Beatty, McKnight Lead Kennedy to Victory

Kelvin Beatty rushed for two scores and Rhema McKnight caught a long touchdown pass and scored on a punt return to help Kennedy beat Anaheim, 31-13, Thursday at Glover Stadium in a nonleague football game.

Beatty rushed for 128 yards in 20 carries, and capped Kennedy’s first possession with a one-yard touchdown run, culminating a 74-yard drive that featured runs by Beatty of 16, 10 and eight yards.

Anaheim (0-2), answered with a score at 1:25 of the first quarter when quarterback Ryan Paterson hit Jorge Munoz with a 56-yard pass.

On the following possession Kennedy (2-0), got another touchdown run from Beatty, this time from 13 yards out and the point after made the score 14-7.

The Fighting Irish later got a 29-yard field goal late in the first half to cap a 54-yard drive to make it 17-7 at halftime.

The third quarter belonged to McKnight, who returned a punt 39 yards for a touchdown and later scored on a 71-yard pass from quarterback Jeff Etherson to make the score 31-7. McKnight finished with eight catches for 158 yards. Etherson was 12 of 23 for 184 yards and one interception.

The Colonists got the only score of the fourth quarter when Paterson connected with William Safotu on a four-yard touchdown pass, the two-point conversion failing.

The game was then called with 2:15 left on the clock when Anaheim senior running back Eli Magana suffered a compound leg fracture on the two-point attempt. Magana remained on the ground near the end zone for about 10 minutes as he was attended to before the game was called.