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The haymakers flew both ways early on, but the May River Sharks kept swinging big all night Friday in The Tank, and a battered Beaufort High team could do nothing to defend itself.
Gage Duncan led a trio of triple-digit rushers with 173 yards and two TDs as the Sharks rolled up 469 rushing yards and averaged 12 yards a carry to steamroll the struggling Eagles 56-14 and keep pace atop the crowded Region 6-4A standings.
The teams traded early touchdowns before May River got the ground game rolling and the defense locked in and forced three turnovers. Andrew Johnson rushed for 128 yards and two TDs and caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Tanner Macy, while Macy and Asa Haskins added rushing scores and Duncan and Ethan Sprinkle picked off passes.
Beaufort was hurt by a number of dropped passes in the first half, as Samari Bonds delivered a pair of throws that seemed destined to end in touchdowns only to fall to the turf, and every time the Eagles slipped up, the Sharks made them pay.
After pulling ahead 14-7 late in the first quarter, May River put up 28 points in the second quarter to put it away, sending the Eagles to their seventh loss — their highest loss total since finishing 4-7 in 2012.
