Category Archives: Sports
Daniel defense turns heads in spring
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — After two weeks of practice, the Daniel football team finished up its spring session on May 19 with the annual Blue-Gold spring game.
In the scrimmage, the Daniel defense looked more than ready for another stellar season, while the Lions still have plenty of questions to answer offensively.
From the start of the day’s action, it was apparent that the defense had the advantage, with Ty Plumblee and Tristyn Carrington each sacking Kolton
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Rogers golf tourney scheduled for June
PICKENS — The 19th annual Charles F. Rogers Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, June 10.
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
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Liberty grad King wins Big 12 title
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
NORMAN, Okla. — Liberty High School graduate Keyshawn King has had a college career filled with accolades and achievements, and the 
Texas Tech senior added one more on May 14, as he took home the Big 12 outdoor triple jump championship.
King, who began his career at Stanford before transferring as a graduate to Texas Tech last summer, took sixth place at the Big 12 indoor track and field
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County teams compete at state track and field championships
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Dozens of athletes from Pickens County’s four public high schools competed in the South Carolina High School League track and field state championships last week, earning varying honors for their efforts.
Pickens County’s best showing came from the Daniel girls, who finished fifth in Class 3A. While no Daniel girl was able to bring home an individual state championship, two athletes and the Lions’ 4×800-meter relay team brought home silver medals. Ashby Williams took second in the 3,200-meter run, just one year removed from bringing home a state championship in the event. Williams was also a member of the second-place 4×800 team alongside Lilly Tidwell, Casey
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Rogers golf tourney scheduled for June
PICKENS — The 19th annual Charles F. Rogers Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, June 10.
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
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Let’s talk Pickens Parks and Rec
Picture this … you’re standing there … you take a deep breath of fresh air. You listen as the faint sound of a whippoorwill echoes through thetrees. You smell the budding laurels on the creek bank as the water ripples slowly past you. You suddenly hear a crack in the leaves and
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Winner honored
The Charles F. Rogers Scholarship committee recently announced Pickens High School senior Katherine Sanchez as the 2023 selection for the Charles F. Rogers Scholarship Award. Sanchez will receive a $1,000 scholarship to put toward her college education. “Congratulations to Katherine for representing our basketball program and for her perseverance to achieve success on and off the court,” the committee said.
Lions make history with second straight state title
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Coming off a dominant playoff run to its third straight Upper State title, the Daniel High School boys’ soccer team radiated confidence as it hoped to make history in Saturday night’s Class 3A state championship match against Beaufort High School.
The Lions proved reasonable in their self-assurance, taking control of the game within the first 10 minutes of action and never letting up in a 3-0 win to secure their second consecutive state title.
“After that Powdersville game (a 4-0 quarterfinal win for Daniel), we felt like we could beat anybody, anywhere,” Daniel senior captain and Gardner-Webb signee Ethan Marrero said. “We came out and we were confident in our ability to play, and we came home with 
thechampionship.”
While the win gave the Lions the sixth state championship in the storied history of the school’s soccer program, it was the first time that Daniel had
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Daniel boys set new standard for excellence
I always knew that Daniel’s boys soccer team would be good this year.
It’s a given that the program produces a winner, going back to head coach Andy Demori’s very first teams in the late 1970s. In fact, the Daniel 
boys’ soccer program has only ever missed the playoffs one time going back to those earliest years. So it came as no surprise whatsoever when the Lions ran through region play and entered the playoffs as a No. 1 seed.
What I didn’t see coming was the ensuing run that cemented the 2023 team as arguably
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Daniel softball eliminated by Chapman
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — With her team’s season on the line, Daniel High School softball coach Cora Downer was sure her team was going to advance against Chapman on Monday night.
Instead, the Lions just seemed a bat short in the wake of senior third baseman Bayleigh Brewer’s injury against Crescent late last week, as they failed to stay with the Panthers in a 3-1 loss that ended their run in the Class 3A Upper State playoffs, and their season as well.
“I didn’t think this was it,” Downer said. “I had full-on intentions of going on back to Crescent and
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