A wild showdown between Midwestern Athletic Conference teams ended in Freedom’s favor, as the Bulldogs get their first win in over a year, defeating the New Brighton Lions 24-21 at Bulldog Stadium on 1460 WMBA.

New Brighton was leading 21-7 in the 4th quarter, but Freedom scored 17 unanswered to take the 24-21 lead. The Lions had the chance to send it into overtime, but missed on a 42-yard field goal with 11 seconds to go.

New Brighton drops to 0-2 in the MAC and overall; Freedom improves to 1-0 in the MAC, 1-2 overall.

Freedom’s Zach Rosa and New Brighton’s Tylar Williams were tonight’s CCBC Players of The Game.

Tom Hays has the game recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Lions’ Missed Field Goal

It seemed like Blackhawk would pull off a second consecutive win to start the 2016 season after they took a 21-7 lead into the halftime break.

As it turns out, the Planets did not align in favor of the Cougars.

Caleb Brake capped off a monumental comeback with a 39-yard field goal as time expired, as Mars scores 24 unanswered points to defeat Blackhawk 24-21 at Northwestern Stadium, as heard on 1230 WBVP. Both Mars and Blackhawk are now 1-1 in the Northern Nine Conference (4A) and overall.

Carl Jaszcar of Blackhawk and Garrett Reinke of Mars were tonight’s CCBC Players of the Game.

Bob Barrickman has the game recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Caleb Brake GW Field Goal

The Quips continued their dominance over Beaver Falls Friday, winning their 7th straight regular season victory against the Tigers 44-13. The Tigers jumped to an early 7-0 lead, before the Quips scored 44 unanswered points to seal a 1-0 conference record (2-0 overall). The Tigers dropped to 0-1 overall and in the Beaver Valley Conference.

Nashaud Akins of Beaver Falls and Antwan Brooks of Aliquippa were selected as tonight’s CCBC Players of The Game.

Bob Barrickman has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.

The Central Valley Warriors scored 24 unanswered from the gun, and eased to a 34-6 victory over the Ellwood City Wolverines in the season opener. The Warriors improve to 1-0 in the Beaver Valley Conference (and overall), while the Wolverines drop to 0-1.

Danny Santia was the CCBC Player of The Game for Central Valley; Richard Pitrell earns the honor for Ellwood City.

Tom Hays has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Girls’ Classic: Home 80, Away 72

The Girls Game in the 2016 Quigley Classic went to the Home All-Stars by a score of 80-72. The CCBC Players of the Game were Courtney Alexander of OLSH, who led all scorers by scoring 26 for the Away All-Stars, and Beaver’s Logan Vuchinich, who netted 16 for the victorious Home squad. Tom Hays has the full scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Boys’ Classic: Away 109, Home 103

The Boys Game in the 49th Quigley Classic went to the Away All-Stars by a score of 109-103. The CCBC Players of the Game were Tomas Johnson of Beaver Falls, who led the losing Home All-Stars (and all scorers) with 39 points (including seven three-pointers), and Cornell’s Blake Lipke, who led the winning Away squad with 30 points. Bob Barrickman has this full recap for beavercountyradio.com.

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

When an individual player fouls out, you lose a piece of the team.
When multiple players foul out, you lose a chunk of the team.
But the one thing you do not lose is the team itself.

With three players fouled out in crunch time, the Aliquippa Quips held on to beat the Lincoln Park Leopards 55-52 in the PIAA AA West Final. The game, played in front of 2,623 at the Metheny Fieldhouse at Geneva College, saw the Quips survive the final minutes without Jassir Jordan, Robert Crute, and Chucky Humphries–all three fouling out in the final quarter.

Kaezon Pugh led the Quips with 16 points, including being 8-9 from the charity stripe. He was named the CCBC Player of the Game for Alquippa. The Player of The Game for Lincoln Park, who scored 20 to lead all scorers.

Lincoln Park finishes its season at 25-5. Aliquippa (29-0) plays Mastery Charter North in the PIAA Championship at 2 PM in Hershey on Saturday afternoon.

Bob Barrickman and Tom Hays had the call tonight. They now present beavercountyradio.com with tonight’s recap, final call, and an interview with winning coach Nick Lackovich.

Final Call

Nick Lackovich Interview

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Sometimes a basketball game is won when the scoring pace rather resembles football.

It was 2-0 Aliquippa at the media timeout.
It was 8-0 Aliquippa at the end of one quarter.
It was 16-9 Aliquippa at the half.

Luckily for the Quips, many of their star players also played football, and they knew how to win there too.

Despite early foul trouble, the Quips coasted to a 50-20 win over the West Middlesex Big Red in the PIAA Boys’ AA Quarterfinals on Saturday.

Chuckie Humphries and Jassir Jordan led the Quips in scoring with 14 a piece, while Josh Porterfield led the Big Red with 8. Porterfield earned CCBC Player of the Game honors along with Humphries.

West Middlesex ends their season at 20-9. Aliquippa is now 28-0 and will face Lincoln Park once again, this time for a chance to play in the PIAA Championship in Hershey.

Tom Hays has this recap for beavercountyradio.com.