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2021 Week 8 Bear Tracks
BHP opened region play against Pendleton last Friday night and they made a statement in the process. BHP showed from their first offensive play that they were the superior team and never looked back. BHP will need to take that momentum and roll it into this week. The Bears travel to take on Greer in a non-region game, but at this time in the season all teams look to be playing their best football and we hope that is where BHP is headed.
2021 Week 7 Bear Tracks
BHP hosted the reigning 2A State Champion Abbeville last week. Even when BHP jumped out to a 15-7 lead, the second half once again became something out of a horror movie. At the end of the night, Abbeville stayed undefeated and BHP must once again look to rebound after a loss. As a new game week comes, new challenges and importance come as well. With the start of region play for the Bears, each game takes on playoff implications, but in order to get there, BHP has to take it one game at a time.
2021 Week 6 Bear Tracks
Once again, the Bears are forcing us to realize that every game has two halves. Against Woodruff, BHP jumped out to a 22-0 lead only to see the Wolverines claw back to within eight points. However, BHP was able to grab the final onside kick attempt and run out the remainder of the clock to give BHP their second win of the season. As BHP narrowly escapes with a victory over Woodruff, they now turn their attention to the Abbeville Panthers.
2021 Week 5 Bear Tracks
In most close games every second matters and can turn the tide in the game. Friday night against T.L. Hanna it was more like 42 seconds that decided the game. In the 3rd quarter, BHP was only down by 2 touchdowns but at the 8-minute mark, Hanna scored 3 touchdowns in less than a minute and put the Bears out of reach. Although the score looked like the game got out of hand, BHP played very hard and fought until the end. The depth of Hanna’s team really showed as the game went on. Nevertheless, the Bears have another opportunity this week as they will be looking to get back on the right side of winning this Friday against Woodruff.
2021 Week 4 Bear Tracks
I am not sure if you call this week a whirlwind or a tornado, but when the dust settled, BHP was able to get a few extra days to plan for T.L. Hanna. And in facing last season’s AAAAA State runner-up, BHP will need all the time they can get.
2021 Week 3 Bear Tracks
What a week can do to your perspective. With BHP coming off a last-second win against Westside, a AAAA school, by running a very powerful and effective offense while coming up big on defense; the feeling after the game was jubilant. Fast forward 7 days and the mood is not quite the same. The defensive stops and positive offensive movement just were not there against Powdersville and the feeling after the loss was quite different than the one after the win.
2021 Week 2 Bear Tracks
In the grand scheme of BHP football, the game against Westside probably meant very little. It was not the most important, the best played, or for a championship, but I would argue it may well have been the most needed win in BHP history. Coming off a year that produced a result that no Bear fan wanted and that was probably the hardest for players and coaches in the 2020 season, this first game was the first step of putting that behind us. Along with that, Bear fans filled the stands! After last season’s limit on attendance, a nearly full stadium was a welcomed sight and one that really gave an edge to the team. Lastly, the win and how the Bears won gave hope to Bear fans that this team will be one that could make a playoff run later this season.
2021 Week 1 Bear Tracks
Most of the time the saying goes “Limping to the finish line”, but with the current state of health-related issues, it seems we are limping to the starting line. But the closer it gets, the more realistic a season appears as well. Bear fans should be excited to get the season started, and hopefully, at the end of Friday night, be celebrating a victory.
5 Questions | 2021
Let’s kick this season off with our first Bear Tracks post of the 2021 season! As the season starts and students get back to school, it is fitting that we open this season's Bear Tracks up with a five-question test. I put together a list of the five top questions I have going into the 2021 season.
2020 Year End Bear Tracks
A statement about how strange and awful the 2020 year has been is like using the cliche’ of beating a dead horse, but after how the Bears defeated the Mustangs (Palmetto), it just seems fitting. The year that some thought would never be did indeed take place, but in a way that was odd from the start. South Carolina as a whole started nearly a month later than scheduled and incorporated a condensed 7 game schedule. Although we got football back on the schedule, the season did not go as planned.