By: Stewart Brown
This past Friday, the Chester County football team earned their first win of the season! The Eagles traveled to Fayette-Ware to play the Wildcats on their home field. The Eagles went down sixpoints midway through the first quarter but quickly responded with their own score going up 7-6 going into the second quarter. Fayette-Ware scored again and converted the two-point conversion to go up 14-7. Not even a minute later, the Eagles tied up the score and eventually took the lead going into halftime with a 21-14 lead over the Wildcats. Midway through the third quarter, Fayette-Ware scored and closed the lead to one point. Soon after the Eagles scored again and pushed their lead out to seven before eventually, the Wildcats brought the lead back down to two to close out the third quarter. With three minutes left in the game, Fayette-Ware jumped out to their first lead since the first half with the score being 34-28. All hope seemed lost and the game seemed finished. But, the Eagles fought back and scored a game-sealing touchdown with less than two minutes to play with the final score being 35-34!
In other sports news, the Chester County Cross country teams had their first race of the season this past Tuesday. The teams went to Dresden to race. On the girl’s side, the team was led by a strong performance by Julia Briggs who placed 12th, Bella Lamb, who placed 20th, Anna Bolton, who placed 24th, then followed by Eden Burleson and Lilly Allen who all placed within the top 50 out of 97 total runners. The team was able to place third overall out of six teams, missing second place by just four points. On the boy’s side, the team was led by Stewart Brown, who placed third, Garrett Robison, who placed sixth, Silas McManus, who placed eight, Dillion Williams who placed 14th and Josh Roberts who placed 22nd, which rounded out our top five all placing in the top 25 out of 113 which allowed them to receive medals. The boy’s team was able to secure a first place finish out of 11 teams. The team’s next race will be in Lexington on the 30th. Volleyball and girls’ soccer are in full swing as well. Be looking for updates on games and matches from them in the coming weeks.
I want to thank the city of Henderson and Chester County for their continued support of us here at CCHS
God Bless and Go Eagles!
