By Justin Jarrett
LowcoSports.com
For a moment Friday night, Battery Creek had a chance to make things interesting, at least for a while longer. But the opportunity sailed right over the Dolphins’ heads.
Trailing 13-0 at Beaufort High, the winless Dolphins put together a sustained drive that reached the red zone before an errant snap over Damien Freeman’s head wound up in the Eagles’ arms. A couple plays later, Jadyn Andrews was in the end zone, and the rout was on, as Beaufort rolled to a 41-6 win to extend its winning streak against its crosstown rival to 15 games dating to 2003.
Andrews had a relatively light evening, rushing 11 times for 110 yards and three touchdowns to give him six straight games with at least 100 yards on the ground. Xavier Tobias added 40 yards and a touchdown on seven carries, and Samari Bonds was an efficient 5-for-11 for 142 yards with touchdown passes to Amare Patterson and Jaemin Odom in the first half.
It was 27-0 at halftime and 41-0 before Freeman hit Juju Gordon on a deep pass up the left sideline to get the Dolphins on the board late in the third quarter.
Beaufort (5-3, 1-1) has a week off before hosting North Charleston. The Dolphins (0-8, 0-2) need a home win over Hanahan on Friday or undefeated Philip Simmons next week to avoid a winless campaign.
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.
