The Chesnee Eagles let a fourth quarter lead slip away late as the Landrum Cardinals used a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns to squeeze out a 20-13 win on Friday night.
"Our kids played their butts off tonight,” said Chesnee head coach Clay Lewis. “We made too many mistakes to win and couldn't buy a break. I told them to hold their heads up because we played hard.” Landrum got the scoring started on their second possession of the game as they used an eleven play drive that went over eighty-five yards that was capped off by a Cam Wilson nine yard touchdown run. Chesnee immediately answered back with a scoring drive of their own as they used a big fourty-four yard run by Jacob Aparis to key a six play drive that ended with a thirty-five yard Ian Harris field goal in the early portion of the second quarter. After both teams exchanged punts, Chesnee got the ball back with just under six minutes left in the half and used a twelve play sixty-four yard drive to score their first touchdown of the night with two seconds left in the half. After several big runs to start the drive Jacob Kimbrell completed his last three passes of the drive with the final pass being a seven yard scoring strike to Jaiquez Thompson to give Chesnee a 10-7 halftime lead. The Eagles added on to their lead during the opening drive of the second half as Ian Harris tied a school record with a forty-two yard field goal to give the Eagles a 13-7 lead. Harris was two for two on field goals for the Eagles. “He did what we asked him to do,” said Lewis. “You can't ask for nothing better than making all of his kicks. I wish we could have gotten him another opportunity to kick it. He did a great job for us." The Cardinals tied the game at thirteen with just under eight minutes left as Adam Sikes punched it in from seven yards out but were unable to take the lead as they missed the ensuing extra point. Chesnee got the ball with an opportunity to win the game with just over a minute left to play but the first play from scrimmage bounced out of the hands of an Eagle player into the hands of the Cardinals' Payton Atkin, who returned it fifty-five yards for a touchdown. It would prove to be the deciding score. The Chesnee defense played a solid game as they limited Landrum to 202 total yards of offense and thirteen points. The Eagles defense also held the Cardinals to ten plays of zero yards or less. "They did a good job, much better than last week,” said Lewis. “We just can't seem to get in a good rhythm with both our offense and our defense." Jacob Kimbrell was nine of sixteen with 120 yards through the air and a touchdown. He also picked up seventy-five yards on the ground on fourteen carries. Jacob Aparis finished with ninety-five yards on the ground on twelve carries and Alijah Means had five catches for forty-eight yards. The Eagles will look to bounce back next week as they travel to Blacksburg to take on the Wildcats. Comments are closed.
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