It was ugly — extremely ugly — but the 59ers escaped with the 2A title with a 7-0 advantage as the clock hit all zeros.

Seven points is the fewest for a 2A champion ever and is the fourth time a state champion has scored seven-or-less, most recently being accomplished by Warren Central in its 7-6 win over Carmel in the 2013 6A final. 

With such a low-scoring game, it is no surprised that both squads crawled out of the gates. 

For Brownstown Central, it was three punts and a missed field goal attempt as the Braves gained just an average of nine yards per drive in the first half. 

Things were a bit more sloppy for Andrean, though. The 59ers were moving the ball with ease, but continually gave it away, ending each of their first-half drives with a turnover and logging a missed field goal of their own. 

It was more of the same in the second half, with the 59ers turning it over on downs before the Braves responded with their best yardage drive of the game, which ended with yet another missed field goal. 

As the game matured into the fourth quarter, senior receiver Gavin Jones was able to get his Andrean squad inside the five-yard line as he added to his career-high 110-yard day. Yet, the 59ers would come up short once again, turning the ball over on downs at the one-yard line. 

With the Braves answering with another punt, Andrean marched back inside the 10-yard line, this time punching it in on third-and-goal with junior running back Brady Stovall. 

That would end up being the game-winner, as the Braves would stall out after a intentional grounding put them at a 4th-and-24, which they failed to convert with two minutes left to play.

Despite such a defensive struggle, Andrean was able to reach near its season average with 306 total yards of offense — headlined by 120 rushing yards from senior Brady Elish. 

Defensively, the 59ers held a Brave offense that had been averaging 55 points per outing to a goose egg on the scoreboard and 220 yards of offense. Sophomore linebacker Javier Mccoy and junior Evan Reyna each logged 10 tackles in the effort. 

Andrean returns a handful of talent on both sides of the ball, and could very well find themselves back in Lucas Oil this time next year.