North Myrtle Beach Stars Rise Again Vs. North Augusta

Someone may ultimately stop North Myrtle Beach’s undefeated run in 2020. But it wasn’t North Augusta. The Chiefs rolled to a 35-10 victory on Friday night to advance to their first Lower State title game appearance in school history. It was a complete effort that featured a special teams touchdown to start the game, a splendid defensive showing that crippled another opposing offense and a running back doing what he has been all season. These five Chiefs had huge games, and it’s why they’ll be playing next week, too. <strong>NYLIEK LIVINGSTON</strong>, RUNNING BACK Anyone who has covered the Chiefs this year inadvertently sounds like a broken record. Livingston is the reason. He went for 170 yards - his eighth 100-yard game in eight contests this season - and got into the end zone again. He had a second-half fumble, but the defense made sure it didn’t matter. <b>CHANDLER MCCALL</b>, DEFENSIVE BACK McCall has had good games before. But he’s never put a game on its head so fast like he did in this one. The junior took the opening kickoff back 99 yards for a touchdown to give the Chiefs a 7-0 lead all of 15 seconds into the game. McCall was also in on 4.5 tackles throughout the evening from his spot in the secondary. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="59341" first="Chase" last="Simmons"]</strong>, DEFENSIVE END Simmons announced on Thursday that he was going to sign with Coastal Carolina University next month. And then on Friday he went out and had a couple tackles, was in on a sack, put up another tackle for loss and had a QB hurry. It was obvious the Yellow Jackets were game-planing for him somewhat. <strong>BILLY BARLOW</strong>, LINEBACKER We’re sure there are other future college baseball projects playing high school football. How many of them are top-end linebackers, though? In Barlow, the Chiefs have a tough-as-nails player in the middle of the defense who continues to produce. Against North Augusta, he put up five tackles, two tackles for loss, a sack and a quarterback hurry. <strong>HENRY DUKE</strong>, DEFENSIVE END As if staring across the line at the 6-foot-4 Simmons wasn’t enough, Duke and his 6-foot-6, 235-pound frame is equally imposing. In addition to blocking out the passing lanes, Duke also added to North Augusta’s struggles with a team-high six tackles, two sacks, three tackles for loss and a QB hurry. And a game ball from the coaching staff.