BETHEL PARK — Seneca Valley found the first 18 minutes of its game at Bethel Park to be very frustrating.

The Raiders' big-play offense sputtered and its defense was being gashed for big gains.

Then the tables were turned on the host Black Hawks.

Trailing 21-3, SV scored the game's final 22 points to pull off a dramatic 25-21 comeback victory Friday night.

“Our kids showed great resolve,” said Raider coach Dave Vestal. “We had great execution there at the end and showed our will to win.”

On the short end of a 21-18 score, SV (4-2) took over at its own 13-yard line with 3:24 left in the game.

The Raiders converted on a 4th-and-15 from their own 18 when Jack Cook connected with Payton Skalos for 18 yards.

Skalos and Jake Bunofsky both came up with other receptions that helped move the ball to the Bethel Park 27 with under a minute to play.

On 3rd-and-4, Cook hit halfback Hank Royal with a short pass, but the senior received key blocks on his way to a 27-yard touchdown with just 18 seconds left on the clock.

“As soon as I turned around and saw my blocks setting up, I knew I wasn't going to be stopped,” said Royal, who tallied 204 yards from scrimmage (117 rushing, 87 receiving) while scoring all three of SV's touchdowns.

Two personal foul penalties against the Raiders gave Bethel Park the ball at SV's 44 yard line in the final seconds, but quarterback Cole Rogers threw two incomplete passes and time expired.

The Black Hawks turned the ball over twice in the second half and the second instance proved costly.

Moments after Bethel Park blocked a field goal attempt by the Raiders, the Black Hawks handed new life to SV when Evan Schillero recovered a John Doleno fumble at the Hawks' 42 with 7:33 left in the game. At the time, SV trailed 21-10.

Four plays later, Royal scored from three yards out, followed by Cook's two-point conversion pass to Jake Holl to make it a 3-point game.

“Turnovers did us in tonight,” said Bethel Park coach Jeff Metheny. “We did not possess the ball in the second half the way we did in the first half.”

The Black Hawks (3-3) opened the game in style. After Dylan Good gave the Raiders a 3-0 lead early in the first quarter, Bethel Park scored three straight touchdowns on the ground. A 7-yard scoring run by Jeremy Lazzari was followed by Rogers' touchdowns from 12 and 1 yards out.

“We had some big splash plays and our kids played with a lot of emotion early on,” said Metheny.

SV regained important momentum with Royal's first score of the night, a 2-yard plunge with 3:39 left in the first half, making the score 21-10.

But it was what was said at intermission that sparked the Raiders' second-half surge.

“We challenged the kids at halftime,” said Vestal. “We weren't real disciplined in the first half, over-pursuing on a lot of plays. We came out and played great defense in the second half.”

The Black Hawks were held to 80 yards of offense in the second half after piling up 248 in the first two quarters.

Cook ended the game completing 12-of-25 passes for 196 yards, the one touchdown and one interception.

Skalos had five receptions for 60 yards.

Lazzari was injured while playing defense in the fourth quarter. His head and neck were stabilized and he was taken off the field on a stretcher, moves Metheny referred to as “just precautionary.”

Seneca Valley returns to Northern Seven Conference play next Friday when it travels to North Allegheny.