Category Archives: Sports
Rogers golf tourney set for this weekend
EASLEY — The 21st annual Charles F. Rogers Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament is scheduled is set to be held this weekend in Easley.
The tournament, which annually benefits a male and female senior basketball player from Pickens High School planning to attend a university, college or technical school, is set to kick off with a 9 a.m. shotgun
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Easley welcomes the world
Senior League World Series to open play this weekend
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley mainstay since 2017, the Senior League World Series will be 
returning to Pickens County this weekend.
The tournament, which pits the best 13-16-year-old baseball players from around the world against each other, will feature six international teams and six U.S. teams and will kick off this Saturday, July 26, at the J.B. “Red” Owens Complex, running through Aug. 2.
As of press time Tuesday, the international division’s qualifiers had all been chosen, while all but two of the United States division teams remained in qualifier play.
The first team selected for the tournament was host S.C. District 1. The team, which is comprised of 16 of the area’s best young players, is looking to build upon its 2-2 finish
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Double first base to be utilized at Senior League World Series
EASLEY — To further enhance the safety and experience of its participants, the Little League® International Tournament Committee has approved the use of a double first base at all Little League Baseball and Softball Region and World Series tournaments in 2025.
“Safety has, and will always remain, a top priority for us at Little League and as we think about ways to continue to enhance our event each year, the addition of a double first base provides a great opportunity for us to increase safety while not impacting the experience of our participants,” said Dan Velte, Little League Vice President of Operations and International Tournament Director. “With the use of the double first base becoming more prevalent in both the high school and collegiate level,
the use of a double first base has become quickly adapted into the game, and we look forward to the enhancements it will provide to our teams throughout the summer as part of our events.”
Guidelines for using the double first base,
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Celebrating 100 years of American Legion baseball
Easley American Legion Post 52 Baseball completed its regular season on Monday night with a 15-3 win over Klutch Collegiate at Alice Mill Field. Following the win, a firework show sponsored by Carolina Fireworks of Easley was held to honor 100 years of American Legion baseball. Post 52 finished its regular season with a 9-8 record, including an 8-4 record in league play and will soon open playoff play.
Bishops come back to snap Daniel’s state title streak
By Ian Taylor
Courtesy The Journal
itaylor@upstatetoday.com
COLUMBIA — When the South Carolina High School League realigned its classifications last summer, one of the many moves was sending Daniel High School up to Class 4A.
A ramification of the shift was that the Lions’ boys’ soccer team could not defend its three straight Class 3A state titles, and it meant that a fourth straight would have to be
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Lions drop Upper State to Seneca
CENTRAL — Down 1-0 in the Upper State championship series against rival Seneca, the Daniel High School baseball team hosted the Bobcats on Thursday hoping to force a 
third game in the series.
Both sides fought to pull ahead with things knotted at 1-1 after five innings, only for the Bobcats to pull ahead by scoring two runs in the sixth inning. Daniel looked to respond but left two runners stranded at the corners to end the inning and fared no better in the
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Flame return to Bruce Field for Spring Game
By Chad Keith
Special to the Courier
news@thepccourier.com
PICKENS —Pickens High School held its annual Spring football game on Thursday 
night at Bruce Field.
The historic venue was home of the Blue Flame for 60 years (1950-2010). It is currently used for football games by the Pickens Recreation Department. Among the notable teams who played on the field are the Rudy Hayes/Doug Grant teams of the early 1950’s (including the 1952 State
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Fury eliminate Pickens softball
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Facing off with Fountain Inn with their season on the line, the Pickens High School softball team sent the top of its lineup to the batter’s box in the bottom of
the seventh inning looking to pull off one more comeback as they trailed the Fury 3-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Kylie Thornall managed to reach base on a walk for the Blue Flame, but the team just
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Late surge sends Daniel to Upper State championship
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
FOUNTAIN INN — With a trip to their first Upper State baseball championship since 1997 on the line, the Daniel High School baseball team traveled to Fountain Inn on Saturday for game three of their series against the Fury.
Tied at 2-2 after five innings, the Lions looked like they were going to have to sweat out the clinching game. However, the Daniel bats came to life in the sixth with the Lions
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Blue Flame rally to drop Wren
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — With a trip to the Class 4A Upper State District 1 championship on the 
line, the Pickens High School softball team hosted Wren on Thursday.
After building an early advantage, the Blue Flame fell behind 7-3 in the fifth inning and looked likely to fall into the loser’s bracket of the district. Instead, the Flame rallied, scoring five runs over the next two innings including a go-ahead bunt single by Kylie Thornall to
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