It’s just his third season with the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol, but Shane Stauffer already feels like one of the leaders.

“Randy (Townsend) talked to Russ Hill and me at the beginning of the season and told us, ‘We’re going to show you what you’re going to be,’ and he was referring to us becoming leaders,” said Stauffer, one of the guards who helped the HCBP competition squad score 36 points to give the Vikings a fourth consecutive Surf City Beach Patrol Epic Tournament title on July 8.