BHP hosted their Anderson county rival Palmetto on Friday night and just as so many times before, BHP came away with a double-digit victory. It was military appreciation night at BHP and it would have taken a full army on the Palmetto side to slow down BHP’s offense. BHP’s offense was the star of the night once again and had one of their best performances of the season. The win over Palmetto puts BHP at 5-1 for the season and more importantly, 2-0 in region play.
With that win, Coach Blackston gets to a level of wins no BHP head coach has ever made. The win over Palmetto was Coach Blackston’s 89th career win which makes him the winningest coach in BHP history. Congratulations Coach!
Week 8 Preview
BHP now turns their focus to another region foe, Pickens. Pickens comes into the game 2-4 with their wins coming against Liberty and Berea. BHP’s all-time record against Pickens is 22-10-1, although the last time BHP lost to Pickens was in 1999 (13-6).
The biggest challenge this week for BHP is not looking ahead to next week’s match-up with Wren. Pickens’ offensive style can slow the game down and reduce the number of overall drives. This can make every possession important because of the limited chances and can turn the game into a luck of the draw. Nevertheless, BHP should expect to put up a lot of points offensively.
2018 Game Stats
Score: BHP 27 -- Pickens 10
BHP Yardage:
Team Rushing: 36 rushes for 188 yards and 1 TD
Team Passing: 17/18/0 for 202 yards and 3 TDs
Team Total: 54 plays for 390 yards and 4 TDs
Rushing Leader RJ Ellis - 22 rushes for 125 yards
Passing Leader: Camden Bratcher - 17/18/0 for 202 yards and 3 TDs
Receiving Leader: Xavier Nance - 8 receptions for 70 yards and 2 TDs
Defensive Points: Joseph Sloan - 6 solo tackles, 4 assists, 1 TFL and 34 defensive points
Pickens Team Yardage:
Team Rushing: 43 rushes for 136 yards and 1 TD
Team Passing: 0/3/0 for 0 yards
Team Total: 46 plays for 136 yards and 1 TD
Rushing Leader: Brady Batson - 18 rushes for 62 yards and 1 TD
Passing Leader: Cole Beaty - 0/2/0 for 0 yards
Quick Stats
2019 Season
- BHP is averaging 55.5% more points per game over last season.
- RJ Ellis is averaging 10.98 yards per carry on 1st downs.
- If you remove the TD runs of less than 5 yards, Ellis would be averaging 11.5 yards per carry.
- BHP has 5 rushers with 10 or more carries and a rushing average of over 5 yards per carry (RJ Ellis, Jeremiah Johnson, Dusty Hester, Jauron Pruitt, Jay Rowe).
- BHP is causing 117.7% more turnovers per game over last season.
- BHP is causing 20.6% more negative yardage plays for their opponents over last season.
- BHP is averaging over 5 rushing TDs per game (up from the 1.7 average rushing TDs per game last season).
- BHP is averaging over 79 more total yards per game from last season.
- BHP has gained 20 or more yards on 30% of their plays this season. Those plays account for 77% of their total yardage.
- 65% of BHP’s points have come in the 2nd half of games this season.
- BHP has rushed 84.7% of the time on 1st down this season.
- 70.6% of BHP’s first downs have come via a rush.
- 14.8% of BHP’s opponents’ first downs have come via a BHP penalty.
- BHP’s Bralyn Oliver has 2 interceptions on the season, both were returned for a TD.
Week 7 vs Palmetto
- The 8 BHP penalties against Palmetto was the fewest number of penalties in a game for BHP this season.
- The 469 total yards against Palmetto was the 2nd most total yards gained by BHP this season.
- The 7 offensive TDs scored by BHP was the 5th time this season BHP scored 5 or more offensive TDs in a game.
- The 469 total yards gained by BHP was the 20th game since 2014 that BHP gained 450 or more yards in a single game.
- The 56 points scored against Palmetto was only the 2nd time BHP has scored 50 or more points against Palmetto.
Records
- Coach Blackston became the winningest football coach at BHP with his 89th win.
- The 97-yard interception return for TD for Bralyn Oliver is the longest interception return at BHP.
- RJ Ellis ties Jamayes Dixon with the most career 200+ rushing yards games with 7.
Miscellaneous
- BHP is 142-5 when they score 35 or more points and are 226-218-4 when they score less than 35 points all-time.
- Since 2000, BHP is 92-5 when they score 35 or more points.
- The 56 points scored was the 39th time BHP has scored 50 or more points in a game all-time.
- BHP is 68-1 in region games where they score 40 or more points.
- Under Coach Blackston, BHP is 43-10 in region games.
- BHP has won 17 straight match-ups against Pickens.
Conclusion
BHP stays undefeated in region play. That is the goal now. Taking care of business should be the only thing BHP should focus on this week. No matter the opponent, we want to see both the offense and defense make a statement and execute a great game. We are still looking for that game where both the offense and defense click on all cylinders together.
Prediction: BHP 56 - Pickens 10
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