High School Boys Basketball – Friday January 6, 2017
Quaker Valley – 78
Beaver Falls – 58
5A
West Allegheny 24, North Hills 16
Upper St. Clair 35, Moon 3
4A
Mars 24, Blackhawk 21
South Fayette 38, Ambridge 0
3A
Beaver 28. Aliquippa 14
Hopewell 15, Ellwood City 13
New Castle 29, Highlands 26
2A
Freedom 24, New Brighton 21
Riverside 24, Laurel 7
Non-Conference
Beaver Falls 40, Apollo-Ridge 14
Quaker Valley 25, Neshannock 20
Central Valley 56, Elizabeth Forward 13
Serra Catholic 25, South Side Beaver 20
OLSH 45, Carmichaels 28
MLB
Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 3
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.
5A
West Allegheny 23, Fox Chapel 0
4A
Blackhawk 28, Knoch 27 (OT)
Highlands 56, Ambridge 6
New Castle 26, Montour 13
3A
Aliquippa 44, Beaver Falls 13
Central Valley 34, Ellwood City 6
2A
South Side 23, New Brighton 13
1A
Rochester 35, Shenango 21
Northgate 40, OLSH 6
Non-Conference
Beaver 48, Freedom 13
Steel Valley 41, Riverside 7
Hopewell 27, Burrell 26
Armstrong 35, Moon 0
Quaker Valley 19, McGuffey 0
Mapletown 18, Cornell 0
MLB
Milwaukee 1, Pittsburgh 0
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.