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Beaufort High’s soccer teams closed out the regular-season on hot streaks to earn first-round home games in the Class 3A playoffs, and the Eagles took advantage of the friendly confines.
Beaufort’s boys ran their winning streak to 10 games with a 3-1 win over visiting Swansea on Monday, and the girls beat Brookland-Cayce by the same score Tuesday.
Swansea struck first in the boys game, as Juel Rivers slipped free to open the scoring, but the
Eagles maintained their composure and found the equalizer before halftime to go to the break level at 1.
Beaufort continued to control possession in the second half and connected on a pair of headers — the second on a corner kick — to seal the boys program’s first playoff win since 2017. The Eagles (12-2) were set to host Georgetown in a second-round game Wednesday.
Beaufort’s girls posted clean sheets in their final three regular-season games, and they kept Brookland-Cayce off the board for most of the night Tuesday. The Eagles continued their stingy play on defense and took advantage of early scoring opportunities to build a 3-0 halftime lead before allowing the Bearcats to pull one back in the second half. Beaufort (7-6) will travel to Camden on Thursday.
Battery Creek’s teams bowed out with first-round losses to Dreher, with the boys losing 6-0 and the girls falling 5-2, and Bridges Prep’s girls fell 8-0 to Academic Magnet.
