Bulldogs top Imani Christian in OT
Bailey Lincoski threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Drake Zellie in overtime to help lift Class 2-A Beth-Center over Class 1-A power Imani Christian, 26-20, in a non-conference football game on Saturday.
Israel Reed threw three long touchdown passes for the Saints (6-3), but the Bulldogs’ defense set up the game-winning drive by forcing the senior quarterback into four straight incompletions after Imani had the first possession of OT.
Dominic Fundy rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns to lead B-C (6-3, 4-2), which hosts Frazier (4-5, 3-3) in a crucial game this Friday. The winner will qualify for the WPIAL playoffs out of the Interstate Conference while the loser’s season will be over.
Lincoski gave Beth-Center a 6-0 lead with a six-yard touchdown run in the first quarter but failed to connect on his two-point conversion pass.
Imani Christian countered with Reed’s 50-yard touchdown pass to Dashaun Wright, with Reed also running in the two-pointer to put the hosts up 8-6 after the first quarter.
Fundy’s five-yard run in the second quarter put the Bulldogs back on top, 12-8.
The Saints retook the lead later in the quarter, 14-12, on Reed’s 50-yard TD strike to Rahmon Hart, although B-C stopped the two-point run.
Fundy scored on a three-yard run in the third quarter and also rushed for the two-point conversion to put the Bulldogs back in front, 20-14.
Reed found Wright again, this time for an 80-yard touchdown pass later in the third quarter, but again Beth-Center stuffed the two-point run to leave the game tied, 20-20, and it stayed that way through a scoreless fourth quarter.
B-C back-up quarterback Colby Kuhns added 103 rushing yards for the visitors.
Non-conference
Beth-Center 6-6-8-0-6 — 26
Imani Christian 8-6-6-0-0 — 20
First Quarter
BC: Bailey Lincoski 6 run (pass failed)
IC: Dashaun Wright 50 pass from Israel Reed (Israel Reed run)
Second Quarter
BC: Dominic Fundy 5 run (pass failed)
IC: Rahmon Hart 50 pass from Israel Reed (run failed)
Third Quarter
BC: Dominic Fundy 3 run (Dominic Fundy run)
IC: Dashaun Wright 80 pass from Israel Reed (run failed)
Overtime
BC: Drake Zellie 10 pass from Bailey Lincoski
Records: Beth-Center (6-3), Imani Christian (6-3)