ANDERSON, SC - Boiling Springs went on the road to Anderson to start the 2022 season against the #10 ranked team in 5A, TL Hanna, and despite a strong effort the Bulldogs came home with a 43-0 loss.
The matchup also marked the first game of the Matt Reel era at Boiling Springs and while the coach wasn't happy with the result, he said that his players gave some great effort but as a team they made too many mistakes. "We were inconsistent, but I think we had really good effort at times," said Bulldogs head coach Matt Reel. "There were times our defense done a great job and we'd get some first downs on offense, but then we'd commit some untimely penalties. We have some great kids that want to do well, and we just have to get them in the mode of attacking every single day." Boiling Springs got a strong first half effort from their defense as they held the potent ground offense of the Yellow Jackets to 180 yards and fourteen points, as the two scores came off touchdown runs from Josh Donald (a nine-yard run up the middle) and Jaylon Boles (a thirteen-yard run over the left side). In the second half TL Hanna scored 29 points, with the first coming on a one-yard touchdown run up the middle by Tyler Ethington just less than two minutes into the second half, with the Yellow Jackets getting set up in scoring position off a big 53-yard run by Naquelyn Alexander earlier in the drive. Josh Donald added his second touchdown of the game on a one-yard touchdown run off the left side to put TL Hanna up 29-0 over the Bulldogs with six minutes to go in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter TL Hanna got two touchdown runs (19 yards and 35 yards) from Amarion Peterson to push the Yellow Jackets lead to 43-0. Naquelyn Alexander led TL Hanna in rushing with 100 yards on eight carries and was followed closely behind by Josh Donald who rushed for 83 yards on ten carries with two touchdowns. Boiling Springs was led on offense by Kam Williams who rushed for 64 yards on fourteen carries as he averaged over four yards a carry in the first game of his senior season. On defense, JoJo Barrett led the Bulldogs with 9.5 tackles while Omar Cotton finished the game with 5.5 tackles and a sack. Reel said that his coaches and players will attack this week to fix the mistakes from Friday night as they head into the home opener against Mauldin. "We have to be able to bounce back," said Reel. "There were things that were really good tonight and things that weren't so good. I told our guys we have two options, to either cower down or wake up Monday morning and attack next week. We can attack our schoolwork, our practices, and then win a football game next Friday night. If we'll practice hard this week, we'll be just fine next Friday." Boiling Springs will be back in action this coming Friday night when they host their first game of the season as they welcome Mauldin to The Backyard. It will be the first game of the season for the Mavericks. Comments are closed.
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