After going undefeated in region play last year on their way to the state championship, the Chesnee volleyball team started their 2021 region play with an impressive 3-0 over Blacksburg in front of the Eagles home crowd. The victory marks the third straight victory for the Eagles volleyball team and second victory in two days as they also defeated Broome and Woodruff over the last week which has now evened up their overall season record at 4-4. Chesnee didn't leave much doubt in their set victories on Thursday night as the closest margin of victory was nine points in the final set as the Eagles won the first set 25-12, the second set 25-14, and the third set 25-16. Kaitlyn Barrett backed up a strong performance against Woodruff with another strong performance against Blacksburg finishing the match with sixteen kills and thirteen digs. Pearl Hollway led the Eagles in assists for the second straight night as she picked up twenty-nine assists against Blacksburg while also adding four ace serves. Brie Smith also had a good night registering twelve kills and six digs while Kyleigh Thompson added fourteen digs and two ace serves. Maggie Blanton also added two blocks for the Eagles as they continued to get strong play from their frontline players. Chesnee will be on the road all next week in region play as they travel to Brashier Middle College on Tuesday before heading to Greer Middle College for another region matchup on Thursday. Chesnee Girls Golf VictoriousChesnee volleyball wasn't the only team victorious on Thursday as the Chesnee girls golf team also came away with a victories over St. Joseph's and Christ Church at the Preserve at Verdae.
The Eagles came away with the victory behind a strong performance from senior Sydney Roberts who won the medalist honors with a score of 36 on Thursday. She finished just ahead fellow Eagles golfer Olivia Roberts who also had a strong outing finishing one shot back of the medalist position with a score of 37. Chesnee golf will return to the course when they travel to Pendleton to compete in a tournament at the Cross Creek golf course on Monday before traveling to compete in the Greenwood Invitational at Stoney Point Golf Course on Tuesday. After returning to their winning ways last week against Broome, the Chesnee volleyball team made it two wins in a row when they defeated Woodruff 3-0 in an impressive road victory against a 3A opponent on Wednesday night.
"We served better than we have in our other matches with eleven aces tonight," said Chesnee head coach Katie Jolley. "We also played well at the net with four blocks and we're getting in more of a rhythm with every set." The first two sets were very competitive sets as Chesnee came away with a 25-21 victory in the first set and a 25-22 victory in the second set. In the third set the Eagles saw the match victory in their sights and delivered, behind a strong performance from their All-State player Kaitlyn Barrett, coming away with a 25-17 victory over the Wolverines. Barrett finished the night for the Eagles with twenty kills, fifteen digs, and three ace serves in another strong performance for the senior. "Kaitlyn dominated the third set and mixed up her shots well tonight," said Jolley. The Eagles also got good nights from Brie Smith who recorded six kills, ten digs, and two ace serves while Haley Edmonds led the team with seventeen digs and Kyleigh Thompson added eleven digs of her own. Pearl Holloway led the Eagles in assists with twenty-nine while also leading the team in ace serves with four on Wednesday night. Chesnee will return to action on Thursday night when they host Blacksburg to kick off their region season. On Tuesday afternoon both Boiling Springs and Chesnee competed in the Palmetto Preview at the Mid-Carolina golf course where both teams saw a player finish in the top ten of the individual standings.
Chesnee's Sydney Roberts led all local players finishing second in the tournament with a score of 69, four shots under par, and just one shot behind the first place finisher. Boiling Springs' Madison Dixon finished the tournament tied for tenth place with a score of 76, which was just three shots over par. Both golfers finished Adrian Anderson from St James High School, who shot a tournament low score of 68 to win the medalist honors on Tuesday. Blythewood won the tournament with a team low score of 298, which was twenty-four shots ahead of second place Gilbert. Chesnee finished the tournament with a fourth place finish as Boiling Springs finished the tournament just outside the top ten with an eleventh place finish, only twelve shots behind the tenth place team Lexington. Chesnee will return to the course on Wednesday when they travel to the Preserve at Verdae where they will compete against St. Joseph's and Christ Church. Boiling Springs will also return to the course on Wednesday afternoon when they travel to Cherokee National in a region match against Gaffney. Chesnee fell to Fairfield Central in their 2021 home opener on Friday night as the Griffins were able to capture a 32-16 victory on the same night the Eagles introduced fans to their newly renovated field.
The Eagles had a promising opening drive but a pair of miscues set the Griffins up in excellent field position and the Griffins punched it on the legs of Semaj Young as he took his third carry of the drive nineteen yards for the score to put them up 6-0 as the Eagles were able to block the extra point. Chesnee responded by going on a thirteen play drive that chewed up more than six minutes off the clock as the drive ended when Ezequiel Lazarin nailed his first career field goal from twenty-seven yards out to cut the lead in half at 6-3. Fairfield Central answered the score just over a minute later when Stephon Gadsen found TyDarien Grier from forty yards out to put the Griffins up 13-3 over the Eagles. The Eagles responded quickly themselves when Adonis Burgess scored from from six yards out, as his score came with less than a second left on the clock in the first quarter to make it 13-10 in favor of the Griffins. Earlier in the drive Burgess was on the receiving end of a twenty-two yards pass from Jaylen Rudisill to set up the score. In the middle of the second quarter Fairfield Central extended their lead when quarterback Stephon Gadsen kept the ball on a nice play action keeper and scrambled forty-eight yards to put the Griffins up 20-10. Gadsen got back to work on the next possession and ran it in himself again, this time from thirty-three yards out with just under three minutes to go in the half to put the Griffins up 26-10 over the Eagles. The Eagle's defense forced a three and out to open the second half and the Eagle's offense used that momentum to grind out a thirteen play drive that ate up just under six minutes of clock that was capped off by a touchdown from Chesnee's Jayden Gossett on a one yard run. A missed two point conversion try cut the lead to 26-16 with just under four minutes to go in the third quarter. Semaj Young got his second touchdown run early in the fourth quarter when he ran it in from thirteen yards out to make the Fairfield Central lead 32-16 over Chesnee. Nick Hofer led the Chesnee rushing attack on Friday night as he ran for sixty-three yards on the ground. Semaj Young led the Griffins with 193 yards rushing yards with a pair of scores. Dylan Jolley led the way for the Eagles defensively with seven and a half tackles. The Eagles collected a pair of sacks with E'torian Valentine, Caleb Rentz, Jayden Gossett, and Austin Bigford being credited each with half a sack. Chesnee's Noah Lawter picked up his first career interception when he picked off a pass on the final play of the first half. The Eagles will look to bounce back next Friday as they are scheduled to host North Carolina's R-S Central in another out-of-region contest. Chesnee volleyball snapped a four game losing streak, that included three losses in a tournament on Saturday, by traveling to the Cowpens area on Thursday night and picking up a 3-0 victory over Broome.
The Eagles also got some help on Thursday when they got back All-State player Kaitlyn Barrett, who had a big match finishing the night with twenty-three kills and ten digs for Chesnee. "It was great to have everyone back on the court together," said Chesnee head coach Katie Jolley. "We keep getting better and better each day. We are excited about starting region matches next week." Chesnee grabbed the first set of the match with a score of 25-21 before repeating that same performance in the second set as they also won that set 25-21 over the Centurions. In the third set the Eagles clinched the match by claiming a 25-16 victory and giving Chesnee their second win over Broome this season. Brie Smith also had a good game for the Eagles on Thursday night finishing with seven kills and twelve digs while Kyleigh Thompson added five kills, six digs, and four ace serves for the Eagles. Haley Edmonds led the team with seventeen digs while Pearl Holloway led the team in assists with thirty-seven and Jayla Dunn added two blocks as well. Chesnee will return to the court on Wednesday when they travel to Woodruff for an out-of-region matchup before opening up region play on Thursday in a home matchup against Blacksburg. |
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