CHESNEE, SC - In front of a large crowd at home that had came to celebrate the Chesnee senior football players, the Eagles dropped a heartbreaking 36-35 region game to Liberty on a play with just seconds left in the game on Friday night.
The Eagles used 11 straight rushing plays to open the first drive of the game with last one being a 3 yard touchdown run by Kjay Proctor to give Chesnee a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter. On the Eagle's second possession they needed just 4 plays to score. A 20 yard run by Austin Bigford and a 35 yard pass from Kjay Proctor to Kaylob Blanton helped set up a 23 yard touchdown run by Austin Bigford to double the Eagles lead early in the 2nd quarter. Later in the half, after a 47 yard run by Hayden Wenn set the Eagles up at the 3 yard line, Bigford would power it in for his 2nd touchdown of the half and make it 20-0. Liberty would answer back in the waning seconds of the first half as Logan Smith would hit Kendrick Jackson for a 35 yard touchdown pass on 4th down with 7.8 seconds to go in the half to make it 20-7 in favor of the Eagles. Liberty cut it to a one possession game just 3 plays into the third quarter as JJ Hernandez ran it in from 16 yards out to make it 20-14 in favor of the Eagles. The Eagles would respond 4 plays later as Austin Bigford added another touchdown to his total as this time he ran it in from 28 yards out. Beniah Powers and Hernandez would add short TD runs for the Red Devils. Powers touchdown run was set up when Liberty recovered a Chesnee fumble at the Eagle 5 yard line. Hernandez 's second on the night would give Liberty a 28-27 lead with 8:58 to go in the game. The Eagles would need 1:13 seconds after the Red Devils took the lead to take it back. Adonis Burgess would run it in from 11 yards with 7:45 to go to put the Eagles back in front and an Austin Bigford two point conversion would make it 35-28 in favor of the Eagles. The Red Devils would respond with a slow methodical 18 play drive the aye the clock down to 5.8 seconds left. The drive would end when Logan Smith found Austin Smith for a 3 yard score. The Red Devils took the lead on a Logan Smith scramble on the 2 point attempt to give Liberty a 36-35 lead. The Eagles final play of the night would come of short of the endzone as the Red Devils clinched the #3 seed out of Region I-AA and the Eagles clinched the 4th seed. Chesnee was led by Austin Bigford's 186 yards on 16 carries and 3 touchdowns. Hayden Webb also had 52 yards rushing. Kaylob Blanton led the Eagles with 59 yards receiving while Kjay Proctor threw for 86 yards on 4 completions. JJ Hernandez ran the ball 24 times for the Red Devils for 131 yards and 2 scores. Logan Smith completed 9 passes for 123 yards including a big touchdown pass to end each half. Austin Smith would add 98 yards on the ground and 19 yards throw the air including the game winning touchdown. The Eagles will travel next week to Batesburg-Leesville. ABBEVILLE, SC - The Chesnee volleyball continued their strong play in the second half of the season as they now advance to the third round of the 2A playoffs after defeating Abbeville 3-0 on Monday night.
Chesnee head coach Katie Jolley said she’s proud of the growth of her team this season as they've worked hard to get better. "The team has been so hungry to learn and get better," said Jolley. "It's such a pleasure to coach players who aren't complacent and strive to grow in their game as they've stayed aggressive and hungry." Chesnee started off the first set getting a big service run from senior Pearl Holloway while getting five kills from Hayden Roberts. Payden Pitman had some big plays in the first set as well grabbing three kills and a huge block to help the Eagles earn a 25-18 win in the first set and take a 1-0 lead in the match, The second set of the match was a back-and-forth affair as Maggie Blanton had two kills and Pittman had three more kills in the set. Abbie Olson stepped up big at the end of the second set getting two digs, a kill, and a service run that helped the Eagles claim a 25-21 lead over the Panthers. While the third set was another battle between the two teams, it started going the Eagles way when they got a service run from Harley Grady that included two ace serves while Carlee Turner had four important kills in the set to claim a 25-21 win and a 3-0 victory in the match. Pearl Holloway had another big night for the Eagles as she registered a double-double with 32 assists, 16 digs, five kills, and two ace serves. Harley Grady also added 13 digs for the Eagles as the two seniors have been key in the team's success. "Pearl scores in so many different ways as she can go on serving runs, attack the defense, or even setup our other hitters," said Jolley. "She is also very competitive as her and Harley have been really key players for us this season." Hayden Roberts also had a double-double leading the team the 14 kills to go along with 16 digs and six ace serves. Carlee Turner ended the match with eight kills and Payden Pitman added another six kills of her own. Dacie Green also added nine digs for the Eagles against the Panthers in Monday night's matchup. Chesnee will return to action in the third round of the 2A playoffs on Wednesday against a familiar foe Landrum as they travel to play the Cardinals at 6:00 PM. NINETY-SIX, SC- The Ninety-Six Wildcats held off a second half rally by the visiting Chesnee Eagles with a late fourth and goal stop to seal a 27-20 win home win on Friday night.
Chesnee received the opening kickoff and needed just three plays to score as KJ Proctor found Kaylob Blanton for a 44-yard touchdown pass that saw Blanton break several tackles on his way to the endzone to give Chesnee am early 6-0 lead. Both teams traded possessions until less than eight minutes to go in the first half when the Wildcats Braden Mitchell capped a six play drive with 7:42 to go in the first half with a three-yard touchdown run to give them their first lead of the night as the touchdown sparked 21 first half points and 27 unanswered points. Ninety-Six's Zay King scored his lone touchdown on the night on the next Wildcat possession with a 13-yard touchdown run. Mitchell once again collected another touchdown, this time through the air, when he found Ladarion Waldrop for a 72-yard scoring strike to give Ninety-Six a 21-7 halftime lead. A pivotal play in the game came at the end of the first half when Ninety-Six stopped Chesnee at the goal line as the halftime horn sounded. Ninety-Six needed just four plays to build on their lead as Briant Witherspoon ran it in from 52 yards out to make the score 27-7 with just over 10 minutes to go in the third quarter. Chesnee also reached the endzone on the ensuing possession when Austin Bigford ran it in from 17 yards out to make it 27-13 midway through the third quarter. Bigford once again found paydirt as he ran it in from 3 yards out with just under 10 minutes to go in the game to cut the Wildcat lead 27 to 20. The Wildcats came up with another pivotal fourth and goal stop to end the game that was very similar to the play that ended the first half. Austin Bigford led the Eagles with 142 total yards with 116 coming on the ground along with a pair of scores. Eagles quarterback Kjay Proctor completed 12 passes for 208 yards and a score. Kaylob Blanton led the Eagles with 81 yards on five catches and a score while Hayden Webb racked up 86 total yards on five touches. Bradley Meyers led the way defensively for the Eagles with 6.5 tackles while Wesley Wilkie and Jayden Williams were second on the team in tackles with 4.5 tackles each. Braden Mitchell led the Wildcats with 186 total yards while 121 yards of them along with a score were through the air and 65 yards and a score were on the ground. Zay King ender up with 61 yards rushing and a score. Ladarion Waldrop led the Wildcat receivers with 114 yards on three catches and a score. Chesnee will host Liberty next week in a game to determine the #3 seed in Region I-AA as Liberty is coming off a 40-33 win over Landrum om Thursday night. Kickoff for next weeks regular season finale is set for 7:30 PM. COLUMBIA, SC - Going on the road to start the playoffs proved to be no problem for the Chesnee volleyball team as they defeated Keenan 3-0 to kickoff the start of the 2A playoffs on Wednesday night.
The Eagles held control of the match from the very start as Keenan never got closer than six points in a final set score in each of the three sets. Chesnee got a 25-19 win in the first set before winning the second set 25-15 and closing out the match with a 25-19 victory in the final set. Pearl Holloway led the way for the Eagles finishing the match with a double-double registering 22 assists and 14 digs to go along with seven kills, two and a half blocks, and four ace serves. Carlee Turner added six kills and 11 digs while Payden Pittman contributed six kills and two ace serves. Maggie Blanton picked up five kills while Rachel McKinney had four aces serves and Hayden Roberts added 10 digs along with three ace serves. Chesnee will return to action on Monday night as they travel to Abbeville for the second round of the 2A playoffs. LANCASTER, SC - The Chesnee girls' golf team had high expectations coming into this season after winning back-to-back 2A state championships the last two seasons and over the last two days at the Lancaster Country Club they proved to everyone that they were once again the best team in the state, winning their third straight 2A state championship.
The championship was won by the same group of girls that won it last year as Olivia Roberts, Addy Parker, Olivia Shields, Abigail Watson, and Abby Herrington all returned for another run at this year's state championship. Chesnee head coach Kyle Scruggs said the bond of the team along with the hard work they have put in year-round paid off to help them win it again. "We're very happy to be able to repeat as champions three times in a row," said Scruggs. "It's all about their hard work as this group really loves each other and work hard, they want to play golf together and for each other. It's all about team effort with them and they truly enjoying playing golf together as a team. I think that gets the best out of themselves as they push each other to be better every time they go on the course." The Eagles jumped out to a huge lead on Monday after shooting a score of 303 and were 46 shots ahead of second place Christ Church after day one. They backed up that impressive first day with another strong performance on Tuesday shooting a 313 for a two-day total of 616. Chesnee's performance was so impressive that they defeated the second-place team of Oceanside Collegiate (698) by 82 shots. While the team won the team state championship, Olivia Roberts also made it back-to-back individual state championships for herself as well with a two-day total score of 140 after shooting a round of 70 on both Monday and Tuesday. It marks the third year in a row a Roberts sister has won the individual state championship as Olivia Roberts' sister Sydney also won the individual 2A state championship in 2021. "It's a heart-warming feeling to win this one for the third straight time as a team because we have such a great bond as a team as well as great chemistry and it feels great to have won it again with this group," said Roberts. "It's cool to me to win the championship on the individual side as well because I've been working really hard this summer and I feel like my work has paid off this year. I was happy to have a big boost of confidence going into this year shooting some low scores starting the season and winning it again just feels really good." When asked if she was going to hold it over her older sister's head that she had won two individual state titles to her one now Roberts said with a laugh, "Absolutely, I'm going to constantly aggravate her about it." Scruggs said it has been special to him to have a Roberts kid on his team over the last few years, that will after next year be nine straight years, because he's known them since they were kids and he's happy to see their success over the years. "I've been friends with the Roberts family for years as I played golf with their dad Kevin for a while and I remember his daughters when they were little," said Scruggs. "I remember when Sydney came to play for me those two years at Boiling Springs before moving over here to Chesnee, she played for me for six years and now Olivia will have played three years of her own and I asked Olivia walking up the fairway today that did she realize I've had a Roberts kids play for me for nine straight years now. Our team is like family and it's good to see success for them because not only are they good players but they're also great kids." Roberts wasn't the only Chesnee player to have a good tournament as the Eagles had four players make the All-State team with their performances over the two days of play. Addy Parker finished in third place overall with a two-day score of 148 while Olivia Shields finished in seventh place with a two-day score of 162 and Abigail Watson finished in 10th place with a score of 166. "Our girls have always pushed themselves to play at a high level," said Scruggs. "They don't really focus on who we're playing against but instead competing against the golf course. Today their goal was to break 300 as a team, not to extend the lead or anything like that. They went out there with that goal in mind not to beat anyone in particular but that they were going out there to shoot the best round we've ever shot as a team. When they set goals like that, it's hard to beat them as a team because it shows they're not just content with leading, but they want to be the best team in the state." Scruggs said it was special to have built the program to what it has become, especially being from Chesnee and that it was special for all his assistant coaches as well as they were all from Chesnee too. "Every coach I have graduated from Chesnee in Aaron Jolley, Adam Jolley, and Drew Fisher." said Scruggs. "I think we take great pride in what we've accomplished because we're from Chesnee and it's our home and we're now getting the opportunity to coach there. I feel like you take great pride in a program when you've grown up there and you want to do the best you can for not only the kids but for the community as well. You just want to see the kids succeed though and get opportunities later on which is our goal as coaches, to give our kids the opportunity to play at the next level if that's what they want to do." While the Eagles will look to celebrate their third straight state championship over the next few weeks, they will soon be turning their focus to next season where they'll return all five starters from this year's team, which was part of the conversation on their way to eat food after winning the state championship. "We talked about in the car ride after we played today, that we have one more year with this group," said Scruggs. "They said it was so sad we only had one more year together, but I told them it could be worst, and we could be having three graduate this year. We're going to give it our best go next year and hopefully we can get four in a row and do something that they can always talk about in years to come." CHESNEE, SC - As Chesnee looks to compete for a home playoff spot, the Eagles welcomed region opponent Blacksburg to town on Friday night and scored the final 27 points of the game to take a 54-13 victory over the Wildcats to improve to 2-1 in region play this season.
Chesnee got the scoring started in the game on their second possession of the game as Kjay Proctor found Kaylob Blanton for a 34-yard scoring strike to put the Eagles up 7-0 with just under six minutes to go in the quarter. It took Proctor just four plays to cash it in again on the next possession as he ran it in from three yards out to double the Chesnee lead with just under 3 minutes to go in the first quarter. On a drive highlighted by a 43-yard pass from Proctor to Kaylob Blanton, Austin Bigford capped the 10th play of the drive four-yard touchdown run to make it 21-0 in favor of the Eagles with just under ten minutes to go in the half. Blacksburg got their first scoring strike with just over eight minutes to go to halftime on a six play 65-yard drive that saw Joshua Sims find Cameron Cobb for a 27-yard touchdown pass to cut the Eagle lead to 21-7. Sims later found Cobb again with three minutes left in the half on a 23-yard touchdown pass to make it 27-13 in favor of the Eagles. After the Wildcats first scoring drive, Chesnee needed just three plays to respond as Adonis Burgess ran the ball in from 50 yards out to make it 27-7 in favor of the Eagles. Chesnee began their first possession of the second half at the Blacksburg 27-yard line and after a big Kyle Martin run of 19 yards, Adonis Burgess ended the drive with a seven-yard scoring run to make the score 33-13 in favor of the Eagles. The Eagles from that point on scored 21 more points that included a safety, a 29-yard pass from Proctor to Blanton, along with Jayden Williams scoring the final two touchdowns for his first two varsity touchdowns. "It feels great to have success on offense after having such a strong year on the defensive side of the ball," said Williams. "I want to thank our quarterback, wide receivers, and lineman for doing such a great job blocking tonight." The Eagles offense outgained the Wildcats 402 to 178 yards, as the Chesnee defense also had a stellar performance. "We knew when we saw how they lined up their safeties and linebackers that the running game would have success," said Chesnee senior Kaylob Blanton. "We were able to use our skill and speed to have success on offense." Kaylob Blanton and Austin Bigford led the Eagles with a pair of individual 100-yard performances as Bigford led the Eagles on the ground with 111 yards and a touchdown while Blanton finished with four catches for 108 yards and a pair of scores. Adonis Burgess finished the game with 83 total yards and a score while quarterback Kjay Proctor finished the game with 126 yards on seven completions and a pair of scores through the air while also rushing for 24 yards. Jayden Williams also finished the game with 24 yards and a pair of scores on the ground. Quinton Gerstenacker led the Eagles with 7.5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and a pair of sacks while Kjay Proctor, Austin Bigford, and Paul Martin each also recorded a sack. Joshua Sims led Blacksburg with 194 yards passing and two scores. Cameron Cobb led the Wildcat receivers with eight catches for 100 yards and a touchdown. The Eagles will be back in action next Friday as they travel to Ninety-Six to take on the Wildcats who are coming off a 56-39 win over Liberty on Friday night. ABBEVILLE, SC - The Chesnee Eagles went on the road to Abbeville and fell to the Panthers 56-15 in a region matchup on Friday night.
With the loss the Eagles fall to 1-1 in region I-AA play while Abbeville improves to 2-0 in Region I-AA play. The Eagles struck first in the game as Kjay Proctor found Kaleb Swaney in the endzone to complete a 30-yard touchdown pass with just over a minute to go in the first quarter to go up 7-0 over the Panthers. Abbeville struck back with three touchdowns on the ground in the second quarter to build a 21-7 halftime lead as Jay Hill (12 yards), quarterback Damarcus Leach (49 yards) and Altavious Patterson (one yard) all scored for the Panthers during the run. The Panthers tacked on two more touchdowns in the third quarter as Na'Gavin Calhoun started the second half with a 16-yard scoring run to make it 28-7 with just over four minutes to go in the third quarter and Leach scored his second from 61-yards out to push their lead to 37-7 with over three minutes to go in the third quarter. Abbeville opened the fourth quarter with Leach finding Jaden Baylor from 17 yards out to give the Panthers a 41-7 lead before they made it 49-7 when the Panthers Kendall Cole recovered a Chesnee fumble in the endzone with just over ten minutes to go in the game. On the ensuing Chesnee possession, Proctor collected his second touchdown pass of the night as he found Kaylob Blanton for a 21-yard scoring strike with just over five minutes to go. Karson Norman capped the scoring for Abbeville with a 49-yard scoring run to give the Panthers the 56-15 victory. Kjay Proctor led the Eagles with 13 completions for 176 yards passing and a pair of scores. Adonis Burgess led the Eagles in receptions with five catches for 76 yards while Kaylob Blanton finished with five catches and 48 yards receiving along with a touchdown as Kaleb Swaney caught three passes for 52 yards and a score. Jha'Louis Hadden led the Panthers in rushing with 135 yards and a score on 10 carries. Damarcus Leach and Karson Norman each topped 100 yards rushing and added a score as Leach ended the game with 109 yards and Norman added 106 yards. Leach completed four passes for 56 yards and a score while Jaden Baylor caught the touchdown pass for the Panthers. The Eagles will be back at home next Friday when they host the Blacksburg Wildcats on homecoming. The Wildcats fell 33-29 to Liberty this past Friday as kickoff is set for 7:30 PM. NEWBERRY, SC - On Tuesday over 21 teams and 180 golfers met at the Newberry Country Club to take part in the 17th annual Smith Memorial Pink Out tournament and it was a local golfer that won two playoff holes to win the individual championship. Chesnee's Olivia Roberts won the individual championship after defeating River Bluff's Alexandria Mack in a two-hole playoff after both players shot a score of 75 during normal tournament play. Roberts was also named to the All-Tournament team along with Eagles' teammate Addy Parker who finished in a five-way tie for fifth place after shooting a score of 79 on Tuesday. While Roberts won the event, her Chesnee team fell nine shots short of winning the tournament for fourth place finish behind team tournament champions Chapin. Boiling Springs and Chapman both competed in the event as well as the Bulldogs finished in ninth place with a score of 374, which was their lowest score of the season in an 18-hole tournament and was led by Bella Greene who shot a score of 85 on Tuesday to finish in 19th place in the individual standings. Chapman finished in 13th place after shooting a score of 396 and was led by Adeline Todd who finished the tournament in 16th place with a score 84. Also in related news, Boiling Springs head coach Macy Tate was recently named the head coach of the North team for the North-South match while Chapman head coach Andy Pitt was named an assistant to the same team. Boiling Springs and Chesnee will be back in action on Wednesday at Woodfin Ridge for the Bulldogs senior night along with Mauldin. Chapman will return to action on Thursday as they host a match against fellow district school Landrum at Village Greens Golf Course. Eagles Volleyball Falls To |
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