The Eagles Camden Burns used three carries to find the endzone on the opening drive of the game Friday night as it foreshadowed the things to come for Chesnee as they defeated Ninety-Six 63-35 for homecoming on Friday night.
"It was good to see us execute offensively," said Chesnee head coach Clay Lewis. "We still have some things we need to clean up in other areas of the game." The opening drive performance by Burns was capped off with a touchdown run from forty-four yards out to give the Eagles an early 7-0 lead. After Ninety-Six was stopped on their first drive of the game on a KJ Valentine interception, his second consecutive game with a interception, the Eagles offense went back to work. A big run by Bryson Thompson to start the drive followed by a twenty-three yard pass from senior quarterback Nyquille O'Fair to Matthew Froemel set up Burns for his second touchdown run in as many Chesnee drives, this time from two yards out putting Chesnee up 14-0. The Wildcats responded with a two play drive that was capped off by a thirty-eight yard touchdown pass from quarterback Payne Davis to Justyn Gonzalez on a wheel route down the left sideline to cut the Chesnee lead to 14-7 with just under eight minutes left in the first quarter. Chesnee's offense got back to work on the next drive with a long eighty yard drive as all the plays came on the ground with the longest being a forty-one yard touchdown run by Bryson Thompson down the left sideline to give the Eagles a two score lead once again. Ninety-Six hit back with another big play as Davis hit Matthew Deal in stride down the right sideline for am eighty-one yard score that put the Chesnee lead at 21-14 midway through the first quarter. The Eagles proved they don't only score with the running game on their next possession as they used a quick strike of their own when O'Fair needed only one play to find Bryson Thompson for a fifty-seven yard touchdown through the air to double the Chesnee lead to 28-14 and end a flurry of first quarter scores. After several costly penalties by Chesnee on the next possession for Ninety-Six, the Wildcats used a fourteen play drive finished off by a Davis one yard run to make it a one possession game with just under ten minutes left in the second quarter. Chesnee's ground game once again responded as the Eagles used a five play sixty-one yard scoring drive, capped off by a twenty-six yard scoring run by O'Fair, to give the Eagles a 35-21 halftime lead and a margin the Wildcats weren't able to claw back from the rest of the game. The Chesnee defense opened the third quarter with a big fourth down stop and turned the ball back over to the Chesnee offense that needed just three plays to add to the Chesnee lead as Bryson Thompson raced in from sixty-nine yards out to put the Eagles up by three scores just past the midway point of the third quarter. Ninety-Six responded with a seven play drive that featured a thirty yard pass from Davis to Michael Cat and ended with am eight yard Cato run to put the Eagles lead at 42-28. On the ensuing Chesnee possession, a big fifteen yard run by Praise Edrington helped set the Eagles up for a twenty-nine yard touchdown pass from O'Fair to Cole Hoskyns that saw him catch the ball between two defenders after a pinpoint throw by O'Fair. Camden Burns put the game away on the next two possessions as he picked off a Wildcat pass and returned it to the Ninety-Six forty-four yard line before he scored his third rushing touchdown on the very first play of scrimmage from forty four yards out to give Chesnee a 56-28 lead. "I was just in the right spot at the right time," said Burns. "The lineman were doing a great job of blocking and they created a big hole for me to run through." On the next Chesnee possession the Eagles got a big fourteen yard run from Trevor Blankenship to setup a twenty yard Michael Paslawski touchdown run to give Chesnee a 63-28 point lead. The Wildcats got another score with just over ninety seconds left as Jeremiah Wells-Martin scored from twenty-five yards out to make it 63-35 in favor of Chesnee. Chesnee's rushing attack had a huge night as the rolled up 448 of the team's 634 total yards on the ground Friday night. Bryson Thompson had a huge night as he had seven carries for 171 yards on the ground and two touchdowns with one catch for fifty-seven yards and a touchdown. "I couldn't have done it without the offensive line," said Thompson. "They were blocking great tonight." Camden Burns continued his excellent season as he carried the ball for a 165 yards and three touchdowns on Friday night. Nyquille O'Fair had a perfect five-for-five night through the air for 144 yards to go along with a pair of touchdowns while also running for sixty yards on three carries and adding a touchdown run. Colby Davis and Corey Seay led the Eagles with seven tackles each with Davis having two tackles for loss. Cole Hoskyns and Blake Wilson also had solid nights with five and a half tackles each with Hoskyns adding two tackles for loss. The football team wasn't the only players to come away with a win on Friday night as Savannah Williams was named the 2020 Chesnee Homecoming Queen and the Eagles volleyball team also won a playoff match against Landrum earlier in the day. The Eagles will be back at home next week as the host Woodruff in the regular season finale. Comments are closed.
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