INMAN, SC - On Monday night the Boiling Springs and Chapman girls' basketball teams kicked off the 2021-22 basketball season in a game that saw three different lead changes in the final minute of the game before the Panthers grabbed a 49-47 victory to start the new season.
Boiling Springs got the first points of the season when sophomore Sarah Ezell hit a shot from the left side of the key to go up 2-0 and start a big night for Ezell that included nine points in the first quarter. Chapman held a 12-11 with seconds left in the first quarter when Krislyn Britt-Wilder hit a three-pointer from the right side to push their lead to 15-11 when the buzzer sounded to end the quarter. The Panthers made it a six-point swing to start the second quarter when Gabriella Freire hit another three-pointer to push their lead to 18-11 over the Bulldogs. After the quick start to the second quarter by the Panthers, the Bulldogs were able to tie the score at 19-19 with just over two minutes to go in the half before Ezell came up with another big play to give the Bulldogs their first lead of the quarter at 22-19. Chapman ended the half on a 7-0 run to take a 26-20 lead into halftime. Boiling Springs made a run in the third quarter outscoring the Panthers 18-12 to take a 40-38 lead on a layup by senior Ansley King with just twenty seconds left in the quarter, a lead the Bulldogs held onto when the buzzer sounded to head for the final quarter of play. Junior Amiah Ellis played a key role in the third quarter run for the Bulldogs as she accounted for nine of the Bulldogs 18 points. The fourth quarter was a back-and-forth affair as Chapman led 46-45 with just over a minute to go in the game when the Bulldogs Olivia Shirley grabbed a rebound before putting a shot back up to give Boiling Springs a 47-46 lead over the Panthers. On the next possession Chapman's Clara Gramling hit two consecutive free throws to give the Panthers the lead back at 48-47 with just over forty seconds to go in the game. The Panthers added another free throw to extend their lead to 49-47. With Boiling Springs trailing by two points, they had one more opportunity to either tie the game or take the lead. As time was running down the Bulldogs made a drive to the basket and put up a shot that circled the rim before finding its way out leaving the Bulldogs on the losing side of a well fought game. Sarah Ezell led the Bulldogs with 16 points, 14 rebounds, and six blocks while Ansley King added 14 points of her own. Chapman was led by Clara Gramling who scored 18 points and three rebounds while Krislyn Britt-Wilder joined her in double figures with 15 points along with seven rebounds. In the boys' games Chapman got a strong performance from two players to help capture a 61-44 victory over Boiling Springs on Monday night. The Panthers got a big night from senior guards Landon Solesbee and Miles Carter as Solesbee scored 27 points while Carter added another 25 points. The two players combined to score 52 of the Panthers 61 points on Monday night. Julius Camp Jr led the way for the Bulldogs with 11 points along with seven rebounds. Boiling Springs will look to get back on track when they host Byrnes on Wednesday with the girls' game scheduled to start at 6:00 PM. Chapman will look to keep their winning ways going on Wednesday night when they host their second straight game, this time against Blue Ridge. Over the past three days the Boiling Springs basketball teams competed in holiday basketball tournaments across Spartanburg County with both teams coming away with strong showings against strong opponents.
The boys team competed in the Impact Sports Invitational at Spartanburg Christian Academy where they finished the tournament with a 2-1 record after dropping the first game of the tournament. "Coming in to the first game I knew we were going to be rusty as it was our first action against another team," said Bulldogs head coach Curtis Nash. "We were timid in the first game on defense but I challenged the guys to pick up the intensity and let it transfer for us into some points on offense. We got a good a win out of it against Laurens and then another one today against SCA as our focus was to just get better defensively." On Monday the team had a sluggish first half that saw them trailing 50-21 but in the second half kept pace with a very talented Mauldin team before eventually falling 87-56 to the Mavericks. Bulldogs junior point guard Tre Locklear finished the game with 26 points which started a strong tournament for the guard which ended up with an All-Tournament selection. "Tre is a great player with amazing vision," said Nash. "He's a guy that can put the tempo at the pace we want to go who's quick in transition with a good shot. He's only a junior for us but he's a natural born leader which we think will make him one of our go-to guys this year." After a tough loss on Monday the Bulldogs got out to a fast start on Tuesday jumping out to a 17-5 first quarter lead that they kept up in the second quarter taking a 29-18 lead into halftime. Boiling Springs kept up the pace in the second half as they eventually won the game 73-31 as Locklear once again led the Bulldogs in scoring with 16 points. In the third game Boiling Springs faced the host school Spartanburg Christian Academy in a game that saw them trailing 28-20 at halftime before eventually coming away with a 56-52 victory. With the Warriors running a zone they forced the Bulldogs guards to make shots which they done well as guard Austin Faile hit four three pointers for twelve points in the first quarter. "I told the guys coming into the game that if we're going to get them out of their zone, we'd have to hit shots which we done," said Nash. "Austin was hot early and I told him to just keep shooting the ball and he kept that up in the second half." Boiling Springs went on a 20-11 run in the third quarter to grab a 40-39 lead before holding off a SCA run in the fourth quarter behind clutch free throw shooting for Locklear, went 8 of 8 from free throw line in fourth quarter, to claim the victory. Faile led the way in scoring with 22 points for the Bulldogs as Locklear added another 15 points. While the Bulldogs were strong shooting, they also got good tournament performances from their big men as Julius Camp Jr and Dominique Johnson helped control the boards against bigger players in most of the games. "I told those guys we're going to have to fight against a lot of these teams especially the ones that are bigger than us," said Nash. "Julius and Dominique are two guys who aren't scared to fight and they done a great job establishing themselves on the blocks all throughout the tournament. The heart they have makes up for the lack of the size in games like we had this week." The Boiling Springs girls team also competed in a tournament over the past week as they battled in the Lady Cavalier Invitational at Dorman on Monday and Tuesday. After a tough loss to Dorman on Monday to start the tournament, the Bulldogs battled back on Tuesday to defeat a very strong Blacksburg team for a third-place finish in the tournament. Ansley King was named the All-Tournament player for the Bulldogs while Sarah Ezell had a strong game for the Bulldogs on Tuesday against Blacksburg as she scored 23 points to help secure the victory. Both teams will next compete on Monday in road games at Chapman. Boiling Springs Boys BasketballThe Boiling Springs boys basketball team is looking forward to a strong season this year as they return two members of their starting lineup, who were preseason All-Region selections, along with many other players who played key minutes last season. With a group returning with a lot of experience they expect big things from this year as they plan to be a team that uses their depth to keep a high energy for the entire game forcing the other team into mistakes. ”I’m looking forward to having a successful season with this group of young men,” said Bulldogs head coach Curtis Nash. “We will be a scrappy group that loves to play the game of basketball as our focus will continue to be on building a positive team culture where winning is expected and losing is not accepted.” Boiling Springs will be led this season by preseason senior All-Region selections Khalil Brown and Julius Camp Jr. as Brown was selected as an All-Region player last season after averaging 14.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game last season while Camp will return a strong presence under the basket for the Bulldogs who can also stretch the floor with his shooting ability. With the Bulldogs looking to be a high pace team they will also be expecting big things from fellow returners Dominique Johnson, Austin Faile, and Quayle Nails. while also ooking to get key contributions from newcomers London Hogan and Tre’ Locklear, who won a MVP award earlier this season for his play in the Upward fall league. “With this group of guys we intend to play with high energy for four quarters,” said Nash. “At the end of the season success will not only be measured by the wins in the win column but how we exemplify character on and off the court as well as with how we treat each other as family.” Boiling Springs will start their preseason in the annual Impact Sports Invitational tournament that is held at Spartanburg Christian Academy from November 22-24. The Bulldogs will play their first game of the tournament on Monday against Mauldin starting at 5:30 PM. Their first regular season game will be a road trip to Chapman on November 29th before hosting their first game in “The Doghouse” on December 1st against Byrnes. The Impact Sports Invitational isn’t the only tournament the Bulldogs will participate in this year as they will also be a part of the Roundball Classic in Chesnee from December 21-23 prior to the Christmas break before getting back to work right after the break in the Battle at the Border that’s held at Landrum High School from December 28-30. Boiling Springs hosted the Bulldogs Basketball Bash, an event they hope will become an annual tradition, that introduced the community to the boys and girls teams as it included a three-point contest along with a dunk contest and other competitions in front of family and friends. Boiling Springs Girls BasketballThe Boiling Springs girls basketball team knew going into last year that with the pandemic and a lot of young players it was going to be a growing year in 2020 but heading into the 2021-22 season the Bulldogs basketball team looks to reestablish the culture they were building in seasons prior. "It's difficult to predict after last year's season but we feel like our squad will be competitive in region play this year," said Bulldogs head coach Dwayne Lytle. "Currently we are trying to reestablish the culture we have created over the past six years as we still have a young team with only three upperclassmen returning." The Bulldogs will count a lot this season on upperclassmen D'Marria Glenn, who was selected to the All-Region team last year, and Ansley King to help lead the young team. They will also look to get key contributions from Sarah Ezell and Kylie McMillan who were both freshman on last year's team that got key minutes for the Bulldogs. "The culture we're wanting to establish begins with the girls having the desire to be better on and off the court," said Lytle. "We have a strong schedule this season and the girls are going to need to play above their years of experience." Boiling Springs will once again play a tough schedule this year as they will return to Region III-5A that will see them compete against Nation Ford, Clover, Fort Mill, and Gaffney. They will also be competing against some top teams in the state as in the first two weeks of the season they'll be playing against 5A #5 ranked Dorman and 5A #10 ranked Dorman. They will start their season in a pre-Thanksgiving tournament at Dorman on Monday facing the host Cavaliers, before playing another yet to be determined opponent on Tuesday for the two day tournament. The Bulldogs will travel to Chapman on November 29th before hosting their first game of the season against Byrnes on December 1st. Boiling Springs will also make their yearly post-Christmas holiday trip to Landrum for the Battle at the Border tournament that will run from December 28-30. Boiling Springs WrestlingThe Boiling Springs wrestling team is looking to reestablish themselves as one of the top teams in the state and believe that the 2021-2022 version of the Bulldogs will be the team that gets them back to those lofty standards.
"We are looking forward to what looks like will be a very competitive season," said Bulldogs head coach Lee Thomas. "With a good mix of returners, as well as some newcomers, everyone will have a role in getting us back to where we are accustomed to being which is contending for region, county, and state titles." The expectations for the Bulldogs are high because they return 13 starters off an 8-6 team from last year that includes All-Region returner Ayden Whisler. Whisler will look to lead the Bulldogs back to the playoffs after Boiling Springs missed the playoffs for the first time last year due to fewer teams being allowed in to the playoffs due to the Covid pandemic protocols last season. "We don't make excuses for not getting to the playoffs last year," said Thomas. "We got our butts whooped last year and didn't earn a playoff spot but I truly this group can get us back on track to being the program that we expect to be every year." Whisler won't be alone in this mission as they'll also count heavily on returners Harrison Brafford, Triston Ellison, Cam Mills, Bill Pryor, and Rylee Douglas. "With Ayden being an upperclassmen we're looking to him and Triston Ellison to really step up while leading by example this year," said Thomas. "They both are going to be having success on the mat and hopefully that will allow the others to follow and have the same success." The Bulldogs will also look to get key contributions from newcomers Kohen Bridges, Peyton Colter, Tyrell Nesbitt, and Dalton Seacord. Just over a week ago the Bulldogs wrestling team held their first ever alumni day, an event they had talked about for years, to help show the former wrestlers the goals of the program while showing the current wrestlers how the values they teach everyday have continued with former wrestlers into their lives beyond school. "We've talked about this for years and it worked out this year especially with our new facilities opening up," said Thomas. "We looked at it as a way for our old wrestlers to come back and see where the program is going while also allowing the younger guys to see when we talk about life lessons and being contributing adults they can see what we're talking about with the older guys." Boiling Springs will get their season started on November 20th at Woodruff in the Woodruff Preseason Tournament as the team will be looking to capture their 200th dual victory this season. On Saturday it was a busy day for members of the Bulldogs athletics program across the state as the Boiling Springs cheerleading team competed for the 5A state championship in Columbia and a member of the 2021 Bulldogs volleyball team competed in the North-South game in Florence, SC.
Savannah Page, a commit to USC Upstate, finished her high school volleyball career in impressive fashion by winning the MVP award for the North team in the 5A/4A game held at West Florence High School on Saturday. The award caps off an impressive senior season for Page that saw her named All-State this year along with being named All-Region for the fourth straight season, which made her an All-Region selection in four of her five seasons as a varsity player. Page ended her high school volleyball career with 756 kills, 114 aces, 139 block kills, and 1,004 assists while leading her team to an upset win over number one seed Blythewood in the first round of the 5A playoffs. At the North-South event on Saturday, Page competed on a team with two other local players, both from Dorman, Savannah Freeman and Lauren Mims. In the 5A state cheerleading competition on Saturday the Boiling Springs team was one of the 16 best teams in the state allowed to compete for the state championship and at the end of the competition came away with a fifth place finish. The Bulldogs ended the competition with a final score of 291 and was the highest finishing team from the Upstate of South Carolina as Chapin won the state championship and was followed in order by Lexington, River Bluff, and St. James. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - On Tuesday afternoon Boiling Springs football coach Rick Tate sat down to discuss his past thirty-four years in education to discuss many subjects including his time as a coach, an educator, and his view on how football has changed over those years along with how he hopes that people see his time with the Bulldogs.
The decision to retire was both difficult and easy all at the same time for Tate but he said that it’s a decision that he feels comfortable with once he ultimately made it. ”It’s going to sound weird but the decision was the hardest thing I ever done but also the easiest at the same time,” said Tate. “I think with those feelings it made me realize that I was making the right decision.” Tate said that his tenure at Boiling Springs he has seen a lot from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs but said that all of the times have been special because of the kids he’s had the opportunity to coach. “To be able to go from being on the sidelines of a 0-22 team to go and stand on the sidelines for a state championship game is something special,” said Tate. “Everyone will always reference that 2016 team but there have been a lot of good kids that just weren’t fortunate enough to be here with that team. You remember wins and losses but those things don’t define the men those kids will become in life as they will have a lot more important things in life that will define them. I always tell the football players when I see them later on and they are standing there with their families doing great things in the community it’s always special.” He said that as an educator seeing former students out in the world is great and that his time as a driver’s education teacher gave him some of his most special moments. ”Seeing kids in the community that tell you that you were there teacher how every many years ago is always a special moment,” said Tate. “My most special moment as an educator was as a driver’s ed teacher because you would see a kid that was too scared to even start a vehicle and by the end of it they were safely driving a car on the streets is really rewarding.” Tate said being able to spend his entire playing and coaching career in the same community has been special in which he says he has interacted with many great coaches. ”It has been very special to be able to be here in one place all these years,” said Tate. “I got the opportunity to play for some great coaches like Ray Wilson, Ed Foster, and Eddie Whitt who I was fortunate enough to have come coach for me on my staff when I became head coach. Joe Watson was probably the first coach that truly had am impact on my life as he was my ninth grade football coach and is probably responsible for the career I took in my life. I’ve had so many people to learn from and you take a little bit from each one of those to make the program what you want it to be.” He said that the chance to become a coach was a special moment for him and that the chance he got from former head coach Andy Jones meant a lot to him along with the lessons he learned from other coaches over the years. ”Coach Jones gave me the opportunity to just put the title Coach in front of my name and having that opportunity was meaningful to me,” said Tate. “I think there’s not as much meaning to people about that as there used to be and I think that’s something that the guys becoming the veteran coaches need to take more time of is trying to teach the new coaches on how to do the right thing. Coach Jones put me with a coach named Stuart Thompson and he was unbelievable man who was almost like my second father. He took myself and Wade Cooper under his wings and taught us the right way to do and handle things. At the time we thought it was the stupidest thing in the world but looking back on it now those situations would come along and we’d handle it just like Stuart taught us. My advice to young coaches is to learn from those ahead of you and learn to demand respect from your players because there’s a lot of lack of respect just in general these days and sometimes it needs to be a little more old school.” Tate said that over his thirty-four years of coaching that the one thing that he sees that has changed the most is the outside forces that coaches and players have to deal with now days . ”I’d have to say the biggest change that I’ve seen over these years is the outside forces,” said Tate. “To be perfectly honest we probably ask too much of these high school athletes and they just can’t be kids anymore. It’s like if one school is doing it you’re almost forced to do it just to keep up with the Joneses. We have the passing leagues all summer and then the kids have to go to camp at colleges to possibly get an offer which to me just isn’t a good thing. I know Covid has had some to do with that but I think the colleges should get back to recruiting in the schools and on Friday nights instead of making kids come to camp to possibly get an offer. It has just changed so much over the years.” Over the years Tate has served in many capacities at Boiling Springs when called upon which he said is a value that he learned from his parents and has just stuck to over the years. He has been a softball coach, golf coach, interim head football coach, head football coach, and during the 2020 Covid season he even served as the interim athletic director. “I think that when there’s a need you always need to step up,” said Tate. “I was brought up that if your boss asks you to help out it was your job to step in and help out. If you care about a place you do everything that you can to make it better and I blame my moms and dad for that because that’s the way I was brought up and enough people don’t do that anymore. I never though about saying no because it’s just something you were supposed to do.” He said that he has many plans for next year in retirement that will include a wide variety of things from golf to barbecue. ”If you’re looking for me next year I’d probably start off at the golf course and if you don’t find me there search Lake Blalock to see if I’ve hooked on with someone that has a boat,” said Tate. “I may be doing yard work or selling barbecue but you just might find me sitting on a hill somewhere watching someone practicing football. I’ll be busy somewhere.” When asked if he may be seen next year helping assist his daughter Macy Tate, the head coach of the girls golf team, he said you never know what might happen. ”I‘ve been asked about that already but I just don’t know yet,” said Tate. “That’s one of those people that I probably won’t be able to say no to at the end of the day” Tate said that as he walks away from Boiling Springs as a coach and teacher he hopes that when people think about his time here they think of one word: consistency. “I just hope that people think of my consistency and longevity,” said Tate. “When people came to work in the morning they saw my truck there and when they left at the end of the day they saw my truck still sitting there for whatever reason. I’m proud of the fact that this is the only place I’ve ever been and proud of the fact it never crossed my mind to leave here even though I had some chances at times to leave but it seemed something always happened to convince me to stay here. I think it was all for a reason that it happened that way. I think kids need consistency in their lives and I hope that’s what I gave to people.” Tate said that at the end of the day everything he done was for the best interest of his team in mind and while some decisions may not have always been popular he feels good with how he approached the job. “Naturally in this business there will be people sorry to see me go but there will also be a number of people glad to see me go and that comes with being a football coach and I’m fine with that,” said Tate. ”Everything I’ve always done was always with my coaches and players best interest in heart. Sometimes it may not have been what one player wanted or an individual coach wanted but every decision was made with that in mind and I feel good about that.” -James McBee BOILING SPRINGS, SC - On Friday morning in front of his football team Boiling Springs head football coach Rick Tate announced he would be retiring at the end of this school year after leading the Bulldogs program for the last nine seasons.
Tate took over the head coaching job of the Bulldogs football program in 2013, after a brief stint as the interim head coach to start the 2009 season filling in for former head coach Bruce Clark, and during that time has led the Bulldogs to some of the most successful seasons in the history of the program including a state championship runner-up finish in 2016. He leaves quite a coaching legacy that started as a volunteer assistant coach in the late 80's under former Bulldogs head coach Andy Jones. In an interview earlier this season Tate talked about how much it has meant to him to be a coach with the Bulldogs program over the years. "It has been an honor for me to even be a coach at Boiling Springs," said Tate. "When I started as a volunteer assistant coach under Coach Jones, him just allowing me the opportunity to put coach in front of my name was an honor. To have played here, grown up here, and now finish my career here is an honor in itself." He finishes his heading coach career with the Bulldogs with a 59-50 record and his 59 wins puts him in second place on the Bulldogs all-time wins list behind only Tom McIntyre, the head coach for fifteen seasons from 1959-1973, who leads all Bulldogs coaches with 80 career wins. In the same interview earlier this season Tate said that his one regret during his time at Boiling Springs was not getting the opportunity to play for the man he sits behind on the all-time wins list. "With everything I've been able to do at Boiling Springs my biggest regret is that I didn't get to play a season for Coach McIntyre," said Tate. "I've heard stories about how great of a coach he was and wish I'd had that opportunity." While Tate will be remembered for his time as the head coach of the football team his dedication to the Bulldogs program has been felt throughout the years as he has spent time as head coach of the boys golf team, girls softball team, and also served as the interim athletic director in 2020 helping navigate the program through the Covid pandemic. Boiling Springs athletic director Evan Moxie said that the search for a new head football coach of the Bulldogs program will begin immediately. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - On Wednesday morning friends, family, and teachers gathered in the Boiling Springs auditorium to honor the first two Bulldogs this year to sign to continue their athletic careers at the college level as Savannah Page signed to continue her volleyball career and Lani Hodge signed to continue her lacrosse career next season.
Boiling Springs volleyball player Savannah Page was the first player to sign on Wednesday as she committed to continue her career at USC-Upstate next season, where she will look to major in elementary education. Page ended her high school career as a five year letterman where she was named All-Region in four of those five years. This season she was also named All-State (one of the top 18 players at the 5A level) along with being named to the North-South team just this past week. She finished her high school career with 756 kills, 114 ace serves, 139 block kills, 781 digs, and 1,004 assists. "I just really love the program and since I'm wanting to major in early childhood education they're a great school for that as well," said Page. "Upstate has a new coach there and the whole program is changing with their new coach as they're now sitting at third in the conference and I really like the culture that she's creating there." Page said that her choice to go into elementary education comes from all the great teachers she's had in her school career including her high school volleyball coach Allyson Elliot. "The teachers that I've had here have just really impacted my life," said Page. "Coach Elliot has been such a huge role model. I want to be able to come and coach one day myself and that's because of her." Lani Hodge committed to continue her lacrosse career at Anderson University next season where she plans to major in political science before going on to law school once she graduates. Hodge has been a member of the Boiling Springs varsity lacrosse team for three seasons now, as she started in the tenth grade, and has been the captain her junior and now senior season. She said that the chance to be part of a new program is one reason that she chose Anderson University. "I'm really excited to be a part of the program as they're building brand new facilities and my freshman year will be the first year of the program," said Hodge. "I'm excited to build that program with them and I'm looking forward to just getting down there and playing lacrosse." She also said the campus was a key in her decision to Anderson University next year. "The campus is beautiful and close together which I like," said Hodge. "It's a smaller campus but not that small so that you can make lots of connections. The athletic facilities are out of this world and very nice." -James McBee ROCK HILL, SC - The Boiling Springs football team made their third trip up Highway 5 this year and they looked to repeat their last trip to the area, a win over Fort Mill, to start the 5A playoffs on Friday night but came up on the losing end as they fell to Northwestern 52-7 to end their 2021 season.
Northwestern scored on five of their six drives in the first half which started with a twelve yard touchdown run over the left side of the field by Trojans running back Turbo Richards to take an early 7-0 lead. Quarterback Will Mattison made the Northwestern lead 14-0 at the end of the first quarter when he found wide receiver Tre Wilmore along the right side of the field for a twelve yard touchdown pass. The Trojans added three more scores in the second quarter starting with a twenty-two yard touchdown pass from Mattison to Christian Gerrell Watkins to take a 21-0 lead just two minutes into the quarter. They added a forty-six yard field goal from the left hash mark by kicker Kanoah Vinesett and a thirty-two yard touchdown run by Mattison to take a 31-0 lead into halftime. Bulldogs safety Spencer Eison came away with an interception on the Trojans final drive before halftime to keep Northwestern from adding another score in the first half. Northwestern added three more scores in the third quarter including scores from the same familiar characters as Turbo Richards ran for another score, Mattison connected with Gerrell-Watkins again, and the only new faces to the scoring came when backup quarterback Greer Hopkins found wide receiver Ben Gregory for a fifteen yard touchdown pass to the right corner of the end zone. Boiling Springs picked up their lone score of the game with just under nine minutes to go in the fourth quarter as they drove the ball eighty yards before Bulldogs running back Kam Williams scored on a one yard touchdown run to put the score at 52-7. The Bulldogs finished the game with 217 yards of offense as quarterback Ketrone Adams led the way with 104 yards through the air and 85 yards on the ground. Carmelo Martin led the Bulldogs in receiving yards bringing in one reception for 41 yards. Northwestern finished the game with 479 total yards of offense with quarterback Will Mattison accounting for 284 yards and four touchdowns. The Trojans will host another Spartanburg County team next week in the second round of the 5A playoffs as Byrnes will come to town after defeating Mauldin 30-20 on Friday night. On Tuesday afternoon the players were announced for the North-South all star teams and the local schools were well represented.
In the 5A/4A game Boiling Springs senior Savannah Page was selected for the North team after an outstanding senior season that saw her lead her team to an upset of Blythewood in the first round of the 5A playoffs. Page will be joined in the game by fellow local players Savannah Freeman and Lauren Mims from Dorman. The 5A/4A North team will be coach by Grant Hunter from Wade Hampton and Katie Ham from Lugoff-Elgin. In the 3A/2A/1A game Chesnee senior Brie Smith was named to the North team after a strong senior season that included a playoff victory over Batesburg-Leesville in the first round and Smith was also a member of last year's 2A state championship team. In the game she will also be joined by Rylan Snead from Chapman and Hannah Mabry from Landrum. The 3A/2A/1A North team will be coach by Brooke Passini from Powdersville and Priscilla LeGrand from Southside Christian. The North-South All-Star volleyball match will be played on Saturday November 20th at West Florence High School in Florence, SC. |
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