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. Comments are closed.
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