NEWPORT NEWS - The Apprentice School football team opened up the home slate Saturday afternoon with a 27-7 win over Brevard.

The Builder defense held Brevard to 229 yards of total offense, but more impressively 0-for-4 on fourth down conversions while also intercepting a pair of passes.

Apprentice got off to a quick start on the opening drive as Mason Tatum found Ricardo Corpus for a 30-yard touchdown pass, capping off an eight-play drive. Early in the second quarter, Tatum doubled the lead by calling his own number for a 1-yard touchdown run where he was untouched into the endzone off the read option.

The Tornados came out after the halftime break and put together a seven-play drive that ended with Eli Carr finding Jonathan Woods for a 23-yard touchdown, but the Builders answered right back with a 12-play drive that ate up nearly six minutes of time off the clock, finishing with a Jeremiah Morgan 34-yard field goal to stretch the Builder lead back to 17-7.

After another Morgan field goal six minutes later, Lawrence Reed put an exclamation point on the day with a 32-yard run where he spun off of a pair of defenders on his way into the endzone.

Tatum finished 21-for-36 through the air for 201 yards, spreading the ball around to 10 different receivers. Xavien Hunter and Jaivon Walker had the two interceptions for the Apprentice School defense.

The Builders have now won six straight games against Division III opponents, including back-to-back wins over Brevard.

Apprentice will travel up the road to Christopher Newport next Saturday for the first ever meeting between the two schools that sit just minutes away from one another. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.