By Justin Jarrett
LowcoSports.com
A few weeks ago, the Beaufort Academy football team was loaded for bear — err, Stallion — and eagerly looking forward to a showdown with defending SCISA 2A champion Williamsburg Academy at Merritt Field.
The Eagles were still geared up for the challenge Friday night, but with a critical piece missing on both sides of the ball, they’re still retooling to make a run at the champs in November.
Diminutive speedster Camden Moore rushed for 192 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries, and bruising senior Teague Ward added 40 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries, as the Stallions held off a second-half challenge from the Eagles by keeping the ball moving on the ground.
Williamsburg led 13-0 at halftime and neither team scored in the third quarter before Jaxen Porter powered into the end zone to cut the margin to six with 10:14 left.
But the Stallions couldn’t be stopped.
Moore got away for a touchdown run to make it a two-score game again, but BA answered once more with the aid of a highlight-reel catch from Devin Fripp, who hauled in a deep ball with a spectacular grab then snagged another pass from Dietrich Shuford and found his way into the end zone to again pull the Eagles within one score.
BA’s defense put the Stallions in a hole with a third-and-16, but Williamsburg converted, and Ward was back in the end zone a few plays later to seal the win.
BA (6-2, 1-1) travels to Thomas Heyward on Friday.
Justin Jarrett is the sports editor of The Island News and the founder of LowcoSports.com. He was the sports editor of the Island Packet and the Beaufort Gazette for 6½ years. He has a passion for sports and community journalism and a questionable sense of humor.
