Beaver Falls Rushes Past Riverside 20-7 In Rainy Section Battle

Beaver Falls knocked off Riverside 20-7 Friday evening in a rainy section battle at Riverside Memorial Stadium as part of Riverside senior night.

Aiden Gaydosz accounted for 220 total yards for Riverside and the Panthers lone touchdown in defeat.

The visiting Tigers collected two first quarter rushing touchdowns as quarterback Rodney Slappy plunged in from 2-yards and Isaiah Sellers scored from 10 yards out.

Beaver Falls held a 14-0 halftime advantage.

Junior running back Xavier Clark found the endzone on a 6-yard run in the third quarter to push the Tigers advantage to 20-0. Clark finished with 214 yards rushing on 31 carriers for Beaver Falls (5-2 Overall, 3-1 MAC Conference).

Gaydosz scored on a 4-yard rush late in the fourth quarter to round out the scoring.

Gaydosz finished 3-9 passing for 92 yards and rushed 19 times for 128 yards. Backer Alex Sprankle supplemented the rush attack with 26 yards for the Panthers.

Riverside (5-2 Overall, 2-2 Section) will next travel to Neshannock on Friday to continue its playoff push.