It was only fitting on Thanksgiving week that TCA quarterback Andrew Brown was carving.
The senior quarterback had to be at his best in the biggest game of the season, he was every bit of that and maybe a touch more as he powered the Titans to their fist football championship in school history.
The 42-36 win over Wellington at Dutch Clark Stadium was a memorable one for all involved, especially Brown who had been the starting quarterback since his sophomore year.
“I can’t put into words what I’m feeling right now,” Brown said after the game. “This is amazing.”
His stat line also had to be amazing to take down an Eagles team that had knocked off both Delta and Eaton – the two teams had combined to win the last four Class 2A titles – on its way to the title game.
He threw a season-high 34 passes, completing 24 of them for 264 yards and four touchdowns, the last of which came with under a minute to go in the game to seal the win for TCA.
For good measure, he also ran for a career-high 156 yards, adding a rushing touchdown.
“Andrew is amazing,” coach Justin Rich said. “He loves his teammates, he loves the game, he’s very smart and our offensive coordinator did a great job with him, making sure that he’s seeing the games. Andrew Brown is a heck of a leader and a heck of a football player.”
He finished the year throwing for 1,940 yards and 26 touchdowns. Of his four interceptions, two came in the final two rounds of the playoffs but they didn’t phase him in the least. He simply shook them off and did what he needed to do to put his team in a position to walk away with a win. Through 13 games in 2024, he threw for under 100 yards just three times, but those came when the Titans had big leads and it wasn’t necessary for him to remain in the game.
Brown and the Titans had come so close in the last two years to getting to the state title game. Delta beat them in the 2022 semifinals and then again in the 2023 quarterfinals, before they put together an undefeated – and mostly dominant – campaign in 2024. And it ended the way that every high school kid dreams of, raising a championship trophy.
“No one lost faith in us,” Brown said. “There was no doubt on our sideline, in the stands. We knew what we could do.”
