On Friday, the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets humbled the Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy Eagles with a 49-6 victory. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-6.
Bessemer City was led to victory by 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. Chastain also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Bessemer City is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-4 otherwise. A healthy portion of Chastain's aerial production (113 yards to be exact) went to Kameron Rice, who also brought in a receiving 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. Marcus Smith was another major factor on D, making 12 total tackles.
Bessemer City has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, 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 in front of their home fans 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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