You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Bonny Eagle's strategy against Sanford on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Bonny Eagle Scots blew the Sanford Spartans out of the water with a 40-8 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Scots had established a 20 point advantage.
Leading Bonny Eagle to victory were Connor Johnson and Colin Moran. Johnson rushed for 163 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry, while Moran rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Johnson's longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Drew Gervais got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Bonny Eagle didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of CJ Cooper and Gervais. Cooper also set a new season high mark in receiving yards with 95.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bonny Eagle was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 304 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 304 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Bonny Eagle pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Sanford, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.
Bonny Eagle will head out on the road to take on Noble at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bonny Eagle is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.3 points per game this season. As for Sanford, they and Thornton Academy are set to duel on Thursday. Thornton Academy will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Sanford surely won't give up without a fight.
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