When officials in Spartanburg County's district two office go to watch a sporting event in the district, it's rare that they can go watch both schools play in the same location but that's exactly what happened on Monday night as the Boiling Springs Bulldogs captured a 74-53 victory over the Chesnee Eagles in the first regular season game for both schools. "I think this is a great game for both communities," said Bulldogs head coach Hal McManus. "Both sides have a lot of passionate fans and it created a great environment." Boiling Springs was able to grab an early 20-13 lead at the end of the first quarter behind five first quarter points from senior guard Zach Baldinelli. In the second quarter the Bulldogs fell behind as Chesnee went on a 10-0 run and grabbed a 23-20 lead over Boiling Springs with just over five minutes to go in the quarter. One of the major factors to the Chesnee second quarter run was Eagles junior guard Dez Tate, a top five senior in AAA, as he led the Eagles with fifteen first half points. "I think we surprised some people in the first half," said Chesnee head coach Andy Pitt. "I'm really proud of the effort that our guys put together for the whole thirty-two minutes." The Bulldogs were able to end the Chesnee run when Boiling Springs senior Chance Guest scored to put the score at 23-22 just inside the five minute mark of the second quarter. Guest led the Bulldogs in the second quarter as he scored seven points in the quarter. After the Chesnee 10-0 run, the Bulldogs outscored the Eagles 36-14 from the five minute mark in the second quarter to the end of the third quarter giving Boiling Springs a 56-37 lead at the end of the third quarter after claiming a 35-27 halftime lead. "We done a poor job of containing Tate there in the first half and he's a really good player" said Coach McManus. "In the first half they seemed to come out with more energy than we did and they took advantage of the gaps in our defense but I think our guys made great adjustments there in the second half." Chesnee's Dez Tate led all scorers on Monday night as he scored twenty-six points while Ahmad Smith also added ten points for the Eagles. Boiling Springs' ended the night with three players in double figures in points with all three being seniors as Zach Baldinelli scored eighteen points, Hunter McCravey scored sixteen points and Chance Guest scored fifteen points. The Bulldogs will return to action on Friday night as they travel to Broome while the Eagles will return to action on Thursday as they face JL Mann at the Farm Bureau Insurance Tipoff at Dorman. Girls GameThe Boiling Springs girl's basketball team was able to grab a 52-16 victory over Chesnee on Monday night and Boiling Springs coach Dwayne Lytle said it was exactly what the team needed after a tough preseason tournament last week.
"We played a lot of tough teams there in the Greenville tournament," said Bulldogs head coach Dwayne Lytle. "We needed to see how all facets of our game looked and I think tonight we looked really good." The Bulldogs were able to jump out to a 33-9 halftime lead behind some key contributions from their bench including junior Abby Hodge who led the Bulldogs in scoring with twelve points on Monday night. "We're graduating four seniors so it was important to get a lot of players in tonight," said Coach Lytle. "I felt we came out a little flat early but that second group was able to come in and give us a spark." The Bulldogs also got good performances from Arissa Edwards who scored eight points and from Arika Dile who scored seven points. Chesnee was led on offense by senior Sierra Bowen who scored eight points and by sophomore Paige Scruggs who scored five points. The Bulldogs will return to action on Friday night at Broome while the Eagles will host Blacksburg on Friday night. Comments are closed.
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