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Flame outlast Tigers in OT
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Taking a 12-3 lead in the opening minutes of its matchup with Southside on Wednesday, the Pickens girls’ basketball team seemed to be on its way to a big win when the offense went stagnant.
Slowly, the Tigers inched closer and closer until they took their first lead in the fourth quarter and had Pickens on the ropes with 15 seconds to go, up 37-34. With lead guard Gabi Sanchez fouled out, the Blue Flame quickly pushed the ball down the
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Jackson nabs first win with Devil girls
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — After a first half slugfest, the Liberty High School girls’ basketball team came out of the locker room with a 
purpose as it attempted to pick up its first win of the season in its region opener against Greenville Tech last Tuesday.
A Reagan Swofford three-pointer opened the quarter as the Red Devils went on a 13-3 run on the strength of their defensive intensity putting them out of reach of the Warriors and allowing them to pick up a 36-29 victory, their first under head coach Pat Jackson.
“We’ve been battling this and that, but I have an awesome coaching staff that told me to just hold on, it’s coming,” Jackson said after the win. “All those losses before, they hurt but we played hard, and we battled. My favorite saying is ‘Let’s go put on for the city’ and I said let’s go put on for Liberty.”
The Red Devils did just that, taking the lead in the opening quarter on a putback by eighth grader Madison Henderson and never relinquishing the lead the rest of the way despite multiple comeback attempts by the Warriors.
While Kameria Paul led the Devils in scoring on the night with 11 points, it was the play of senior guard Trinity Garrett that made arguably the biggest difference for Liberty. The senior guard finished with eight points, four rebounds, four assists and five steals, including back-to-back, coast-to-coast layups off steals all while battling numerous injuries.
“I was super proud of how Trinity Garrett stepped up,” Jackson said. “She’s been dealing with a bunch of issues with her ankle and shoulder, but she played hard.”
With the win, the Devils (1-6, 1-0 Region 1-2A) got off on the right track in region play and had a chance to keep it going on Friday against Blacksburg with results unavailable at press time.
Cassell awarded Order of the Palmetto
EASLEY — On Thursday, Dec. 12, a huge crowd gathered at the “Feed a Hungry Child Pickens County” facility to show the man that helped start the program, how much he is appreciated by so many around the state.
State House Representative Davey Hiott and State Senator Rex Rice were on hand to present the organization’s founder, Milledge Cassell with The Order of Palmetto, the State of South Carolina’s highest civilian honor.
“I just can’t express how I feel right now. Sometimes you just can’t express yourself to where people feel the way you feel. That’s where I am right now, Cassell said after being surprised with the honor.
“We started out feeding 20 kids in one school, 15 years ago,” Cassell said. “Now we’re feeding over 700 kids, hungry kids in
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Adams saves $1M for City of Pickens
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Efforts by the city of Pickens’ public works director will result in significant savings for the city as it works to replace its water meters, according to officials.
During Pickens City Council’s Dec. 9 meeting, city administrator Tim O’Briant and public works director Trey Adams discussed the ongoing replacement of water meters.
“We’ve been working for a while on examining our water meters and what we needed to do,” O’Briant said.
Officials had budgeted a $3 million expenditure “to replace everything involved in
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Red Devils outlast TR in foul-ridden contest
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Despite letting their nine-point halftime lead slip away against Travelers Rest on Friday night, the Liberty High School boys’ basketball team entered the fourth quarter with plenty of confidence as they hoped to regain control and pick up a win over their Class 4A foe.
“I had major confidence,” Liberty junior Kendrick Jackson said. “We practice way tougher than what we do in the game. We
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