Blocking one PAT attempt is exciting, but blocking two, the second of which being the play that sealed a one-point victory, that's a whole new level of celebration.

Only problem, Wes Brown Jr. didn't know exactly what to do in the moment to commemorate the situation.

"It felt awesome, I didn't know how to celebrate," Brown said. "I wanted to dance, I just didn't know how to celebrate."

Brown did finally flex toward his teammates on the sideline and the fans in the crowd, as the second blocked PAT secured a 28-27 victory for Class AAA No. 8 Bridgeport against No. 9 George Washington in a Class AAA opening-round playoff game at Wayne Jamison Field.

The flex was probably the most-fitting form of a celebration for a 5-foot-10, 275-pound lineman that is a wrecking ball on both offense and defense.

The Indians improved to 10-1 and will advance to play on the road at top-seeded Cabell Midland, which defeated No. 16 Musselman 63-22. Date and time for the BHS-Cabell Midland game will be finalized at the WVSSAC playoff meeting on Sunday.

"I don't think it was my vertical, I just bull-rushed straight in, put a hand up" Brown said. "The first time, I just pushed the kid right into the kick."

"For him to bust through and block that it means the world," BHS coach Tyler Phares said. "He works so hard and is such a great football player. He works his tail off and doesn't always get a ton of recognition being an interior lineman. He's huge for us and he made a huge play for us tonight."

Brown and the BHS offensive line paved the way for another stout performance on the ground as Zach Rohrig ran for 162 yards and a touchdown and Josh Love added 115 yards and two TDs. Timmy Jeffress finished with 81 rushing yards, including a 65-yard touchdown run.

GW senior quarterback Abe Fenwick completed 23-of-29 passes for 236 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. All three TD passes went to Keegan Sack, who caught seven passes for 102 yards. Anthony Valentine added nine catches for 74 yards and had a 10-yard touchdown run.

The Patriots put together an impressive 10-play drive to start the game that was capped with a 3-yard TD pass from Fenwick to Sack. It was a heavy dose of Sack and Valentine, the Patriots' two leading rushers and receivers. One of them touched the ball on all but two of the 10 plays, the other two being designed runs from Fenwick.

That would be a trend that would continue throughout the game as the trio had all 21 of the Patriots' rushing attempts and Sack and Valentine combined to catch 16 of Fenwick's 23 completions.

The Indians didn't take long to respond to the GW scoring drive. Rohrig and Love each had a pair of carries before Jeffress busted loose on a counter for his 65-yard touchdown run. Gavin Williams kicked his first of four PATs and BHS led 7-6.

The BHS defense forced a three-and-out and then Cale Culicerto intercepted a Fenwick pass. The Indians capitalized on both with touchdown runs of 4 and 23 yards from Love.

The Patriots' offense bounced back before the end of the half. The Indians appeared on the verge of another defensive stand as Aidan Sparks brought down Fenwick for a 1-yard loss and then teamed with Beau Ford to sack the GW quarterback on the next snap to force a third-and-long with time winding down.

However, Fenwick hooked up with Sack for a second time, this time for 22 yards. Sack tacked on a two-point conversion pass to Bryan Sowards to pull the Patriots within seven at 21-14, which would hold up for the halftime score.

Rohrig found the end zone for the 21st time this year with a 46-yard touchdown run on the opening drive of the second half for BHS. He now has 2,610 rushing yards this season. The Kennedy Award candidate and Walker Award candidate also climbed further up the school's all-time rushing yardage list. He surpassed Dylan Tonkery (3,401) to move into third place on the modern era list with 3,459 yards.

That total is also now good for the No. 4 spot on the all-time list. The only players in school history with more rushing yards are Jake Bowen (4,406), Steve Stout (3,724) and Corey Wagner (3,583).

Love edged closer to joining Rohirg as a 1,000 yard rusher this year as he now has 939 to go along with 15 touchdowns.

Rohrig's TD gave the Indians a 28-14 lead but the Patriots weren't about to go away quietly.

Fenwick, who will play in college at William & Mary next year, had a stretch where he completed 17 straight passes.

Valentine's TD run came with 3:50 to go in the third quarter to make it a one-possession game at 28-21.

The Indians put together a time-consuming 13-play drive that moved the ball to the GW 10. But a fourth-and-1 run attempt from Rohrig was stopped for no gain.

Fenwick promptly led his team down the field and hooked up with Sack from 5 yards out for their third TD connection of the game, leading into Brown's blocked PAT.

Rohrig had one more huge play in the game with a little less than 2 minutes to go. With GW down one and trying to get the ball back, Rohrig had a clear path to the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown run but he alertly dived inside the five to give the team a first down but more importantly keep the possession and run out the clock.

This will be third-ever meeting between Bridgeport and Cabell Midland. Both previous games were in the playoffs, the first being a 41-8 victory for the Indians in 2011 and a 41-13 win for the Indians just last week in the opening round. Both of those games were played at Bridgeport.

"Last year was last year," Phares said. "Both teams have some of the same players but we're both completely different. Cabell Midland is a great football team. They are No. 1 for a reason and we are the ones that have to get on a bus and make the trip this time.

"We're excited to move on but we know we will have our work cut out for us next week."