Sports

By Mark Vasto
For the Greer Citizen

GHS Accepting Hall
of Fame nods
The Greer High Booster Club is accepting nominations for induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame.

After two days and more than a dozen 7-on-7 matchups, the Greer football team walked away with the 2017 Palmetto State Showdown crown at Byrnes High.

The Yellow Jackets topped the Rebels’ A-Team 22-16 in the final game, outlasting 13 other teams from across the southeast.

For essentially the first time in his coaching career, Riverside’s Phil Smith will be calling the shots on offense in 2017.

Smith, who has coached defenses at Greer High and Dorman High, made the switch this offseason following the departure of Riverside’s offensive coordinator.

Local NFL fans will have a chance to see some of their favorite players in action as the Carolina Panthers host a summer training camp at Wofford College this July and August.

The Panthers, who have visited Wofford since 1995, will continue the tradition with 14 practice sessions at the college, located in Spartanburg.

Four local runners earned some hardware while at the Disney ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex recently.

Members of the 8U Greer All Stars, an AAU track team coached by Johnny and Jennifer Nesbitt, traveled to Orlando, Florida for the event on July 7-8, and the 4x800 sprint medley relay team brought home bronze.

By Mark Vasto
For the Greer Citizen

This time it didn’t matter -- and nobody cared.

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire

Kyle Busch’s celebratory burnout produced a cloud of smoke over the frontstretch at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but Ryan Preece’s first run in top-of-the-line equipment made an even bigger impression in Saturday’s Overton’s 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race.