On Friday night Chesnee and Chapman renewed their rivalry for the first time since the Eagles opened their revamped stadium but it was the Panthers that came away with the 46-22 victory over the Eagles.
"I thought in the first quarter we did what we came here to do," said Chesnee head coach Clay Lewis. "We scored and had some ball control but then we had some turnovers in the second quarter that put us behind. Overall our kids played hard and didn't flinch as we got better tonight. We did some things well that we hadn't done well up until this point." The Eagles got the first big play of the night when Jayden Gossett, who was recently moved back to defensive end, made a beautiful move to record a strip sack on the Panthers quarterback as the Eagles Ezequiel Lazarin recovered the ball at midfield. Seven plays later Jaylen Rudisill faked the handoff to Gossett and took it right up the middle thanks to the hole Gossett created to score from two yards out to put Chesnee up 7-0. Chapman responded with a two yard touchdown run from Taylor Dunning to tie the game with just under two minutes left in the first quarter. The big play of the drive was a forty-two yard pass from Drew Settle to DJ Black. After the Panther defense forced a three and a out, a busted coverage allowed Settle to find a wide open DJ Black for the sixty-nine yard score to put the Panthers in front for the first time at 14-7. Three Eagle turnovers in the second quarter led to an additional nineteen points. The first was a thirty-five yard scoop and score on a fumble by Abraham Fyffe to make it 21-7. The Panthers recovered another fumble, this time at the Chesnee twenty-seven yard line, and four plays later Taylor Dunning punched it in from ten yards out to make it 27-7 in favor of Chapman. The next Panthers possession ended on a thirty yard touchdown pass from Drew Settle to Walt Waddell to make the score 33-7. In the second half Chesnee got a spark on offense, just two plays after forcing a stop on defense, as Bryson Thompson took a screen pass sixty-six yards for a score to make it 33-14 early in the third quarter. Chapman responded with a four and a half minute drive that ended on a five yard touchdown pass from Drew Settle to DJ Black. Chesnee's Austin Bigford blocked the PAT to hold it to a 39-14 lead. Early in the fourth quarter after a Chesnee drive ended deep in Panther territory the Eagle defense followed that up with a three and out. The Eagles got a big play on fourth down as a mishap by the Panther's on fourth down resulted in a safety to give the Eagles two more points making the score 39-16 in favor of Chapman. Chesnee made it an eight point swing on the ensuing drive when Adonis Burgess scored from nine yards out to cut the lead to 39-22 after Chapman blocked the ensuing point after attempt. "I'm very proud of the effort tonight," said Lewis. "They hung in there and played hard the whole game until it was over. We have some things we could've done better but our attitude and our effort were good tonight. I can live with that and we will get better." The Panthers added another score on the ensuing drive as Settle once again dialed up Waddell, this time from three yards out to make the score 46-22 in favor of Chapman. Bryson Thompson had a big game for the Eagles finishing with 126 yards overall with sixty yards on the ground and sixty-six yards in the air along with a touchdown. Chapman's Drew Settle completed twenty-eight passes for 384 yards to go along with four touchdowns. Settle's primary targets were DJ Black and Walt Waddell who each ended the night with nine catches and two touchdowns as Black finished the game with 155 yards and Waddell finished the game with 138 yards. Taylor Dunning led the way on the ground for the Panthers as he had 132 yards and two touchdowns. Noah Lawter once again had a big night on defense for the Eagles with six and a half tackles while Dylan Bennett and Austin Bigford each ended the game with five and a half tackles. The Eagles defense forced two turnovers on Friday night with the first being Gossett's strip sack and the second being an interception in the endzone by KJ Valentine. The Eagles will be on the road next Friday as they make the long road trip down to Timberland with a 7:30pm scheduled kickoff. Comments are closed.
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