Blue Demons stumble at Chichester

UPPER CHICHESTER » When Chichester opens its doors Tuesday for the 2017-18 academic year, it will house something none of the current students have experienced — a 2-0 football team.

Thanks to an uneven and often ugly 20-12 win over Kennett Friday, the Eagles are undefeated after two weeks for just the second time since 2005.

“It’s a pretty cool feeling,” said receiver Andre Dean, who had a strong game with nine catches for 80 yards and a touchdown. “This has never happened as long as I’ve been here, so we’re really excited to see how far we can take it.”

If they’re going to take it to a third win though, they’ll need to play more disciplined than against the Blue Demons.

Kennett was overmatched the entire game. Take away a 98-yard touchdown run by fullback Kevin Wessels in the first quarter and Kennett only gained 95 yards the rest of the contest.

And yet, they were always within one score.

The Eagles allowed the Blue Demons to hang around because of 13 penalties for 115 yards. Combine that with a punt blunder in their end zone that gave Kennett the ball on the 2-yard line, and it was enough to leave coach Ryan Smith a little displeased.

“We were terrible,” Smith said. “They came together when they had to and did what they needed to do as a team to win the game, but the product we are putting out there right now is not good enough.”