What We Saw: Beaufort Tops Myrtle Beach On The Road
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Beaufort’s defense certainly flexed it’s muscles. The Eagles shut down Myrtle Beach unlike anyone has in some time, and it all started up front. Defensive linemen Eamon Smalls Eamon Smalls 6'3" | 300 lbs | DL Beaufort | 2023 TX…
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Continue ReadingBeaufort’s defense certainly flexed it’s muscles.
The Eagles shut down Myrtle Beach unlike anyone has in some time, and it all started up front.
Defensive linemen Eamon Smalls Eamon Smalls 6'3" | 300 lbs | DL Beaufort | 2023 TX and Alvin Wilson Alvin Wilson 6'3" | 240 lbs | DL Beaufort | 2022 State SC constantly pressured Myrtle Beach quarterback Ryan Burger Ryan Burger 6'3" | 175 lbs | QB Myrtle Beach | 2022 State SC throughout the night. And although his receivers didn’t do him any favors in dropping 13 passes in the game, it was evident how uncomfortable he was with all that pressure.
The Seahawks were held 160 yards below their season average, all thanks to that stout defensive effort from the other side of the line of scrimmage.
The pressure on Burger was huge. The secondary’s performance against the likes of Adam Randall Adam Randall 6'3" | 200 lbs | WR Myrtle Beach | 2022 State SC and Jake Doty and others was part of the complete package. Defensive back Jalin Porter picked Burger off (just Burger’s third interception out of more than 220 pass attempts this season) and Daryl DePass (pictured) was able to slow Adam Randall Adam Randall 6'3" | 200 lbs | WR Myrtle Beach | 2022 State SC ’s effectiveness in the receiving game.
Beaufort will move on to face West Florence in the Class 4A Lower State finals next week.
OTHER NOTABLES FROM FRIDAY’S GAME
Beaufort senior Hunter Rast is likely heading to the collegiate route for baseball, but he certainly looked like a football player here. Rast opened the scoring with a 65-yard first-quarter punt return for a touchdowns. Then, in the third quarter, he brought back another punt to the Myrtle Beach 13-yard line. Beaufort made it count two plays later with Amariee Morris’ 7-yard touchdown run.
Morris’ numbers won’t jump of the stat sheet necessarily. But buried within his 22 carries for 66 yards was something bigger. He didn’t turn the ball over and kept the clock ticking. Myrtle Beach was limited to six possessions in the second half.
Randall will play two more high-school affiliated all-star games – the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in December and then the Under Armour All-America Game in Florida in January – before enrolling at Clemson. His final game in a Seahawk jersey, though, wasn’t a complete loss individually. Randall ended the night with seven receptions for 83 yards and nine carries for 55 yards and two touchdowns on offense and an interception on defense. Randall’s 11-game senior season included 23 overall scores.