On a sloppy rain soaked night the Chesnee Eagles fell on the road to Union County 53-28 in the second round of the playoffs in the first season under new head football coach Clay Lewis.
"I thought we made progress each week,” said Lewis. “We worked hard and improved as the season went along and I'm real proud of the kids for that." Union got the scoring started when KeSean Glover ran it in from five yards out on the Yellow Jacket's first drive of the game but only come away with six points as Cole Hoskyns blocked the PAT On the Yellow Jackets next possession running back Junior Owens picked up a five yard rushing touchdown of his own to go up 13-0 over Chesnee. The Eagles responded shortly after when Matthew Lawter picked up his first touchdown of the season when Jacob Kimbrell found Lawter wide open in the endzone from thirty yards out on a fourth down play to make the score 13-7 in favor of Union. Union’s KeSean Glover got his second rushing touchdown of the night when he ran the ball in from six yards out to put the Jackets up 20-7. Trailing by thirteen the Eagles looked to cut into the Yellow Jackets lead but things didn’t go the Eagles way as Union got a pair of scores in the final two minutes as Junior Owens scored on a one yard run and KeSean Glover added a seven yard scoring run to put Union up 33-7 at halftime. The Eagles were able to cut into the lead to start the second half as Jacob Aparis ran it in from twenty-eight yards out to cut the Yellow Jacket's lead at 33-14. Union’s Junior Owens picked up his third touchdown of the night as this time he ran it in from twenty-two yards out and pushing the Yellow Jacket lead to 40-14. Chesnee responded again as Jacob Kimbrell ran it in from eight yards out to put the score at 40-21. Union quickly responded when Ke'Avis Savage returned the ensuing kickoff ninety yards to once again give Union County a four score lead. Brian Renwick capped off the scoring for Union County as he ran it in from four yards out to give the Yellow Jackets a 53-21 lead with just over eight minutes to go in the game. Jacob Kimbrell got the last score of the game with his second rushing touchdown, this time from three yards out to put the final score at 53-28 in favor of the Yellow Jackets. Chesnee got a big game once again from Jacob Aparis as he finished with 114 total yards. He finished with eighty-two yards and a touchdown on the ground while also grabbing thirty-two yards in the air. Jacob Kimbrell also had a good night as he passed for seventy-two yards and a touchdown while also running for seventy-eight yards and a pair of scores. The Eagles say goodbye to a senior class that head coach Clay Lewis has been extremely proud of this season. ”They are the building blocks,” said Lewis. “They will be the start of getting this program back to where we want it to be." Chesnee will also return a strong core as Cole Hoskyns, AJ Littlejohn, Colby Davis, Nyquille Ofair, Brayden Sprinkle, and Lorenzo Duren are a few of the talented players returning for year two under Lewis. "We have to get in the weight room in the off-season,” said Lewis. “We have to get bigger, faster, and stronger. Next year we want to get past this point and we just have to put the work in in the off-season." Comments are closed.
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