Jeannette took advantage of excellent field position the entire night and used its defense to compliment the offense in an impressive 57-28 victory over Beaver Friday night at Fox Chapel Senior High School. With the win Jeannette will face number 1 seed Beaver Falls in the WPIAL semifinals, November 14th at Pine-Richland, in a rematch of last year’s WPIAL Championship game. Jeannette defeated Beaver Falls 61-12 last year.
Beaver started the scoring on a 10 play 69 yard drive capped by Jake Nardone’s 3 yard run to lead 7-0. Jeannette came back scoring 4 unanswered touchdowns to grab a 28-7 lead late in the first half. Scores by Dane Vaughan on a 29 yard run, Cameron Baradziej on a 1 yard plunge, Jordan Hall on a 2 yard run and Moziah Harris on a 93 yard pass gave the Hawks the 3 touchdown lead. Thom Anzio of Beaver scored on a 6 yard pass to cut the Jeannette lead to 28-14 at the end of the first half.
Jeannette extended their lead to 43-14 in the 3rd quarter on a 2 yard run by Jordan Hall, and Moziah Harris’ 49 yard interception return for a touchdown, but Beaver would not go away quietly. The Bobcats scored 2 touchdowns within 10 seconds of each other early in the 4th quarter to cut the Jeannette lead to 43-28. Jeannette added 2 more scores late in the contest on a 29 yard pass from Baradziej to James Derry, and Jordan Hall’s third touchdown of the night, a 49 yard fumble return with just :54 seconds left to play. Hall literally stole the football from Beaver tailback Jake Nardone to cap the scoring. Final Jeannette 57, Beaver 28.
Hall rushed for 102 yards on 17 carries for Jeannette, and QB Baradziej completed 8 of 12 passes for 186 yards and 2 touchdowns. Beaver senior tailback Jake Nardone, the WPIAL’s leading rusher coming into the night finished with 31 carries for 156 yards.