It was a back and forth affair on the first real Fall night. New Brighton got the scoring started early with a 42 yard TD pass to Kei’ondre Abercrombie. Freedom was able to answer right back with a 9 yard TD run by Josh Pale, tying the score at 7. In the second quarter, Jake Francona caught a 5 yard TD pass for the Lions, making the score 14-7. Again, Freedom was able to answer, with a 24 yard run from Pale, tying the score at 14. In the third quarter, Jake Francona caught a second TD for 53 yards, giving the Lions the lead 21-14. For a third time, the Bulldogs answered back, this time with a 3 yard run from Brett Boyd, tying the score at 21. With roughly 4 minutes left, New Brighton kicker, Cam McCarthy, missed a 24 yard field goal. Freedom was able to put together one final drive and set up the game winning 24 yard field goal for Garret Paxton with no time on the clock. Freedom ended up winning with a final score of 24-21.

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