music blasting through the speakers. The last time he played the Pumas, there were tears in his eyes after his Tigers lost. But Brooks was all smiles less than an hour before kickoff in Upper Marlboro. During the game itself, Brooks was in a different mood - he was focused only on carrying his team to the next round of the playoffs. His two touchdowns did just that as DuVal beat No. 13 Wise, 20-14, to avenge an early-season loss. An 0-3 start to the season long behind it, DuVal (8-3) will play No. 4 Eleanor Roosevelt (11-0) next week for the 4A South region title. "The beast, it comes out at times," Brooks said. With the game tied at 14, DuVal sacked Wise quarterback Jabari Laws two times to force the Pumas to punt from deep in their own territory. The Tigers started their drive from the Wise 37-yard line, and with less than two minutes left in the game, Brooks scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 17-yard run down the sideline. Brooks calmly walked over to DuVal's bench and took a seat alone while players, fans and a cheerleader walked over to him. He nodded at each visitor and shook hands but remained reserved as he prepared to go back in the game and play on defense. Brooks finished with 176 rushing yards, two rushing touchdowns and an interception on defense, and he was 6-for-10 passing for 48 yards. "He's uptight a lot during games, especially games like this," junior Demarco Seay said of Brooks. When we lost the first time, he was crying, so we had to get this one for him. The extra point was blocked, leaving an opportunity for Wise to win the game on a touchdown and successful point-after attempt. Laws hit Damon Hayes on a 12-yard pass to get the ball near midfield. With 15 seconds left, Laws completed a 30-yard pass to Nate Hampton III to set the Pumas up at the DuVal 20-yard line. After two incompletions, Wise had enough time for one more play. But Seay intercepted a pass in the end zone, and the Tigers formed a celebratory dog pile off to the side of the field. "I wanted it," Seay said. All I thought about was the championship and states and taking my team all the way. The Tigers had a 7-0 lead at halftime, but Wise scored back-to-back touchdowns in the first two minutes after the break, including Myles Wolfolk's 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. The defenses held until Tigers senior running back Jimmy Williams tied the game with a six-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter, setting up Brooks's go-ahead score seven minutes later. After a forfeit and a 15-6 loss to Wise left DuVal winless in three games to start the year, it was an uphill battle to return to the postseason. "We realized how much we needed each other after those first three losses," Brooks said. Our back was against the wall. Cardinals fall in VISAA final Despite leading in the second quarter, Bishop Ireton lost to Benedictine, 23-7, in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division I title game. The Cardinals (8-4) scored a touchdown in the second quarter to take a 7-0 lead, but the Cadets reeled off 23 unanswered points - including 16 in the fourth quarter - and held Ireton scoreless the rest of the way.