Blackhawk and New Castle are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Blackhawk Cougars will venture away from home to take on the New Castle Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Blackhawk is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against West Allegheny on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Blackhawk took a blow against West Allegheny, falling 53-7. The loss continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Indians: they've now lost five in a row.
Meanwhile, New Castle was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 22-13 hit to the loss column at the hands of Ambridge. That makes it the first time this season the Hurricanes have let down their home crowd.
Blackhawk now has a losing record at 4-5. As for New Castle, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-4.
Blackhawk didn't have too much breathing room in their game against New Castle in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 20-14 victory. Will Blackhawk repeat their success, or does New Castle have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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