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PHS wrestling team looks for help to get a new mat

PICKENS ­— The Pickens High School wrestling team needs your help.

According to PHS wrestling coach Mark Barrett, his program is in need of a new wrestling mat and with help of the community and the hard work of his team they are trying to make it a reality.

Barrett said in the fall of 2012 the School District of Pickens County announced a program where it would match funds for equipment for non-revenue sportsuntil the end of the school year.

Pickens Rec Pitch, Hit and Run

Pickens Rec Pitch, Hit and Run

Pickens Rec Pitch, Hit and Run

Pickens Recreation held its annual Pitch, Hit and Run contest on April 24 at Jaycee Park. Winners were as follows — 7&8 boys: C.J. Martin. 9&10 boys: 1st place All-Around, Drew Campbell; 1st place Pitching, Drew Campbell; 1st place Hitting, Braxton LaMance; 1st place Running, Drew Campbell. 11&12 Boys: 1st place All-Around, Zach Holman; 1st place Pitching, Devin Black; 1st place Hitting, Zach Holman; 1st place Running, Zach Holman. 9&10 girls: Addyson Crenshaw. 11&12 girls: 1st place All-Around, Julianne Turner; 1st place Pitching, Sami Turner; 1st place Hitting, Julianna Turner; 1st place Running, Sami Turner. Pictured above are, front row, from left: Ryan Ford, Addyson Crenshaw, Jameson Couch and C.J. Martin. Back row: Braxton LaMance, Julianne Turner, Alyse Moore, Sami Turner, Zachary Hollman, Devin Black, Brennan Perkins, Cale Sheriff, Jay Reeves, Drew Campbell and Chase Crenshaw.

Second annual Kids Classic golf tourney set for June 15

PICKENS — The warm weather is here, and it is time to hit the golf course.

Come play “Fore the Kids” as Pickens Presbyterian Church Child Development Center hosts its second annual Golf Classic on Saturday, June 15, at The Rock at Jocassee.

Registration is at 9 a.m., with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. The cost to play is $100 per person or $400 per team (including breakfast & lunch). There will be “Hole in One” prizes including a BMW, airline tickets and more.

For more information, call Pickens Presbyterian Church Child Development Center at (864) 878-9953.

Pickens Rec schedules day camps

PICKENS — Pickens Recreation will host nine one-week sessions of summer day camp this summer.

The day camps, held at the Pickens Recreation Center on Sangamo Road, are for ages 6-12 and run from 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily.

The sessions will be June 10-14, June 17-21, June 24-28, July 8-12, July 15-19, July 22-26, July 29-Aug. 2, Aug. 5-9 and Aug. 12-16.

Cost for the camp is $70 per child per week or $40 per child per half-week. A price adjustment is available for additional siblings per week. A $25 non-refundable registration fee is due by May 24, which includes a camp T-shirt. Late registration fees are $35.

Breakfast and lunch will be furnished again this summer, June 10–Aug. 9. There is no transportation for field trips, so each week the camp will have on-site activities that will include sports, movies, water days, games, bike days, arts and crafts, etc.