Sports

Football season opens Friday
Area teams begin the varsity football season this Friday.
Riverside High opens at home against Travelers Rest. The theme is Camo Out.
Greer will take on Byrnes at Nixon Field.
Eastside plays host to Southside, and Blue Ridge opens on the road at Landrum.

A year after losing to South Pointe in the Upper State championship, Trey Houston and Dre Williams are itching for trip to Columbia.

The senior members of the Greer backfield will be asked to carry a lot of the offensive load this fall, and they’re ready for the challenge.

A freshman quarterback will lead the Tigers onto the field next week, as Blue Ridge kicks off the 2018 season.

New head coach James Thurn is putting his trust in Braeden Enloe to lead the offense, and the ninth grader says he is ready.

The Greer Police Department (GPD) is continuing to raise funds for families of officers killed in the line of duty.

Each year, the department hosts a softball tournament to benefit the Fallen Officers Memorial Fund, established after the killing of Deputy Roger Rice in 2011.

Area teams hit the field in pre-season scrimmages this week. The 2018 high school football season gets underway next week, as all five area teams are set to compete in Week 0 matchups. From top: Byrnes, Eastside and Riverside.

Gulf South coaches picked North Greenville to finish seventh in conference’s preseason football rankings.

Byrnes to play in jamboree Friday
Byrnes High will play in the South Pointe Jamboree on Friday, Aug. 10, at 6 p.m.

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