BROWNSBURG — It was the type of game defensive linemen love. Which is probably why Mason Keifer was smiling and saying, “How did you like that?” when it was over.
Brownsburg liked it just fine. The 6A second-ranked Bulldogs knocked off No. 1 Westfield 17-13 on Saturday afternoon in a homecoming game pushed back 20 hours due to the remnants of Hurricane Helene descending on the state. The Brownsburg defense was more levee than hurricane, continuously holding Westfield to either field goal attempts or shutting them out entirely — even when put in disadvantageous positions.
“Whenever you get two fourth-down stops when there’s what, three minutes left man, it just feels amazing,” Keifer said. “One thing we felt coming in was, ‘We need to be more physical up front and more physical all around.’ We were more physical and came out with the ballgame.”
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