Boiling Springs CampsBoiling Springs Basketball Camp When: June 6th - 8th Time: 2:00 - 4:30 PM Grades: Rising 3rd - 8th Grade Boys and Girls Cost: $60 (Each player will receive a camp t-shirt) Location: Boiling Springs High School Main Gym Register at: Boiling Springs Basketball Camp Registration For more information email either: Coach Dwayne Lytle - [email protected] Coach Craig Martin - [email protected] Boiling Springs Baseball Camp When: June 13th - June 16th Time: 9:00 AM -12:00 PM (registration starts at 8:30 AM on June 13th) Grades: Rising 1st - Rising 6th grade Cost: $75 For more information email either: Coach Jeff Lipscomb - [email protected] Coach JD Goodwin - [email protected] Boiling Springs Volleyball Camp When: June 13th - June 16th Time: 9 AM - 11 AM Grades: All boys and girls (players will be divided by age/skill level) Cost: $60 (Includes t-shirt while supplies last) Register At: Boiling Spring Volleyball Camp Registration For more information email: Coach Allyson Elliot - [email protected] Boiling Springs Lacrosse Camp When: June 16th - June 17th Time: 8 AM - 10 AM Grades: Kindergarten - rising 8th grader Cost: $40 Register At: Boiling Springs Lacrosse Registration For more information email: [email protected] Boiling Springs Softball Camp When: June 20th - June 23rd Time: 8:00 AM - Noon (Check-In will be held 7:30 - 8:00 AM on June 20th) Ages: 6 - 12 Cost: $50 Pre-Register At: Boiling Springs Softball Camp For more information email: Coach Moxie - [email protected] Chesnee CampsChesnee Basketball Camp When: May 31st - June 3rd Time: 9AM - Noon Grades: Rising 2nd - 9th grade Cost: $50 Pre-Register At: Chesnee Basketball Camp Registration Or Register In Person: May 31st from 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM For more information email: Coach Pitt - [email protected] Chesnee Wrestling Camp When: June 13th - June 16th Time: 9 AM - Noon Grades: Rising 1st - 6th grade Cost: $60 Register at: Chesnee Wrestling Camp Registration Chesnee Soccer Camp When: June 20th - June 23rd Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Grades: Rising 2nd - 8th grade Cost: $30 (2 days) or $50 (4 days) Register at: Chesnee Soccer Camp Registration Chesnee Softball Camp When: June 27th - June 30th Time: 9 AM - Noon Grades: Rising 1st - 7th grade Cost: $50 (before June 24th) $60 (after June 24th) For more information email: Coach Fogle - [email protected] Chesnee Football Camp When: July 11th - July 13th Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Grades: Rising 1st - 8th grade For more information email: Coach Lewis - [email protected] Chesnee Volleyball Camp When: July 18th - July 21st Time: 9 AM - Noon Grades: Rising 3rd - 8th grade Cost: $50 (before July 11th) or $60 Register At: Chesnee Volleyball Camp Registration For more information email: Coach Jolley - [email protected] In a meeting with his players last week, longtime Boiling Springs softball coach Randy Piazza announced to his team that he was retiring as the leader of the Bulldogs softball program at the end of the year.
Piazza has been the leader of the Bulldogs program since 2014 and prior to that was the lead assistant to head coach Sandy Martin, that included the Bulldogs 2013 4A state championship winning performance. During his time as the Bulldogs head coach Piazza has a record of 164-57 which included three region championships along with numerous playoff appearances. During that time, he has seen many of his players go on to play college softball and during his ten years as head coach has had at least one player selected to the North-South game, which continued this year in his final season as second baseman Jacie Ross was recently honored with the selection to the prestigious game. When asked about why he made the decision to step down after this season, Piazza said that he felt it was about being accountable for the team not performing at the level he was used to, and he thought that maybe a new voice could bring the team back to its top level of play. "I hold myself accountable for how my team performs and I felt like the team could benefit from a new voice," said Piazza. "We've had a great run here and I'm glad of all that we've accomplished. Even though it's still a sad moment for me, I think it's something I needed to do as it just felt like the right time for me." Piazza, who is a 1978 graduate of Boiling Springs, said that during his time as the leader of the Bulldogs he always wanted his teams and their way of play to reflect in a positive way on Boiling Springs as he has a great love for the community that he grew up. "I've always taken pride when people complimented me on how our teams played but also in how they held themselves on and off the field," said Piazza. "I've always taken pride in being from Boiling Springs and I wanted our players to do the same. I was always proud to have this job and I wanted what we did as a team to make our athletic directors and school proud. We worked to make this program successful and something for the community to be proud of every season. I can't count how many times I've been complimented by random people about how great our kids are and on how proud they are of the team." He said that the desire to give back to his community always came from the NFL players that he saw growing up as a kid and became a desire of his even into his college career. "As a kid I had a vision of playing pro football and never knew if I was going to get there but I always heard those guys talk about how they wanted to give back to youth centers and I always wanted to do that myself," said Piazza. "Any of this stuff I've done hasn't ever just been me, but it's always been with the help of others who feel the same whether it's at the school or at the little league. I've always wanted to be able to give back to a community that gave me so much and I thank God that I've been given the opportunity to do just that." Former Boiling Springs softball player Grace McKinney, who now starts at Converse University, said that Piazza's love for the community, the program, and his players is what has shaped her into the person and player she is today. "Coach Piazza is a great man and coach," said McKinney. "He's a supportive person who was patient, knowledgeable, honest, and always could make you laugh as he has so much love for the Boiling Springs softball program, the players, and the whole community in general. I've learned so much about softball and life from him which has shaped me into the person and player I am today. The leadership and commitment he brought to this program will always be remembered and appreciated. I am just so grateful that I got to be coached by him and to have just been a part of his great success." Taylor Cabe, another former Bulldog player who was the starting pitcher on the Boiling Springs state championship team in 2013 and went on to pitch for Harvard University, also talked about the impact Piazza had on her softball career and made the game fun for her and her teammates. "Coach Piazza epitomizes leading with love," said Cabe. "He loves the game of softball and loved each of us as players and, more importantly, as individuals like we were his own kids. He brought a lightheartedness and fun to each practice and game all while pushing us to grows as players, a team unit, and people. I know the Boiling Springs program will miss him dearly." While Piazza has been a part of the Bulldogs softball program for the last sixteen years (2007-2022) as either a head coach or an assistant, he has also been a key member of the Boiling Springs Youth Athletic Association spending a lot of time as the president of the organization. He said that with his work with the youth league he has seen a lot of his players start as young kids and now move through the high school system, but that he now loves seeing a lot of his old players starting to be the ones helping coach the same youth leagues they once participated in as kids. "It makes me feel great as I've seen a lot of our old players out at the youth league fields coaching the younger generation," said Piazza. "It tells me that we've done something right because these girls want to come back out here and coach which just makes me proud as their high school coach and a part of the BSYAA. When we started the vision for this program at the BSYAA back in the early 2000's we started it because we wanted to win a state championship at the high school and we accomplished that. When I see those old players come by and tell me how much they still love me, that's worth more than anything." Piazza said that while he'll miss coaching, he said that what he will miss the most is the relationships that he has built over the years with players and coaches. "I'm going to miss the relationships with the players and the coaches I've worked with the most, along with the great relationships I've developed with the coaches I've coached against," said Piazza. "I'm really just going to miss the kids and the coaches the most of all as I've made a lot of great friends over the last sixteen years." He said that over his time as the coach at Boiling Springs he hopes that the one thing people remember about his teams is that they always competed. "I always believe that with or without the talent you have to compete," said Piazza. "I think if you talk to other coaches the one thing they'll always tell you that is our teams came to compete and while you might not always know which team was going to show up, we were there to compete. There's a difference in competing and just showing up. I think whenever people talk about hating to play Boiling Springs they're talking about the competitiveness of our teams, so you know when they say that you must be doing something right." When asked what's next for him now that he's leaving as the leader of the softball program, Piazza says for people to still expect to see him around the school and the community as his love for Boiling Springs hasn't changed. He said that he still wants to be a part of the program, as he said he's a big fan of the current leadership around Boiling Springs High School and even said that he may expand his role in the community to an area he had never considered until now. "I still want to be a part of the program as I'm a Bulldog for life, not just a Bulldog part time," said Piazza. "I'm really a big fan of the current leadership at the school as I think Mr. McQuigg and Coach Moxie are doing a lot of great things for the school. I told them when I made this decision that I still want to stay involved with things around the school because there's few events that I haven't been at over the years, as I think I can count on my hands the number of football games I've missed. I'm still going to keep doing my thing here with the youth league and I'm also looking into running for the school board in the near future." On a personal note, the people at the Boiling Springs Sports Journal want to thank Coach Piazza for all the help he has given to us in helping cover his program the last six years. The search for Piazza’s replacement began on May 11th and according to Boiling Springs athletic director Evan Moxie finding the next softball coach to lead the Bulldogs is a top priority. CHARLESTON, SC - The Boiling Springs boys' golf team went to Charleston on Monday looking to defend their state title and on Tuesday they returned with their sixth boys' golf state championship in school history along their second straight 5A boys' golf state championship.
Chapin, who finished second, Boiling Springs a run for their money to repeat as champions as the Bulldogs defeated the Eagles by one shot winning the tournament with a two-day team score of 616 over Chapin's score of 617. The repeat of the championship is something that Boiling Springs head coach Josh Pruitt has said he felt his team could do since the beginning of the year. "It's an amazing feeling," said Pruitt. "Having a chance and doing it is two totally different things so for these guys to actually come out here and accomplish it, I can't be prouder." Boiling Springs started off their title defense on Monday with a strong opening day performance as they shot a team score of 308 which was six shots ahead of Chapin and eleven shots ahead of River Bluff. The Bulldogs got a strong opening day from Clayton Taylor who fired a score of 71 at the course, which was one shot under par and two shots behind Wando's Tucker Simon who shot an opening day low score of 69. Taylor said that because of an injury he's dealt with all season, that have caused him to play shots at a lower trajectory, that it actually benefited him at the state championship match because of the conditions. "I was kind of limited because of injury that forced me to have a lower shot," said Bulldog sophomore golfer Clayton Taylor. "That type of play kind of helped me here as it kept my shots out of the win. I actually slept better after putting up that score yesterday than I did the night before, so I guess I didn't feel much pressure after day one." Pruitt said they way that Taylor played over the two days was key and said that he believes he's only scratching the surface of what he can accomplish as a golfer. "He had the one shot he needed here today and was able to finish the season off how he needed to," said Pruitt. "When he's fully back he's going to do some great things. I can see him as an individual state champion because he has that time of game." On the second day the Bulldogs had to fend off some clutch shots by Chapin including key birdies from both Andrew Gregory and Walker Greene over the last two holes. The slim victory proved to his team something that Coach Pruitt has expressed to his players all year, that each shot matters. "I stress it to them all season long that each shot matters," said Pruitt. "It's no more evident than it was today as we came away with a one-shot victory over two days of golf." Pruitt said how the state championship tournament played out was no different than how his team has played all year as someone new seemed to lead the team. "It's almost like a best ball tournament with our season this year," said Pruitt with a laugh. "Someone hits it into the woods then the next guy hits par and that's what it has felt like as a team this year, the next guys is always just stepping up." Boiling Springs will see two golfers from this year's team graduate as it was the final rounds as Bulldogs for both Walker Greene and Owen Jackson. Greene said he was happy that his senior career ended with a championship. "It's a great feeling like Zach and those guys had last year to go out on top," said Bulldogs senior Walker Greene. "Going out as a championship means a lot especially with how we won because it means we gave everything we had in our last round of golf with Boiling Springs." Pruitt said losing those two will be tough, especially Walker Greene, but that the Bulldogs will be looking to make it three in a row next year. "Walker Greene is going to be a tough guy to lose because he's been solid for us the last few years," said Pruitt. "We got some JV kids that will be coming up to take those places though and we'll see what we can do next year." DUNCAN, SC - After winning the region meet last week, Boiling Springs junior sprinter Carmelo Martin added another title to his prestigious track career as he claimed the 5A Upper State champion title in two separate events on Saturday afternoon.
Martin won the upper state title in the 100m with a time of 10.69 which was over three-tenths of a second faster than the next closest runner. He also won the 200m event with a time of 21.50 which was almost two-tenths of a second ahead of second place and one-hundredth of a second off of Martin's personal best time. "It feels great to win the title in those two events," said Bulldogs sprinter Carmelo Martin. "I just came here wanting to do what I do best and run these two events like I normally do. At this time of year, you just want to be the guy out front." Martin also qualified for state in the boys' 4x100m relay event as he, Jojo Barrett, Spencer Eison, and Keondre Keenon finished fifth in the Upper State championship. Bulldogs' hurdler Sydney Watson looked to qualify for the 5A state championship after running a 16.06 in the girls 100m hurdles. Martin, who finished second in the 200m event at state last year, said that he feels he's in better shape this year than he was last year going into the state championship meet. "I'm feeling great this time of year as last year I was a lot slower than I am now," said Martin. "Seeing my progression this year and just trusting my coach I'm just glad I've been put in a better position to run better times this year. Going into state I just want to show improvement next week from how I ran this week." Boiling Springs will be competing at the 5A state championship meet at Spring Valley High School in Columbia on May 20th (Friday). FORT MILL, SC - On Monday afternoon the Boiling Springs boys' golf team checked off another feat on their way to accomplishing their ultimate goal of repeating as state champions as they won the 5A Upper State championship at Springfield Golf Course.
Boiling Springs finished the tournament with a team score of 312 which was one shot better than second place Dorman and three shots ahead of host school Nation Ford (315). The top eight teams make it into the state championship tournament next week and the Bulldogs will be joined in that tournament by Dorman, Nation Ford, Spartanburg, Mauldin, Riverside, Fort Mill, and JL Mann. The Bulldogs were led on Monday by junior golfer Andrew Gregory who shot a tournament low score of 71, as he was the only golfer to shoot under par. Walker Greene (76) and Walker Ingram (78) joined Gregory as members of the Bulldogs program that turned in scores in the 70's on Monday. The Bulldogs will now look to defend their 5A state championship title next Monday and Tuesday (May 16th -17) at Charleston Municipal Golf Course. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - With the bases loaded and a berth in the Upper State championship series on the line, Boiling Springs third baseman Davis Starnes strolled to the plate delivering a RBI single to leftfield giving Boiling Springs a 4-3 victory along with a berth in the 5A Upper State series on Monday night.
Starnes also picked up the win on the mound for the Bulldogs as he came on in relief with one out in the top of the seventh inning forcing a fielder's choice at second base and a flyout to right field giving himself the chance to win the game in the bottom half of the inning. "Davis the last four weeks has been on fire for us at the plate," said Bulldogs head coach Jeff Lipscomb. "I'm just proud of him with how he's been playing and his senior leadership this year. I couldn't be any prouder of a kid than I am him this year and especially tonight." The clutch hit situation got started with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning when Luke Compton walked before advancing to second base on an infield single by Hudson Wilson. Compton moved to third base on a single by Tristan Smith to leftfield before scoring the winning run on Starnes base hit to left field. "The character of our guys is huge and they just don't quit," said Lipscomb. "I'm just really proud of our guys as they found a way to win tonight after falling in the first game, these guys just never quit." Prior to the game winning situation the Bulldogs got the first lead of the game when Davis Starnes, who had reached on a walk, scored on a groundout by Jackson Reel to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the fifth inning the Bulldogs extended their lead to 3-0 when Richie Lewis scored from second base on a double to right centerfield by Tristan Smith. On the next at-bat Starnes doubled home Rylee Douglas, who was running for Smith, to give the Bulldogs a three-run lead. Bulldogs senior pitcher Tristan Smith pitched the first five innings for Boiling Springs as he struck out twelve batters in five shutout innings but was forced to leave the game after the fifth inning due to pitch limits. JL Mann was able to add three runs in the top of the sixth inning but Bulldogs senior Ashton Smith was able to limit the damage when he came on in relief with the bases loaded to force a flyout to centerfield and strikeout the final two batters of the inning. "Both Ashton and Davis came up big as they dug deep inside themselves as neither has done much pitching this season," said Lipscomb. "They've kept working at their pitching in practice though and tonight they came up big for us. This game was for a chance at the Upper State series and both came on pitching like they've been doing it all season." With the victory the Bulldogs now advance to the first round of the Upper State championship series where they will host region foe Fort Mill, who defeated Dorman 10-7 on Monday night. "Fort Mill is a quality team playing some great baseball right now," said Lipscomb. "They're a four seed who won their district and that says a lot about them. Their top five hitters are loaded but we're going to do what we do and find a way to win." The Bulldogs victory came in the second game on Monday night as the Patriots defeated the Bulldogs 2-1 in the first game on Monday night. Over the past week region track meets have been held all over the state as schools prepare for the upcoming Upper State and State championships with many local athletes being named region champions.
On Thursday Boiling Springs High School was the host of the Region III-5A championships and saw numerous Bulldogs walk away with the title of region champion. The most awarded member of the Bulldogs program on Thursday was junior Spencer Eison who came away with the region championship in the 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, and the boys' triple jump. He won the 110m hurdles in a time of 16.78, just three hundredths of a second in front of second place Connor Hill of Nation Ford. In the 400m hurdles he won the event in a time of 1:01.79, over a second ahead of second place. Eison won the triple jump with a distance of 44'7" which was over four feet further than his next closest opponent. Sophomore Jojo Barrett also added a third-place finish in the event with a distance of 39'11". Boiling Springs' Carmelo Martin walked away with the region championship in both the boys' 100m and 200m events as he won the 100m in a time of 10.78, over three-tenths faster than second place, and won the 200m in a time of 21.83. Martin, Barrett, Eison and Keo Keenon were all members of the Bulldogs boys' 4x100m relay team that finished in second place at the region meet less than a second behind first place Nation Ford. On the girl's side of the event Bulldogs freshmen Sydney Watson and Calayah Davis had strong performances in the hurdle's events. Watson won the 100m hurdles event with a time of 16.32 which was just a tenth of a second ahead of Davis. Watson also came away with a second-place finish in the 400m hurdles, just a second behind Nation Ford's Sierra Smith, and just ahead of Davis who came away with a third-place finish. The Bulldogs also got strong performances in the field events as sophomore Julia Graham finished in second place of the shot-put event with a distance of 31'6" which was less than a foot behind first place Willa Clark of Fort Mill. Bulldogs' sophomore Kennedy Gordon also got a fourth-place finish in the girls' long jump with a distance of 15'8" which was less than a foot behind first place Lael Valdez from Nation Ford. Boiling Springs will next compete at the 5A Upper State championships at Byrnes High School on Saturday (May 14th) as they look to qualify for the 5A State championship meet that will be held on May 20th at Spring Valley High School. CHAPMAN DOMINATES REGION III-3A MEET On Wednesday and Thursday, the Region III-3A meet was held at Broome High School but it was the Chapman Panthers who were busy celebrating their accomplishments behind impressive performances from seniors Emma Whitaker and DJ Black. Panthers' senior runner Emma Whitaker continued her strong performance winning the female athlete of the meet award after winning the 800m (2:29.55), the 1600m (5:38.13) and the 3200m events (12:24.10). Whitaker was also a member of the girls' 4x800 relay team that won the region championship with a time of 10:48.50 which was over twenty-five seconds ahead of second place. She was joined on the team by Peyton Holmes, Grace McDaniel, and Sofia Woodard. Polly Arrington won the girls 100m hurdles event with a time of 16.83 while eighth grader Lilli Melton won the region championship in 400m hurdles, just ahead of seventh grader Peyton Holmes. Junior Clara Gramling won the girls' high jump with a height of 4'8" and also won the girls' long jump with a distance of 16'7". Elizabeth Maloney also finished in third place in the long jump event. Chapman senior Gabrielle Borum won the region championship in girls shot-put with a distance of 35'7" which was almost four feet further than second place. She also won the region championship in girls discuss with a distance 106'5" just ahead of teammate Kaley Jackson. On the boys' side of the event the Panthers had multiple region champions as well led by an impressive performance from senior DJ Black. The Panthers' senior DJ Black won the region championship in multiple events as he won the 100m event with a time of 10.86 and the 200m event with a time of 21.97. He also won both the long jump with a distance of 22'6.5", just ahead of teammate Rashawn Cunningham, and the triple jump with a distance of 45'2.25" just ahead of teammate Elijah Hall in third place. Sophomore Taylor Dunning won the region championship in the pole vault event with a height of 12'6". Panthers' sophomore Rashawn Cunningham won the boys' high jump with a height of 6'0". Fellow sophomore Abe Fyffe came away with a second place in the boys' shot-put event with a distance of 43'4". Senior Jaquel Pearson won the boys region championship in the discuss event with a distance of 129'9" which was just ahead of eighth grade teammate Jayquan Petty. Chapman junior Davion Marshall won the boys' 400m hurdles event with a time of 58.25 while finishing in a close second in the 110m hurdles just two tenths of a second behind first place Happy Lea from Woodruff. Lane Farmer came in second of boys' 800m event with a time of 2:04.62 while Zander Allen finished second in the boys' 3200m event, just two seconds behind first place. Dylan Chambers also added a second place finish for the Panthers in the boys' 400m event with a time of 52.20. Chapman will next compete in the 3A Upper State event on May 14th at Seneca High School as they look to qualify for the 3A State championship on May 21st at Lower Richland High School. CHESNEE GRABS MULTIPLE REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS On Tuesday and Wednesday the Region II-2A meet was held at Landrum High School where the Eagles boys' team came away with a second place finish. The Eagles won the 4x100m relay event as Bryson Thompson, KJ Valentine, Adonis Burgess, and Terrel Kessler look to defend the school's state championship in the event last year. Kessler also added a region championship in the boys' 100m event. In the field events, Chesnee picked up another region championship as Jayden Gossett won the shot-put event for the Eagles. The Eagles will next compete in the 2A Upper State championship on May 13th at Liberty High School as they look to qualify for the 2A State championship at Lower Richland High School on May 20th.T In an announcement sent out on Thursday afternoon, Boiling Springs senior golfer Walker Greene was named to the North roster of the North-South golf match that will be held later this month.
The latest honor is just another one to add to the trophy case for the Bulldogs senior golfer as earlier this season he won the Spartanburg County individual championship with a tournament low score of 68, which was at least four shots better than his next closest opponent. Greene was a key member of last year's state championship winning team and this year's team just won the Region III-5A championship on Monday. The Bulldogs team will be looking to back up their Upper State championship from last year this coming Monday at Springfield Golf Club in Fort Mill, SC. Greene will be competing in the North-South match from May 20-22 at Litchfield Country Club in Pawleys Island, SC. He will be joined on the roster by other local players in Dorman's David Ross and Mauldin's Jay Wilkins along with being coached by Byrnes' coach Mickey Deering. GREEVILLE, SC - After getting a strong outing from Tristan Smith on Tuesday night, Boiling Springs senior pitcher Landon Ellis wasn't going to be outdone as he gave the Bulldogs an impressive pitching performance himself to defeat the number one seed JL Mann 7-3 on Thursday night allowing the Bulldogs to advance to the district championship game on Monday.
Ellis pitched six and two third innings for the Bulldogs limiting the Patriots to three runs on ten hits while striking out three batters in 105 pitches. With the Bulldogs knowing what was on the line, they didn't take much time getting their bats going on Thursday night as they scored two runs in the top of the first inning as Luke Compton started off the game with an infield single for the Bulldogs. He eventually came around to score on double to leftfield by Tristan Smith that gave Boiling Springs a 1-0 lead. The Bulldogs made the score 2-0 when Jackson Cole hit a single to the outfield and Smith who raced around third base dodged a tag at the plate to extend the Boiling Springs lead. Boiling Springs added three more runs in the top of the third inning to push their lead to 5-1 over the Patriots after JL Mann scored one in the bottom of the second inning. With one out in the inning, Hudson Wilson hit a ball that landed about ten feet short of a homerun but ended up coming away with a double. Rylee Douglas, who came on to run for Wilson, and Tristan Smith who was walked in the next at-bat advanced to second and third base on a wild pitch to Davis Starnes before Starnes walked to load the bases. With the bases loaded, Jackson Cole worked a six pitch walk to score Douglas and give the Bulldogs a 3-1 lead with the bases still loaded. Jackson Reel followed Cole with a single to left field that scored Tristan Smith to give the Bulldogs a 4-1 lead over the Patriots before Ashton Smith brought home Jackson Cole on a groundout to shortstop to push the Boiling Springs lead to 5-1 over JL Mann. The Bulldogs added two more runs in the top of the fifth inning to extend their lead to 7-1 over the Patriots as Davis Starnes started the fifth inning by getting hit by a pitch before advancing to second base on a groundout. Starnes pushed the Bulldogs lead to 6-1 when he scored from second base on a Jackson Reel single to right field. Reel advanced to third base on a single to leftfield by Brent Fowler before scoring on a single up the middle by Justin Dawkins to push the Bulldogs lead to six runs over the Patriots. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Ellis gave up a single to the Patriots to put runners at first and third base on his 105th pitch of the game before being pulled from the game to a nice ovation from the Boiling Springs crowd. The Bulldogs brought in Jackson Cole to close out the game as he used three pitches to strike out the final Patriots batter of the game and sealed the victory for the Bulldogs. Boiling Springs will now sit at home for the next three days while Northwestern, who defeated Byrnes on Thursday night, and JL Mann battle in an elimination game at JL Mann on Saturday. The winner of that game will then travel to Boiling Springs on Monday having to beat the Bulldogs twice for a chance at playing in the Upper State championship series. ROEBUCK, SC - Coming off an impressive penalty kick victory over Spring Valley in the first round of the 5A playoffs, the Boiling Springs boys' soccer team had another battle on their hands Wednesday night against county rival Dorman.
While the match was a battle between two county rivals, it took an amazingly rare soccer shot for the Cavaliers to defeat the Bulldogs 2-1 in the second-round playoff game. Both teams exchanged possession back and forth early in the first half before the Cavaliers took a 1-0 lead at the eighteen-minute mark when the Cavaliers Matthew Gibson hit a left footed shot that found the left side of the Bulldogs goal. Dorman took the 1-0 lead into halftime despite the Bulldogs getting multiple shots on goal that sailed just wide. At the twenty-seven minute mark in the second half, the Bulldogs got the equalizing goal when junior Josh Bravo nailed a left footed shot that found the right top corner of the Cavaliers net to tie the game at 1-1. With time running down in the match both teams exchanged shots on goal as both defenses worked to limit the opportunities of the other team. At the eleven-minute mark, the Cavaliers worked their way inside the Bulldogs penalty box when Dorman forward Serge Nkoth pulled off an amazing right footed bicycle kick that found the top left of the Bulldogs goal giving the Cavaliers a 2-1 lead. Trailing by one goal the Bulldogs kept attacking the Dorman goal but was unable to find the back of the net as they just ran out of time when the referee's whistle went off to signal the end of the match. The Bulldogs finish the 2022 season with a 4-8 record out of one of the toughest regions in the state. |
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