CARY - A week ago, featured running backs Deandre Henry and Rashad Hedgepeth carried their respective teams to season-opening victories, but only Henry could break free the second week.

Henry, Cary’s 5-foot-9, 160-pound junior, broke off touchdown runs of 25 and 31 yards to lead the Imps to a 34-6 win over Northern Nash on Friday night at Cooper Field.

Henry finished with 17 carries for 106 yards and two touchdowns before taking a seat in the fourth quarter as Cary head coach Ben Kolstad substituted liberally in the fourth quarter. Henry’s performance followed up last week’s 175 yards and two touchdowns in a 53-26 win over Broughton.

Meanwhile, Cary’s defense, led by senior safety Donte Johnson, limited Nash’s Rashad Hedgepeth to 13 carries for 21 yards until he broke off runs of 48 and 8 yards in the fourth quarter long after after the game was decided. His final total was 16 carries for 78 yards.

“Our running game was a little slow in the beginning,” Henry said of a scoreless first quarter. “But our O-line got a feel for the game, and we made a substitution [with senior Sedrick Bailey]. Our running game took off from there.”

Cary scored 20 unanswered points in the second quarter for a 20-0 halftime lead.

Henry had only threee yards on eight carries midway through the second quarter before he burst through a hole over right tackle for a 25-yard touchdown run. The first score of the half with 7:34 remaining was set up by the first of two fumble recoveries by Johnson, who also finished with six tackles and a sack.

Cary took a lead 13-0 on its next possession when Darrell Hamilton caught a swing pass from junior quarterback Connor Chase. The pass led Hamilton a little, but he made a one-handed grab and turned the corner for a 42-yard score.

Cary’s third touchdown was also set up by another Johnson fumble recovery, this time at Northern Nash’s 11-yard line. Two plays later, junior Chuboy Umeadi went high in the right front corner of the end zone over the defender for an 8-yard touchdown catch.

Cary’s two second-half touchdowns came on Henry’s 31-yard score with 11:02 left in the third quarter and Nate Hollis’ 22-yard run with 8:10 left in the fourth quarter.

Nash’s only touchdown was a 75-yard run by quarterback Tevin Hamilton with 7:52 left in the game with Cary already leading 34-0.