Boiling Springs was unable to overcome a twenty point run over the last five minutes of the first quarter as they fell to the Dorman Cavaliers 33-0 on Friday night to open the 2021 football season for the Bulldogs.
"We played a real physical game and I'm proud of our team's effort," said Bulldogs head coach Rick Tate. "They hit us and we didn't back down. With the way our offseason has been this was almost like our jamboree because it's our first real game action. As coaches we just want to make sure the kids see the overall picture and not just what's happening now. We're going to have to work hard to get to where we want to be and we've just got to keep fighting." The Bulldogs took the opening kickoff and were able to get a first down on their first drive of the season before being forced to punt on the next set of downs after a penalty and a sack. Dorman took over at the eight minute mark and were able to end a thirty-seven yard drive with a score when Hudson Talley found Tyson Rodgers on an outcut at the left side of the endzone for a touchdown to give the Cavaliers a 6-0 lead at the 5:24 mark of the first quarter. After a three and out by the Bulldogs the Cavaliers took back over with just over three minutes to go before extending their lead just twenty seconds later as Talley found Rodgers again on the right side of the field before Rodgers crossed back over to the left side of the field and stopped fifty-one yards later with a diving leap into the endzone for a 13-0 lead in favor of the Cavaliers. On the next Bulldogs drive Dorman's Mitchell Beaty intercepted a Boiling Springs pass at the forty yard line on the second play of the drive. The Cavaliers followed that up with a thirty-five yard rush from quarterback Chamarryus Bomar before he then found AJ Nash for a five yard touchdown pass to put the Cavaliers ahead 20-0 when the first quarter came to an end. Over the final three quarters of the game the Bulldogs defense held the Cavaliers offense to only thirteen points but were unable to find the find the endzone themselves on offense. "We'd get a few things going at time but we just had things that happen in first games kind of ended some drives," said Tate. "Missing out on those opportunities in preseason hurt us some tonight but I don't want to harp on that because it happened to other teams as well. We just couldn't put enough good plays together in a row but we showed some good signs." On defense the Bulldogs were led in tackles by JoJo Barrett and Jaylon Jones who both recorded eight tackles each along with a big game from Brent Fowler who had seven tackles, a sack, and an interception. Boiling Springs was led in rushing by Kam Williams who ran for forty-nine yards along with twenty-eight yards receiving. The Bulldogs will return to action next Friday night when they host rival Chapman who fell to Byrnes 37-27 on Friday night. Comments are closed.
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