As the first real cold night of fall hit the upstate of South Carolina on Friday night the Boiling Spring football team just couldn't get much going in their favor as they fell 28-0 to the visiting Byrnes Rebels.
"I told the kids after the game that in this game you have to block people and tackle people and we didn't do a very good job at that tonight," said Boiling Springs head coach Rick Tate. "I took two chances on fourth downs tonight and we didn't get it and we gave them two scores there. That was on me." After being forced to settle for no points on their first two drives Byrnes was able to get on the board when quarterback Lawernce Scott broke three Bulldog tackles and raced down the right side to put the Rebels up 7-0 late in the first quarter. On their very next drive the Rebels found the endzone again when Scott threw a fifty-two yard touchdown down the right side of the field to wide receiver NaNa Burris to give Byrnes a 14-0 early in the second quarter. As the game approached halftime the Rebels lined up for a twenty-four yard field goal but were denied when Bulldogs senior Marquise Graves came off the edge blocking the kick and keeping the Rebels lead at 14-0. After stopping the Bulldogs on the first drive of the second half Byrnes used their first possession of the half to extend their lead to 21-0 when Qua Meadows took a handoff and raced sixteen yards for another Rebels touchdown. With a few minutes left in the third quarter the Rebels extended their lead to 28-0 when Scott ran for his second touchdown of the night this time from thirty-two yards out. The Bulldogs offense had a tough night from the start as they were only able to produce seventy-five yards of offense and their biggest play from scrimmage coming in the third quarter when wide receiver Carlos Carson took a reverse for nineteen yards on the Bulldogs deepest drive into Byrnes territory. The biggest opportunity at points for the Bulldogs came later on in that drive as early in the fourth quarter they were able to get within to the Byrnes eleven yard line but were unable to convert a fourth and ten from the eleven yard line. Scott finished the night with three touchdowns on 126 yards passing and sixty-six yards rushing. The Rebels were led in rushing by Mike Jenkins who ran for ninety-five yards on seventeen carries. While the Bulldogs finished up the regular season on Friday night they will now prepare for the first round of the 5A playoffs where they will travel to Clover who won the Region III-5A championship. Comments are closed.
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