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The short trip to Duncan on Friday night presents yet another opportunity for Greer to upset one of the state’s top teams, Byrnes High. Thus far, however, the Yellow Jackets have been like the proverbial dog that caught the car and then gotten run over in one-sided losses to Hillcrest and Daniel.

The Eastside Eagles made a massive stride by defeating the Liberty Red Devils. Kalvin Banks rushed for over 200 yards with two touchdowns to help overpower the Red Devils 38-13. The first quarter consisted of a long first drive by the Eagles which resulted in a 1-yard touchdown by Banks and a missed 2-point conversion.

The Riverside Warriors travelled to Piedmont Friday night to face a 1-1 Woodmont team and had hoped to get back on the winning track.

In a back and forth battle, the two teams went to the locker room tied 21-21 at the half.

In the second half, the Warriors only managed one score and fell late to Woodmont by a score of 35-28.

“Football is like life. It requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”

These words by Vince Lombardi could sum up the career of Grayson Loftis.

At the age of 6, Loftis was introduced to football, and now, he is reaping the rewards of perseverance, hard work and dedication.

Byrnes’ Chris Foster was named The Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Lineman of the Week and Deshaun Briggs named Defensive Player of the Week; and Blue Ridge’s Tucker Massey was named The Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Offensive Player of the Week for Week 1.

Douglas Stone, of Taylors, has been named to the Bob Jones University Bruins men’s cross country team roster for the 2022-23 academic year. Stone is a Senior majoring in Music at BJU.

Players of Week 0 were: Hayden Payne (RHS Defense); Colby Shaw (BHS Offensive); and Taylor Wooten (BRHS Lineman).

Taking Blue Ridge for granted will be a thing of the past for Greer when the two teams meet this Friday night at Dooley Field.