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2019 Week 5 Bear Tracks
BHP made the relatively short bus ride up to Pendleton last Friday night for their third consecutive road game this season. BHP was able to take care of business and come away with a 42-21 win over the Bulldogs. From the Bulldogs to the Wildcats. BHP will host Seneca for their first home game of the season this Friday night.
2019 Week 4 Bear Tracks
The Thunder Rolled Friday night and we aren’t talking Garth Brooks. A much anticipated game against T.L. Hanna was cancelled due to lightning. Now the Bears turn their focus to another Anderson County school, the Pendleton Bulldogs. Hopefully this week the only thunder and lightning we see is the Bears’ RJ Ellis - Jeremiah Johnson running back combo.
2019 Week 3 Bear Tracks
Watching the play on the field Friday night felt like we were in an emergency room after suburban moms were given power tools and had just finished a Fixer Upper watch party; there were a lot of self inflicted injuries. The injuries were not physical for the most part, but turnovers that crushed BHP’s ability put together scoring drives. Although BHP was within striking distance of the lead the whole game, BHP either had a turnover or a costly penalty that derailed their comeback over and over again on Friday night. But now that must be put in the rearview, because one of the top teams in the entire state will be coming to BHP this week for opening night at the home of the Bears.
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.
2019 Week 1 Bear Tracks
And the time has come. We will have waited 295 days since the Bears have taken the field and it is finally game week! BHP vs Powdersville, Week 1, First Game of the 2019 Season! As the Bears prepare to take the field this week we want to give you a review of BHP’s past Week 1 games, as well as the last couple of matchups against Powdersville.
2019 Returning Players
As we close in on the 2019 season we turn our view to the returning players we expect to have a huge role this season. BHP has starters returning all over the field, but the returning strengths are in the offensive and defensive backfield. With multiple 2018 All-Region player, a running back in striking distance of most rushing yards all-time at BHP and multiple college prospects returning the 2019 season looks to be very promising. Here is the list of BHP's top returning players from the 2018 season.
10 Bold Predictions for 2019
We are just a couple of weeks away from seeing the Bears in action, but before then, let me lay out ten bold predictions of things you may see this season. Last seasons’ game predictions should have taught me not to try and predict the future in any way, but here I am. The goal here is to float out ideas that are reached. There is no fun in picking BHP to beat Palmetto because it always happens. Let me know how much of a reach these actually are.
5 Questions | 2019
Each season brings on new questions for each team. Before the first game, we all have many questions and the answers do not come until the games are played. We put together a list of five of the top questions we have going into the 2019 season.
Atmosphere
As we are nearly nine months removed from BHP’s last football game, it is time to broach a topic that may be a touchy one. The atmosphere at BHP home football games is very average. There I said it, nothing special, mediocre, FORGETTABLE. You might think this is just during non-conference games that do not have any true implications. I would disagree. This post was planned to be written right after the round 1 playoff loss last season. Even for a playoff game, the atmosphere was at best average. I will offer suggested improvements and reasons how they can add to BHP’s gameday atmosphere and after that, we will throw out some really off the wall ideas for fun. I am taking no school policies into consideration, mainly because I do not know them. Also, this is purely for fun and my own opinions.
2018 Season Wrap Up
Just as the end comes sooner and more abruptly than expected with life and apple pie, so did the 2018 football season for the Bears. Because of the early exit, writing this post is harder than others. Not because of the loss, but because of how the outcome occurred. We want to celebrate a good season and a region championship, but we also want to acknowledge the disappointing ending to the season. We will try our best to walk that line as we talk about the season as a whole, but also recap the final game.