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Sep. 3—A top-notch quarterback wore out Lebanon for the second straight week last Friday.
Seven nights after Antioch’s Andre Adams led the Bears to a come-from behind win, Upperman junior Bronzdon Chaffin used his legs and arm to lead the visiting Bees to a 41-14 whipping of the Blue Devils at Clifton Tribble Field/Danny Watkins Stadium.
The 6-foot-4 sophomore accounted for 339 yards and five touchdowns as the Bees, last year’s Class 4A state runner ups, won for the 16th time in their last 17 games dating back to the start of last season. He ran for 156 yards on 20 carries, including scores of 7 and 6 yards. He completed 10 of 12 passes for 183 yards and three touchdowns covering 14, 83 and 34 yards. He lost a 94-yard touchdown run to a holding penalty just before halftime. But that was replaced with his 83-yard bomb to Bronson Turnbow down the left sideline 11 seconds before the break.
“He is a big, fast, physical football player,” Lebanon coach Chuck Gentry said of Chaffin. “It’s a football team which went 14-1 last year and was just inches away from being state champions with about 75% of their football team returning.
“We knew it was going to be a tall task… Hopefully, we will benefit from this down the road, learn from it. It’s not what we wanted. Not a good feeling. Not a good taste right now.”
Chaffin also handed off to running back Ethan Palk 19 times and Palk responded with 89 yards and a 2-yard touchdown.
Upperman, which finished with 451 yards of offense, never punted or turned the ball over. The Bees scored on every possession but two. They were stopped on downs late in the first quarter after a block-in-the-back penalty threw a drive into reverse. The clock expired at the end of the game with their backups on the field.
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Author : The Lebanon Democrat, Tenn.
Publish date : 2024-09-04 03:59:00
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