The Boiling Springs baseball returned from spring break showing little rust from the week long break as they jumped back into region play to defeat Fort Mill 6-0 on Monday night. Will Holmes led the Bulldogs on the mound going six innings while not allowing a run and striking out twelve different Yellow Jackets batters. In the top of the first inning Holmes struck out the first Yellow Jackets batter in the game to set the tone of the game early. Fort Mill was able to get a baserunner on via a walk but that runner was thrown out trying to score when right fielder Luke Compton made a strong throw beating the Yellow Jackets baserunner to home plate for the third out of the inning. After keeping Fort Mill off the board to start the game the Boiling Springs bats took advantage of their opportunity in the bottom half of the first inning as Davis Starnes started off the game with a single to left field before stealing second base on the next at-bat. Starnes came around to score on a Tristan Smith single to left centerfield to give the Bulldogs their first of two runs in the inning as they took a 2-0 lead at the end of the first inning. The two runs turned out to be more than enough for the Bulldogs on Monday night as Holmes continued his solid work from the mound. Holmes pitched the next two innings striking out four Yellow Jackets batters, inducing a flyball to centerfield and the only batter that reached base was on a hit-by-pitch that was later thrown out stealing by Bulldogs catcher Vance Wagner. Boiling Springs added two more runs in each of the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings to push their lead to 6-0 after five innings. Avery Stewart led all the Bulldogs bats going three for three in the game while Holmes and Starnes both led the Bulldogs in runs scored as they both scored two runs each. Jimmy Rosengrant, Brent Fowler, Jamison Bagwell, and Holmes all had RBIs for the Bulldogs on Monday night. After Holmes left the game at the end of the sixth inning, Boiling Springs turned the game over to Dylan Anderson who struck out two Yellow Jackets batters including the last batter for the final out of the game. With the win the Bulldogs move into first place in Region III-5A and will look to build on that lead when they travel to Fort Mill on Wednesday for the second game of the three game series. Bulldogs Soccer Falls In Penalty KicksOn Monday night the Boiling Springs and Fort Mill boys soccer teams competed in a back and forth matchup that neither team deserved to lose as both teams were tied 1-1 after regulation along with two overtime periods but the Yellow Jackets came away with the victory after coming away with a 4-3 victory in penalty kicks. Fort Mill took an early lead on a shot just outside the box that navigated itself through the Bulldogs defense to find the bottom left corner of the net giving the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 lead at the twenty-nine minute mark of the first half. Boiling Springs responded at the seventeen minute mark of the first half when junior Christian Gonzalez-Calihua broke behind the Yellow Jackets defense off a pass from midfield by Isaiah Maldenado. After catching up to the pass Gonzalez-Calihua broke down the left side of the Fort Mill defense before taking a left footed shot that found the top right of the net to tie the game at 1-1. Both teams battled through the second half attacking each goal as the Bulldogs shots went just wide of the Yellow Jackets goal while Boiling Springs goalie Jaycee Lamb made some great saves including two in the last six minutes of regulation to help preserve the tie for the Bulldogs. In overtime despite many close attempts the Bulldogs just couldn't find the right touch to get the ball into the net, as they possessed the ball the majority of the period. Boiling Springs will look to rebound on Wednesday when they host Nation Ford in a region matchup that is a makeup game of a game that was postponed prior to spring break. Bulldogs Softball Falls To FalconsThe Boiling Springs softball team fell 9-3 to Nation Ford in their first matchup since returning from spring break on Monday night.
Nation Ford used two big innings to defeat the Bulldogs as they scored three runs in the first inning and another six in the fourth inning to come away with the victory. The Bulldogs narrowed the Falcons lead to 3-2 in the top of the fourth inning after Olivia Hall scored on an error in the third inning and then Grace Geddes scored on a fielder's choice in the fourth inning. AD Raines tripled to left field in the top of the fifth inning before scoring on a double to centerfield by Hall to make the score 9-3 but the six run fourth inning was too much for the Bulldogs to overcome. Boiling Springs will look to rebound on Friday as they host Clover in another region matchup. Comments are closed.
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