Sports

Several area athletes are among those chosen for Region 2–4A Football honors this year.

Honorees include:

Player of the Year
LaDainnian Martin – RB – Greer

Coach of the Year
Daryl Smith – Laurens High School

ARea Cheer Teams
to compete at state
Several area cheer teams will compete for the state championship this Saturday, Nov. 19, in Columbia.
The Byrnes Rebels will compete in the AAAAA class.
Riverside and Eastside cheer teams will compete in AAAA, and Blue Ridge will compete in AAA.

In the first round of play-offs, the Rebels traveled to Simpsonville to take on the Hillcrest Rams.

RJ Livingston for the Rebels had a standout game with over 100 rushing yards, two touchdowns, and received the player of the game award for Byrnes.

Greer won the second half. But it was too little, too late as South Pointe swatted the Yellow Jackets 38-14 in the first round of the Upstate 4-A football playoffs Friday night at Dooley Field.

The Riverside Warriors (4-7) took to the road Friday night to face the Catawba Ridge Copperheads (9-1) in the first round of the Class AAAA playoffs.

The Warriors had finished the regular season as co-conference champions and were making their second straight appearance in the post season.

At this stage of the season, every team except one, will end their season in a loss, but at the end of the season, you have gained a family.

These words sum up the final conversation of Head Coach John Boggs to his players following their 56-27 loss at Chester.

By Stan Olejnik
For the Greer Citizen

In the last six years, the Blue Ridge girls golf program has gone from just making the state championship to becoming a fixture in the state finals.

The Greer Area Touchdown Club held their final meeting of the year and presented awards to the following area students.