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Fighting Eagles Shut Out Wardlaw For Homecoming Victory!

PCA's Varsity Eagles shut out Wardlaw Academy 56-0 on a beautiful Homecoming night. The mighty Eagles rolled up 385 yards of total offense while our dominant defense limited Wardlaw to only 81 yards offensively.

The Fighting Eagles offense was fueled by a host of Eagles.. Connor Rourk was 13 of 16 passing for 212 yards with 4 TDs and he rushed 9 times for 89 yards with 2 TDs. Carson Rourk caught 6 passes for 104 yards with 2 TDs, Kendall Chakeris added 42 yards rushing with 1 TD and caught 3 passes for 46 yards, Ethan Lowther caught 2 passes for 36 yards with 1 TD and added 3 tackles on defense. Wyatt Shogren caught 2 passes for 26 yards with 1 TD while Colson Gunn rushes 2 times for 42 yards.

Defensively, the Eagles once again were led by a host of players. Joe Pascutti had 11 tackles, 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 2 fumble recoveries and a safety. Carson Rourk had 10 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 pass breakup and caused a fumble. Wyatt Shogren added 8 tackles, 1 tackle for loss and a safety.. Kendall Chakeris had 8 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack and 1 fumble recovery.. and Colson Gunn had 8 tackles and caused a fumble.

"What a great way to celebrate homecoming with a big win over a quality opponent and get everyone on the team some valuable playing time in front of our awesome home crowd. Our guys practice hard and we're focused all week and it showed in our win. We were sharp in all phases of the game."

PCA will travel to Batesburg next Friday night to take on W.W. King Academy with a 7:30 pm kick-off. 

Epic Ending in PCA's Come From Behind Victory Over Laurens Academy

In a see-saw battle that had 4 lead changes in the final 8 minutes of game, PCA came up big on its final drive of the game. After Laurens took a 38 - 36 lead with 1:29 seconds on the clock, it looked as though our mighty Eagles might fall. However, through guts and grit, they kept battling, even on a 4th and 11 pressure packed situation, the guys executed flawlessly. With a nice throw from Connor Rourk, Wyatt Shogren made a clutch catch for 11 yards to set our Eagles up with a 1st and 10 from Laurens 33 yard line. On first down, with 15.7 seconds on the clock, Connor Rourk dropped back and lofted a long spiral into the air to Carson Rourk, who made a nice move to beat his man deep and make the game winning catch.

"What a great win and epic come back by guys who refuse to quit or get rattled. We always talk about controlling what you can control during a game... meaning if you focus on doing YOUR job and only YOUR job, slowly and surely, you will overcome any obstacle in your way. When I looked into this teams eyes when we started our last drive with 1:29 left in the game...all I saw was determination and a quiet confidence that they were going to go get this win".

Offensively, PCA was paced by Connor Rourk's 176 yards rushing w/3 TD's and 183 yards and 3 TD's through the air. Wyatt Shogren added 5 catches for 111 yards including a long TD catch of 69 yards. Carson Rourk has 5 catches for 64 yards with 2 TD's. Kendall Chakeris rounded out the scoring with 1 TD and 67 yards rushing.

Defensively, Wyatt Shogren has a big night with 9 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack and a huge blocked punt. Carson Rourk led the team in tackles with 15. He also had 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack and 1 pass breakup. Joe Pascutti had another great game with 9 tackles, 1 tackle for loss and 1 pass breakup. Colson Gunn continues his great play with 8 tackles and 1 pass breakup. Kendall Chakeris and Jamison Howard were big contributors with each recording 6 tackles and 2 sacks. Kendall also recorded 2 tackles for loss.