VIDALIA, La. &045; Vidalia’s Jordan Brewer passed his first test as a quarterback.

Brewer threw a touchdown on his first varsity pass Friday night, and he led two fourth-quarter scoring drives as the Vikings earned a 36-22 victory over Block.

Brewer also caught two touchdowns from starting quarterback Brandon Hawkins in the first half, and he added a 6-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.

&uot;It’s a different position for me,&uot; said Brewer, who replaced Hawkins for the final play of the first half and then took over midway through the third quarter when Hawkins suffered a bruised hip. &uot;I was just excited to get in there and show what I can do.&uot;

Brewer didn’t waste any time.

With just 3.3 seconds to go in the first half, Brewer trotted took his first snap when Hawkins left the game with leg cramps.

Brewer rolled right and lofted a perfect spiral into the waiting arms of Trey Keith for a 33-yard touchdown.

&uot;After I threw it, I got hit and couldn’t see a thing,&uot; Brewer said.. &uot;I heard everybody cheering and knew had done something right.&uot;

The touchdown pass staked the Vikings (1-0) to a 22-8 halftime lead, but Block responded with two methodical touchdown drives to tie the game at 22 with 8.5 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

Hawkins left the game midway through the third quarter, and Brewer took over at quarterback.

Brewer then led two scoring drives &045; a 7-play, 79-yard drive that ended on Demack Bates’ 3-yard run and a a 10-play, 53-yard drive that ended with Brewer’s 6-yard run with 1:24 to play. Brewer kept the final scoring drive alive with a hard count to draw Block offsides on the final drive.

&uot;He hasn’t even played quarterback until this year,&uot; Vidalia veteran coach Dee Faircloth said. &uot;He said, ‘Coach, I think I can play quarterback.’ Sure enough, he’s going pretty good.

&uot;He kept his cool and did what we asked him. He’s a real good athlete, and he really picked us up tonight.&uot;

For Block coach Scott Green, the night was full of frustration.

The Bears (0-1) fumbled the ball on five of their first six plays, and they lost four of their seven fumbles in the first half.

&uot;We can’t even snap the ball to ourselves,&uot; said Green, who made his Block debut. &uot;Those seven fumbles, that’s seven wasted plays out of about 50. You just can’t do that.&uot;

Despite 10 fumbles, the Bears rolled up 265 yards rushing on 45 carries. Bryan Collins rushed for a 115 yards on 11 carries, and Jarae Collins added 107 yards on 15 carries.

Penalties were also costly, as the Bears were flagged seven times for 70 yards in the fourth quarter. Two were especially costly &045; a late hit when the defense had Vidalia stopped and the offsides penalty a few plays later when Brewer used a hard count.

&uot;It was disgusting. It was horrible,&uot; Green said.

Block running back Johnny Lee, who rushed for more than 1,000 yards last season, missed the game for an undisclosed violation of team rules. He was on the sideline, wearing his No. 8 jersey without pads.

Vidalia jumped out to a 16-0 lead when Hawkins threw an 11-yard touchdown to Brewer and a 13-yard touchdown to Brewer in the game’s first 20 minutes.

Block got on the scoreboard with 54.5 seconds to go in the first half when Bryan Collins

scored on a 3-yard run, capping an 11-play, 81-yard drive.

Neither team attempted and extra point, opting instead to go for the two-point conversion every time.