The calendar has turned to October with Greer fast running out of time to discover the secret to success before visiting Eastside on Friday night.
The Yellow Jackets are off to a 1-6 start, the worst since 2007, after being buried under a landslide of mistakes while losing their Region II, 4-A opener to Laurens.
In Thursday night’s game against the Spartanburg Vikings, the Rebels took a tough road loss of 36-23.
Byrnes traveled to Spartanburg on Thursday due to weather conditions last week.
Sitting at 2-5 now, Riverside picked up their second win of the season on Thursday against Wade Hampton.
Quarterback Rob Sanders had an outstanding game with 191 passing yards, no interceptions, and five touchdowns; however, the first drive left you to wonder how the rest of the game would play out.
By Jake Korol
For the Greer Citizen
With Hurricane Ian imminent, the varsity Eastside High game was pushed up to Thursday last week.
Emerald and Eastside fought a close battle through the high winds of the incoming storm, with Emerald eventually pulling off a 27-14 victory.
For 40 years, Ronnie Black has been the announcer at Byrnes High School football games. Recently, however, he has been watching from the sidelines.
A 1971 graduate of Byrnes, Black began public announcing in 1978.
Among football, basketball, baseball, track, and lacrosse, he has worked with Byrnes football the longest.
Blue Ridge’s Tucker Massey and Hunter Hernandez were named The Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Offensive and Defensive Players of Week 5, respectively. Pictured are: Chris Crist (Owens Insurance), Coach John Boggs, Massey, Blue Ridge Principal Ashley Wardlaw, Hernandez, and Shane Lynn (Owens Insurance).
The City of Greer recognized North Greenville University’s 2022 NCAA Division II baseball national championship with congratulatory signage at the corner of Poinsett Street and Highway 29 and at the university’s Tim Brashier Campus at 405 Lancaster Avenue in Greer.
Starting with an 85-yard drive to grab 7-0 lead, Greer did not look like the usual homecoming cream puff. Seconds later, however, the big plays roof fell in on the Yellow Jackets who were outscored 38-6 the rest of the way in a road loss at Westside High.
(Editor's Note: The Greer game versus Laurens has been moved up to Thursday due to the threat of bad weather.)
A new season arrives with Homecoming this Friday night at Dooley Field where Greer will host Laurens to kick off Region 2, 4-A competition.
In a game filled with defense, the Byrnes Rebels fell short, losing to West Florence 22-19.
The Rebels went 10/24 with only 69 passing yards. They trailed 7-0 throughout the first quarter.
Quarterback Colby Shaw threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to the back corner of the end zone to even the score in the second quarter.
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