Rebels ready for tough schedule
The Byrnes football team is reloading for another run at the state championship, but success in 2016 is going to rely on production from some new faces.
The Byrnes football team is reloading for another run at the state championship, but success in 2016 is going to rely on production from some new faces.
Mark Smith has taken over as head coach of the men’s and women’s tennis teams at North Greenville University.
Smith has been the director of tennis at Pebble Creek Country Club in Taylors for the past eight years.
The Eagles have a lot of work to do before traveling to Woodmont for their season opener in nine days.
Registration open
for OctoberFAST 5K
Registration is now open for the Benson OctoberFAST 5K on Oct. 1, 8:30 a.m., Greer First Baptist Church, 201 W. Poinsett St.
Sign up at go-greenevents.com. Register by Sept. 15 to receive a race shirt.
August practice is underway and there’s less time for area high school football teams to prepare than ever.
Riverside, Eastside, Byrnes, Blue Ridge and Greer each play during Week 0, which kicks off on Aug. 19.
On Monday, the teams emerged from “dead week” to begin full practices.
It’s Christmas in August for Coach Will Young and his Greer High football coaching staff. They are hoping for a pleasant surprise when the wraps come off the 2016 Yellow Jackets on Friday in a 6 p.m. scrimmage with Gaffney at Dooley Field.
Football fans may not notice a huge difference under the lights on Friday nights, but the South Carolina High School League has taken on a new look entering the year.
Regions have been realigned and a new classification has been added, causing schedules to look a little different this fall.
Registration open
for OctoberFAST 5K
Registration is now open for the Benson OctoberFAST 5K on Oct. 1, 8:30 a.m., Greer First Baptist Church, 201 W. Poinsett St.
Sign up at go-greenevents.com. Register by Sept. 15 to receive a race shirt.
For 83 laps, it looked like Ty Dillon’s winless drought would finally end. That was until Erik Jones flashed the brilliance that has many predicting big things for the Joe Gibbs Racing prodigy.
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