The Billingsley Bears defeated county foe Verbena, 50–18, in the last game of the regular season Friday.

Thomas Nichols scored the Bears’ first touchdown of the night on a 1-yard run and then passed to Rashaud Caver for a two-point conversion, giving Billingsley an 8–0 lead with about 3:51 left in the first quarter.

The Bears struck again with a 30-yard pass from Nichols to Caver for a touchdown with 3:28 left.

Nichols’ pass to Jaytarius Steele added two more points, making the score 16–0.

Verbena scored a touchdown in the beginning of the second quarter on a 17-yard pass from Jared Mims to Juwan Tyus.

Billingsley responded with two more touchdowns—Nichols on an 8-yard run and then a pass from Nichols to Caver for 32 yards—to give the Bears a 28–6 lead at halftime.

In the third quarter, Steele scored a touchdown on a 62-yard punt return with 10:14 on the clock.

Verbena followed suit with a touchdown by Tyus on a 23-yard run with 7:20 left.

Billingsley’s Abram Dudley took his turn with a 1-yard run into the endzone.

A pass from Nichols to Hunter Neeley gave the Bears two more and a 40-point lead over the Red Devils.

Nichols completed an 18-yard pass to Keyjuan Goodson for another touchdown with 2:33 left in the third quarter, and Caver added another two points.

Mims slipped in the last touchdown of the game for the Red Devils with 11:30 left to play in the fourth quarter.

“Everybody got to play, so that’s a good thing,” Billingsley head coach Tyson McLean said afterward. “Maybe we’re building some momentum for the playoffs. Any win is a good win.”

Billingsley finished the season with an 8–2 record. Verbena was 1–9.