Chester Yellow Jackets are on a roll with their record being 4-0 and 1-0 in the Cahokia Conference. Chester hosted the Sparta Bulldogs this friday, and gave them a night. The game was off to a hot start. Chester’s defense was lock down against Sparta’s first offensive drive. Put them in a position to punt within their first 4 plays of the game, and Senior Nate Maes blocked the punt and was recovered by Junior Ethan Colvis. Senior Kolton and Junior Tray Peters took it in their own hands to run the ball in to jump the score 7-0
Ethan Colvis tackled a bulldog 6 yards behind the line of scrimmage to start Sparta’s second offensive drive. Kolton Kany records a huge 9 yard sack on 3rd and 17 forcing the Bulldogs to punt. Quarterback Zain Al-Jassim then hit Ethan Colvis for a touchdown for the second score of the game. Players were then forced off of the field for a 1 hour lighting delay. Sparta wanted to reschedule the game, but Chester wasn’t having it. Once the delay was finished Chester threw a pass to Senior Devante Palacio to jump the score 20-0, and allowing Devante to break the school record of Most Receiving Touchdowns in History at CHS.
Chester shows them who they were for the rest of the second quarter with 4 touchdowns alone, jumping the score 49-0 at half. Two of those touchdowns were defensive touchdowns by Junior Dennis Vasquez, After blocking a punt and scoop-n-scoring, and Senior Devante Palacio, by scoop-n-scoring his fumble recovery. Chester took out its starters with 4 minutes left in the half. Chester did not score again this game, but the final score was 49-2.
The Jackets focused heavily on the running game compared to previous weeks led by Senior Kolton Jany who had 121 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. The Jackets had 186 rushing yards and 3 rushing touchdowns as a team. Quarterback Zain Al-Jassim had an efficient night with 75 yards and two passing touchdowns on just 7 attempts with only one incomplete pass. Senior Devonte Palacio led in receiving with 28 yards and a touchdown.
The entire team as a whole had a great night on defense but they were led by Senior Kolton Jany who had 6 tackles, 2 sacks, and 2 TFL’s on the night. Junior Dennis Vasquez also was a leader with 4 tackles and a blocked punt that he returned for a touchdown. The Jackets return next week @ Wesclin on September 27th.
#BTA #JKA!
