BOILING SPRINGS, SC - With the weather dampening some of the celebration plans, the Boiling Springs softball team honored their predecessors, the 2013 4A state championship team, with an impressive 18-4 win over the visiting Spartanburg Vikings in region play on Friday night.
"I think in the past week we had a lot of lessons learned that will help carry us through the next week as we face some tougher competition," said Bulldogs head coach Hannah McDowell. "It's great starting off the second half of region play with a win and we want to keep that momentum rolling the rest of the season." McDowell said that it was special for her girls to play in front of the former state championship team because it's the girls they used to look up to and it shows them the impact they can have on the young girls that look up to them now. "I believe it humbles our girls seeing the former team coming back because it puts them back to the days of them being those younger girls looking up to those players," said McDowell. "I think they now understand that there are a lot of younger girls looking up to them now and I think it made them step up their play." Prior to the game, Bulldogs announcer Todd Waddell announced the names that were a part of the 2013 state championship team which included Taylor Cabe, Miranda Dills, Brooke Palmer, Olivia Matsuda, Katie Jacoby, Bailey Mabry, McKenna Quinn, Shay Reynolds, Taylor Tschapt, Callie Richards, and Logan Webb along with coaches Sandy Martin, Randy Piazza, and Doug Dills. Boiling Springs pitcher Bri Stanley retired the Vikings in order to start the game including striking out the first two batters before the Bulldogs offense got to work in the bottom half of the inning. Sydnee Spencer got the bottom of the inning started when she hit a double over the left fielder's head to put the Bulldogs in scoring position one batter into the inning. Bri Stanley reached base on a walk two batters later before both Spencer and Myah Salters, who ran for Stanley, both came around to score when Emma Wilkins reached base on an infield error to put the Bulldogs up 2-0. Boiling Springs had two outs over the first four batters but were able to score 10 runs before the inning came to an end. Wilkins scored on an error before Leaha Rushing and Sayde Parris, who reached base on a walk, both came around to score on a single to right field by Bri McAbee to push the Bulldogs lead to 5-0 over the Vikings. Chloe Osteen reached base on a Vikings error that allowed her to advance to second base while also allowing McAbee to score to push the lead to 6-0. Osteen and Sydnee Spencer came around to score on a Vikings error to push the lead to 8-0 before Morgan Hammett and Myah Salters both came around to score on a Gracen Bennett single and another Vikings error to push the lead to 10-0 after one inning. Spencer and Salters both scored twice in the first inning as the Bulldogs went through 15 batters in the inning. After keeping the Vikings off the scoreboard again in the second inning, the Bulldogs kept their bats going in the bottom half of the inning as they scored seven more runs in the inning. Leaha Rushing started the inning with a walk before coming around to score on a triple to the left field wall by Bri McAbee to make the lead 11-0 in favor of the Bulldogs. Chloe Osteen brought home McAbee with a double to right centerfield to push the lead to 12-0. Osteen scored on a double to centerfield by Sydnee Spencer before Spencer also scored on a double to left field by Morgan Hammett to put the lead at 14-0 over the Vikings. Hammett scored on a double to right field by Bri Stanley before Salters, who ran for Stanley, scored on a sacrifice bunt by Emma Wilkins to make the lead 16-0. Gracen Bennett made the score 17-0 in favor of Boiling Springs when she scored from third base on a single to left field by Sayde Parris. In the fourth inning, Emma Wilkins added another run after taking a walk and then scoring on a wild pitch to make the score 18-0 in favor of Boiling Springs. Sydnee Spencer and Bri Stanley each had three hits in the game for the Bulldogs on Friday night as every spot in the Boiling Springs lineup scored at least one run in the game. Boiling Springs pitcher Bri Stanley pitched four and a third innings allowing no runs while striking out six Spartanburg batters. The Bulldogs will return to action on Monday as they host Gray Collegiate Academy before traveling to Dorman on Wednesday and Byrnes on Friday for key region matchups. Comments are closed.
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