CHS JV drops to 0-3
<p dir="ltr"><span>Tristin Hobeck put up his second straight 100-plus rushing performance, but Chester couldn't overcome three touchdowns from Vienna-Goreville's Danny Smith in a 22-14 loss to the Eagles on Monday.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Chester held a 8-6 lead on a two-yard touchdown plunge by Eathan Thompson with 7:14 left in the second quarter, but Smith scored his second TD of the night with 3:04 remaining before halftime to give V-G a 14-8 advantage at the break.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Smith added his third and final touchdown, from 27 yards out, with 45 seconds left in the third for a 22-8 Eagles lead.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Chester got back in it late, pulling to within a touchdown on freshman Ethan Rayburn's first high school TD - a one-yard dive with 8:45 remaining.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>But a special teams gaffe on the ensuing onside kick cost Chester critical game time.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Kicker Ethen Eggemeyer's attempt didn't go the required 10 yards, but the Yellow Jacket players failed to touch the ball to blow the play dead. Instead, V-G's Brayden Perez picked up the ball and returned it to the CHS 20 before being tackled.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>The Chester defense held, stuffing Aidan Kuhn for a one-yard gain on fourth-and-goal from the 17. That left the Yellow Jackets needing to go 84 yards in 5:27.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>But a comeback wasn't in the cards as Erik Cowell was tackled five yards short of the first down on fourth-and-9 on the CHS 42.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>The Eagles took over with 1:44 remaining and kneed out the clock, sending the Chester JV to an 0-3 start for the first time since 2008.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Up next, the Yellow Jackets will travel to undefeated Sesser-Valier-Waltonville-Woodlawn (3-0) next Monday. The Red Devils shut out Johnston City, 46-0, on Monday.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-b6bd79f9-2622-3aed-bf4b-b89293d5495a"><span>Kickoff at Carroll Kelly Field is set for 6:15 p.m.</span></span></span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Hobeck finished with 101 yards on 13 carries for Chester, while Thompson added 51 yards on 14 carries.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Eggemeyer contributed 16 yards on four carries, while Cowell tacked on 26 yards on three carries. Finally, Rayburn had two carries for one yard and the touchdown.</span>
<p dir="ltr"><span>At quarterback, Cowell was 1-for-1 with a 24-yard pass to Ian Reith.</span>