BOILING SPRINGS, SC - The Boiling Springs wrestling team opened the new year by returning home with victories over Broome and Southside after not taking much of a break during the holiday season.
"We're excited to be back in front of the home crowd tonight as we spent most of the Christmas break at different places and didn't really have much of a break," said Bulldogs head coach Lee Thomas. "We saw some gains over the past few weeks and we're hoping it pays off tonight and going forward the rest of the season." In the first match of the night the Bulldogs defeated Broome 59-15 as they got their night started off with an impressive pinfall victory at 106 to take an early 6-0 lead. After back-to-back decision victories by the Centurions tied the match at 6-6, the Bulldogs retook the lead at 12-6 when Trent Coppola got the pinfall at 126. The Bulldogs got four straight pinfall victories that included victories from Eddie Aleksik (132), Harrison Brafford (138), and Peyton Coulter (145) to push the Boiling Springs lead to 36-6 over the Centurions. Cam Mills added a pinfall at 170 to take a 42-6 lead while Bill Pryor added a 17-1 technical victory at 182 to extend the Bulldogs lead to 47-9 over the Centurions. Jacob Hill (195) and Jason Blackwell at heavyweight both picked up victories in two of the last three matches to help secure the victory for the Bulldogs. The second match of the night saw the Bulldogs get a very dominant victory as they didn't lose a point, coming away with an 84-0 victory over Southside. Of all the decisions the Bulldogs got 10 forfeit victories while Rylee Douglas (126), Harrison Brafford (138), Peyton Colter (145), Cam Mills (170), and Jason Blackwell at heavyweight all came away with pinfalls. The victory by Blackwell at heavyweight is a position that Thomas said his team has seen a lot of improvement from during the holiday competitions. "We went down to May River for a tournament a few days before New Year's and our heavyweight Jason Blackwell made the finals out of 32 teams," said Thomas. "It was an impressive feat and we hope he can carry that into the part of the season that truly matters." With the second half of their season starting, the Bulldogs are now turning their focus towards their road to the playoffs and the upcoming Spartanburg County tournament that will be held on January 15th at Spartanburg High School. "We've been preaching to this young group all year that wins and losses don't really matter but we're now into the part of the season now where it starts to matter," said Thomas. "So hopefully the growing pains they've gone through in November and December will come to fruition where we'll start winning some matches in January and February when it really matters." Boiling Springs will return to action on Friday when they travel to Rock Hill for the two-day Bearcat Invitational. Comments are closed.
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