On Friday night Spartanburg got a big game from wide receiver Andrew Dantin whose strong night led the Vikings to a 52-13 victory over the home standing Boiling Springs Bulldogs in a matchup of former region foes.
"They were just more physical than we were tonight," said Bulldogs head coach Rick Tate. "In this game you have to be able to block and tackle which we didn't do a very good job of tonight. We just got to come in this weekend as coaches and work a little harder to get our kids in the best possible positions and we'll have a plan come Monday. Hopefully each week we'll get a little more experience and we'll find something we can make work to be successful next week." The Vikings opening drive saw Dantin account for sixty-one of his team's seventy-four yards but the Bulldogs defense came up big with a goal line stop to deny Spartanburg from scoring on the opening drive. The opening drive was the start of a big night for Dantin as he finished the night with twelve receptions for 281 yards. After the Bulldogs were unable to get a first down on the ensuing drive, Spartanburg took the first lead of the game when Raheim Jeter found Jay Staggs on a 27-yard touchdown pass in the middle of the endzone to give the Vikings a 7-0 lead with just over two minutes to go in the first quarter. Spartanburg added another touchdown with eight seconds left in the first quarter when Drek Carter took a handoff up the middle before breaking to the left side of the endzone for a 14-0 lead over the Bulldogs. Spartanburg kicker John Love booted home a 25-yard field goal for the only score for either team in the second quarter to give the Vikings a 17-0 halftime lead over the Bulldogs. The Vikings added three scores in the third quarter behind two touchdown runs by Carter and a six yard touchdown run by Terrian Nelson to give Spartanburg a 38-0 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Boiling Springs got their biggest highlights of the game with under five minutes to go in the fourth quarter which started when defender JoJo Barrett recovered a forced Spartanburg fumble at the Boiling Springs four yard line and returned it to the Vikings thirty-two yard line, as the fumble recovery was added to numerous tackles and a sack by Barrett earlier in the game. After the fumble recovery the Bulldogs got their first score of the game when running back Carmelo Martin took a handoff down the left side for twenty-two yards for their first score of the game to put the Spartanburg lead at 45-6 over the Bulldogs. Martin added another touchdown run to his resume after another Spartanburg score when he took a handoff eighty yards down the left side outrunning the Vikings defense to put the Spartanburg lead at 52-13. He finished the night with four carries for 101 yards and two touchdowns on Friday night to lead the Bulldogs rushing attack. "I'm happy for Carmelo," said Tate. "If Carmelo gets a step on anybody they're not going to catch him." Raheim Jeter led the Spartanburg offense at quarterback going twenty-one of thirty for 425 yards passing and a touchdown. Boiling Springs will return to action next week when they travel to Hillcrest for another out-of-region contest. Hillcrest was idle Friday night after falling to the same Spartanburg team last week 45-37. Comments are closed.
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