By Kim RobertsSports Writer

Chesnee sprintedto a 35-0 halftimelead en route to a 35-14 victory overAndrew Jackson inthe Class AA DivisionII Upper State playoffsat Chesnee on Fridaynight.

Chesnee, 10-1 andseeded number one inthe Upper Statebracket, scored onfour consecutive pos-sessions in the firsthalf to build an insur-mountable lead.

“We get down andgive up some bigplays, but we battleback and play hard inthe third and fourthquarters,” said AJcoach David Moore.“We just were notconsistent in our playtonight.

“Give Chesneecredit, their sizeadvantage causedsome mis-matches forus,” noted Moore. “They also are able tostrike quickly, andtheir big-plays turnedout to be huge forthem.”

The Chesneeoffense was paced byquarterback DarriusProctor, who threwthree touchdownpasses, as well asrushing for a 15 yardscore.

The Eagles openedthe scoring with afour-play, 50 yardtouchdown drive.

Proctor finished offthe march with a 15yard camper. Panayi-otis Kartgialis kickedthe first of five extrapoints for the Eagles.

Late in the firstquarter, Eagle full-back Jared Fowler

rumbled 13 yards tocap the six-play, 46yard scoring drive toextend the Chesneelead to 14-0.

Proctor foundreceiver Chase Elderin the corner of theend zone with 10:42

left in the half for a21-0 lead.

The score was setup by the Eaglesdefense holding AJ ondowns at the AJ 40yard line.

AJ continued tobattle and QB Kolby

Whitley found CorleyFaulkenberry on a44-yard reception,but CHS defensiveback Quan Lylespopped the ball looseand fell on it at theEagle 16.

Chesnee turned themiscue into points, asProctor directed a 84yard, seven play scor-ing drive. Bobby Fooswas the recipient of a36 yard scoring strikefrom Proctor. With8:15 left in the half,CHS led 28-0.

The Volunteersdrove to the Chesnee30 before turning theball over on downs.Proctor marched theEagles 70 yards in sixplays for the half ’sfinal score. Proctorthrew a 36 yard scor-ing strike to MarkellHill.

The Volunteersmarched methodicallydown the field on itsfirst possession of thesecond half to theCHS seven, beforeturning the ball overon downs.

The AJ defensehelped set up the firstVolunteer touchdownwhen Quadarius Fairpicked off an errantProctor pass andreturned it 20 yardsto the Chesnee 35.

Two plays later,Whitley found Fair fora 19 yard touchdown

pass. Luke Kenning-ton converted the PATand AJ had cut thelead to 35-7.

Midway in thefourth quarter, the AJdefense held Chesneeon downs at the AJ28. Whitley maneu-vered the Vols to pay-dirt in 10 plays. Theclincher came on afour yard scoring passfrom Whitley to Fair.The Kennington PATmade the final score35-14.

The big play in thescoring drive was a 32yard pass play fromWhitley to ZackClyburn.

Fair eclipsed theTD reception in a sea-son with 24 and felltwo TDs short of theAJ record of 29touchdowns in a sea-son, held by AntonioSowell.

Whitley also set theschool record for TDsthrown in a seasonwith 24.

“I want to thankour seniors for theleadership that theyhave provided,” saidMoore. “Also, I wantto thank our fans forsupporting usthroughout the year.

“We’ll get in theweight room soon,and get ready for nextyear” said Moore.

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Vols fall to Eagles 35-14 in second round

The daughter of Kershawnatives recently won the NorthGreenville College Pageant. Win-ners were, left to right: Shiob-han Fraser, fourth runner-up;Amanda Styles, second runner-up; Meredith Lewellen, 2013Miss NGU; NGU President, Dr.Jimmy Epting; Kaylie Givens,first runner-up; and Lauren

Jones, third runner-up. Meredithis the daughter of Scott and Gin-ger Lewellen, fomerly of Ker-shaw. She is the granddaughterof Frances and Mendel Williamsand the late Worth Dabney andSandra and Richarad Austinand the late Rev. Gene Lewellen.Photo provided.

Honor Roll students namedNorth CentralHonor Rolls

North Central HighSchool has announcedits honor rolls for thefirst nine-week period.

Twelfth Grade - AllA’s – Tyra Cooper, Kim-berly Reynolds, LaqueciaSmith.

A/B’s – BrittanyArmentrout, JustinBaker, Sidney Cauthen,John Faulkenberry,Alexandra Hildreth, VetaHumphries, RussellJones, Grayson King,Joshua Majors, VanessaNavarro, David Pate,Shaun Reed, AmandaSelf, Dallas Sims, Mur-shay Stover, ChristopherVasquez, Daniel Wit-more.

Eleventh Grade - AllA’s – Marshal Alexan-der, Radina Furman,Jordan Henderson, Hai-ley Hunter, Atiana Rad-den.

A/B’s –ChallionBelk, Alexis Belton,

Maalaquan Belton, Bre-anna Boone, Kayla Bow-ers, Allie Brown, DylanBurnell, Summer Catoe,Jessica Clyburn, IdaliasDuBose, Austin Free-man, Ricky Freeman,Broderick Gaither,Megan Gardner, Madi-son German, MarshallHardin, ChristopherHilton, Danielle John-son, James Johnson,Caleb Jordan, JamieMcCaskill, James McIn-vaille, Benjamin Mose-ley, Warren Moseley,Tyler Moser, LandonMosley, Sparrow Ostas,Tracy Phillips, ChristianRathel, Sadara Williams,Bryan Wilson.

Tenth Grade -All A’s– Joscelyn Canty, CaitlinClark, Katherine Crosby,Julia Daniels, ThomasGentry, LaurenHumphrey, ErinHumphries, CassidyKeaser, William Mathis,Madeline Pate, RachelRobinson, BrittanySmith, Ashley Turner,

Zachary Walsh.A/B’s - Brad Ander-

son, Nicholas Arrington,Matthew Baker, JuwanBelton, Paul Blackwell,John Bowers, ShiannBowers, MontanaBrown, Ryan Carraway,Crystal Douglas,Matthew Frazier,Michael Garris, NicoGunn, William Hall, Jas-mine Ibarra, AlonzoMyers, Dayquion Oliver,Reagan Smith, TylerSteele, Megan Stephens,Amber Stevens, TimothyTarlton, Ryan Threatt,Matthew Turner, Brit-tany Wallace.

Ninth Grade – All A’s- Hunter Broughton,Kayla Campbell, DylanHendrix, Joshua Smith.

A/B’s – Stephen Bar-rett, Kayla Bass, Brit-tany Bowers, KristenBrown, Ethan Burnell,Laurin Childers, RomeszColeman, Yasmen Dash,Christian Gooding,Robert Hardin, BreannaHinson, Kirkland Hud-

son, Tyler Humphries,Morgan Kelly, OscarMota, Kadee ODonoghue, ShadowOstas, Bryce Pate,Justin Ross, JoshuaShropshire, TaylorSmall, Ashley Stephens,Dakota Williams,Chrisopther Yannayon.

AJ quarterback Kolby Whitleyscrambles for yardage in theVols opening round playoff winover North Central. Whitley had

a pair of touchdown passes inFriday’s 35-14 loss at Chesnee.Photo by Joseph Garris Jr.

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PPPLLLAAAYYYEEERRR OOOFFF TTTHHHEEE WWWEEEEEEKKKKolby Kolby WhitleyWhitley

AJ sophomorAJ sophomoreeWhitley threw for a pair of touch-

downs in the final game for the

Volunteers Friday night in second round

playoff action.

The sophomore quarterbaacks’

scoring passes went for 19 yards and four

yards, both to Quadarius Fair. He com-

pleted 14-31 passes for 218 yards on the

night.

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