2019 Week 2 Bear Tracks

Charles Dickens wrote “A Tale of Two Cities” which I guess has a lot to do with football because that is how Friday’s matchup against Powdersville felt, except instead of Two Cities it was A Tale of Two Halves. I’m sure you’ve picked up on it, but I’ve never read that book.

BHP opened up their 2019 season with what, in the end, was a dominant win over Powdersville, 49-9. However, the score is slightly misleading. BHP was only leading 7-3 at halftime. The Bears were struggling to keep drives alive or score. But from halftime on, BHP put together one of the best rushing performances in their recent history and started to show signs of the offense we expected from the start.

Now from passing Powdersville to looking toward Greenville, BHP will be taking on an opponent that will be one of the more imposing tests of this early season.

Week 2 Preview


BHP will need to quickly turn their focus to Greenville. Greenville comes into the game 1-1 with a 49-6 win over Wade Hampton last week.

BHP is 8-8 all-time against Greenville, but those games have included some of the most entertaining games in BHP history. Let’s start with last season. Greenville scores with 9:50 left in the game to take the lead 24-17. BHP could not sustain a drive until the last one of the game and with 51 seconds left BHP scored on a 12-yard pass to come within 1 point. With the game on the line, BHP decides to go for 2. BHP’s Camden Bracher passes to Avery Reece for the go-ahead 2 point conversion which sealed the win for the Bears. There was also the 2017 matchup for the region championship where, after BHP returned a kickoff 97 yards for a go-ahead touchdown, Greenville marched down and scored with 20 seconds left to take the win. Or in 2016 where Greenville stormed out with 21 first-half points, just to see BHP answer and win by 3. And even the 2006 match for the region crown where BHP won in a shootout 45-41.

With that type of history we can only expect some spectacular play this Friday night.

2018 Game Stats


Score: BHP 25 -- Greenville 24

BHP Yardage:

Team Rushing: 31 rushes for 144 yards
Team Passing: 16/31/0 for 278 yards and 3 TDs
Team Total: 62 plays for 422 yards and 3 TDs


Rushing Leader: Jaquez Dixon - 11 rushes for 62 yards
Passing Leader: Camden Bratcher - 16/31/0 for 278 yards and 3 TDs
Receiving Leaders:
Xavier Nance - 6 catches for 67 yards and 1 TD
Jacob Howard - 4 catches for 167 yards and 1 TD
Defensive Points : Joseph Sloan: 12 assists, 8 solo tackles, 50 defensive points (highest defensive points in a single game of 2018)

Greenville Yardage:

Team Rushing: 41 rushes for 231 yards and 2 TDs
Team Passing: 16/32/1 for 159 yards and 1 TD
Team Total: 73 plays for 390 yards and 3 TDs

Rushing Leader: Collin Wakefield - 35 rushes for 212 yards and 2 TDs
Passing Leader: Davis Beville - 16/32/1 for 159 yards and 1 TD
Receiving Leader: Aziz Huff - 5 catches for 74 yards and 1 TD

Quick Stats

 

  1. The 242 3rd quarter total yards gained was second most since 2014 (most was 248 in 2014 against Palmetto).
  2. First time since 2014 BHP has gained 200 or more rushing yards in a quarter.
  3. BHP had 19 plays that gained 10 or more yards for 373 total yards against Powdersville.
  4. Against Powdersville BHP rushed for two more times than their 2018 average, but gained 86% more rushing yards than the 2018 rushing yard average.
  5. BHP had two rushers with over 100 rushing yards in a game against Powdersville. That was the 13th time since 2014.
  6. RJ Ellis is one of three rushers since 2014 to gain 100 or more rushing yards in a single quarter. He has done this three times.
  7. Against Powdersville last week, RJ Ellis took over 8th place in career rushing yards at BHP with 2,451 yards. With 195 more yards rushing, Ellis will take over 3rd place all-time.
  8. Last season’s match up with Greenville was the first time since 2014 that BHP allowed 200 or more rushing yards to a single back (212 rushing yards form Collin Wakefield).
  9. Greenville was 1 of 9 teams who rushed for 200 or more rushing yards against BHP since 2014.
  10. BHP is 4 for 9 in games where they allow 200 or more yards rushing since 2014.
Conclusion


As great as it was to see BHP get on track and have success in the running game, this is the week where questions about this team will really get answered. The talent Greenville has will be one of the top BHP sees all season and it will take an effort we saw in the 2nd half against Powdersville for the full game to come out on top.

Prediction: BHP 35 -- Greenville 28

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