CLOVER, SC - The Boiling Springs girls lacrosse team were finally able to put together a complete game to pick up their first region win of the season defeating Clover, the second-place team in the region, 8-7 in a road matchup on Thursday night.
"All season we have been focusing on working as a team," said Bulldogs head coach Michelle Lockwood. "It all came together on Thursday night for us to get our biggest win so far this season." With time running out in the game, the Bulldogs and Blue Eagles were tied at 7-7 when Mia Lockwood forced a Clover midfielder into a turnover that turned into a fastbreak to Kirsten Fisher where she was fouled. Fisher took advantage of the foul finding the back of the net with twenty-five seconds left in the game to take the 8-7 lead. The game winner was the second of two goals in the game for Fisher as the Bulldogs also got a strong game from Emma Wood who scored four of the Bulldogs eight goals on Thursday night. Boiling Springs got consistent play from their defense on Thursday as Breanna Mitchell, Lani Hodge, and Mia Lockwood all had two forced turnovers while Chloe Moyers led the way defensively for the Bulldogs with three forced turnovers and three loose balls controlled. The Bulldogs also got strong play in the midfield from Lockwood, Hodge, and Emily Krechko as they helped control the pace of the game getting big possessions at key times late in the game. Boiling Springs will look to get keep the momentum rolling as they head to TL Hanna for a matchup on Monday before hosting Nation Ford on Thursday. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - On Saturday March 26th the Boiling Springs community is invited to help Boiling Springs High School kick off their charity week with the Heart of a Bulldog Fun Run, as proceeds will go to the Kolson Elliot Heart of a Bulldog Memorial Scholarship fund.
The Kolson Elliot Heart of a Bulldog Memorial Scholarship, named after former Boiling Springs student athlete Kolson Elliot who passed away last year, is a one-time scholarship that is awarded to a male and female athlete at Boiling Springs High School to their chosen college or university. The fun run will have three different race divisions broken into a 13-years-old and older division, a 12-year-old and younger division, as well as a Family Run/Walk division. There will be a prize for the winners of each division as the first race will start at 9:00 AM, followed by the second race at 9:15 AM, and the final race will start at approximately 9:30 AM. Snacks and drinks will be available at the event as well. T-shirts supporting the event will be available for pre-purchase at the high school from Wednesday March 23rd through Friday March 25th for $15 each and will be available for purchase prior to the event on Saturday while supplies last. If you'd like to make a donation online, you can donate at the Spartanburg County Foundation website link https://spcf.org/give/online and use the fund number 02251. You can also donate by mail by sending checks payable to: Spartanburg County Foundation, 424 East Kennedy St, Spartanburg, SC 29302 (include in the memo line either The Kolston Elliot Heart of a Bulldog or the fund number 02251). The event is free to the public and gates will open at 7:00 AM as everyone is asked to enter the school from the McMillan Rd entrance. If you'd like to preregister for the fun run event you can do that at this link: Heart of the Bulldog Fun Run Registration. There will also be a varsity girls' and a varsity boys' lacrosse event starting at 10:00 AM after the fun run. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - The Boiling Springs lacrosse team started their second half of region play on Thursday in a home match against Clover where they came away with a 10-9 victory over the Blue Eagles, backing up their win over the same team earlier this season. With the victory the Bulldogs improve their overall record to 6-1 and their region record to 3-1. The victory for the Bulldogs was a hard-fought battle as they had to overcome an early deficit. "This makes two games in a row where we had to battle back," said Bulldogs head coach Justin Mills. "Lacrosse is a game of runs and we spoke to our guys about that at halftime and told them we will get our runs but until then we just needed to keep them at bay. As coaches we're just really proud of the guys." In the first quarter the Bulldogs fell behind early as Clover scored the first three goals of the match to take a 3-0 lead before Mathias Oslund was able to get the Bulldogs on the board to make it 3-1 heading into the second quarter. Elijah Smith had a huge second quarter for the Bulldogs as he outscored Clover 3-2 in the second quarter, scoring every goal for Boiling Springs in the quarter as he made the Blue Eagles lead 5-4 going into halftime. "We were slow coming out of the gate," said Mills. "We had several unfortunate penalties that put us behind the eight ball to start the game." The third quarter saw the Bulldogs outscore the Blue Eagles as Kaden Jenkins came away with a goal and with the Bulldogs still trailing by one, Chase Miller got a goal off an assist from Elijah Smith as time expired in the third quarter to tie the game at 6-6. Micah Horton gave Boiling Springs their first lead at 7-6 to start the fourth quarter as he took the faceoff and ran through multiple Blue Eagles defenders for a shot that found the back of the net. Just eight seconds later Horton won another faceoff that finished with another score from Elijah Smith off an assist from Chase Miller to put the Bulldogs ahead 8-6 over Clover. At the eight-minute mark Elijah Smith scored another goal to put the Bulldogs ahead for good after the two teams had traded goals just prior to the final goal. Elijah Smith led Boiling Springs with six goals and two assists while Matthias Oslund, Kaden Jenkins, Micah Horton, and Chase Miller all had one goal each. Horton also went 18 of 23 at the faceoff position. Boiling Springs will return to action on Saturday when they travel to Chapin for a battle between two teams with 6-1 records. Bulldogs Boys Soccer VictoriousBoiling Springs boys' soccer went on a short road trip to the eastside of Spartanburg on Thursday night where they came away with a 4-0 victory over the host Spartanburg Day School.
Boiling Springs got three goals, or better known as a hat-trick, from Will Poplawski and another goal from Roger Ocampo. The Bulldogs will return to action on Tuesday for their first region match of the season against Gaffney. James Says Seeing Athletes Return To Competition Makes Athletic Training Worth The Sacrifice3/16/2022
BOILING SPRINGS, SC - The month of March is Athletic Trainer’s Appreciation month and for the last six years if an athlete has been injured at Boiling Springs High School they’ve either been treated or rehabbed through the athletic training room ran by longtime athletic trainer Laurie James.
“For me, being able to see an athlete get back to what they love to do is the reason I do what I do,” said James. “When a kid gets hurt you’re the one who is the bearer of the bad news and that’s not fun but being able to have a hand in getting a kid back on the field through rehab and working with them through the process makes doing this job worth it. Seeing them back on the field is a great feeling. I told people when I went into this job I wanted to do something that made a difference in people’s lives and as athletic trainers I feel like we do just that.” James, originally from Pennsylvania, came to Boiling Springs through the schools partnership with Prisma Health after serving more than fourteen years as an athletic trainer at the college level and twenty-three years as an athletic trainer overall. James said that she has worked to run her athletic training room at Boiling Springs like a college athletic training room but she’s had to learn to adapt it somewhat because of the difference between the number of athletes you deal with at the high school level compared to the college level. “At the high school level we see such a higher number of kids because you work with all sports at the school unlike at the college level where you may just work with one or two teams,” said James. “You see these kids from the time they’re really young until they’re getting ready to go to college so there is a wide range of injuries because you see them from a young age to a senior and they almost morph into another person compared to college where they’re pretty much the same person from start to finish. With the wide range of ages and sports at high school you see so many more types of injuries whereas at the college level it’s a lot smaller range of injuries.” As an athletic trainer James believes that no matter what level you’re at, you’re looking to invest in your athletes but a difference at the high school level is trying to find ways to keep the kids motivated to do the rehab, as they don’t always see the benefits of going through the rehabs in the short time as where college athletes understand it’s part of their process in getting back to full strength on the field. “I feel like you invest in your athletes at any level as they all mean something to you,” said James. “If you love your job then you love your athletes. I think the biggest difference especially with the longer rehabs is finding ways to motivate the kids and convey to them that I know this part stinks but it’s part of the process to get to the endpoint and it will mean something when you get to that point. They don’t understand sometimes that doing these exercises to your best ability each day is part of the process of getting to the endgame of getting back to the field.” James said that part of her strategy to help motivate her athletes is by making the athletic training room a place where people don’t mind going every day as sometimes some of the rehabs can take a while for the athletes. “We want to make the athletic training room a place with a good environment,” said James. “I think people for the most part like to be in here. We want kids to work hard when they’re in here but we also like to have music playing so that it’s also a fun place to be so that every time they’re in here it’s just not torture on them.” She said that while her athletes at the college and high school level are different, her expectations are the same no matter what level she is dealing with and with high school athletes a big difference is the time you get to spend with them as rehabbing time is limited compared to the college level. “I have a high expectation for the athletes that come in here and I don’t think that’s something that changes from the high school to the college level,” said James. “The hard thing at the high school level is the limited time we’re able to spend with the athletes because of the sheer number of athletes whereas at the college level you only have so many athletes with the one or two teams you work with each day. I try to run this place like a college athletic training room with rehabbing each kid one-on-one but with the volume sometimes you don’t get that opportunity as much as you would at the college level.” James said that having a good group of athletic trainers with her helps her to continue to bring a great level of treatment to the athletes she has seen over the last six years. She has worked with a wide group of fellow athletic trainers over the last six years that include Kristen Cochran, MJ Suber, Katelyn Curry, Olivia Forrest, Austin Antley, and current athletic trainer Crystal Lancaster. “Having a great team of athletic trainers along with consistency means everything and knowing that if I’m not here that there’s someone here that can handle the next thing that comes up or the regular rehabs that need to be done is important,” said James. “Our communication lines have to be open and we have to all be on the same page while working together to get our athletes to the endpoint, which is for the athletes to get fully recovered from their injuries. I like to say it’s like a chaotic well-oiled machine.” She said that one thing people need to realize is that an athletic training room at the high school level in current times isn’t necessarily what people remember it being twenty years ago. “Going to see the athletic trainer now days isn’t just about strapping on ice and sitting at the game,” said James. “While we still do that as part of our jobs we also diagnose injuries, treat injuries, rehab injuries, and do post-surgical rehabs which is an all-encompassing job now days. We just don’t want to see a kid and then ship them off to a doctor then never see them again until they’re back. We want to be part of every step of getting them back on the field and for me that’s what an athletic trainer does, not just a triage between me and the doctor’s office or physical therapy.. With saying that, we’re very lucky with the facilities that we have to be able to do all of those things here and treat those kids, especially when we’re at full strength.” James said that if there was something she could stress to all the athletes that she has treated or will treat in the future as an athletic trainer her message to them would be that her and her team are invested in each athlete and want the best for each of them. “With a little tongue in cheek I want all of the athletes to know there’s not an alternative motive to keep you out of sports,” said James with a laugh. “It’s never our goal to keep you out of events and that a great day for us is to sit at a game where no one gets injured as we enjoy watching you play the sports you love. There seems to be a thought by people at times that we just want to hold kids out of games but we never want to do that, even though some injuries force us to do that at times. I also want them to know that I’m invested in you, our teams, and our success on the field. When I’m treating you and you’re not getting better I take that home with me at night and worry about it, as I try to find ways that I can do better to get you healthy. It’s not just a nine to five job for me, I truly do care and am doing everything I can do to find ways to get you back on the field. I want them to know that I’m that invested in them getting better that much and I want them to be invested in that as well.” While the month of March is our chance to celebrate the athletic trainers across the country, make sure to tell the athletic trainers, like Laurie James, how much we appreciate the effort and time they put in each day to keep our athletes healthy and on the field of play. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - As two of the top teams in the state competed on the diamond, with both throwing their top pitchers, it comes as no surprise that runs were hard to come by on Tuesday night as Boiling Springs came away with the 1-0 home victory over Eastside to open regular season play for the Bulldogs. According to some publications, Boiling Springs is the tenth best team at the 5A level and according to most polls Eastside sits inside the top two of teams at the 4A level and the hype for the matchup didn't leave fans disappointed. The game turned out to be a pitching duel between Boiling Springs pitchers Tristan Smith and Jackson Cole versus Eastside's Brody Fowler. Bulldogs' senior pitcher Tristan Smith pitched five innings of shutout baseball while striking out twelve Eastside batters including the last three batters he faced in the bottom of the fifth inning while only allowing one hit. Brody Fowler pitched an impressive outing for Eastside as he went the whole game for the Eagles throwing 102 pitches striking out fourteen Bulldogs batters and only allowing one hit. The Bulldogs' Jackson Cole came on in relief for Smith in the top of the sixth inning and kept up the same work that Smith was doing, as he got a fly ball to second base to start the inning and followed it up with two back-to-back strikeouts to end the inning. In the top of the seventh inning, it looked like Eastside was going to be able to get on the board and end the Bulldogs shutout bid, as they loaded the bases with no outs. With the bases loaded though, Cole stepped up big again for the Bulldogs as he was able to strikeout the next three Eastside batters to end the Eagles rally and keep the game scoreless. Cole finished his two innings of work allowing no hits with five strikeouts and together with Smith they combined to strikeout 17 of the 27 Eastside batters they faced on Tuesday night. With one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, Bulldogs senior third baseman Davis Starnes worked a walk to put a runner on base for Boiling Springs before he stole second base on the first pitch to the next batter. After Cole worked a walk to put runners at first and second for the Bulldogs, the biggest play of the game happened on the next at-bat. The next Bulldogs batter struck out swinging but as he was swinging Starnes was racing to steal third base and was safe but the throw to third base sailed into leftfield allowing Starnes to come around and score giving the Bulldogs the victory. Both teams are scheduled to face each other again on Wednesday night at Eastside, with weather permitting, as they are making up a game rescheduled from last week. Bulldogs Softball Falls In Opening Night Of Region PlayJust across the pathway from the pitching duel, the Boiling Springs softball team was opening up region play but couldn't get things to fall their way as they fell 11-6 to Nation Ford on Tuesday night.
Nation Ford had two big innings as they scored six runs in the second inning that came off some key Bulldogs errors and three more in the top of the seventh inning to help secure their victory. Boiling Springs got two monster homeruns from Bri Stanley and Saydie Parris in the game that both found the roadway behind the outfield wall. The Bulldogs will look to rebound in another region matchup on Friday night when they host Clover at 6:00 PM. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - Almost a week after Chesnee and Boiling Springs battled to a 1-0 game last week, the Bulldogs won a slugfest over the Eagles 14-12 on Monday night to open up the home schedule for the Boiling Springs softball team.
"One thing I can say about our team is they don't give up," said Bulldogs head coach Randy Piazza. "This team has been down a few times this year but always finds ways to come back at the end. It's a fun bunch of kids to be around." Chesnee jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning as both Skylar Barrett and Hannah Henderson both scored and were looking to add more runs until the Bulldogs Sarah Ezell caught a ball heading for right field before firing a throw home to catcher Saydie Parris, who put a tag on the Eagles runner for the second out before Bulldogs pitcher Hayden O'Neal struck out the final Chesnee batter of the inning. Boiling Springs cut the lead to 2-1 when the Bulldogs AD Raines started the bottom half of the inning with a double to left centerfield before coming around to score on a single to right field by Bri Stanley. The Eagles added two runs per inning in the second and third innings as they built a 6-1 lead over the Bulldogs as Barrett, Brandolin Bearfield, Kyleigh Thompson, and Jada Sellars all scored one run each for Chesnee over the two innings. Boiling Springs cut the Chesnee lead to 6-5 in the bottom of the third inning as their scoring started when Bri Stanley reached base on a single before Bri McAbee, who was running for Stanley, reached second base on a Chesnee error allowing Saydie Parris to reach base and put two runners on base. Leaha Rushing laid down a sacrifice bunt to move McAbee and Emma Wilkins, who was running for Parris, to second and third base with one out for the Bulldogs. Kate Philbeck followed Rushing, where she was hit by a pitch, before Gracen Bennett hit a double to left centerfield scoring both McAbee and Wilkins to cut the Eagles lead to 6-3 over the Bulldogs. With two outs, the Bulldogs Sarah Ezell hit a clutch single to rightfield scoring both Philbeck and Bennett to put Boiling Springs within one run. In the top of the fourth inning the Bulldogs Morgan Hammett made an amazing catch that was worthy of a spot on Sportscenter as she raced from right centerfield to left centerfield to make a diving catch for the first out of the inning. "Morgan made a play there that I think we can all agree was worthy of Sportscenter," said Piazza. "We had some kids make mistakes at times but always bounce back with big plays like Morgan did there and Sarah did with her great throw from right field before that. These kids believe in each other and even when things don't go their way they bounce back with great plays." While Hammett made a great play to start the inning, Chesnee was still able to add two more runs in the inning as Maddie Handy, Kyleigh Thompson, and Jada Sellars got three straight hits allowing Handy and Thompson to score and push the Eagles lead back to 8-5 over the Bulldogs. AD Raines led off the bottom of the fourth inning for the Bulldogs with a single to left field before advancing to third with one out on a Chesnee error that also allowed Parris to reach base. Raines made the Eagles lead 8-6 when she scored on a double to right centerfield by Leaha Rushing that also allowed Wilkins, pinch running for Parris, to advance to third base after previously stealing second base. Wilkins made the Eagles lead 8-7 on a Chesnee error before Rushing came around to score on an infield single by Bennett to tie the game at 8-8 between the two district schools. With two outs in the top of the fifth inning, Chesnee had their biggest offensive inning of the game as they scored four runs to reestablish their lead at 12-8 over the Bulldogs. Hannah Henderson started the inning with two outs with a single to left field before scoring on a Bulldogs error that allowed Maddie Handy to reach second base. Handy made the Eagles lead 10-8 on a double to left field by Kyleigh Thompson before Thompson scored on a single by Jada Sellars to make their lead 11-8 over the Bulldogs. Sellars made the score 12-8 in favor of the Eagles when she scored on a wild pitch by the Bulldogs. Both teams went scoreless in their next at-bats as Chesnee held a 12-8 lead over the Bulldogs heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, as the Bulldogs held on to their best offensive performance of the game for their last at-bat. After two flyouts to start the bottom of the sixth inning, Boiling Springs got their inning going when senior second baseman Jacie Ross hit a single to leftfield before moving to third base on a double to rightfield by Sarah Ezell. Ross and Ezell cut the Chesnee lead to 12-10 when both scored on a double to rightfield by Morgan Hammett. Hammett was followed by Raines, who reached base on an interference call, then Hammet was able to cut the lead to 12-11 when she scored on an Eagles error that also allowed Stanley to reach base. Saydie Parris scored both Raines and Bri McAbee with a line drive down the leftfield line to give the Bulldogs their first lead of the game at 13-12 over the Eagles. Emma Wilkins, who was running for Parris, made the Bulldogs lead 14-12 when she scored on a single to rightfield by Rushing. In the top of the seventh inning, Boiling Springs sealed the victory with a groundout to Jacie Ross followed by back-to-back strikeouts from Bri Stanley as the Bulldogs now head to region play with an impressive comeback with over Chesnee. "This win is great but our season truly starts tomorrow against Nation Ford," said Piazza. "We play in a really strong conference with Nation Ford, Clover, Fort Mill, and Gaffney which I told people is a stronger conference than a lot of people realize. In this region you don't have a night off and team for team it's a very competitive region." Boiling Springs will start region play on Tuesday night at 7:30 PM when they host Nation Ford before host Clover on Friday at home. Chesnee will return to action starting on Thursday as they compete in the three-day Byrnes Softball tournament at Middle Tyger River Park. LANDRUM, SC - When the rain quit pouring down on Monday night, the Boiling Springs softball team started pouring runs onto the scoreboard as they defeated Landrum 17-6 to officially start the 2022 regular season.
"That's a great way to start the season," said Bulldogs head coach Randy Piazza. "I'm really proud of how we're hitting and how we're play defense right now. The season is going to get tough and we're going to have to play like that all year if we want to be in the hunt for the playoffs at the end of the season." Boiling Springs got their bats going on the first at-bat when Adrienne Raines reached base on an infield bunt single before moving to second base when Sayde Parris worked a walk. Raines gave the Bulldogs their first run of the game when she scored on a Kate Philbeck double to left centerfield to put Boiling Springs up 1-0 over the Cardinals. With Emma Wilkins, pinch running for Sayde Parris, at third base and Philbeck at second base the Bulldogs made their lead 3-0 when Gracen Bennett hit a single to left centerfield. Bennett later scored from third on a double to left field by Sarah Ezell to make the Boiling Springs lead 4-0 after the first inning. Boiling Springs added to their lead in the top of the second inning with two outs which started when Stanley was hit by a pitch before Bri McAbee, who was running for Stanley, advanced to second on a passed ball and then to third on a single to left field by Parris. McAbee and Wilkins, who was running for Parris, pushed the Bulldogs lead to 6-0 on a double to left centerfield by Leaha Rushing. The Bulldogs lead advanced to 7-0 at the end of the second inning after Rushing scored on a double to left field by Philbeck, her second RBI in two innings. Sarah Ezell reached base in the top of the third inning by working a one out walk before advancing to third on a bunt single by Morgan Hammett putting runners at the corners. Ezell came around to score on the next at-bat when she scored on a sacrifice bunt by Raines to push the Bulldogs lead to 8-1 after three innings at the plate. In the bottom of the third inning, Landrum had their biggest inning of the night as they were able to score five runs to get within two runs of the Bulldogs at 8-6 when the third inning came to an end. Leaha Rushing reached base in the top of the fourth inning on a fielder's choice before advancing to second on a wild pitch. She advanced to third base on a single to right field by Philbeck that also saw Philbeck advance to second base on the throw from the outfield. Rushing made the Bulldogs lead 9-6 over the Cardinals when she scored on a wild pitch before Philbeck pushed the lead to 10-6 on a sacrifice bunt by senior second baseman Jacie Ross. Morgan Hammett started off the top of the fifth inning by reaching base on her second straight infield bunt single before stealing second base and her speed is something that has become a weapon for the team according to Coach Piazza. "Morgan has so much speed but is also such a smart baserunner which are things you can't coach," said Piazza. "She sees what's happening and most of the time, at least so far, makes the right decision." Hammett advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Bri McAbee before coming around to score on a two-run home run by Bri Stanley that was still flying well past the 202' foot sign in centerfield to push the Boiling Springs lead to 12-6 over the Cardinals. Kate Philbeck got her fourth hit in her fourth at-bat of the day to lead off the sixth inning when she hit a single to right centerfield. Philbeck stole second base before advancing to third base on a groundout to third base by Ross registering the Bulldogs second out of the inning. Ezell followed Ross and was hit by a pitch before stealing second base to put runners at second and third base with two outs. With runners in scoring position and two outs, Bulldogs senior Grace Geddes came up with a big hit as she lined a single to right centerfield scoring both Philbeck and Ezell to push the Boiling Springs lead to 14-6 over the Cardinals. Bri McAbee followed Geddes and was hit by a pitch to put two runners on for Bri Stanley. Stanley took advantage of her opportunity as she crushed a three-run home run that cleared the left field wall and almost cleared the Landrum batting cages behind the left field wall. Between her two at-bats in the fifth and sixth innings, Stanley hit over four-hundred feet of home runs in two innings. "Bri is an amazing kid and we've just been waiting on her to have a game at the plate like she did tonight," said Piazza. "I think she's finally got back into the swing of things and I think she showed that tonight. She also had a great night on the mound." Stanley finished the game going two for four with two homers and five RBIs while pitching seven innings allowing one run and striking out nine batters. Kate Philbeck with her four for four night on Monday has now gotten hits in her last eight at-bats. Boiling Springs will return to the field next Monday in a home matchup against Chesnee before starting region play with a home matchup against Nation Ford on Tuesday and a home region matchup against Clover on Friday. DUNCAN, SC - On a very breezy day at the River Falls Plantation Golf Course, Boiling Springs golfer Andrew Gregory was the class of the field as he shot a tournament low score of 71 to repeat as the champion of the Rebel Invitational golf tournament on Monday.
"It feels good to win it for the second year in the row," said Gregory. "It seems that this course and tournament just suits my style. It feels good to start the regular season this way and hopefully next time out we can pick up a team victory as well." While Gregory came away with the victory, it did take two playoff holes to win the tournament after Gregory and River Bluff's Ashton Eubanks tied at 71 after eighteen holes of play. They both shot one under of the first playoff hole (ninth hole) before Gregory was able to come away with the victory on the second playoff hole (eighteenth hole) with a beautiful ten-foot putt. Gregory said on the final hole he just wanted to make sure to get a good drive to get it started on a good foot. "I just wanted to hit the fairway and see what happened from there," said Gregory. Bulldogs head coach Josh Pruitt said he was happy of the accomplishment by his junior golfer on Monday. "Andrew is a good player and it was tough conditions out there today," said Pruitt. "He won a junior tournament just before the season and had a good outing at the Red Raider Invitational last week. I'm proud of him and know he'll win some more as the season goes along." As a team Boiling Springs finished the tournament with a score of 326 to tie for fourth with River Bluff. Greenville High School won the tournament with a score of 316 followed by Mauldin (318) and Spartanburg (320). Chesnee (406) and Chapman (396) both competed in the Rebel Invitational as well. "I was hoping we'd do a little better as a team today, but we were missing our number two player and only had four players available for today," said Pruitt. "We expect the best and I still think we're going to be able to put another run together for hopefully another state championship. I think we can accomplish it and win some more tournaments if we get it right." Boiling Springs will next take to the course for a two-day tournament March 14th-15h at the Bengal Invitational at the Columbia Country Club. The Bulldogs will then host the Spartanburg County tournament on March 21st at Woodfin Ridge Golf Course. GEORGETOWN, SC - After falling in the first two days of the IP Classic, the Boiling Springs baseball team was able to battle back with two victories on Saturday and Sunday to even up their record at the tournament sending them home on a winning streak.
Boiling Springs fell to Blythewood 10-4 on Thursday before falling to AC Flord, the #1 team in 4A, 8-3 on Friday to start the tournament 0-2. On Saturday the Bulldogs were finally able to get the game to go in their favor as they defeated York 6-3 to pick up their first win of the tournament. The Bulldogs got their bats going in the first inning against the Cougars with one out as Luke Compton hit a double to right field before coming home on the next at-bat when Davis Starnes crushed a home run to the centerfield bleachers putting the Bulldogs ahead 2-0. In the fourth inning the Bulldogs added to their lead when Jackson Reel reached base on an error before coming around to score on a Jackson Cole single to left field to put Boiling Springs up 3-0 over the Cougars. Bulldogs starting pitcher Dylan Anderson went five innings without giving up a run giving Boiling Springs a strong outing in the third game of the tournament. Davis Starnes led off the top of the sixth with a single before stealing second base and coming around to score on a line drive double to left field by Ashton Smith to put the Bulldogs ahead 4-0 over the Cougars. Smith and Jackson Reel both came around to score to push the Bulldogs lead to 6-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning. York was able to pick up two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning sending the Bulldogs into the final inning with a 6-2 lead. The Cougars added another run in the bottom of the seventh with two outs but couldn't get any closer as the Bulldogs picked up the 6-3 victory. Sunday morning came early for Boiling Springs as they started their game at 9:30 AM but was able to come away with a 3-1 victory in five innings to finish out the 2022 IP Classic on a two-game winning streak. Summerville struck first in the top of the second inning grabbing a 1-0 lead over the Bulldogs. Boiling Springs responded in the bottom half of the second inning as Ashton Smith led off the inning with a single to rightfield. Smith advanced to third base on two consecutive passed balls before scoring on a wild pitch to tie the game at 1-1. Jackson Kostiuk, who was running for Jackson Cole, ended up at third base after Cole reached on a walk and two wild pitches. With Kostiuk at third base, Jackson Reel laid down a squeeze bunt that scored Kostiuk giving the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead and also ended up at second base after an error on the throw. Hudson Wilson brought home Reel on a single to the outfield giving the Bulldogs a 3-1 lead at the end of the second inning. Jackson Cole pitched all five innings for the Bulldogs in the 3-1 victory over Summerville including striking out the final Green Wave hitter. Boiling Springs’ Tristan Smith was named to the IP Classic All-Tournament team. With the IP Classic ending, the Bulldogs will now start their regular season schedule when they travel to Eastside on Thursday. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - The Boiling Springs boys lacrosse team bounced back from a tough loss on Thursday with a dominant 18-6 victory over Evans High School (Ga) while also seeing senior attacker Matthias Oslund set a school record on Saturday afternoon.
"It's a great way to forget about Thursday," said Bulldogs head coach Justin Mills. "We got a bunch of guys in today and our goal today was just to get some quality looks and we ran through our offense today while picking up some goals." Boiling Springs jumped out to an early lead grabbing four straight goals from Kaden Jenkins, Javen Chhim, Elijah Smith, and Lincoln Huskey to take a 4-0 lead just eight minutes into the game. Evans was able to score a goal at the three-minute mark before the Bulldogs scored three more goals to end the first quarter from Ashton Scott, Mathis Oslund, and Lincoln Huskey for a 7-1 first quarter lead. Evans scored the first and final goals of the second quarter but in between those two goals the Bulldogs got four goals as Ethan Westall and Elijah Smith both picked up a goal apiece while Matthias Oslund scored the other two goals as he reached a career milestone of 100 and 101 career points, which puts him as the all-time leader in career points for the Boiling Springs lacrosse program. He added two more goals in the fourth quarter as he currently holds the Bulldogs record with 103 career points. "Matthias is such a consistent player," said Mills. "Every game he's played under me since his freshman year he's been a guy we can give the ball to and tell him to go get us a quick goal. We're going to miss him when he heads to college next year but his name will be in the record books here at Boiling Springs for a long time with that record." In the third quarter Boiling Springs picked up goals from Chase Miller and Lincoln Huskey to push their lead to 13-4 over Evans. Boiling Springs started the fourth quarter with back-to-back goals from Kaden Jenkins to push their lead to 15-4 before Evans got back-to-back goals from Cavin Strawser to cut the Bulldogs lead to 15-6 with just over six minutes to go in the game. Oslund responded with two back-to-back goals of his own for the Bulldogs including an impressive goal that saw him catch a ricochet off the Evans goal before firing a shot that found the bottom left of the goal for a 17-6 lead. Micah Horton scored the last goal of the game for the Bulldogs as he won the faceoff and fired a shot that found the back of the net to give Boiling Springs an 18-6 victory. Mills said he was glad to see his guys battle back from the adversity from Thursday and how it will help them as the season goes along. "Thursday was the first loss we've had this season to overcome, and our guys have learned how to battle through adversity," said Mills. "We're probably going to lose again this year so we just have to keep reminding ourselves how to battle through that adversity." Boiling Springs will return to action next week in road matchups as they travel to Hillcrest on Tuesday before returning to region play on Thursday when they travel to Fort Mill. |
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