Chesnee made the long trek to Timberland on Friday night but came up a little short as they fell to the Wolves 32-19 in the non-region matchup.
"Our kids gave a good effort the whole game even though we were shorthanded,” said Chesnee head coach Clay Lewis. “We just made too many mistakes but we will get better.” The game started off with the the Eagles receiving the opening kickoff for the fifth consecutive game. An early Chesnee turnover gave the wolves the ball around midfield which they capitalized on with a Rowen Wadford four yard run to the endzone with 8:32 left in the first quarter to take a 6-0 lead. Chesnee responded quickly as Bryson Thompson took a pitch from Landon Thompson and raced around the right end taking the opening play seventy-six yards to the endzone to tie give the Eagles a 7-6 lead with just over eight minutes to go in the first quarter. The team's proceeded to swap defensive stops over the next several drives with Chesnee’s Tyquan Dawkins having a beautiful interception to end one of those drives as he stepped in front of a Wolve's receiver who was running a slant pattern. Timberland ended the defensive stalemate exactly twelve minutes after their opening score when Omari Jenkins ran it in from four yards out with 8:32 left in the first half. Rowen Wadford ran in for the two point conversion to make it 14-7 in favor of Timberland. The Wolves received the second half kickoff but the Eagles defense made a great stand to start the half as they came up with three consecutive negative plays that ended when Jayden Gossett blocked a punt attempt and Dylan Bennett returned the block to the three yard line. Gossett capped it off with a three yard plunge and after the PAT was failed the Eagles trailed 14-13 with 10:45 left in the third quarter. Chesnee took the lead on their next drive that was aided by a pair of big runs from Landon Thompson and Bryson Thompson before Gossett punched it in once again from three yards out to give the Eagles a 19-14 lead with three minutes to go in the third quarter. The Wolves responded on the ensuing drive as Rowan Wadford took a handoff ten yards for a score but a failed two point conversion try kept the score at 20-19 in favor of Timberland with three seconds left in the third quarter. Timberland pulled away in the fourth quarter thanks to a pair of touchdown runs by Demarri Middletonhe, one from five yards out and the second from fifteen yards out, to make the score 32-19 in favor of the Wolves. Bryson Thompson had a big game for the Eagles as he finished with 117 yards on nine carries with a touchdown to go along with three tackles. "He is an explosive player,” said Lewis about Thompson. “He makes plays with the ball in his hands and this is two weeks in a row he has made a big play.” Jayden Gossett had a big game with a pair of scores and forty-seven yards on the ground along with three catches for twenty-three yards. He also had a big night defensively adding six and a half tackles along with a sack to his stat line. Dylan Bennett led the way in tackles with nine and a half tackles which was just ahead of Austin Bigford who added eight tackles of his own. Next Friday the Eagles will host Legion Collegiate Academy for homecoming starting at 7:30 PM. Comments are closed.
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