Beth-Center’s ground game tramples Burgettstown
Four different Beth-Center players ran for touchdowns and eighth-seeded Beth-Center used an unstoppable ground game to beat ninth-seeded Burgettstown 34-8 in a Class A first-round game Friday night.
Beth-Center (10-1) rushed for more than 300 yards in the first three quarters.
The Bulldogs will play top-seeded Washington the quarterfinals.
After forcing a Burgettstown punt on the opening possession of the game, Beth-Center drove 40 yards in eight plays for the first score. Cyler Myers went five yards up the middle into the end zone to make it 7-0.
The Bulldogs’ offense didn’t slow down for the remainder of the first half. After B-C forced a three-and-out, DeSean Whipkey scored on a 54-yard jaunt that made it 14-0 in the first quarter.
Homer Headlee bolted 21 yards to give Beth-Center a 21-0 lead in the second quarter, and quarterback Chase Bebout tossed a 25-yard scoring pass to Dan Duncan that gave the Bulldogs a 28-point lead heading into halftime.
The Bulldogs outgained Burgettstown 282-15 in the opening half.
The only scoring in the third quarter was a one-yard run around end by Enzo Brown with six seconds left in the period. It capped a six-minute, 10-play drive. A missed extra point left the score at 34-0.
Burgettstown avoided the shutout when quarterback Blake Neal threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Bryce Speer in the fourth quarter and a two-point conversion to Caleb Matalik.