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2020 Week 8 Bear Tracks
BHP headed to Palmetto only 4 days after losing to Seneca. Everything was shaping up for BHP to lose to their rival, but BHP showed why this matchup is far from an even rivalry. BHP showed up with the most energy they had all season and it showed both on the sidelines and on the field. It was a clear domination from start to finish and by midway through the 3rd quarter, the game was set on a running clock. For how this season had gone, it was great to feel like normal and normal is BHP beating Palmetto.
2020 Week 7 Bear Tracks
BHP traveled to Seneca in a very rare Monday night matchup. The day it was played was about the only interesting part of the game. BHP held a 10 point lead at halftime, but Seneca scored 21 unanswered points to take the win over the Bears. BHP adds a home game on Nov 13 so actually, there are two games left in the season, but in reality, only one matters. That one is this Friday against Palmetto, the only team BHP has played every year that BHP has played football.
2020 Week 6 Bear Tracks
BHP’s region championship and playoff aspirations were crushed with a 52-14 loss to Daniel last Friday night. It is hard to determine if that outcome or the season as a whole has been more disappointing. As a Bear it always hurts losing to Daniel, but combine that with missing the playoffs for the first time since 1996 and the health and safety backdrop of the season, it is hard to imagine a more disappointing outcome for the 2020 season. However, the season is not over. There are still two games left and we still get to see our Bears take the field. Although the playoffs are not in reach, a winning season is and as of now, that should be a major rallying point for this team. And to get back to a .500 record, BHP will travel to take on Seneca in a very rare Monday night matchup.
2020 Week 5 Bear Tracks
BHP made it back to the field after a quarantine period and unfortunately, the rust and the lack of practice showed early. And unlike the start of a new season where BHP would be able to round into form, they were facing the reigning state champions and region foe, the Wren Hurricanes. Although BHP fought back, the hole they put themselves in early in the game was just too much to overcome. The final score was Wren 53, BHP 20. Both the outcome and actual gameplay resembled last season’s matchup nearly exactly. With the loss to Wren, BHP will now, with hopefully a full week of practice, turn their attention to Daniel. And the stakes and challenge could not be higher for a regular season game.
2020 Week 4 Bear Tracks
We finally made it to Game 2, even though it is Week 4. We knew this season was going to be weird and there was a chance that games could be postponed or canceled. Unfortunately, both have come true. Now we are glad to finally see the Bears back on the field this Friday night. With that, let’s turn and look at the big region match-up with the reigning state champion the Wren Hurricanes (but hopefully the Bears have been mentally preparing for them for two weeks now).
2020 Week 2 Bear Tracks
BHP finally got to take the field for the first game of the 2020 season. BHP opened the season with a 29 - 7 region win over Pendleton and started the season on the right track. However, the game showed both the impressive upside and the issues the Bears still have as a team. BHP now turns to take on one of the most storied high school football programs in the state, the Greer Yellow Jackets.
2020 Week 1 Bear Tracks
We are finally here, Game Week! Although later, with more uncertainty, and altogether stranger than we would have wanted, we have made it to the first game week of 2020. I would expect you may feel as I do, something as simple as Bear football is on Friday night is a welcomed distraction from our ever-mounting world issues. With that, let's jump into this week’s Bear Tracks post and turn our focus to football and Friday’s matchup against Pendleton.
5 Questions | 2020
With the season being right around the corner, we have started thinking about the upcoming slate of games and have come up with five major questions still outstanding. In this post we’ll lay out our five questions that will have to be answered for this Bear season.
Uniform Series - Home and Away Modern Flash
This is our fourth week of designs. Because this will be our last for this current series, we wanted to show both a home and away uniform concept. We looked online and found inspiration in some other very modern concepts. Although this is a stark change from the more traditional look that BHP currently has, we like the modern aspects of this concept. The home uniform reminds me of the NFL color rush style.
Uniform Series - Home Two Towns
This week’s concept takes inspiration from the idea of the two towns that merge to make the one team we cheer for on Friday Nights. We used BHP’s main two colors merging into each other as our base and as a metaphor for the two towns coming together for one cause. We tried a lot of different options for this concept but the white pants make the jersey and other color items pop even more.