Belle Vernon cruises past Shady Side to set up rematch with EF
BELLE VERNON – Chace Petrosky had three rushing touchdowns as No. 4 Belle Vernon cruised to a 35-8 win over No. 13 Shady Side Academy in the WPIAL Class 3A first round on Friday.
The Leopards (10-1) will get a rematch with No. 5 Elizabeth Forward next week in the quarterfinals. Belle Vernon beat Elizabeth Forward, 29-28, in comeback fashion for the Interstate Conference title in Week 10.
Petrosky scored on runs of 12, 8 and 26 yards and finished 89 yards rushing on 13 attempts.
The Bulldogs (5-6) struck first when Maddox Harvey scored on a 5-yard run and Javon Johnson hit B.J. Mallory on a two-point try to make it 8-0.
Belle Vernon proceeded to score 35 unanswered points.
Petrosky scored his first touchdown to cut the deficit to 8-7 and Jace Gedekoh gave the Bulldogs the lead for good by scoring on a 1-yard run.
David Bergstedt had a 2-yard touchdown run to close the scoring.