VolleyballThe Boiling Springs volleyball team looks to capitalize on what they learned from last year as they played a lot of young players and use it as a building block to an improved 2019 season. The Bulldogs have five returning starters returning with all but one still being a junior or below. "I do believe we have a solid core returning in defense, serving, and setting," said Bulldogs head coach Allyson Elliot. "As we continue to play together our offense will get stronger. Our goals this season are to move back into the top three positions within our region and to make a run through the playoffs." Sophomore Savannah Paige will be returning to the Bulldogs volleyball team after being selected as All-Region last season as a freshman. The team will also see juniors Madison Gregory and Alex Fyfe returning who Coach Elliot believes will bring a lot of game experience along with fellow junior Zoe Hughes who the Bulldogs believe will be strong for them in serving. With such a young team the Bulldogs will look to get quality leadership from seniors Creighton Sparks, Carley Szustak, and Lauryn Henderson. They also will look to get key contributions from Meghan Scharpenberg who transferred to Boiling Springs and Coach Elliot says will bring an intensity to the Bulldogs volleyball team. The Bulldogs will also look to get a big impact from freshman Cloe Wood who will be valuable as a utility player on this team. "Cloe right now is a utility player but every time she steps on the court good things seem to happen," said Coach Elliot. As with all the other teams in the school there is an excitement amongst the volleyball team with the knowledge that a new school is opening this season and that it will soon mean a new gym for the team. "There is lots of excitement on our campus with the move into the new school and hopefully the move into the new gym soon," said Coach Elliot. "We are also looking forward to hosting our tenth annual 'Pink Game' event on October 10th. These are exciting times in Bulldog Nation!" Coach Elliot also wanted to wish all her former players playing college volleyball good luck this season including Maddie Reed and Hannah McManus at Lander University, Krisila Hammett at Wentworth College, Kelsey Elliot at Converse College, Regan Duty at Anderson University, and Abbey Sprinkle at Gardner-Webb University. Girl's GolfThe Boiling Springs girl's golf team finished the 2018 season with a third place finish at the state championship and go into 2019 hoping to improve on that finish. They won the Region II-5A Championship while also finishing second at Upper State. "Our team worked very hard last season," said Bulldogs head coach Shannon Turner. "We are looking forward to 2019 being another great season." The Bulldogs return four starters from last year's team as MK Talledo, Madison Dixon, Kyleigh Antley and Gracie Greene will hope to lead Boiling Springs back to the state championship tournament again this season. Talledo and Dixon both had great seasons for the Bulldogs last year as both were named All-Region and All-State in 2018. In match play the Bulldogs were undefeated last season and it's a feat that they look to repeat. "We held an undefeated record in matches last year and our goal is to be undefeated in matches again in 2019," said Coach Turner. Boiling Springs will kick off their season against Byrnes on August 27 before playing in the Rebel Invitational on August 29, a tournament that the Bulldogs won last season. Girl's TennisThe Boiling Springs girl's tennis team will look to improve on their 11-3 record last season where they finished third in Region III-5A. While the Bulldogs will have to replace long time number one player Anna Greer who graduated last year, they will have plenty of experience returning as Abigail Bragg, Sydney Braswell, and Madison Ball will help lead the Bulldogs in the 2019 season. They will also look to get key contributions from newcomer Victoria Leonard this season. "We have a great outlook for this season," said Bulldogs head coach Jill Cooke. "Our team has a lot of strong players with big hearts." Bulldogs Swim TeamThe Bulldogs swim team enters the 2019 season coming off a great season that saw them go 9-4 while finishing fourth in their region and seeing many swimmers get Top-10 finishes at the state championships. While the Bulldogs saw a lot of swimmers be lost to graduation they will have fourteen swimmers from last year's team returning for this season. "After graduating many of our top swimmers last year we're looking to rebuild this year with a very young team," said Bulldogs swim coach Lanie Peden. Boiling Springs will look to build around their returning All-Region swimmers Katelyn Mazurowski, Lauren Agnew, and Walker Gilmore while also looking to get key contributions from newcomers Sam Murray, Taylor Tillman, and Miles Humphreys. The Boiling Springs swim team will open up their 2019 season on August 20th in a home meet at Converse College against Oakbrook, Greer Middle College, and Shannon Forest. Boy's Cross CountryThe Boiling Springs boy's cross country team will have to replace Kade Gosnell who finished second at state last year but they will have plenty of options as they've had a lot of runners joining the team for this season. "The 2019 boys cross country team is our largest cross country team in several years," said Bulldogs head coach Caleb Weathers. "We are going to be made up of several upperclassmen but our younger group is one of the best groups we have had come up in a while." The Bulldogs will be returning five starters as Stephen Forrest, Jake Skory, Josh Steadman, Connor Riordan, and Nathan Fish will all be back with the team for the 2019 season and it's a group the Bulldogs will expect a lot of leadership from. "I fully expect us to be able to capitalize on our senior leadership with several guys stepping up to fill in the places of our number one and seven guys we lost after last year," said Coach Weathers. They are also expecting great things out of runners like Drew Sellers, Hayden Martin, Stu Filler, Nick Stuttz, and Garrett Miller along with many others. "We have several younger guys that are showing a lot of potential this summer," said Coach Weather. "I am still waiting on some of them to set themselves apart and stand out but I am very excited about what they will bring to the team." The Bulldogs have very high expectations for this season as they just barely missed out on a chance at qualifying for the state meet last season. "We have a lot of potential to do some great things this season and I expect this team to give 110% every day to ensure that we fulfill that potential," said Coach Weathers. "While we missed qualifying for state by one point last year we have a great opportunity to secure a spot this year and have a great finish at state." Girl's Cross CountryThe Boiling Springs girl's cross country team will look to improve on last season and hope to be competing at the state meet before the season is over.
"The expectations for this season are to compete and go after a region title," said Bulldogs head coach Tara Banning. "The girls want to continue to improve and advance as a team to the state meet." The Bulldogs will be returning six runners from last year's team as Abigail Harris, MaKayla Gardner, Amber Goff, Kylie McGinnis, Jasmine Onufer, and Cassidi Austin will all be back for the 2019 season. They will also look to get key contributions from newcomers Catie Delozier and Addison Sapp. Comments are closed.
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