On Friday, the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets were fully in charge, breezing past the Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy Eagles 49-6. The Yellow Jackets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 25 points or more this season.
Leading Bessemer City to victory were Keon Smith and Gavin Chastain. Smith gained 218 total yards and three touchdowns, while Chastain threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Chastain a new career-high in rushing yards (29). Kameron Rice was another key player, picking up 113 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Bessemer City's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB seven times. It was truly a group effort as Jailynn Newton, Sireco Logan, and Kylei Anderson picked up two apiece. Bessemer City got some further help from Marcus Smith: he made 12 total tackles.
Bessemer City has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 29.8 points per game. As for Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy, they dropped their record down to 1-10 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Bessemer City will be playing at home against South Stokes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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