Sports

Coming off a 2019 District Championship, the Blue Ridge softball team has its sights set on a state title appearance this spring.

The Tigers return seven seniors to the 2020 roster, including: Bailey King, Mary Esterak, Ashley Styles, Ally Sullivan, Dakota Norris, Jessica Owens and Kinsley Cothran.

Two Byrnes baseball players are recovering after an on-the-field collision that sent both to the hospital last weekend.

Byrnes Athletic Director Tony Gillespie said the district is offering support to the players who were injured at a tournament in Gilbert.

The City of Greer’s Parks and Recreation Department is partnering with Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital and Upstate Pickleball to make the sport accessible to adaptive players.

Amputees, combat veterans and others with disabilities and conditions are benefiting from learning to play Pickleball at Victor Gymnasium.

Racers will make their way through an operational quarry on Saturday, April 4, as Hanson Aggregates hosts its 2020 Hard Rock Run at Sandy Flat.

By Reid Spencer
For The Greer Citizen

Joey Logano expected a bump from Kevin Harvick in the two-lap overtime Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, but the bump never came.

The Blue Ridge Baseball team topped Powdersville (5-2), Berea (16-0) and Wade Hampton (10-4) to earn a preseason invitational tournament win last week. 

Greer High planning Lift-A-Thon
Greer High will hold a fundraising Lift-A-Thon March 30-April 3 in the school weight room.

“Magical.”

That’s the word Eastside baseball coach Scott Erwin used to describe his team’s 2019 state championship.

The two wins over Midland Valley last May gave the Eagles their first baseball title in school history, and Erwin’s team is hoping to capture more of that magic this season.