The Chesnee Eagles went on the road to Greenville County on Friday evening and thanks to a big offensive performance in the first half came away with a 35-7 win over Southside to open region play.
"It's all we have been talking about all week long was wanting to get a good fresh start to open up region play,” said Chesnee head coach Clay Lewis. “Our kids did a great job going out there and executing." The Eagles scored first on the opening drive of the game behind a two yard plunge by Avery Fogle to jump out to a 7-0 lead. The big play of the drive came when Jacob Kimbrell found Rodney Alexander for a forty-four yard pass to put the Eagles deep in Tiger territory. A big defensive play got the Eagle's second drive started on a positive note when Cole Hoskyns put pressure on the Southside quarterback and forced an errant pass that was picked off by Colby Davis. The ensuing Eagle's drive would be capped off by a twelve yard touchdown strike from Jacob Kimbrell to Jacob Aparis to double the Eagle's lead to 14-0. Jacob Kimbrell scored his first rushing touchdown of the night and fifth of the season just moments into the second quarter when he ran the ball twenty-six yards to put the Eagle's up 21-0. Just over three minutes later the Eagle's would once again find the endzone when Jacob Aparis punched the ball in from one yard out to put Chesnee up 28-0 over Southside. The Chesnee offense had a very efficient first half as they were six of eight on third down attempts and earned ten first downs. They also had ninety-nine yards through the air and 122 yards on the ground in the first half. Southside fought back with their opening drive of the second half as the Tigers took off over four minutes of the clock capping it off with a Jamie Gamble sixteen yard touchdown run. After some back and forth action the Eagles were able to once again make it a four possession game when Avery Fogle's four yard touchdown run with just over six minutes left put the Eagles up 35-7 over the Tigers. The Chesnee defense made a big final with just under five seconds left on the clock to stop the Tigers inside the Chesnee five yard line on fourth down. The Eagles defense played well as they forced a pair of turnovers and also limited the Tigers to five of thirteen on third down conversion attempts. Lorenzo Duren also intercepted his second pass in as many weeks for the Eagles. "Our defensive coaches once again put together a good game plan,” said Lewis. “The kids went out and executed and all three areas of our defense played well tonight.” Jacob Kimbrell had a big night for the Eagles as the senior quarterback finished seven of sixteen through the air for one-hundred and twenty yards to go with seventy yards and a touchdown on the ground. The Chesnee offensive line played well for the Eagles as they totaled two hundred and seventy-six total yards on offense. "Looking at it from the sidelines I thought our offensive line played the best they have all year and that's real encouraging,” said Lewis about his offensive line’s performance. The Eagles are riding high after winning their region opener and earning their second straight win. Chesnee will look to continue the momentum into next Friday when they travel to Broome. Comments are closed.
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