SPARTANBURG, SC - It took the Boiling Springs baseball team two days longer than they originally planned but they defeated the Spartanburg Vikings 7-6 at legendary Duncan Park to clinch the Region II-5A championship on Friday night.
The Bulldogs are finished in region play and the best that any other team could do is tie them next week but the Bulldogs hold the tiebreaker over Byrnes, which is the only team that could catch them in the region standings. With the region championship on the line, the Bulldogs and Vikings were tied at 6-6 in the top of the sixth inning, Boiling Springs senior Luke Compton dropped down a bunt before beating it out at first plate to put a runner at first base with no outs. Compton advanced to second base on a bunt by Hudson Wilson before coming around to score with two outs on a single by Jackson Reel to give the Bulldogs a 7-6 lead. After a strong outing from senior Corben Childers that saw him go four innings, Josh Kanipe came off in relief for the Bulldogs to finish out the final three innings for the final nine outs to seal the championship for the Bulldogs. Boiling Springs got the offense going in the top of the first inning to take an early 3-0 lead when Corben Childers hit a towering home run to leftfield to bring home Luke Compton and Jackson Reel. Spartanburg tied the game in the bottom half of the first inning to put the score at 3-3 heading into the second inning. The game went back and forth with the teams exchanging the lead before Spartanburg took a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. Jackson Reel, after working a walk in the top of the fifth inning later scored on a wild pitch by the Vikings to tie the game again at 6-6. With the victory the Bulldogs locked up the region championship in their first season back in Region II-5A. They will now await who their opponent will be in the 5A playoffs but next week will be on a bye for region play as they'll play a home and home series against a tough 3A team in Blue Ridge. BOYS SOCCER - Boiling Springs 2 Dorman 0 The Boiling Springs boys soccer team got one step closer to a possible region championship of their own with a 2-0 road victory over Dorman. The Bulldogs will now face Byrnes at home on Tuesday in what will be their first chance to win the Region II-5A championship for the school. SOFTBALL - Byrnes 4 Boiling Springs 2 The Boiling Springs softball team went on the road in a region matchup and were competitive but fell 4-2 to the home standing Byrnes Rebels on Friday night. Byrnes was able to get two runs each in both the second and fourth innings to take a 4-0 lead in large part to Boiling Springs mistakes in the field. In the top of the seventh inning, pitcher Bri Stanley reached base on a double to the right field wall before catcher Sayde Parris hit a towering homerun to straight centerfield to cut the Rebels lead to 4-2 over the Bulldogs. Bri Stanley pitched a complete game for the Bulldogs striking out 11 batters in six innings. Byrnes pitcher Sierra Maness pitched a complete seven innings herself while striking out 12 batters of her own. Boiling Springs will return to action on Tuesday night as they travel to Gaffney to finish out region play before holding senior night on Thursday at home against Chapman. Comments are closed.
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