After each having a week off, the May River Sharks and the Georgetown Bulldogs will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
While May River didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Brookland-Cayce with a sharp 35-13 victory two weeks ago. The Sharks 's win was nothing new given the team hasn't lost yet this season.
Andrew Johnson was his usual excellent self, rushing for 131 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. May River also got a significant boost from Gage Duncan, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 104 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: May River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 373 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 252 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Georgetown). They snuck past Carvers Bay with a 34-29 victory two weeks ago.
May River pushed their record up to 4-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Georgetown, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
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