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.