Johnny Kemp nearly came to tears recalling the game.
As a nervous freshman in 1974, Kemp remembered feeling the shaking of his legs as he stepped to the plate.
It wasn’t even 30 minutes after winning last season’s 4-A state championship that the Eastside girls’ soccer team started hearing chatter.
They didn’t deserve to win. The Lady Eagles “weren’t really” the best team in the state. They’d just gotten lucky.
The streak…is over.
In one of the most chaotic soccer matches of the season, Greer earned a 3-2 win over Eastside at Dooley Field—Greer’s first win over Eastside in program history.
According to the earliest available records, Eastside was 21-0 against Greer before Tuesday night’s clash.
Caleb Jeter is a senior relief pitcher for the Byrnes baseball team. Jeter is a part of a stout Rebel pitching staff that is a big component of Byrnes’ 8-1 record region play this season.
Greer Citizen (GC): What were your goals coming into your senior season?
Before Mississippi State’s March 8 game against Evansville, David Mershon looked for a quiet spot in the locker room.
Not just a quiet spot—a secret location, a place where none of his teammates could hear him.
When Christian Crane steps to the mound for Greer, it’s hard to ignore two things from the senior reliever.
His confidence and competitiveness.
Jack Pfister and Musa Muriithi spent the last four years setting a standard at Greer Middle College.
GMC’s dynamic basketball duo helped earn the program its first-ever region championship this season. Both Pfister and Muriithi joined the Blazers’ 1000-point club this season, too.
SCORES 4/2-4/8
BASEBALL
Greer 12, Eastside 9
Greer 6, Eastside 1
Greer 20, Palmetto 6
Riverside 11, Wade Hampton 1
Wade Hampton 13, Riverside 9
Riverside 10, Laurens 5
Blue Ridge 14, Travelers Rest 1
Blue Ridge 7, Travelers Rest 0
Blue Ridge baseball picked up two key region wins last week with a sweep of Travelers Rest, defeating the Devildogs 14-1 on the road on Tuesday and 7-0 at home on Friday.
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