Ludlow 54 Bishop Brossart 33

No shortage of offense in the River City in this one.  Ludlow scored two quick touchdowns early on, on a  55 yard pass play from Austin Daniels to Noah Hoffmeister and a 3 yard run by Braxton Newborn, his first of six touchdowns on the night,  to take the 14-0 lead.  Brossart cut into that margin on a touchdown pass  from Jacob Leicht to Mason Meyer, and the Panthers led 14-6 after one quarter.

Brossart knotted  the score at 14s when Trevor Schadler capped off a 39 yard drive with a 5 yard scamper, followed by a Jacob Leicht keeper for the two-point conversion.  Newborn scored his second touchdown of the night, a 2 yard run with 1:25 remaining in the half, but not to be outdone, Brossart answered with 15.3 ticks remaining when Jacob Leicht found David Govan on a 19 yard touchdown pass, and the Mustangs trailed 22-20  in what was thought was going to be the halftime score.  That thought would prove to be inaccurate as a 56 yard Newborn run with time expiring gave the Panthers a 29-20 advantage and momentum, when the PAT was good, at intermission.

It would be Brossart who gained the momentum to start the second half.  Trevor Schadler capped off a 45 yard drive with a 16 yard touchdown run, narrowing the Ludlow advantage to 29-27,  and when Mason Meyer picked off a Austin Daniels aerial and returned it for a Pick Six, the Mustangs had taken the lead for the first time in the ballgame, 33-29.

Unfortunately for the visitors, their scoring would be over for the night, and they would witness Ludlow putting up 25 unanswered points to finish out the contest.  Those were the result of a 22 yard touchdown by Braxton Newborn with 6:18 remaining in the third quarter that would end with the Panthers on top 36-33 and would be followed up by a touchdown on a Daniels pass to Noah Hoffmeister, his second touchdown of the night,  and two more from Newborn within 26 seconds of each other to put the icing on the cake for the Panthers, who even their season record at 1-1, while the Mustangs fall to 0-2.

Ludlow will travel to Carlisle to take on Brossart's district opponent, Nicholas County next Friday night while Brossart will invade Thomas More University for a date with the Holy Cross Indians.