The year was 1988, and Aliquippa took their national rank of #5 into Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, putting it on the line against the Blackhawk Cougars in a rematch from earlier in the ’88 season. The winner would take home the Class AAA football crown and advance to the PIAA playoffs.

The year is 2020, and Beaver County Radio is presenting an encore broadcast of that match between the rivals from 1988 for another trip down the astroturfed memory lane.

Things get underway at 5:00 PM as Beaver County Radio sports director Bob Barrickman hosts a roundtable discussion about that long-ago November day with the two head coaches in that game: Aliquippa’s Don Yanessa and Blackhawk’s Joe Hamilton. The show will feature many other players and personnel calling in; including former WBVP play-by-play man Mark Razz, who called the game with Barrickman and Tom Rotundo back in 1988. The roundtable discussion will also be broadcast on Facebook Live.

Then at 6 PM, Beaver County Radio will present the rebroadcast of the 1988 WPIAL Class AAA Championship football match from Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh between Aliquippa and Blackhawk. You can hear the entire broadcast in its entirety on 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, 99.3 FM, beavercountyradio.com, and now with the Beaver County Radio Mobile App.