BOILING SPRINGS - With Boiling Springs looking to have their first halftime lead of the season, a group of mistakes led to the Bulldogs being down ten heading to halftime as Clover defeated the Bulldogs 17-7 on Friday night.
While the Bulldogs missed out on some key opportunities to possibly grab their first win of the season, it didn't overshadow the strong effort put together by the team including a big second half that saw the defense hold Clover scoreless. "Tonight was about missed opportunities and that's all you can really say," said Bulldogs head coach Rick Tate. "We got to make plays and as coaches we got to put the kids in better opportunities to make plays. The effort from the kids was there and I think our defense played the best four quarters that they've played all season against a team that has put up a lot of points this year." The first drive of the game saw Clover recover a Boiling Springs fumble at the Bulldogs twelve yard line less than two minutes into the first quarter. Three plays later Clover running back DeMarco Evans ran the ball in from one yard out to give the Blue Eagles an early 7-0 lead. On the next drive the Bulldogs offense looked a lot better starting on second down at their own fifteen yard line when Boiling Springs quarterback Ketrone Adams found wide receiver Charkei Singleton across the middle for a seventy-nine yard gain to the Clover six yard line. Adams ran the ball in three plays later on a quarterback keeper over the right side for a three yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7-7 with just over seven minutes to go in the first quarter. With just over five minutes to go in the first half Clover retook the lead when kicker Neal Farris hit a thirty-two yard field goal to go up 10-7 over the Bulldogs. The game took it's biggest swing of the night with less than two minutes to go in the game as the Bulldogs were able to drive the ball down to the Clover one yard line before a Boiling Springs fumble was recovered by Clover with under two minutes to go in the first half. Clover took advantage of the turnover three plays later when quarterback Joe Boyd found wide receiver Dion Brown down the right side of the field, who had broke behind the Boiling Springs defense, for a seventy-six yard touchdown to put the Blue Eagles up 17-7 going into halftime. With that score it accounted for all the scoring in the game for both teams. In the first half the Blue Eagles accounted for one-hundred eighty yards of offense but in the second half the Bulldogs limited Clover to just eight yards of offense. The strong effort by the Bulldogs defense was led by cornerback Kairon Hines who had two interceptions along with safety Luke Compton who led the team with seven tackles. They also got a strong second half from sophomore cornerback Josiah Ward who had multiple pass breakups for the Bulldogs. "I told our guys at halftime we had some guys out there making plays and Kairon was one of those guys," said Tate. "He hit the field making plays as well as Charkei Singleton. I also thought we got a good game from our sophomore Josiah Ward who played big there in the second half." Boiling Springs will head into next week with their playoff chances on the line when they travel to Fort Mill for the final region matchup of the season. "Going into the game you try to find every measuring stick you can to find out how you match up with people and Fort Mill next week is no different," said Tate. "Fort Mill is a hard playing team and will bring everything they got into that game because they know it Comments are closed.
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