Sports

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire
Jimmie Johnson proved on Sunday that you can’t keep a good driver, a good car and a good team down for long—even if you change the playing field at one of his favorite race tracks.

Brandon Bora, pictured in black, represented the Boxing gym at The Depot over the weekend, winning the first sanctioned heavyweight amateur boxing match. He defeated  Kenny Grace in Charleston, winning by unanimous decision.

The Riverside baseball team picked up three wins last week, topping Greenwood and Greer in extra innings to improve to 7-1 in region play.

The Warriors got off to a hot start on Tuesday, pulling away from Greewood 10-4 in 10 innings.

Riverside scored six runs in the top of the tenth, building an insurmountable lead.

The Blue Ridge baseball team swept Union County last week, improving its region win streak to 15 games and cracking the top 5 in the Class AAAA state rankings.

The Tigers opened the week with an easy 7-1 win over the Yellow Jackets.  

Jeremy Collins pitched a complete game and gave up one run on four hits for the Tigers.

By Jonathan Duty
For The Greer Citizen

When Coby Peeler was 9-years-old, he dreamed of being a head football coach.

Thirty-five years later, that dream has been realized.

Peeler was named the new head football coach at Colleton County High School last Friday, signing a contract with the Walterboro school.

by Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire

In last Sunday’s STP 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, everything worked – but nothing more than Brad Keselowski’s race-winning No. 2 Ford.

Greer Recreation Association held opening day for youth baseball and softball on April 1 at Century Park.

By Mark Vasto
For The Greer Citizen

Looks like when you bring $750 million to the table, having a professional football team in Las Vegas doesn’t look like such a bad bet anymore, does it now?