GAFFNEY, SC - In their final region matchup of the season, the Boiling Springs baseball took the trip up I-85to Gaffney and the traffic must've made them mad because they took it out on the baseball as they defeated the Indians 11-1 in six innings on Monday night.
JD Moore and A Staiger started the top of the second inning with back-to-back singles, one on a hit to centerfield and the other on a bunt. Two batters later Kyle Patterson worked a walk to load the bases before Landon Stevens singled to left field scoring Logan Merchant, who was the courtesy runner for Moore, to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead. Kai Lee followed Stevens with a single to centerfield scoring Staiger and then Justin Dawkins was up next hitting a sacrifice fly to right field allowing Patterson to score and make the Boiling Springs lead 3-0 over the Indians. Boiling Springs added another run in the top of the third inning when Staiger, who was hit by a pitch, scored from first base on a single to right field by Kohen Bridges to make the lead 4-0 over Gaffney. Moore and Staiger repeated the second inning in the top of the fifth inning as both reached base on a single to centerfield and a bunt. Merchant, running for Moore, and Staiger both scored from second and third bases respectively on a Patterson single to right field to give Boiling Springs a 6-0 lead. Patterson scored on the next at-bat when Stevens tripled to right field before he scored with two outs on a Dawkins single to centerfield to push the lead to 8-0 over the Indians. Boiling Springs added three more runs in the top of the sixth inning as Chansen Cole started the inning with a double to right field and was followed up by a Moore single to centerfield. Cole scored on a double by Bridges to left field before Merchant scored on a single to right field by Patterson to make the lead 10-0 over Gaffney. Bridges later scored on a fielder's choice to make the score 11-0 in favor of the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs got another strong outing from sophomore Cathen Cole as he went five and a third innings only allowing four hits while striking out five batters. Boiling Springs got a hit from eight of nine spots in the lineup on Monday night as Landon Stevens, Justin Dawkins and JD Moore all had three hits in the game for the Bulldogs, while Kyle Patterson led in RBIs with three of his own. These same two teams will meet up on Wednesday night as Boiling Springs will host Gaffney for senior night for game two of the matchup. The Bulldogs record now sits at 14-8-1 overall and 5-5 in region play. CHESNEE, SC - The matchup between the two high schools in Spartanburg County's District Two has taken a few weeks to get played, after being rained out on two separate occasions, but when the game was finally played on Monday night it was the Boiling Springs softball that came away with a 9-0 victory over the Eagles.
Sydnee Spencer started the game with a walk for the Bulldogs before moving up to third base on a double to centerfield by Myah Salters. Spencer scored the first run of the game when she raced home on a groundout by Ashlyn Posey to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead. Myah Salters added to the Bulldogs lead in the top of the third inning when she hit a homerun to centerfield to put Boiling Springs ahead 2-0 over the Eagles. Abbie Wilson reached base on an error before moving to third base on a double to left field by Sayde Parris to put runners at second and third with no outs. Addison Wheeler followed two batters with a double of her own scoring Wilson to make the lead 3-0 over the Eagles. Hailie Dismuskes, who came on as a courtesy runner for Parris, scored on a passed ball two batters later to push the Boiling Springs lead to 4-0 after three innings of play. Sydnee Spencer picked up an RBI in the top of the fourth inning when she singled to right field scoring Chloe Osteen, who had worked a walk to start the inning and stole second base, to make the score 5-0 in favor of the Bulldogs. Spencer made the lead 6-0 when she came around to score on the next at-bat when Salters reached on an error. In the top of the sixth inning, the Bulldogs scored three runs with two outs in the inning. Abbie Wilson started the offense in the sixth inning when she worked a walk before advancing to second base on a single to left by Sayde Parris and going to third when Ashlyn Posey walked to load the bases. With the bases loaded, Addison Wheeler singled to centerfield scoring both Wilson and Parris to push the lead to 8-0 over the Eagles. Shaniya Middleton added another run when she doubled to right field scoring Posey to make the score 9-0 in favor of the Bulldogs. Sayde Parris, Myah Salters, Addison Wheeler, and Shaniya Middleton all had two hits for the Bulldogs while Wheeler led the team with three RBIs. Sydnee Spencer and Abbie Wilson led the Bulldogs in runs scored with two runs scored each. Allie Simpson had a strong outing for the Bulldogs from the pitching circle as she went all six innings allowing only three hits while striking out three batters. Skylar Barrett, Ansley Blanton, and Loren Potter recorded the three hits for Chesnee against the Bulldogs on Monday night. Boiling Springs will be back in action on Tuesday night as they go back into region play to face the Gaffney Indians and it will also be senior night for the Bulldogs. Chesnee will travel to Liberty for another region matchup of their own on Tuesday night, the next to last scheduled region game for the team. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - For the first time in 35 years, the Boiling Springs boy's tennis team are region champions, defeating the Spartanburg Vikings 4-2 on the home court on Thursday afternoon.
It's only the second region championship in the history of the program and the first one since 1989 under former coach Randy Gregory. "This team has worked harder than any other group I've worked with," said Bulldogs head coach Matthew Shumate. "They have put the work in both on and off the court and earned this achievement." Boiling Springs got straight set victories in the number four singles as Nathan Miller won (6-0, 6-0) over Farris to finish his region season undefeated. Thomas Raynor and Evan Humphries (6-0, 6-0) also got wins in straight sets to give the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead. William Garner got a (6-1, 6-1) set win in number five singles to push the Bulldogs lead to 3-0 over the Vikings. Preston Reese wrapped up the victory for the Bulldogs getting a strong (6-3, 6-3) win in number two singles to give Boiling Springs the 4-2 win and wrap up the region championship. For cousins Preston Reese and Ben Reese, both members of the 2024 region championship team, they're not the first members of their family to be region champions for the Bulldogs as their fathers were both on the 1989 region championship team. Sam Corbitt, who played as the number one seed for the Bulldogs, helped lead the Boiling Springs team to the championship with his strong play all season. Boiling Springs finishes the season with an 11-2 record, with their two losses coming on very close matches. The Bulldogs wrapped up the number one seed for the 5A playoffs and will look to get their first playoff win since 2014 as they host region rival Byrnes on Tuesday. As the number one seed, Boiling Springs will host at the first two rounds of the playoffs as long as they keep winning. SPARTANBURG, SC - After dropping game one of the region series on Monday at home, the Boiling Springs baseball team bounced back in impressive fashion taking a 12-1 victory over Spartanburg at Duncan Park on Wednesday night.
It didn't take the Bulldogs long to get the bats going in the game as they scored four runs in their first at-bat to put Spartanburg in a big hole early. Landon Stevens got the game started with a single to right field before Kai Lee and Justin Dawkins followed him by reaching base on a walk and a hit-by-pitch to load the bases. Lucas Morrison and JD Moore followed with back-to-back singles scoring both Stevens and Lee to put the Bulldogs up 2-0 over the Vikings. Noah Ezell reached base on a fielder's choice that allowed Dawkins to score before Chansen Cole hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield scoring Morrison to score and to put the Bulldogs lead at 4-0 after one inning. Kyle Patterson led off the second inning with a single up the middle before scoring when Stevens hit a triple to centerfield pushing the lead to 5-0 over Spartanburg. Lee followed with a single to right field that allowed Stevens to score before scoring himself on a groundout to first base by Morrison to push the Boiling Springs lead to 7-0 after two innings of play. JD Moore led off the top of the fifth inning with a single to centerfield before scoring when Chansen Cole hit a home run over the left field wall as the Bulldogs took a 9-1 lead over the Vikings. After reaching base on a single up the middle, Kai Lee put the Bulldogs ahead 10-1 when he scored from third base on a fielder's choice by Morrison. Boiling Springs added two more runs in the top of the seventh inning as Noah Ezell and Titus Hutchins both scored on a single to left field by Landon Stevens to go ahead 12-1 over the Vikings. Landon Stevens led the Bulldogs bats going three of five with three RBIs and two runs scored. Lucas Morrison and Chansen Cole each joined Stevens with three RBIs in the game. JD Moore went three of four at the plate with an RBI while calling the game for Boiling Springs behind the plate. Cathen Cole got the win for the Bulldogs as he went five innings while allowing one run on three hits and striking out five batters. Kellan Spencer came on in relief only allowing two hits while striking out three Spartanburg batters. Spartanburg got their only run of the game in the bottom of the third inning as EJ Grant scored on a single to centerfield by Tyler Stephenson. With the win Boiling Springs improves to 13-7-1 on the season and 4-4 in region play, as they will face off against the same Spartanburg team on Friday night at home. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - In front of the home crowd on Thursday night, the Boiling Springs boy's lacrosse team was able to honor their seniors with an impressive 14-5 win over Spartanburg in a region matchup.
The Bulldogs honored three seniors as it was the last regular season matchup at home for Elijah Smith, Colin Brown, and JoJo Barrett. Boiling Springs took the lead less than two minutes into the game and never looked back as Dillon Snyder got the first goal of the match off an assist from Dawson Martini. Just a few minutes later Martini scored an unassisted goal of his own before scoring again two minutes later to push their lead to 3-0 over the Vikings. The Bulldogs added three more goals in the first quarter as Elijah Smith got a goal at just under two minutes left in the quarter before Drew Buckmeier hit two more goals in the last minute. Smith picked up the first two goals of the second quarter for the Bulldogs at the nine-minute mark and at just under two minutes to go in the quarter. Snyder and Buckmeier added two more goals in the last 51 seconds of the quarter for the Bulldogs as they held the halftime lead. After going scoreless in the third quarter, the Bulldogs added four more goals in the fourth quarter from Buckmeier, Colin Brown, Brendon Riorden, and Hayden Allen to finish out the scoring for the Bulldogs. Drew Buckmeier led the Bulldogs with four goals while Elijah Smith added three more goals of his own. Lincoln Huskey led the team with four assists while Brooks Wilkins led the team in faceoff wins with nine while Javen Chhim was right behind him with eight faceoff wins. On the defensive side, Boiling Springs goalkeeper recorded eight saves on the night and also recorded his 500th career save for the Bulldogs. The win wraps up an impressive regular season for the Bulldogs who won the region championship and finished with a 13-2 record and a 6-0 region mark. Boiling Springs will next host a first-round playoff game against Fort Mill on Wednesday night. WEST COLUMBIA, SC - In a game originally scheduled as a home game for the Bulldogs, recent weather forced the Boiling Springs baseball to take a road trip to the state capitol for a doubleheader against Gray Collegiate Academy on Wednesday.
With the teams playing a doubleheader, the games were set for five inning matchups which saw the two teams split the games. In the first game it was a pitching duel between Boiling Springs pitcher Kyle Dill and Gray pitcher Blaine Redmond as both pitchers had scoreless outings through four innings. It was two errors in the bottom of the fifth inning by the Bulldogs that allowed Connor Holmes to score from third base on another error that allowed Garrett Blankenship to reach base allowing Gray to take the 1-0 victory over Boiling Springs. The second game went much more in favor of the Bulldogs as they took their first lead of the two games in the bottom of the second inning when Boiling Springs left fielder Noah Ezell crushed a home run to left field scoring both himself and Chansen Cole to take a 2-0 lead over Gray. Kyle Patterson and Landon Stevens started the bottom of the third inning with back-to-back singles for the Bulldogs. Patterson made the score 3-0 in favor of Boiling Springs when he scored on an error that allowed Titus Hutchins to reach safely and Stevens almost made it 4-0 for the Bulldogs but was tagged out at the plate. JD Moore started off the bottom of the fourth inning for the Bulldogs with a double to left field before Logan Merchant, who came on as a courtesy runner, scored from third base on a single to right field by Kellan Spencer to put the lead at 4-0 for the Bulldogs. Boiling Springs with the bases loaded and two outs had second baseman Kai Lee work a walk allowing Ezell to score and push the Bulldogs lead to 5-0 over Gray. Cathen Cole came on to finish out the game for the Bulldogs getting all three outs on strikeouts to clinch the victory for Boiling Springs. Josh Kanipe picked up the victory for the Bulldogs going three innings while allowing no runs on one hit and striking out three batters. He was followed by Emory Horton and Cole who pitched an inning each as they combined for five strikeouts in two innings. Noah Ezell led the Boiling Springs bats going one of one with a home run while working a walk and picking up two RBIs while also scoring two runs. Kellan Spencer, Kai Lee, and Titus Hutchins all got one RBI each for the Bulldogs while Kyle Patterson and Chansen Cole each scored a run of their own. With the split doubleheader, the Bulldogs record improves to 12-5-1 on the season and they'll return to action on Friday at Dorman in a region makeup game from earlier this season. SPARTANBURG, SC - With Spartanburg County schools on spring break, some of the baseball teams have still been busy in the Sparkle City tournament at Duncan Park, as the Boiling Springs baseball team captured a 9-0 victory over Wren on Monday night.
The Bulldogs got a big game from third baseman Landon Stevens who went three of three with four RBIs and two runs scored. Stevens got his big night started in the top of the third inning as with the bases loaded he tripled to right field scoring Logan Merchant, Emory Horton, and Kai Lee to take a 3-0 lead. He scored on the next at-bat on a wild pitch to push the Bulldogs lead to 4-0 over the Hurricanes. He singled to right field with one out in the top of the fourth inning before scoring on a single by Justin Dawkins to make the score 5-0 in favor of the Bulldogs. Chansen Cole hit a sacrifice fly to left field on the next at-bat to score Kyle Patterson from third base and make the score 6-0 over Wren. Emory Horton, who reached on a fielder's choice in the top of the fifth inning, later scored on a wild pitch to Stevens who later singled to the right side of the infield later in the at-bat scoring Noah Ezell to push the Bulldogs lead to 8-0 over the Hurricanes. Boiling Springs added another run in the top of the sixth inning when Kohen Bridges scored from third base on a passed ball to L Merchant to make the score 9-0 after six innings of play. While Stevens led the Bulldogs at the plate they also got good nights from Emory Horton, Kyle Patterson, and JD Moore who all went two of three at the plate on Monday night. Chansen Cole got the win for the Bulldogs going four and two third innings allowing no runs on four hits and striking out six batters. Josh Kanipe in relief also gave the Bulldogs a good inning of work as he allowed no hits while striking out two batters. Boiling Springs improves their record to 11-3-1 for the 2024 season. The win over Wren is the second game for the Bulldogs in the tournament as their first game ended in a 6-6 tie with Foutain Inn. They will play their final game of the tournament at 3:45 PM at Duncan Park against Mid-Carolina. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - In the matchup between two schools located within 10 miles of each other, there was some late inning drama, but the Boiling Springs baseball team was able to come away with a 6-3 win over the visiting Chapman Panthers on Wednesday night.
As Boiling Springs was leading 6-3 in the top of the seventh inning with one out, Chapman worked the bases loaded when the Bulldogs turned to pitcher Logan Merchant who shut down the Panthers rally with in four pitches forcing two pop outs for the win. Boiling Springs struck first in the bottom of the first inning as Landon Stevens and Kai Lee reached base on a single and an error to put runners at first and second base. Justin Dawkins gave the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead when he singled to left field allowing Stevens and Lee to score from second and third base respectively. In the bottom of the second inning the Bulldogs added to their lead by adding three runs to take a 5-0 lead over the Panthers. The scoring in the second inning got started when the bases were loaded, and Noah Ezell scored from third base when Kai Lee singled to the right side of the infield. Titus Hutchins followed Lee with a walk allowing Kyle Patterson to score after reaching base on a double earlier in the inning. Boiling Springs finished their scoring when Chansen Cole hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield that allowed Landon Stevens to score. With two runners still on base the for the Bulldogs, Chapman pitcher Carson Seymour was able to strike the next Boiling Springs batter out to end the inning. Chapman got on the board in the top of the fourth inning as they scored two runs to cut the lead to 5-2 in favor of the Bulldogs. The Panthers scoring started when Colt McPeters singled to rightfield scoring Hank Tolleson from third base before Lewis McAlister singled to centerfield scoring Kole Brown from third base. With one out in the bottom of the fifth inning, JD Moore singled to rightfield before courtesy runner Merchant scored from second base on a double to rightfield by Emory Horton to give the Bulldogs a 6-2 lead. In the top of the seventh inning, Chapman loaded the bases and saw Chandler Cartee score on a walk to Kole Brown to cut the lead to 6-3 before Merchant came in to close out the game. Boiling Springs had nine of the 10 batters that came to the plate get a hit while Justin Dawkins had two RBIs and Landon Stevens scored two runs. Kyle Dill picked up the win for the Bulldogs as he pitched six innings allowing two runs on four hits while striking out four batters. Kole Brown, Colt McPeters, and Lewis McAlister all picked up RBIs for Chapman on Wednesday night. Boiling Springs will be back in action on Saturday as they play Fountain Inn in the Sparkle City Tournament at Duncan Park starting at 1:30 PM. Chapman will also play again on Saturday in the same tournament against Mid-Carolina at 3:45 PM. INMAN, S.C. – It was the start of a home-and-home series Monday night as the Boiling Springs Bulldogs and Chapman Panthers clashed on the baseball diamond.
A big game from Justin Dawkins proved to be the catalyst and propelled the Bulldogs to a 9-5 victory over Chapman in eight innings. The Bulldogs drew first blood in the first inning as Kai Lee sprinted home on a double steal, which saw Titus Hutchins advance to second on the play. Two batters later, Hutchins scored on a Dawkins RBI single to left for a two-run lead. Chapman cut the deficit in half, 2-1, when Cole Daughterty singled, stole second, and later scored on a Bulldog error. “It was two good teams (battling),” said Boiling Springs head coach Jeff Lipscomb. “Chapman is always good, and they’re coached well, as always. We were fortunate tonight and found a way to win. We’re proud to come out of here with a victory.” Hank Tolleson drew a walk to open the Panthers’ half of the third inning and scored on a Lewis McAlister RBI base knock to center. A couple of moments later, Bryson Cothran scored from third on an error and gave Chapman a 3-2 lead. Dawkins led off the fourth inning with a single and later crossed home plate on an Emory Horton RBI base hit, tying the game at three runs apiece. A Hank Tolleson double and Kole Brown triple to left in the fifth broke the deadlock and put the Panthers ahead by a 4-3 tally. Dawkins scored the next two runs for Boiling Springs on a Kyle Patterson RBI fielders’ choice in the sixth and JD Moore RBI hit in the seventh, respectively, that gave the Bulldogs a 5-4 lead. In the bottom of the frame, a McAlister single to center scored Tolleson from second and sent the game to an extra frame, tied at five. “We’re proud of our guys for what we did on offense tonight,” Chapman head coach J.D. Goodwin stated. “(Boiling Springs) is a great team and they are close by. We play a lot of the ‘big boys’ to help us prepare for the playoffs. We don’t want to be surprised and see arms or teams that sneak up on us in the playoffs. We’ll go over (to Boiling Springs) on Wednesday, we’ll battle, and will try to make amends for tonight.” Boiling Springs reclaimed the lead in the eighth when back-to-back RBI singles by Landon Stevens and Lee plated three runs. A two-out triple to right by Dawkins plated Hutchins and provided the final margin of 9-5. “He deserves it,” Lipscomb exclaimed about Dawkins’ showing at the plate. “The boy works his tail off. Sometimes he has bad luck, but that’s the nature of the game. He has struggled with the breaking stuff, but he’s learning to lay off it and work the count to where he can get a fastball. When he gets fastballs, they jump off his bat. He’s got some very quick hands… it’s good to see something good happen for him.” Dawkins led Boiling Springs, going 4-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and three runs scored. Moore was 2-for-3 with a double, run scored, and RBI, while Lee went 2-for-5 (run scored, RBI). Noah Ezell picked up the win for the Bulldogs, throwing one and two-thirds scoreless innings in relief, allowing only two hits and a walk. For Chapman, Daughterty was 2-for-4 with a run scored while McAlister also went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Tolleson was 1-for-3 with two runs scored, while Brown went 1-for-3 with a triple and RBI. Boiling Springs (9-3) will host Chapman (9-4) on Wednesday at Bulldog Park, slated for a 6:30 PM start. BOILING SPRINGS, SC - The Boiling Springs boys soccer team trailing Byrnes by one game for the top spot in the region standings and when the night was over it was the Bulldogs taking a 2-1 victory over the Rebels and claiming their stake to the lead in the current region standings.
Boiling Springs is 3-1 currently in region play with wins over Byrnes, Dorman, and Spartanburg while their one loss was a 2-1 road loss at Gaffney last Monday. With such a pivotal match for the Bulldogs, they got started quickly as Boiling Springs took an early 1-0 goal at the ten-minute mark of the first half. The goal was a tap in goal by senior Chase Hogsed off a good run and an assist that fell behind the Rebels defense. Boiling Springs added to their lead at the thirty-minute mark of the first half as senior Melvin Mendez took an assist from junior Emir Sanchez to find the back of the net for the Bulldogs to go ahead 2-0 heading into the halftime break. The Bulldogs kept the pressure on keeping possession of the ball from the Rebels, which is a staple of the team under head coach Jack Underwood. Byrnes was able to add a goal late to cut the lead to 2-1 but were never able to find the equalizing goal as the Bulldogs took the victory. Boiling Springs improves to 4-3-1 on the season and 3-1 in region play as they look to earn their second straight region title this season. The Bulldogs will return to action on April 2nd when they travel to Mauldin for a matchup at 7:00 PM. Their next region matchup will start their second half of region play as they'll travel to Spartanburg for a 7:00 PM match. |
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