Updated live scoreboard: Clover falls short of complete comeback, York wins, and more
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The three Chester County high schools — Chester, Great Falls and Lewisville — played on Thursday night.
Spring Valley 17, Rock Hill 12
South Pointe 31, Catawba Ridge 14
Northwestern 37, Ridge View 21
The Northwestern Trojans spotted the Ridge View Blazers a 7-0 lead and came back to claim the win at Ridge View.
After the Blazers took the quick lead, Northwestern cut the deficit to 7-3 with a 24- yard field goal by Kanoah Vinesett. The Trojans added a touchdown to make it 10-7 late in the opening quarter when Will Mattison passed to Christian Watkins on a 21-yard play.
Northwestern added 17 points in the second period for a 27-7 advantage at intermission. Jaylen Chavis scored on a 15-yard run and Kyle Aldridge blasted in from one yard out for a 24-7 lead. Vinesett capped the scoring in the period when he nailed a school record 53-yard field as time expired.
Chavis scored again for the Trojans when he took a 32-yard pass from Mattison, and they were in front 34-7 midway through the third quarter.
The Blazers countered with a pair of long touchdown passes. That cut the deficit to 34-21 with 4:07 left in the contest.
Vinesett capped the scoring with a 29-yard field goal.
Northwestern had 319 total yards and 17 first downs, while Ridge View had 301 total yards and 10 first downs.
Chavis led the Trojans in rushing with 118 yards on 16 carries. Mattison competed seven of 15 passes for 122 yards and two scores. Watkins had three catches for 25 yards, while Tre Anderson had a pair of catches for 57 yards.
Wren 23, Clover 21
A year after going unbeaten in the regular season for the first time in school history, the Clover Blue Eagles opened their 2020 campaign with a loss to defending 4A state champs, Wren, 23-21, on Friday evening at Memorial Stadium.
Trailing by two scores with under two minutes to play, the Blue Eagles made a bid for an opening night comeback. With just over a minute left to play, sophomore quarterback Joe Boyd hit Shamajay Poole over the middle and Poole battled through a tackle to reach the end zone and bring the Blue Eagles within one score, 23-21. The ensuing onside kick was recovered by Zach Jordan with one minute remaining in the game.
The Blue Eagles were unable to move the chains and turned the ball over on downs, which allowed Wren to run out the clock.
Following a season that saw the offensive record books rewritten, the Blue Eagles took a quarter and a half to find their footing on offense against the Hurricanes. Clover went three-and-out on its first offensive series and quickly fell behind on the scoreboard when punter JB Potts dropped the snap in the end zone and was tackled by a host of Hurricanes for a safety.
The Clover defense did its part to give the offense time to find itself. Senior Chance Mackey snagged an interception on a deflected pass and raced 53 yards to put the Blue Eagles up 7-2.
Wren grabbed the lead back in the second quarter after converting on a fake punt to extend its drive before Malachi Hill raced in from 15 yards out to put Wren back in front, 9-7, in the second quarter.
Turnovers and miscues plagued Coach Lane’s young team a various points throughout the night, including a fumble recovery that was returned 25 yards to give Wren a 16-7 leading midway through the second period of play.
The Blue Eagles were able to respond and take advantage of a Hurricane muffed punt when BJ Tims scored his first touchdown of the season on a 15-yard around on the right side to pull the Blue Eagles within two. Clover had an opportunity to take the lead into intermission with the Blue Eagles have three chances to power the ball into the end zone from inside the five yard line. The Hurricane defense stepped up to the challenge, though, stopping Tims at the half yard line as time expired in the first half.
After a third quarter stalemate, Malachi Hill added his second score of the game when he took a pitch off left tackle 25 yards for a touchdown giving Wren a 23-14 lead with 5:27 left in the game.
The Clover defense turned in a strong performance on the night, forcing four turnovers — two interceptions and two fumble recoveries. Much like the Blue Eagles’ offense, the Clover defense is replacing a hefty percentage of its production from a season ago.
Clover will travel to Fort Mill next week for its first league game of the season. Fort Mill enters the game with a 0-1 record in league play after falling to Nation Ford in the Milltown Classic on opening night.
— Courtesy of Clover School District spokesman Bryan Dillon
York 21, Indian Land 14
The York Cougars spotted the Indian Land Warriors a 5-0 lead and roared back to claim the victory at York.
Indian Land scored on a field goal and a safety in the first period for a 5-0 lead. York scored a touchdown in the second period to take a 7-5 lead at halftime.
The Cougars scored a pair of touchdowns in the third period to offset a second Warrior field goal to take a 21-8 lead heading to the fourth quarter.
Indian Land concluded the scoring with a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Chesnee 27, Legion Collegiate 16
The Chesnee Eagles built a 20-0 lead at halftime and toppled the Legion Collegiate Lancers 27-16 in Chesnee.
The Eagles added its final score in the third period for a 27-0 cushion before the Lancers scored 16 points in the fourth quarter.
Andrew Jackson 15, Central 8
Andrew Jackson began its season with a 15-8 win over Central, and the team made history in doing so: Friday night marked the first Volunteer win in Pageland since 1982, and the second straight win over Central since the team did it in 1981 and 1982.
Lamar 44, Great Falls 12
The second-ranked Lamar Silver Foxes scored in every quarter and coasted to a 44-12 win over the Great Falls Red Devils in Great Falls.
Lamar scored on its opening possession. The Silver Foxes marched 65 yards following a Great Falls punt to make it 6-0.
The Red Devils punted again on their next possession, but Lamar fumbled it away. Great Falls could not move the ball and missed a 32-yard field goal.
Lamar added two more scores and a pair of two-point conversions in the second quarter for a 22-0 lead at halftime.
The Silver Foxes made it 30-0 early in the third period, but Great Falls countered. Xavier Brown rambled 62 yards on a quarterback keeper to cut the deficit to 30-6 with just more than nine minutes left in the third quarter.
Lamar answered quickly. They went 55 yards in four snaps for a 36-6 cushion with just more than seven minutes left in the third quarter. They tacked on another score midway through the fourth period to make it 44-6.
Brown capped the scoring with his second touchdown of the night. That cut the deficit to 44-12 in the final two minutes.
Great Falls plays at CA Johnson next week in another region game.
CA Johnson 21, Lewisville 14
The CA Johnson Hornets erased a seven-point halftime deficit and earned a 21-14 victory over the Lewisville Lions in Richburg.
The two teams played to a 7-7 deadlock after the end of the first quarter, but the Lions scored in the second quarter to take a 14-7 lead to the dressing room at intermission.
The Hornets scored in the third period, but missed the conversion and trailed 14-13.
They got the game-winning score and tacked on the two-point conversion for a 21-14 advantage midway through the fourth quarter.
Lewisville drove inside the C. A. Johnson 20-yard line in the final two minutes, but fumbled the ball.
Lewisville is idle next week.
This story was originally published September 25, 2020 at 6:57 PM.