“Getting better” is Coach Will Young’s goal this Friday night when the 2015 football schedule takes Greer on the road for the first time in a month. The unbeaten Yellow Jackets will battle an improved Travelers Rest team in a 7:30 p.m. Peach Blossom 3-A match.
Defensive Lineman of the Week
Devin Dexter - #2 Byrnes
Position: DL
Age: 17
Class: Senior
Defensive player of the week
Troy Pride - #5 Greer
Position: DB/WR
Age: 17
Class: Senior
Offensive Lineman of the Week
Taylor Patterson - #73 Eastside
Position: OL
Age: 17
Class: Senior
Offensive Player of the Week
T.J. Gist - #9 Eastside
Position: QB
Age: 16
Class: Junior
Hillcrest scored early and often during last Friday night’s 70-3 win over Riverside, a team that hasn’t seen a win all season.
The Warriors gave up 23 points in the opening quarter and 26 more just before the half, digging themselves in a hole against the defending state champions.
The North Greenville football team fell to 1-2 on the season Saturday after suffering a 31-6 loss to in-state rival Newberry College.
Greer girls tennis
falls to Chapman
Final: Greer 4 Blue Ridge 3
Singles:
No. 1 M. Davis (G) def. H. Cox 4-6, 6-3, 13-11
No. 2 R. Driscoll (B) def H. Henline 6-3,, 6-1
No. 3 M. Harvey (G) def. H. Chapman 6-7, 6-1, 10-4
No. 4 H. Taylor (G) def. A. Lynn 6-4, 7-6
A youth cross country program is beginning to pay off at Byrnes High School.
The team is already a few meets into its season, and the Rebels have a number of contributing runners that have come up through the “D5” program.
Swarms of Jacket Backers lingered longer than usual at Dooley Field just to savor Greer’s astounding 35-28 football victory over Union County in the annual Jacket Bowl on Friday night.
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