BOILING SPRINGS, SC - After seeming to find their identity on Wednesday night, the Boiling Springs boys lacrosse team kept the momentum going on Friday night as they came away with a 16-3 home region win over Byrnes.
Bulldogs head coach Tanner Mills said that now that his team has found their identity that they have to continue to grow and cultivate that identity. "I told our guys that now that we've found our identity and sustaining it, we now have to learn to cultivate it and make it better," said Mills. "It comes down to culture and our guys are diving all over the field for possession of shots and that's what our culture is as a team. Our guys are going to keep that identity now because they're focused on the last game of the year and winning that one." It took the Bulldogs offense a few minutes to get going in the game but once it got going, the Rebels couldn't do much to slow it down. The scoring got started with just over five minutes to go in the first quarter when Drew Buckmeir found the back of the net off an assist from Lincoln Huskey. Over the next five minutes the Bulldogs got goals from Huskey (twice), Chase Miller, and Elijah Smith to hold a 5-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter the Bulldogs outscored the Rebels 2-1, getting goals from Smith and Miller to push their halftime lead to 7-1 over Byrnes. Boiling Springs really separated themselves from the Rebels in the third quarter as they outscored the Rebels 7-1 to take a 14-2 lead at the end of the third quarter. The Bulldogs got scores in the quarter from Smith (2), Miller (2), Huskey, Javen Chhim, and Dawton Martin. The Bulldogs also added two more goals from Elijah Smith in the fourth quarter as he finished the match with four overall goals and was joined at the four-goal mark in the match by teammate Chase Miller as both combined to score half of the team's goals on Friday night. While everyone focused on the goals scored, it was the lack of goals that the Bulldogs allowed that helped seal the victory as goalie Parker Lamb had 12 saves. "Tonight was a defensive win as it was the best game our defense has played this season," said Mills. "At the end of the day, the defensive side is the one that will win us the championships and games. The great thing about our defense is we're young but we've got two great games back-to-back from senior Cameron Wagner as he had seven takeaways in our last game which is almost unheard of in lacrosse. Defense is where it starts and offense is where it finishes." Boiling Springs will next return to the field this coming Friday as they travel to Dorman in a region matchup and will look to get revenge from a loss earlier this season, Comments are closed.
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