Middletown surprises Fort Bragg in NCS football playoffs

Middletown’s Drake Harbison scored all four touchdowns for his No. 5. Mustangs in a 29-22 win over No. 4 Fort Bragg on Monday night in a North Coast Section Division 5 high school football quarterfinal game.

Harbison, a senior running back, opened the scoring with a 23-yard touchdown on the Mustangs’ first drive. He doubled the lead on the first play from scrimmage in the third quarter, running 63 yards.

He added two more in the fourth quarter, of 46 and 61 yards, to put the game out of reach.

William Robertson scored on an 8-yard run and Jullian Clavelle hit Justin Mertle on a 34-yard scoring pass for Fort Bragg.

Until late in the game, the Timberwolves couldn’t break through, punting four times and turning it over on downs three more possessions.

Robertson got the Timberwolves close with a 5-yard touchdown and 2-point conversion with three minutes left, but Middletown ran out the clock.

Middletown will face Cloverdale or Kelseyville in the semifinals.