After flying high against Beaver Falls last Friday, Blackhawk came back down to earth. The Blackhawk Cougars were dealt a 56-28 defeat at the hands of the Beaver Bobcats on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 255th, while the Bobcats are ranked 78th).
Blackhawk wouldn't let Beaver keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Blackhawk can thank Brayden Mccarthy and Nate Reed for forcing all of them. Mccarthy also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing two fumbles and making three total tackles.
Qualan Cain had a dynamite game for Beaver, rushing for 268 yards and five touchdowns on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave Cain a new career-high in rushing yards. Travis Clear was another key player, rushing for 43 yards and a touchdown.
Blackhawk's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Beaver, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Blackhawk will challenge North Catholic at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Beaver, they will square off against Imani Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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