Sports

Greer CPW’s Alison Rauch is one of 75 hikers planning to make a 28.3-mile trek in November to help raise funds for a South Carolina nonprofit.

The Trailblaze Challenge supports Make-A-Wish, an organization granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.

The Greer Police Department will host its sixth annual Upstate SC Law Enforcement Memorial Softball Tournament on August 26 and 27, raising funds for the families of fallen officers.

Public safety agencies from across the Upstate will compete in the event, with all proceeds going to the cause.

Seeking a return trip to the NCAA playoffs, the North Greenville football team will kickoff its 2017 pre-season next week

By Rob Gray
NASCAR Wire

Ryan Preece’s short-lived, but ambitious 2017 NASCAR XFINITY Series schedule began three weeks ago at his de facto home track, New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Barely more than three hours after the Pocono crowd greeted Kyle Busch with a chorus of boos during driver introductions, Kyle Busch made converts of the fans in the grandstands – at least a large portion of them – with a spectacular burnout after his long-awaited victory in the Overton’s 400.

From my vantage point – the sofa – roughly 300 fans turned out to watch the Brickyard 400 at venerable Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 21 … and half of them left when Dale Earnhardt Jr., who will retire from NASCAR competition at the end of the 2017 season, was forced out of the race thanks to a blown radiator.

By Mark Vasto
For the Greer Citizen

GHS Accepting Hall of Fame nominations
The Greer High Booster Club is accepting nominations for induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Nominees must have graduated from Greer High a minimum of five years before becoming eligible. Criteria are based on athletic accomplishments as a high school student.