After a sluggish first half saw Boiling Springs trailing at halftime the Bulldogs scored thirty-five straight points to open the second half to grab a 38-14 region win over Clover on Friday night.
"We had a little meeting in the locker room there at halftime and they responded," said Bulldogs head coach Rick Tate. "That was probably our worst half of football there in the first half but I'm really proud of how they responded. By responding we showed signs of being a really good football team and allowed us to go on that twenty-one point run to start the second half." The Bulldogs only points in the first half came off the right foot of kicker Kaillou Touch who hit a twenty-three yard field goal with ten minutes to go in the second quarter before Clover was able to score with just seconds remaining in the first half to take a 7-3 halftime lead. Boiling Springs received the ball to start the second half and it didn't take them long to score as senior running back Cam Mills ran the ball in from eight yards out to cap a sixty yard drive and give the Bulldogs a 10-7 lead. The Bulldogs scored again just thirteen seconds later when senior safety Caden Sullivan intercepted a Clover pass at the forty-five yard line and returned in for a touchdown to give Boiling Springs a 17-7 lead just over three minutes into the third quarter. After another defensive stop for the Bulldogs they quickly capitalized again as Mills ran the ball in from twenty-one yards out for another touchdown to give Boiling Springs a 24-7 lead. The Bulldogs scored twenty-one points in just over four minutes to start the second half and took control of the game. Cam Mills scored two touchdowns during the Bulldogs twenty-one point run to go along with his game high 231 yards rushing on Friday night. "I just really got to thank my offensive line and wide receivers because they were just opening up the holes allowing me to maneuver around the defense," said Mills. "We came out in the second half looking at it as a playoff game and we turned up our intensity. We played the second half like it was our last game." Mills performance was no surprise to Coach Tate as he said Mills was one of the many to put in a lot of work on their own during the Covid-19 break. "That guy has worked his tail off in the weight room," said Tate. "He gained twenty pounds in the weight room and I'm really happy for him getting that performance tonight." The Bulldogs didn't quit after the twenty-one point run as senior running back Charles McFadden Jr, who has also started at linebacker this season, found the endzone on a four yard run with just under two minutes to go in the quarter to extend the Boiling Springs lead to 31-7. McFadden struck again with seven minutes to go in the fourth quarter scoring on an eight yard touchdown run to cap off the Bulldogs thirty-five point second half run and put their lead at 38-7. Clover added a score with six minutes left in the game when JK Thompson found the endzone on an eight yard run of his own to put the Boiling Springs lead at it's final score of 38-14. While Mills shined on the offensive side of the ball for the Bulldogs got a strong performance from their defense as senior Caden Sullivan had two interceptions on the night and the Bulldogs defensive line led by Ethan Rennels, Caleb Mobley, and Malik Harper wreaked havoc on the Clover offensive backfield most of the night. With the win the Bulldogs have helped their positioning for a playoff spot but will need to get a victory over Fort Mill next Friday to assure themselves of a spot and it's a fact not lost on Coach Tate. "We can't take any team in this region lightly," said Tate. "We need to come out and win and hopefully that will get us in the playoffs. Then it will be a one game season each week after that." The Bulldogs will host Fort Mill for homecoming this week in their final region matchup of the season. Comments are closed.
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