For the third consecutive year, Greer gym Boxing At the Depot hosted the South Carolina Golden Gloves boxing tournament at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. Bouts were held Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and 16 championship belts were awarded to fighters in different weight classes.
Kyndal Haroski can’t lie: She didn’t call bank.
In the third quarter of Friday’s region finale against Greer, Riverside’s star shooting guard put up a three from the left wing. Her shot hit off the backboard and fell through the net.
With a 52-34 win over Travelers Rest on Thursday, Blue Ridge girls basketball officially clinched its fourth-straight region title and fifth in six years.
After the game, Lady Tigers head coach Alex Smith smiled and congratulated each of his seniors.
Kanife Hill is a senior guard for the Byrnes Runnin’ Rebels. Hill has been a consistent starter for the Rebels in their historic 2023-24 campaign and hopes to push Byrnes toward its first state title since 2016.
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Tigers fall to TR
in region title game
In a tightly contested region title game, Blue Ridge fell to rival Travelers Rest 57-55. Nash Somero led the Tigers with 28 points, but the Devildogs hit free throws late to give them the win and the No. 1 seed from 3-A Region 3.
Greer basketball’s practice on Jan. 24 wasn’t like normal.
A typically energetic, upbeat group of players was oddly quiet as they gathered in the afternoon. The Jackets’ 74-61 loss to Riverside from the night before stung.
“It was silent,” said Greer star Amare Anderson of the practice. “Nobody was really saying anything.”
In a matchup between the two top-ranked wrestling programs in the state, No.1 Eastside downed No. 2 Northwestern to advance to the Class 4-A upper state championship.
Since Will Fowler was a boy, he’d dreamed of a moment like this one.
Amiyah Clark-Lamelle is a senior point guard for the Greer Lady Jackets. Clark-Lamelle is a three-sport athlete playing volleyball, basketball, and running track. She recently scored her 1,000th career point for the Lady Jackets and is committed to play college basketball at Limestone University.
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