Sports

The North Greenville football team dropped its first Gulf South Conference game on the season on Saturday, falling 31-7 to the fifth-ranked West Georgia Wolves.

The Wolves are the second consecutive top 25 team the Crusaders have played in the last two weeks, having knocked off West Alabama last Saturday.

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire

What looked like a Stewart-Haas Racing victory parade for much of Sunday afternoon ended in a wild overtime scramble, with Chase Elliott taking the checkered flag in the Gander Outdoors 400 at Dover International Speedway.

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire

In a scene that has become all but routine this season, Christopher Bell won Saturday’s Bar Harbor 200 at Dover International Speedway, collecting his sixth victory in his rookie year in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Eastside swim teams win state
Eastside High boys and girls swim teams recently became the 2018 AAAA State Championship winners.
The wins represent the four consecutive championships for the boys team and two for the girls.

By Leland Burch
For The Greer Citizen

Greer hobbled into the lead in the Region II 4-A football race with a hard-earned 28-20 road win over Greenville on Friday night.

Blue Ridge picked up its first win of the season last Friday night, and the Tigers did so in convincing fashion.

After starting the season 0-5, Blue Ridge’s defense played lights out during a 26-0 victory over Berea.

The Rebels used a relentless run game to ease past Riverside (45-20) last Friday night on the road, handing Riverside its sixth loss of the year and improving to 5-1.

Byrnes tallied five rushing touchdowns, as Rahjai Harris, Mike Jenkins and Haeven Hill each found the end zone.

Eastside knocked off an undefeated Travelers Rest squad during a Region II-AAAA shootout last Friday night.

The eagles claimed a 56-55 overtime victory after stellar offensive performances on both sides.