Riverside head coach Allen Arnold wasn’t happy with his team’s defense for the first 28 minutes of the game.
But in the final four minutes Thursday against Byrnes, his Warriors came through.
The 2023 Touchstone Energy North-South Bowl took center stage in Myrtle Beach this weekend, and several Greer-area high school football players took part.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Dec. 5
Byrnes 56
Greer 50
Riverside 82
Woodmont 32
Eastside 41
Travelers Rest 32
Landrum 51
Blue Ridge 47 (OT)
Dec. 7
Greer 52
Powdersville 38
Riverside 67
Byrnes 63
Dec. 8
Blue Ridge 51
Greer 50
Josie Harkins is a 5-foot-9 post player for the Blue Ridge Lady Tigers. Harkins moved to the area from North Carolina before her sophomore season and has played at Blue Ridge ever since. Her younger sister, Audrey, is a point guard for the Lady Tigers.
In a game that went back and forth until the final buzzer, the Blue Ridge Lady Tigers (5-1) came into Greer (2-2) and outlasted the Lady Jackets 55-50 on Friday night.
The Lady Tigers came into a tough away environment and pulled out a tight win.
The season’s only a few games in, but Byrnes head basketball coach Layne Fowler admits something feels different about this year’s team.
It might have something to do with his son.
When Greer wide receiver Chase Byrd was in elementary school, he woke up early on Saturday mornings. He’d load up in the car with his friends, travel to Death Valley to tailgate, and watch his Clemson Tigers play.
Looking at the stat sheets after the game, no one’s numbers really stood out.
Sometimes, that’s exactly how Greer head coach Devin Liferidge likes it.
His Jackets — now 5-0 — rode a complete team performance to a 74-50 win over Blue Ridge on Friday.
High school football may have ended in Greer already, but there’s still one team left playing for a championship.
The Greer Junior Jackets 12U football team is playing for a state championship after beating Rock Hill, 20-12, to advance to the title game.
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