GAFFNEY, SC - The Boiling Springs baseball team finished up their 2024 regular season schedule with an impressive 7-1 victory over Gaffney to sweep the season series against the Indians on Friday night.
With the sweep the Bulldogs lock up the second seed out of Region II-5A for the upcoming 5A playoffs. Boiling Springs got their bats going in the top of the second inning as Emory Horton and Kohen Bridges had two singles to put runners at first and second bases before Kyle Patterson walked to load the bases with two outs. Landon Stevens followed by reaching on an error that allowed both Horton and Bridges to score to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead. Bridges scored again in the top of the fourth inning after he and Patterson reached base on back-to-back singles before making the lead 3-0 in favor of the Bulldogs when he scored on a sacrifice fly to left field by Stevens. Lucas Morrison started the fifth inning with a single to left field before scoring on a double by A Staiger to right field to push the lead to 4-1 over Gaffney. Horton worked a walk with one out in the top of the seventh inning before being pinch ran for by Grayson Easler. Easler advanced to third base on a single to centerfield by Staiger before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Bridges to push the lead to 5-1 in favor of the Bulldogs. Patterson followed Staiger with a single up the middle to push runners at first and second bases before Stevens knocked a triple to right field scoring both runners to put the Bulldogs lead a 7-1 going into the final half inning of the game. Josh Kanipe came on to pitch for the Bulldogs in the bottom of the seventh inning retiring the lineup in order, striking out the first two batters and forcing a lineout to shortstop for the last out of the game. Kyle Patterson, Kohen Bridges, Austin Staiger, Lucas Morrison, and Justin Dawkins all recorded two hits in the matchup on Friday night. Landon Stevens led the team with three RBIs. Boiling Springs got a strong start from senior pitcher Kyle Dill, who picked up the win, as he went five innings allowing only one hit and one run while striking out one batter. Emory Horton and Josh Kanipe pitched the sixth and seventh innings for the Bulldogs where they allowed no hits while Kanipe struck out two batters. Boiling Springs will now turn their focus to the 5A playoffs where they will host a first-round game against Dutch Fork. If the Bulldogs win on Tuesday, they would either travel to Fort Mill or host Woodmont on Thursday depending on the winner of their matchup. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - In what has been a historic season for the Boiling Springs boys' tennis team, the Bulldogs kept their season rolling in the 5A playoffs with a 4-3 victory at home over Mauldin to get one step away from an Upper State championship match berth.
"This team can always find a way to pull out a win," said Bulldogs head coach Matt Schumate. "When one or two players fall short, then their teammates will step up and get the four wins we need to move on." Boiling Springs held a 3-2 lead after singles play, which meant that the match was going to come down to the play of their doubles teams to keep their season going. After the number one doubles team fell (6-3, 6-3) it all came down to the number two doubles team of Thomas Raynor and Preston Reese to keep the season going for the Bulldogs. The two players did just that capturing a (6-4, 6-4) victory and sending Boiling Springs to a rematch against a team that ended their season last year. "We're playing a strong TL Hanna team on Monday who knocked us out of the playoffs last year and beat us 4-3 earlier this season," said Schumate. "With an Upper State championship appearance on the line, we know we have to give it our all." In the singles matches Preston Reese got a win at number two singles (6-1, 6-0) while Ben Reese got a win at number three singles (6-3, 6-2). They also got a win from Nathan Miller at number four singles (7-6, 6-4) to setup the winning match in doubles play. Boiling Springs will now turn their attention to their third round 5A playoff match against TL Hanna on Monday that is set to begin at 4:30 PM. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - Two days after a tough loss on senior night that saw the Bulldogs honor their lone senior in Sydnee Spencer, they were able to bounce back in their regular season finale with a 13-6 road trip victory over Fort Mill on Thursday night.
The Bulldogs got a big game from catcher Sayde Parris who went two of five at the plate with six RBIs and two runs scored. Boiling Springs got the scoring started in the top of the first inning with one out as Myah Salters singled and Abbie Wilson walked before Parris tripled to left field bringing home both runners to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead. Addison Wheeler scored Parris with a single to centerfield giving them a 3-0 lead after one inning of play. Fort Mill answered with five runs in the bottom of the first and second innings to take a 5-4 lead over the Bulldogs, scoring four in the bottom of the first inning. Cloey Taulbee walked to start the top of the second inning before scoring from second base on a double to left field by Sydnee Spencer to tie the game at 4-4. Chloe Osteen, Chloe Sloand, and Wheeler all got three straight singles to start the top of the third inning. With two outs, Eleah McAbee doubled to the right side of the field to score Sloand to tie the game at 5-5 before Osteen stole home to give the Bulldogs back the lead at 6-5 over the Yellow Jackets. Salters and Wilson worked walks to start the top of the fourth inning before both stole a base to put runners at second and third bases. Parris followed them both with a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Salters to push the lead to 7-5 over Fort Mill. Wilson scored on an error that allowed Wheeler to reach base safely to give Boiling Springs an 8-5 lead. The top of the seventh inning is when the Bulldogs were able to give themselves breathing room as they scored five unanswered runs with two outs to extend their lead over the Yellow Jackets. Osteen opened the inning by reaching on an error before scoring three batters later when Hallie Dismukes reached on an infield error giving the Bulldogs a 9-6 lead. Dismukes, who advanced to second after the error, scored on a single to centerfield by Salters to push the lead to 10-6 over Fort Mill. Wilson followed Salters with a single of her own to centerfield before Parris had the biggest hit of the inning, crushing a homerun over the left field fence to score both Salters and Wilson and giving the Bulldogs a 13-6 lead. Boiling Springs pitcher Chloe Sloand forced a fly out, groundout, and a strikeout over the final four batters to help seal the victory for the Bulldogs. Sloand had a good night from the pitching circle as she allowed six runs while striking out seven batters. Abbie Wilson and Myah Salters each recorded three hits for the Bulldogs as they combined to go six of seven at the plate with seven runs scored and three RBIs. The Bulldogs will now await to find out who their opponent will be in the upcoming 5A playoffs that begin on Wednesday. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - In front of the home crowd on Wednesday night, the Boiling Springs baseball team honored their six seniors and then went on to capture a key 6-1 region win over the visiting Gaffney Indians.
The Bulldogs honored seniors Chansen Cole, Kyle Dill, Mason Shuford, Dylan Miller, Carson Walker, and Justin Dawkins in a pregame ceremony for their contributions to the baseball program at Boiling Springs. Boiling Springs got an impressive performance from their seniors off the pitching mound as three of the seniors combined for seven innings pitched while allowing five hits and only one run. Chansen Cole got the start and the win for the Bulldogs going six innings allowing only four hits while giving up one run (not until the fifth inning) and striking out five batters. Mason Shuford pitched two thirds of an inning allowing one hit and striking out another and Dylan Miller got the last out forcing a fly ball to fellow senior Justin Dawkins in right field. Dawkins also brought in the first runs of the game in the bottom of the third inning as he singled to left field that allowed Landon Stevens and Kai Lee to both score and take a 2-0 lead over the Indians. With one out in the bottom of the fourth inning, Kohen Bridges singled to centerfield allowing Logan Merchant to score from second base. Dawkins picked up his third RBI of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning when he singled to centerfield allowing Stevens to score again and putting the Boiling Springs lead at 4-1 over the Indians. Just a few batters later, JD Moore reached base on an error that allowed Dawkins and Lee to score to push the lead to 6-1 over the Indians. Justin Dawkins led the Bulldogs bats going two of three with three RBIs while also scoring a run. JD Moore and Kai Lee both added two hits each for the Bulldogs as Moore added two RBIs and Lee scored two runs. In a ceremony on Tuesday, three of the seniors signed letters to play at the college level next season as Chansen Cole signed with Newberry College, Justin Dawkins signed with Spartanburg Methodist College, and Mason Shuford signed to play at Kings University in Tennessee. With the win and a Dorman loss at Byrnes on Wednesday night, the Bulldogs are in the lead to finish in second place in region play allowing them to host at least one round in the upcoming 5A playoffs. The Bulldogs can lock up their region spot in their final region matchup of the season as they travel up I-85 to take on the same Gaffney team on Friday in a game scheduled to start at 6:30 PM. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - Just last week the Boiling Springs boys' tennis team won their first region championship in 35 years and on Tuesday afternoon the same team broke a playoff win drought that had lasted 10 years with a 6-0 win over region rival Byrnes.
"This win was huge for our program," said Bulldogs head coach Matt Schumate. "Our team has had a first round playoff exit for the past few years. We've finally cleared that hurdle and we're on to the next match." The Bulldogs got impressive performances throughout the lineup as all but one person won in straight sets. Boiling Springs got a (6-0, 6-0) win from number one single player Sam Corbitt (on the day same day he committed to Converse University), number two singles player Preston Reese, number four singles player Nathan Miller, and number five singles player William Garner. The Bulldogs also got a straight set victory in number two doubles (Raynor, Humphries). Ben Reese wrapped up the 6-0 victory for the Bulldogs as he won in number three singles (6-0, 6-1) over his opponent. Boiling Springs will move on to the next round of the playoffs as they'll host Mauldin, who defeated Nation Ford on Tuesday, in the second round at home in a matchup set to begin at 4:30 PM. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - In the world of sports, not everyone gets to continue their playing careers at the next level but for nine Boiling Springs athletes on Tuesday morning they got the opportunity to continue their athletic careers at the college level next season.
Boiling Springs football player JoJo Barrett, who is also a member of the wrestling team, the lacrosse team, and the track team, signed to continue his football career at Lenior-Rhyne next season where he plans on majoring in medical science with a minor in creative writing. Barrett was named to the North-South game this season while being named All-State and wo-time All-Region while recording 160 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and an interception. He said that the coach had the right answer to a question that he had that made him want to commit to Lenior-Rhyne. "It's a nice community and I just kind of fell in love with it," said Barrett. "When I talked to the coach, I was looking for an answer from him and he said that it was more about building the people than just about football which is what I wanted to hear. They are also a great football team, and I can't wait to get up there." Barrett was known for the energy he brought to any event that he was participating in at Boiling Springs and said he's going to continue that at the next level. "I'm just going to keep being me," said Barrett. "I'm going to continue to uplift my brothers at the next team and being myself." The Boiling Springs baseball team had three athletes sign on Tuesday as Chansen Cole, Justin Dawkins, and Mason Shuford all got the opportunity to continue their baseball careers next year at the collegiate level. Chansen Cole will be continuing his career at Newberry College next year where he plans on majoring in business management. This season he is 5-1 as a pitcher with a save and struck out 63 batters faced with a 1.90 ERA while at the plate, he is second on the team with 20 RBIs. "It's a place that I could see myself at the next four years and it really felt like home," said Cole. "The coaching staff and players there just made it feel like home as I got to meet a lot of the guys." Justin Dawkins will be continuing his career at Spartanburg Methodist College where he plans on majoring in computer science. He has been the starting right fielder for the Bulldogs the last two seasons. "It's close to home and I'm not too far away from anyone," said Dawkins. "It's a really great opportunity and I'm grateful for it. It also gives my parents the opportunity to see me play college ball regularly." Mason Shuford will be continuing his college career at Kings University in Bristol, TN where he plans on majoring in business. He has been a pitcher for the Bulldogs program the last four years. "I went on a visit up there and liked it because everyone seemed like family to me," said Shuford. "They welcomed me and took me in as their own when I went up there to visit." The Boiling Springs girls' basketball team had two players sign on Tuesday as they saw forward Sarah Ezell and guard Natalie Trudell sign to continue their basketball careers at the next level. Natalie Trudell, a two-sport athlete at Boiling Springs in both basketball and soccer, signed to continue her college career at Southern Wesleyan University next season where she plans on majoring in pre-veterinarian science. She led the Bulldogs this season in three-point percentage and in assists as her biggest game this season saw her have 22 points and nine assists against Union. She said that the campus along with coaching were keys to her commitment to Southern Wesleyan next year. "I liked the environment and when I went on the visit, I like how Christ centered it was which played a big part in my decision," said Trudell. "When I went to their practices, I really liked how their coaches handled things as they were able to give criticism but in a different type of way." Sarah Ezell has been a leader of the Bulldogs girls' basketball team during her time four years playing for the Boiling Springs girls basketball program and she committed to Newberry College for the next four years. She finished this season with 400 points, 257 rebounds, 54 blocks, 45 steals, and 30 assists including 33 double doubles. She said the coaching at Newberry is the main reason for her commitment to the school. "I just love the coach because she's super sweet and super nice," said Ezell. "She's going to help me reach some goals over the next four years and I'm super excited." Boiling Springs girls' lacrosse player Kellan Harvey signed to continue her college career at Converse University next season where she plans to major in graphic design. She said that Converse has been where she has wanted to go for quite a while. "I've been wanting to go to Converse since I was little and finding out they had lacrosse just sold it for me," said Harvey. "I've always loved the campus and offer the art majors that I want to study." Boiling Springs girls' soccer team also saw Morgan Baird sign to continue her college career at Milligan University in Johnson City, TN where she plans on majoring in business and administration. She has been a key member of the Bulldogs defensive backfield for the last three years playing both right back and center back over that time. "It's a small Chrisitan school and not many people go there so I was excited to be offered," said Baird. "The environment is small, but the campus is big, and it's just filled with really nice people." A key member of the Boiling Springs boys' tennis team, Sam Corbitt, signed to continue his playing career at Converse University next season where he plans on majoring in computer science or data science. Corbitt has been the number one singles player for the Bulldogs tennis team the last two seasons, who just wrapped up their first region championship since 1989 last week and has been named to the All-Region team. He said that the campus and being close to home was key to his college choice. "I like the campus and the environment at Converse along with it being in my hometown," said Corbitt, who also added how special winning the region championship as a team was this season. "It was special to bring the first region championship to the school here in 35 years in my senior year." GAFFNEY, SC - In their final region matchup of the season, the Boiling Springs baseball took the trip up I-85to Gaffney and the traffic must've made them mad because they took it out on the baseball as they defeated the Indians 11-1 in six innings on Monday night.
JD Moore and A Staiger started the top of the second inning with back-to-back singles, one on a hit to centerfield and the other on a bunt. Two batters later Kyle Patterson worked a walk to load the bases before Landon Stevens singled to left field scoring Logan Merchant, who was the courtesy runner for Moore, to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead. Kai Lee followed Stevens with a single to centerfield scoring Staiger and then Justin Dawkins was up next hitting a sacrifice fly to right field allowing Patterson to score and make the Boiling Springs lead 3-0 over the Indians. Boiling Springs added another run in the top of the third inning when Staiger, who was hit by a pitch, scored from first base on a single to right field by Kohen Bridges to make the lead 4-0 over Gaffney. Moore and Staiger repeated the second inning in the top of the fifth inning as both reached base on a single to centerfield and a bunt. Merchant, running for Moore, and Staiger both scored from second and third bases respectively on a Patterson single to right field to give Boiling Springs a 6-0 lead. Patterson scored on the next at-bat when Stevens tripled to right field before he scored with two outs on a Dawkins single to centerfield to push the lead to 8-0 over the Indians. Boiling Springs added three more runs in the top of the sixth inning as Chansen Cole started the inning with a double to right field and was followed up by a Moore single to centerfield. Cole scored on a double by Bridges to left field before Merchant scored on a single to right field by Patterson to make the lead 10-0 over Gaffney. Bridges later scored on a fielder's choice to make the score 11-0 in favor of the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs got another strong outing from sophomore Cathen Cole as he went five and a third innings only allowing four hits while striking out five batters. Boiling Springs got a hit from eight of nine spots in the lineup on Monday night as Landon Stevens, Justin Dawkins and JD Moore all had three hits in the game for the Bulldogs, while Kyle Patterson led in RBIs with three of his own. These same two teams will meet up on Wednesday night as Boiling Springs will host Gaffney for senior night for game two of the matchup. The Bulldogs record now sits at 14-8-1 overall and 5-5 in region play. CHESNEE, SC - The matchup between the two high schools in Spartanburg County's District Two has taken a few weeks to get played, after being rained out on two separate occasions, but when the game was finally played on Monday night it was the Boiling Springs softball that came away with a 9-0 victory over the Eagles.
Sydnee Spencer started the game with a walk for the Bulldogs before moving up to third base on a double to centerfield by Myah Salters. Spencer scored the first run of the game when she raced home on a groundout by Ashlyn Posey to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead. Myah Salters added to the Bulldogs lead in the top of the third inning when she hit a homerun to centerfield to put Boiling Springs ahead 2-0 over the Eagles. Abbie Wilson reached base on an error before moving to third base on a double to left field by Sayde Parris to put runners at second and third with no outs. Addison Wheeler followed two batters with a double of her own scoring Wilson to make the lead 3-0 over the Eagles. Hailie Dismuskes, who came on as a courtesy runner for Parris, scored on a passed ball two batters later to push the Boiling Springs lead to 4-0 after three innings of play. Sydnee Spencer picked up an RBI in the top of the fourth inning when she singled to right field scoring Chloe Osteen, who had worked a walk to start the inning and stole second base, to make the score 5-0 in favor of the Bulldogs. Spencer made the lead 6-0 when she came around to score on the next at-bat when Salters reached on an error. In the top of the sixth inning, the Bulldogs scored three runs with two outs in the inning. Abbie Wilson started the offense in the sixth inning when she worked a walk before advancing to second base on a single to left by Sayde Parris and going to third when Ashlyn Posey walked to load the bases. With the bases loaded, Addison Wheeler singled to centerfield scoring both Wilson and Parris to push the lead to 8-0 over the Eagles. Shaniya Middleton added another run when she doubled to right field scoring Posey to make the score 9-0 in favor of the Bulldogs. Sayde Parris, Myah Salters, Addison Wheeler, and Shaniya Middleton all had two hits for the Bulldogs while Wheeler led the team with three RBIs. Sydnee Spencer and Abbie Wilson led the Bulldogs in runs scored with two runs scored each. Allie Simpson had a strong outing for the Bulldogs from the pitching circle as she went all six innings allowing only three hits while striking out three batters. Skylar Barrett, Ansley Blanton, and Loren Potter recorded the three hits for Chesnee against the Bulldogs on Monday night. Boiling Springs will be back in action on Tuesday night as they go back into region play to face the Gaffney Indians and it will also be senior night for the Bulldogs. Chesnee will travel to Liberty for another region matchup of their own on Tuesday night, the next to last scheduled region game for the team. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - For the first time in 35 years, the Boiling Springs boy's tennis team are region champions, defeating the Spartanburg Vikings 4-2 on the home court on Thursday afternoon.
It's only the second region championship in the history of the program and the first one since 1989 under former coach Randy Gregory. "This team has worked harder than any other group I've worked with," said Bulldogs head coach Matthew Shumate. "They have put the work in both on and off the court and earned this achievement." Boiling Springs got straight set victories in the number four singles as Nathan Miller won (6-0, 6-0) over Farris to finish his region season undefeated. Thomas Raynor and Evan Humphries (6-0, 6-0) also got wins in straight sets to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead. William Garner got a (6-1, 6-1) set win in number five singles to push the Bulldogs lead to 3-0 over the Vikings. Preston Reese wrapped up the victory for the Bulldogs getting a strong (6-3, 6-3) win in number two singles to give Boiling Springs the 4-2 win and wrap up the region championship. For cousins Preston Reese and Ben Reese, both members of the 2024 region championship team, they're not the first members of their family to be region champions for the Bulldogs as their fathers were both on the 1989 region championship team. Sam Corbitt, who played as the number one seed for the Bulldogs, helped lead the Boiling Springs team to the championship with his strong play all season. Boiling Springs finishes the season with an 11-2 record, with their two losses coming on very close matches. The Bulldogs wrapped up the number one seed for the 5A playoffs and will look to get their first playoff win since 2014 as they host region rival Byrnes on Tuesday. As the number one seed, Boiling Springs will host at the first two rounds of the playoffs as long as they keep winning. SPARTANBURG, SC - After dropping game one of the region series on Monday at home, the Boiling Springs baseball team bounced back in impressive fashion taking a 12-1 victory over Spartanburg at Duncan Park on Wednesday night.
It didn't take the Bulldogs long to get the bats going in the game as they scored four runs in their first at-bat to put Spartanburg in a big hole early. Landon Stevens got the game started with a single to right field before Kai Lee and Justin Dawkins followed him by reaching base on a walk and a hit-by-pitch to load the bases. Lucas Morrison and JD Moore followed with back-to-back singles scoring both Stevens and Lee to put the Bulldogs up 2-0 over the Vikings. Noah Ezell reached base on a fielder's choice that allowed Dawkins to score before Chansen Cole hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield scoring Morrison to score and to put the Bulldogs lead at 4-0 after one inning. Kyle Patterson led off the second inning with a single up the middle before scoring when Stevens hit a triple to centerfield pushing the lead to 5-0 over Spartanburg. Lee followed with a single to right field that allowed Stevens to score before scoring himself on a groundout to first base by Morrison to push the Boiling Springs lead to 7-0 after two innings of play. JD Moore led off the top of the fifth inning with a single to centerfield before scoring when Chansen Cole hit a home run over the left field wall as the Bulldogs took a 9-1 lead over the Vikings. After reaching base on a single up the middle, Kai Lee put the Bulldogs ahead 10-1 when he scored from third base on a fielder's choice by Morrison. Boiling Springs added two more runs in the top of the seventh inning as Noah Ezell and Titus Hutchins both scored on a single to left field by Landon Stevens to go ahead 12-1 over the Vikings. Landon Stevens led the Bulldogs bats going three of five with three RBIs and two runs scored. Lucas Morrison and Chansen Cole each joined Stevens with three RBIs in the game. JD Moore went three of four at the plate with an RBI while calling the game for Boiling Springs behind the plate. Cathen Cole got the win for the Bulldogs as he went five innings while allowing one run on three hits and striking out five batters. Kellan Spencer came on in relief only allowing two hits while striking out three Spartanburg batters. Spartanburg got their only run of the game in the bottom of the third inning as EJ Grant scored on a single to centerfield by Tyler Stephenson. With the win Boiling Springs improves to 13-7-1 on the season and 4-4 in region play, as they will face off against the same Spartanburg team on Friday night at home. |
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