Avella rushes to win over Beth-Center
AVELLA – Chas Rush had 274 yards on 19 carries and scored two touchdowns, including the game-winner of 38 yards with 10:44 remaining, as Avella defeated Beth-Center 22-16 Friday night in the Class A Tri-County South Conference.
Rush also had a 67-yard TD run that opened the scoring and he threw a nine-yard scoring pass to Nate Rankin as Avella improved to 1-2 in the conference and 2-4 overall.
Beth-Center (0-3, 0-5) rallied from a 16-0 deficit to tie the score on a Jonah Sussan five-yard TD run and scoring pass of seven yards to Luke Amon. Sussan completed 10 of 16 passes for 122 yards. Teagan Veatch rushed for 80 yards on only four carries.