Beth-Center’s ground game tramples Burgettstown
High school football
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 347 yards in the first three quarters.
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.
South Fayette 42
Kiski 7
The postseason looked a lot like the regular season for South Fayette, the top seed in Class 4A.
South Fayette scored touchdowns on each of its first four possessions and the Lions cruised to a 42-7 victory over visiting Kiski in a first-round Class 4A game.
The Lions (10-1) led 21-0 after one quarter and 35-0 at halftime.
South Fayette will play New Castle or Chartiers Valley next weekend in the semifinals.
Quarterback Braeden Plasko and running back Aayden Wright both ran for a pair of touchdowns in the first half. Plasko opened the scoring with a 28-yard scamper and added a 21-yard run on the first play of the second quarter that made it 28-0.
Wright had a 49-yard TD scamper in the first quarter and a 12-yard jaunt around left end in the second quarter.
Jackson Stilley scored on a three-yard plunge that made it 14-0 in the opening quarter.
After Kiski (3-8) scored in the third quarter, Wright added his third touchdown when he returned the ensuing kickoff 82 yards to the end zone to make it 42-7.
Burgettstown’s Blake Neal threw a touchdown pass and a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter.
In other games
California rallied from a second-half deficit with two touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions to beat Northgate 16-7 in a Class A first-round game. Also in Class A, Monessen went on the road and won at Jeannette, 6-0. No game details were available at press time.