Senior Jay Bramblett led Hillcrest's high-scoring offense en route to a 53-34 victory over Bessemer City in Class 6A, Region 4 play on Friday night.

Bramblett threw for 283 yards and five touchdowns, rushed for a touchdown and scored on a touchdown reception.

“It’s great to get a good region win. I know this was a game nobody expected us to win. We are building momentum,” said Bramblett, a Notre Dame punter commitment. “We have got a long season ahead of us and I think people are excited to see what we are going to do.”

Touchdowns were traded throughout the first half, but Hillcrest scored with 11 seconds before halftime to take a 34-20 lead. Kyah Moore flipped his handoff back to Christian Taylor who connected with Bramblett in the end zone from 6-yards out for the first touchdown reception of his career.

“It was awesome. It’s kind of weird because you are always the one throwing the ball, but it was a fun opportunity,” Bramblett said.

Bessemer City quarterback Rishard Densmore also produced big numbers, passing for 164 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for 253 yards and two touchdowns.

Hillcrest's Nassir Boyd rushed for 146 yards and Andre Siler finished with 133 yards receiving and two touchdowns.

“That was a wild game. Obviously we had a lot of production on offense. We got off to a fast start and that has been something we have kind of struggled with being inconsistent with throughout the year, but they were answering right back for a long time,” Hillcrest coach Sam Adams said. “We finally got a few stops in a row and were able to get out to a somewhat comfortable lead, but we were still having to play down to the very end.”

Hillcrest (3-4, 2-2) travels to unbeaten McAdory next week, while Bessemer City (4-2, 1-2) hosts Hueytown.

Reach Joey Chandler at joey.chandler@tuscaloosanews.com or at 205-722-0223.