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Historic Hagood Mill cabin survives fire
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A cabin originally built in 1791 was damaged in a fire at Hagood Mill on Sunday, but the structure is still standing.
In a Facebook Live video posted Sunday, Hagood Mill Site director Billy Crawford discussed the damage to the Murphree-Hollingsworth Cabin
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Easley takes second place at state cheer competition
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — After finishing third at the Class 4A state qualifier earlier this month, the Easley High School Green Wave cheer team traveled to the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia on Saturday, and by day’s end, they had laid claim to the No. 2 spot in the state.
The Green Wave scored a 283 on the day, good enough for second place in the 4A classification, and just 14 points behind state champion A.C. Flora.
Rounding out the top five in Class 4A were Airport, Irmo and Travelers Rest.
The second-place finish at the 2021 state championship comes just a year removed from Easley’s third-place finish in 2020.
Daniel destroys Clinton to advance to Upper State championship game
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — After a season of slow starts, the Daniel Lions were focused on changing things against Clinton on Friday night, according to senior quarterback Trent Pearman.
“We were (ticked) off,” Pearman said. “The last couple of games, we just hadn’t gotten off the bus well.”
Pearman’s aggression was echoed by the entire Daniel team against the Red Devils, as they utterly dominated Clinton from start to finish in a 52-7 rout.
On a day where the Lions put up 52 points, it was
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Rec center to be named for former director
PICKENS — The Pickens Recreation Center will soon bear the name of a woman who worked for the recreation department for more than 25 years.
During a special called meeting Monday night, Pickens City Council voted unanimously in favor of a resolution renaming the center the 
Cheri Terrapin Anthony Recreation Center.
Anthony retired as Pickens Recreation Department director earlier this year.
A 1983 graduate of Limestone College, Anthony began working at the Pickens Recreation Department in 1995 and became director in 1998.
In 2018, Anthony won the S.C. Athletic Programs Branch Professional of the Year award. In
Country Santa ready for another season
It all started with a little girl named Mary Ann.
Mary Ann was getting ready to start first grade at Ambler Elementary School, and she had a big problem. An embarrassing, sad problem.
She had no shoes.
Buddy Cox, a Pumpkintown resident with a soft heart for needy
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Commemorate the champions
Pickens County Courier staff reporter Bru Nimmons and photographer Jessica Mackey on Tuesday
presented Pickens High School volleyball coach Rikki Owens with a special framed poster commemorating the Blue Flame’s recent Class 4A state championship — the 16th title in program history. The poster features a keepsake Courier front page reprinting the recap of the game along with a celebration photo and a team photo. The special prints are available for sale at the Pickens County Courier office at 109 Garvin St. in Pickens. The cost is $10 for an unframed 11×17-inch print or $15 for an unframed 13×19-inch poster, and $25 or $30 for framed versions. For more information, call (864) 878-6391.
Without Edge, Lions take care of Woodruff to advance
CENTRAL — With a season worth of evidence and a prominent playoff performance the previous week, Daniel seemed to have found its playoff X-factor in junior tailback Chris Edge.
However, after he suffered a knee injury at practice early in the week, the Lion were forced to face the Woodruff Wolverines with their season on the line without him on Friday.
No Edge proved to be no problem, as sophomore tailback Tory Shaw picked up the slack and 115 rushing yards
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Wreck claims local woman, great-grandson
Man arrested on 4 counts of felony DUI in deadly crash
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — A man has been charged with four counts of felony driving under the influence after a wreck that killed a Pickens woman and her 6-year-old great-grandson last week.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victims as 70-year-old Gladys Holbrooks of Kenemer Lane in Pickens and her great-grandson, Cameron Durham.
The wreck happened around 6:45 p.m. Nov. 4 on U.S. Highway 123 just south of U.S. Highway 178,
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