Boiling Springs outscored Spartanburg 20-10 in the second half but couldn't overcome their first half deficit as they fell to the Vikings 30-20 on Friday night.
"We dug ourselves a big hole there in the first half where they just made a few more plays than we did," said Bulldogs head coach Rick Tate. "I was proud of how our guys fought back in the second half and like I told the guys after the game, once we walk out these gates at Spartanburg this game is behind us and we're going to get focused on the playoffs next week." Both teams struggled in the first quarter as neither team could get much going offensively. At the start of the second quarter the Vikings offense got a little help as the Bulldogs fumbled the ball at their own sixteen yard line and Spartanburg took advantage when Paris Ferguson ran the ball thirteen yards for a touchdown over the right side of the offensive line to put the Vikings up 7-0. In the last four minutes of the first half the Vikings outscored the Bulldogs 13-0 and it started with a Drek Carter thirty-three yard touchdown run along the right sideline to put Spartanburg up 13-0 with just three and a half minutes left in the half. Boiling Springs responded to the Vikings score by marching the ball downfield into the Vikings side of the field but the drive was ended when a Bulldogs pass found the arms of Spartanburg's Zyrell Linder, at the Spartanburg thirty yard line, who then raced down the left sideline for a touchdown giving the Vikings a 20-0 halftime lead. After a slow first half the Bulldogs got to work early in the second half using a turnover of their own as Boiling Spring cornerback Kameron Meadows scooped up a Spartanburg fumble at the Vikings five yard line and raced the ball in to the endzone to cut the Spartanburg lead to 20-7 just under two minutes into the half. Spartanburg kicker William Joyce added to the team's lead on midway through the third quarter by hitting a thirty-five yard field goal to put his team up 23-7 with just under five minutes to go in the quarter. As time was counting down in the third quarter Boiling Springs got their first offensive score of the game when quarterback Jalen Dodd ran the ball in over the left side of the line from one yard out to put the Spartanburg lead at 23-14 with just seconds remaining in the quarter. On the first play of the ensuing Spartanburg drive, Boiling Springs was able to get the ball back when cornerback Avery Stewart recovered a Vikings fumble at the Spartanburg forty-one yard line and the Bulldogs offense went back to work. The next drive started with Dodd finding wide receiver Jacob Hamrick on a crossing route that he took to the Spartanburg eight yard line before the end of the third quarter arrived. On the second play of the fourth quarter Dodd found wide receiver/safety Caden Sullivan on a six yard pass to bring the Bulldogs closer at 23-20 with just over eleven minutes to go in the game. Spartanburg took over with just over eleven minutes to go in the game and melted five minutes off the clock before quarterback Raheim Jeter found wide receiver Tilheim Richardson on a thirty-yard screen route to the left side side to put the Vikings up 30-20 with six minutes to go in the game. The Bulldogs were able to march the ball fifty-five yards on their next drive all the way to the Spartanburg twenty-five yard line but were unable to convert a fourth and eight play sealing the game for the Vikings. Boiling Springs will return to play next Friday as they open up the 2020 5A playoffs when they travel to take on their fellow county rival the Dorman Cavaliers. Comments are closed.
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