The Boiling Springs Bulldogs kept their region championship hopes alive as they defeated Hillcrest 42-21 on Friday night. The Bulldogs were led Friday night by quarterback Aaron Thomas who helped account for all but one of the Boiling Springs touchdowns while also passing for one-hundred eighty-three yards and rushing for thirty-four yards.
”I think people see his size and forget that this is his first season under the Friday night lights,” said Bulldogs head coach Rick Tate. “He has really matured these last two weeks and I’m really proud of him and the whole entire offense.” The Bulldogs started the game off with a kickoff return that was called back because of a penalty but that didn’t stop the offense though as they marched the ball eighty-five yards to get on the board first with an eleven yard touchdown pass from Thomas to wide receiver Chance Guest to give Boiling Springs a 7-0 lead. On the following Hillcrest possession the Bulldogs defense soon gave their offense another chance as they forced a Rams fumble that was recovered by Boiling Springs’ Marquise Graves at the Rams forty-four yard line. The Boiling Springs offense took advantage of the turnover pretty quickly as the Bulldogs marched the ball downfield on runs by Thomas and Charles McFadden while finishing off the drive with a one yard touchdown run by Thomas to give the Bulldogs a 14-0 lead with just over two minutes to go in the first quarter. After the Boiling Springs score Hillcrest was able to get the ball downfield themselves just as time expired in the first quarter when the Rams' Quendarius Jefferson ran the ball in from six yards out to make the Boiling Springs lead 14-7 at the end of the first quarter. It was all Boiling Springs in the second quarter on Friday night as the Bulldogs outscored Hillcrest 21-0 over the second twelve minutes of the game. The first score of the second quarter for the Bulldogs came when Thomas found running back Kentavious Epps on a forty seven yard touchdown pass to give the Bulldogs a 21-7 lead. The Bulldogs drove the ball seventy yards on the drive and sixty eight of those yards was earned by Epps. The Bulldogs second score of the second quarter came on their very next drive when Thomas found wide receiver Chance Guest for their second scoring connection of the game, this time for a forty yard touchdown pass to give the Bulldogs a 28-7 lead that capped off a ninety-eight yard scoring drive. The Bulldogs also got some big runs from Charles McFadden on the drive as he rushed for forty three yards before the score. The Bulldogs final score of the first half came on a three yard touchdown pass from Thomas to tight end Jamison Hartsoe to give Boiling Springs a 35-7 halftime lead. The scoring play was setup by an interception from Boiling Springs defensive back Storm Duck who intercepted a Hillcrest pass and returned it to the Rams five yard line. In the second half the Bulldogs defense held the Hillcrest offense scoreless and even got a score of their own when Boiling Springs' Caden Sullivan intercepted a Rams pass and returned it fifty five yards for a touchdown to give the Bulldogs a 42-7 lead at the end of the third quarter. Hillcrest was able to score two touchdowns in the final six minutes of the game as Colin Whitfield ran the ball in from five yards out and quarterback Ethan Beamish found Quendarious Jefferson on a two yard touchdown pass to give Boiling Springs a 42-21 victory. The Bulldogs ended the game with one hundred eighty-seven yards rushing on Friday night as Charles McFadden led the team with eighty-three yards on fourteen carries. Kentavious Epps also added sixty-seven yards on nine carries but also had two receptions for sixty-five yards and a touchdown. Boiling Springs' Chance Guest led the Bulldogs in receiving as he hauled in four catches for eighty yards and two touchdowns. With the victory the Bulldogs improve to 4-1 in region play and gives them a chance for a region championship with two critical games against Gaffney and Byrnes to finish out the regular season. "We're going to get to work on a way to beat Gaffney on Sunday," said Coach Tate. "We're going to take these last two games one game at a time. I expect there to be a great crowd here next week." Boiling Springs will host Gaffney next week after they defeated Riverside 48-14 on Friday night. Comments are closed.
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