After the South Carolina high school football season was delayed almost a month due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Boiling Springs and Gaffney made the wait worth it for their fans as they played another thriller that saw a Bulldog rally fall just short as the Indians came away with a 33-23 victory at The Reservation on Friday night.
After trailing the Indians 19-2 with just over a minute to go in the first half the Bulldogs outscored Gaffney 21-7 from that point on until the final minutes of the game when the Indians were able to add a final score to go up ten and take the victory. "We were able to cut the game to three there late and it just seemed like every mistake we made as a team came at a crucial time and that goes for us coaches as well," said Bulldogs head coach Rick Tate. "The main thing is that our team stayed together and they fought and clawed their way back. I was really proud of how our kids fought tonight." The Bulldogs started their rally with just under two minutes left in the first half at their own twenty-nine yard line. After three straight completions by Bulldogs quarterback Jalen Dodd and a roughing the passer call against Gaffney moved the ball to the Indians side of the field, Dodd was able to find wide receiver Jacob Hamrick breaking across the middle of the field for a twenty-nine yard touchdown pass putting the Gaffney lead at 19-8 entering halftime. Gaffney was able to score first in the second half when running back Tyler Smith took a handoff down the right sideline for thirty-six yards and a touchdown to put the Indians up 26-8 with just under six minutes left in the third quarter and that would be the score when the horn sounded to end the quarter. As the fourth quarter started Gaffney was lined up to punt when an errant snap went over the head of the punter and was recovered by the Bulldogs Austin Henderson in the endzone to put Gaffney's lead at 26-16, after a successful two-point conversion on a pass from Dodd to Caden Sullivan. The Bulldogs scored again with six minutes to go in the game when Dodd found Sullivan again, this time for a seventy-nine yard touchdown pass down the left sideline to put Gaffney's lead at 26-23. With their lead dwindled down to three points the Indians responded with a four minute drive that was capped off by a two yard touchdown run from quarterback Undre Lindsay to put the Indians up ten with under two minutes to go in the game and all but seal up the victory. The Bulldogs got a strong game from senior quarterback Jalen Dodd who finished the night with 210 yards passing and two touchdowns while most of those passing yards were caught by Caden Sullivan who finished the night with ninety-nine yards receiving with one touchdown. Senior Cam Mills led the Bulldogs in rushing with sixty-four yards on fourteen carries. "I'm really proud of Jalen how he worked this offseason and came back to lead our team tonight," said Tate. On the defensive side of the Bulldogs really stepped up their game in the second half limiting a strong Gaffney offensive attack to only seven points most of the half. Charles McFadden Jr, Dre Pinckney, Justin Corbitt, and Malik Harper led the Bulldogs in tackling on Friday night as senior cornerback Troy Bell also had a big interception for the Bulldogs in the endzone that he was able to return to the forty yard line. "They played hard and made some plays," said Tate. "We're only going to get better as the season goes on." Boiling Springs will return to action next Friday night as they host Nation Ford in their home opener of the 2020 season. Comments are closed.
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