Berwick turns win over to Dallas

Jason Esteves passed up his youth football game with the Pax River Raiders in Maryland and traveled all the way to Berwick with his family to watch his grandfather be honored as a member of the 1960 Bulldog team that won the schools first ever Eastern Conference championship. The magic only lasted one drive. Berwick turned the ball over 4 times on the night in a 22-12 loss.
The Bulldogs took the opening kickoff and drove straight down the field, capping the drive with a one yard plunge from qb Jared Pierce. The point after failed and Berwick held a 6-0 lead. After failing to convert twice inside the berwick 30 Dallas finally got their chance. Following a fumble recovery at the Dawg 46, the Mountaineers drove to the 19. On 3r and 6 Adam Goeringer found a wide open Paul Brace in the endzone. The kick after made it 7-6 with 22 seconds left in the half.
“we have to be more physical and quit making mistakes” was all coach Gary Campbell had to say about his Dawgs first half performance.
Taking the second half kickoff Berwick appeared to stop Dallas but during a punt the ball took a strange hop and hit Berwicks Sean Ridall in the leg. Dallas Brett Wanek fell on the ball giving his team possession deep in Berwick territory at the 14. Goeringer again found Brace, this time a wonderful leaping grab over coverage in the corner of then endzone. The Mounts converted the 2 point play and had a 15-6 lead. Berwick answered right back with a nice drve, capped by a 5 yard run from Jeremy Freeman. The 2 pt play failed and Dallas held on to a 15-12 lead. Goeringer and Brace connected again from 14 yards out following another Berwick turnover, this time an interception by Goeringer at the Berwick 30 which he returned to the 14. That was the final score of the game as Dallas avenged a heartbreaking 14-13 loss to Berwick last year.