Two of Gaffney’s first three touchdowns in the first quarter on Friday night came from over fifty yards as the Indians captured a 56-13 victory over Boiling Springs at The Reservation.
“They came out early and made plays and we didn’t,” said Bulldogs head could Rick Tate. “We did a poor job of getting our guys ready to play and that’s on me.” The first touchdown of the night came on a seven yard run by Gaffney's Kelvin Kirby to grab a 7-0 lead just over a minute into the game. The next score came when Stan Ellis, who committed to Appalachian St earlier in the day, took a handoff from the quarterback on a jet sweep and then completed a sixty-two yard touchdown pass to De'Mari Littlejohn to give Gaffney a 14-0 lead. On the next Gaffney possession Ellis got another touchdown but this time he caught a fifty-six yard touchdown pass from quarterback Undre Lindsey to give the Indians a 21-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. The big plays were big for the Indians in the first quarter as all the scoring plays were so quick in the first quarter that all three scoring plays took a combined one minute and twenty-one seconds. In the second quarter Gaffney was able to add to their lead four minutes into the second quarter when Lindsey found Kirby on a twenty-four yard touchdown pass on a fourth and sixteen play to put the Indians up 28-0. Lindsey found Natron Johnson just four minutes later on a twenty-eight yard touchdown pass to give Gaffney a 35-0 lead. Boiling Springs picked up their first score of the game with just over two minutes left in the first half when quarterback Jalen Dodd found Brent Fowler on a sixteen yard touchdown pass that saw Fowler break three tackles by the Indians and make the score 35-7 late in the first half. Gaffney's Undre Lindsey connected on his fourth touchdown pass of the first half when he found Stan Ellis again but this time on a thirty-nine yard touchdown pass to give the Indians a 42-7 lead with just over a minute left in the half. The Indians made the score 49-7 at halftime when Gaffney defensive back Rodney Smith intercepted a Bulldogs pass and returned it sixty-four yards for a touchdown. Lindsey had a huge first half for Gaffney as he finished the first half with 284 yards passing and four touchdowns. In the second half Gaffney got a score with three minutes to go in the third quarter when quarterback Edward Jeffries found Littlejohn for his second touchdown on a six yard touchdown pass. The Bulldogs got their second score of the game when Dodd picked up his second touchdown pass when he found Carlos Carson for a twenty-three yard touchdown in the right side of the endzone to put the final score at 56-13. ”We have a great group of kids and we’ll regroup this week,” said Tate. “We’ll play better next week and then we’ll get ourselves ready for the playoffs.” The loss ends a two game winning streak for the Bulldogs and they will look to rebound next week on senior night as they host Byrnes. Comments are closed.
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