The Chesnee Eagles used a thirty-one point first quarter to propel them to a 45-14 win over the Carolina Trojans on Friday night in front of their homecoming crowd. The win also gives the Eagles their second win in Region II-3A and secures the Eagles a spot in the 2019 playoffs.
"It feels great,” said Chesnee head coach Clay Lewis. “We have been waiting for a game like we had tonight. Each week we have gotten better but I have been waiting for that breakout game and we were able to put it together tonight." Chesnee got the scoring started early as Rodney Alexander took his first handoff of the night thirty-eight yards for the score just twenty-eight seconds into the game to give the Eagles a 6-0 lead. After the ensuing Carolina drive stalled Jacob Aparis would run it in from three yards out to give the Eagles a two possession lead. Jacob Kimbrell found Alijah Means on the two point try to make the Chesnee lead 14-0 still early on in the game. Trying to not be out done the Eagle defense would do a little scoring of their own on the ensuing possession when Avery Fogle scooped up a Trojan fumble and running it back fifteen yards to give the Eagles a 21-0 lead. Fogle had a big night as he had a big game on the field and he also had his homecoming nomination, Abbey Ray, crowned the 2019 Chesnee Homecoming Queen. On the ensuing Trojan drive Carolina would cash in on one of their few big plays of the night as Steve Parker ran it in on a sixty yard run. The Trojans would also get the two-point conversion as Kaleb Whiteside ran it in to cut the Eagle's lead to 21-8 still in the first quarter. Chesnee responded with what would be back to back big plays by Ian Harris. The first big play was a thirty-five yard field goal with 2:12 left in the first quarter. Harris's second big play also helped the Eagles get points as he kicked and recovered his own onside kick. On the next play from scrimmage Jacob Aparis took the ball in from forty-nine yards out to increase the Chesnee lead to 31-8 with two minutes left in the first quarter. The score marked the second time in the quarter that the Eagles scored twice within a ten second span. With just over eight minutes left in the first half Dylan Bennett snatched a Carolina fumble out of the air and returned it fifteen yards for another Eagles touchdown. Carolina opened up the second half with a Tyrese Hampton sixty-three yard run to put the Eagles lead at 38-14 with 11:26 left in the third quarter. Chesnee's final score of the night was the first through the air as Jacob Kimbrell hit Cole Hoskyns from ten yards out to put the Eagles up 45-14. This was Hoskyns' second touchdown in as many weeks. As a team the Eagles rushed for two hundred and six yards on twenty-four carries and three scores. The Eagles averaged just a shade over eight and a half yards a carry. Jacob Aparis and Rodney Alexander lead the way for the Eagles. Aparis finished with nine carries for eighty-three yards and a pair of scores while Alexander added sixty-one yards on three carries and a score. "I though they played well,” said Lewis. “We blocked real well and I thought we played very good offensively in the first half." The Chesnee rush defense was solid as well as the Trojans only managed one hundred and seven yards on twenty-six carries with all but three of those yards coming on the two long touchdown runs. Blaine Thompson was one of several Eagles who had a big night as he finished with eight tackles, three tackles for loss, and a sack. "It's a team game and in order for those guys to make the big plays the other guys have to make plays behind them,” said Lewis. “I thought a lot of our kids played well. Blaine did a good job for us upfront and our linebackers also played well." Chesnee will be back in action in two weeks as they host Chapman in the regular season finale. Comments are closed.
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