Sports

RHS to hold tailgate
party Aug. 30
Riverside High will host a Pre-Game Tailgate on Friday, Aug. 30, 5-7 p.m. before the football game against Eastside High.
The tailgate, to be held on the RHS practice field, will include a DJ, burgers, sno cones, cotton candy, game glam and more.

In a two-lap shootout in Saturday afternoon’s CTECH Manufacturing 180 at Road America, Christopher Bell checked out from the competition to claim his sixth NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the season. 

High School football fans can get a good idea about the outlook for two of the top programs in the area on Friday night when Greer and Byrnes kick off the 2019 season at 7:30 p.m. at Dooley Field.

Not many rising sixth graders are entering the school year having just won a national championship.

That will be the case for Bella Payne, however, who just took home a USTA Gold Ball at the clay court nationals in Miami earlier this month.

Eastside will head into Week 0 with quite a few questions still to be answered.

One of them being: Who is the starting quarterback?

Throughout the summer, Marshall Skoloff and Dawson Conrad have been battling for the spot. But this week, new head coach Andre Woolcock will need to make a decision.

Blue Ridge will open its 2019 season at home against Landrum this Friday night, and the Tigers are out for revenge.

James Thurn’s team was blanked by the Cardinals in the opener last season, 42-0, and the young head coach said Landrum returns a strong football team.

Riverside will take on Travelers Rest on the road in Week 0. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

Anytime Fitness to hold obstacle course, Drive
Anytime Fitness Greer is partnering with local recruits of the Marines, Navy and Army to hold a “Be a Hero Meet a Hero” obstacle course challenge and blood drive.