A run stuffing defensive performance and a thirty-one second scoring spree helped propel the Chesnee Eagles to a 35-13 win over former region rival the Christ Church Cavaliers.
"I thought our defense played well tonight as they really controlled the game,” said Chesnee head coach Clay Lewis. “We just have to continue to work and improve each week." In front of a packed home crowd the special teams and defense got the scoring started as the Eagles defensive line was dominate early as Jacob Ingle, Cole Hoskyns, Colby Davis, and Logan Bishop all made huge plays along the line in the first quarter. The biggest play by the defensive front was blocking a Christ Church field goal attempt deep in Chesnee territory that was picked up by Camden Burns and returned eighty-two yards for the first touchdown of the game with 1:31 left in the first quarter. That play jump started a twenty-one point scoring spree for the Eagles. A personal foul penalty against Christ Church would allow the Eagles to kickoff from the the Cavaliers forty-five yard line. The Eagles kicked an onside kick from that spot and Trevor Blankenship would come up with the recovery for the Eagles. On the first play from scrimmage quarterback Jacob Kimbrell would hit wide receiver Alijah Means for a thirty-two yard touchdown pass. "We didn't have much to lose there after the fifteen yard penalty,” said Lewis. “We just went for it and tried to get a little momentum." After the Kimbrell pass the Cavaliers were called for another personal foul that allowed the Eagles to attempt another onside kick. This time Chesnee kicker Ian Harris would follow his own kick and recover it just past the ten yard mark. A long pass from Kimbrell to Cole Hoskyns set the Eagles up inside the Christ Church ten yard line and Avery Fogle would later punch it in from four yards out to put Chesnee up by three scores. The Eagles exited the locker room at halftime up three scores and AJ Littlejohn made sure to extend the Eagles lead as he took a inside reverse handoff to the endzone from sixty-seven yards out to extend Chesnee's lead to twenty-eight just a little over thirty seconds into the third quarter. Christ Church would respond on their ensuing possession as Ryan Johnsen hit Beattie Ashmore from twenty-five yards out to pull the Cavaliers to within twenty-one points. Fogle once again found the endzone this time from forty-four yards out with just over eight minutes left in the game. Christ Church kept fighting back as Ryan Johnsen connected on his second touchdown pass of the game this time to Arun Chandler from ten yards out with just under six minutes left. After the teams traded possessions back and forth over the final few minutes Chesnee got a big tackle from Caleb Stepp with just under a minute to play to help end any chance of a Cavaliers comeback. Chesnee's defensive held the Cavaliers to negative thirty-three yards rushing on twenty-one carries. "They have improved weekly,” said Lewis about his defense. “I'm real proud of the defensive coaches as they put a good plan together this week. The kids went out and executed and I was real pleased with their effort." One big improvement from last week was the improvements of the B-backs. This week Avery Fogle, Camden Burns, and Dylan Bennett combined for twelve carries for one-hundred and six yards and two touchdowns. "In this offense we want to establish the B-back and get him in-between the tackles and make them come in,” said Lewis. “Then we want to work everything inside-out. That opens everything else up for our offense.” The Eagles will be back at home next week as they host the Blue Ridge Tigers. Comments are closed.
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