CHESNEE, SC - The Chesnee Eagles welcomed a familiar foe from just across the state line as they downed North Carolina's R-S Central Hilltopper's 41-13 on Friday night in front of the home crowd to pick up the Eagle's third win of the season.
"I feel great about this win," said Eagles lineman Wesley Wilkie. "Hopefully we can get into region and keep pushing for a championship." After a mishap on the Eagles punt attempt during their first possession of the game, the Hilltoppers started their first possession at the Eagles ten-yard line and promptly turned it over three plays later at the Chesnee two-yard line. The Eagles quickly got out of the shadow of their own endzone as Kjay Proctor found Adonis Burgess for a 21-yard screen pass to start the Eagles on an eight play, 98-yard scoring drive. Kjay Proctor hit Kaylob Blanton with a 30-yard scoring strike to cap it off and put the Eagles up 7-0 midway through the first quarter. In the middle of the second quarter, the Hilltoppers got a big 15-yard run from Karlen McEntyre to set up an even bigger 45-yard run by Marcus McKinney to tie the game at 7-7. On the Eagle's final possession of the first half, Kjay Proctor once again hit a big pass play, this time to Kyle Martin for a gain of 54-yards down to the three-yard line. Austin Bigford finished off the drive on the next play for the Eagles to make their lead 14-7 over the Hilltoppers. The Eagles carried momentum into halftime thanks to a huge swing play that saw the Hilltoppers go from attempting a field goal to close the half to seeing the Eagles celebrating a touchdown to make it 21-7. The Hilltoppers lined up for a field goal at the end of the half but it was blocked by Adonis Burgess before Quinton Gerstenacker picked up the fumble and rumbled 69 yards for the touchdown to give Chesnee a 21-7 halftime lead. That score just before the half proved pivotal to open the second half as RS Central used five plays to go 58 yards to make it a one possession game. Karlen McEntyre ran it in from 42 yards out to make it 21-13 to go in the third quarter. Over the next five minutes of game play, the Eagles scored 20 points to blow the game open. Kjay Proctor responded to the RS Central touchdown by hitting Adonis Burgess through the air for a 27-yard gain to set up a Proctor pass to Kaylob Blanton for a 27-yard touchdown to make it 28-13. The Chesnee defense quickly forced a three and out to set up a Hilltoppers punt and Adonis Burgess promptly return it 55 yards to the end zone to give Chesnee a 35-13 lead with 3:44 left in the third quarter. "My blockers, they gave me a great path and I only had to make one man miss to take it to the house," said Burgess when asked what keyed his touchdown return. Leonardo De La Cruz helped the Eagles keep the ball on the ensuing kickoff as he delivered a side footed kick that he fielded himself 11 yards down the field to give the Eagles the ball at the Hilltopper's 49-yard line. Chesnee's Kjay Proctor needed just one play to cash it in as he delivered a beautiful play action and hit Kaleb Swaney for a 49-yard strike to make the score 41-13 in favor of the Eagles with 3:33 left in the third quarter. Proctor led the Eagles as he completed six passes for 206 yards and three scores. Kyle Martin led the Eagles with two catches for 71 yards while Kaylob Blanton finished with two catches for 59 yards and a pair of scores. Kaleb Swaney ended the game with a catch for 49 yards and a score. Adonis Burgess had a monster game for the Eagles as he had 124 total yards plus a blocked field goal, an interception, and a fumble recovery while also adding three and a half tackles with one for loss. Burgess scored on his 55-yard punt return, his second in as many weeks and added 42 yards rushing with another 27 yards receiving. Bradley Myers led the Eagles with seven tackles while the Gerstenacker twins, Thadeus and Quinton, combined for 10.5 tackles with Quinton returning a blocked field goal for a touchdown. The Hilltoppers were led by Marcus McKinney and Karlen McEntyre as McKinney rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown on ten carries and McEntyre rushed for 82 yards and a score on eleven carries. The Eagles will be back in action next Friday when they travel down Highway 221 to take on the Woodruff Wolverines, who fell 49-15 to Belton-Honda Path on Friday night as the kickoff is set 7:30 PM.
Kim Black
9/9/2023 10:43:40 am
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