Category Archives: Sports
Green Wave softball overcomes early deficit to top Seneca
EASLEY — Coming off the first district championship in school history, the Easley Green Wave softball team entered the 2023 season on a cold streak with five straight losses to end the preseason and a 3-1 loss to Seneca to open the regular season.
Taking on the Bobcats again on Thursday, it seemed the Green Wave were going to falter again after falling behind 3-1 in the top of the third.
Instead, the Green Wave found their groove in the batter’s box, scoring five runs in the third and fourth
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Top-ranked Daniel outlasts No. 2 Patriots in home opener
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — With 11 minutes left in the top-ranked Daniel High School boys’ soccer team’s Class 3A Upper State championship rematch with second-ranked Powdersville on Wednesday, forward Eddie Merck blew by the Patriots’ defense in what seemed like a surefire goal-scoring situation.
However, Merck pulled the trigger just seconds too late, allowing Powdersville keeper Luke Bramblett to make the save and keep things tied
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EHS looking for new boys’ hoops coach
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Five years after bringing in former Tusculum College coach Mike Jones to lead the Easley High School boys’ basketball team, the Green Wave are once again on the search for a new coach, according to a job listing posted by the School District of Pickens County on Feb. 28.
The listing, which says the school is looking for someone with coaching experience, comes after a tough season that saw Easley finish 6-18 with Jones only coaching the first half of the season before being absent for “personal reasons,” according to Easley athletic director Gil Payne. Assistant coach Brian Smith
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Red Devils can’t keep up with Palmetto
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — With region play opening up on Friday, the Liberty High School baseball team hosted Palmetto on Monday night hoping to build some momentum.
Instead, the Red Devils were plagued by mistakes throughout the night on the way to a 13-2 season-opening loss in five innings.
“Things just kind of piled up on us,” first-year Liberty head coach Trey Ulmer said. “I thought our pitchers did a good job throwing strikes at times tonight, but we
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Easley boys finish 2nd in state tournament
Led by head coach Eugene Jolley, the Easley Parks and Recreation Department’s 14U boys’ basketball all-star team participated recently in the 2023 South Carolina Athletic Programs (SCAP) basketball tournament in Pickens. The boys started the weekend off strong with a 43-23 win against East Columbia in the first round on Saturday. The victory sent them to the second round, where they fell to Florence, 40-10, but the boys were able to move to the consolation bracket, where they beat Charleston Peninsula 52-44. The boys moved on to the championship game on Sunday with a rematch against Florence. Despite playing hard, they came up short once again, falling 47-32 to end their season.
Hunters who harvest a tagged coyote can earn free lifetime license
COLUMBIA — The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) released 16 more tagged coyotes statewide recently as part of the Coyote Harvest Incentive Program.
The program was created in 2016 by the General Assembly, which directed SCDNR to develop and implement a coyote tagging and reward program.
Annually, SCDNR traps, tags and releases four coyotes per game zone (16 total). Anyone who successfully takes and reports a tagged coyote will be rewarded with a free lifetime hunting license. The person reporting the tagged coyote has the option to designate anyone for the lifetime license such as a child, relative or friend.
For more information on the Coyote Harvest Incentive Program, visit dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/coyote/coyoteincentive.html.
Local wrestlers win state titles
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
ANDERSON — Over the weekend, athletes from all over the state of South Carolina descended on Anderson for the South Carolina High School League individual wrestling state championships.
More than a dozen Pickens County athletes represented their respective schools at the tournament, and three of those grapplers earned the title of state champion
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Blue Flame fall to North Augusta in round three
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — After a second-round romp of Riverside, the Pickens High School girls’ basketball team felt pretty confident in its abilities heading into a third-round game against top-ranked North Augusta.
However, the Yellow Jackets showed they were No. 1 for a reason as they overpowered Pickens in a 49-25 season-ending loss for the Blue Flame.
“They were very well coached,” Pickens head coach Rikki Owens said of North Augusta. “They’re used to being here this late in the playoffs and they were just such a
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Wave’s Pierce, Lions’ Simons brothers ink with colleges
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Three of Pickens County’s finest athletes have signed recently to continue to their academic and athletic careers at the next level.
At Daniel High School, the brotherly duo of Blaine and Bray Simons will stay close to home after they signed to play football at Anderson University on Sunday.
Bray, a member of the Lions’ talented wide receiver corps last season, recorded 12 catches for 126 yards over the first half of the 2021 season before a knee injury ended his year prematurely. Working back from his injury this
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Textile legends
Taken in 1972, the above picture shows the Fairhaven Mill basketball coached by former Pickens County Sheriff’s Office detective Juke Hendricks. According to Terry Hallums, a member of the team, the Fairhaven Mill team was the first all-black basketball team to play in the Greenville Textile Tournament at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium. Pictured in the back row, from left, are James “Red Boy” Griffin, Marcus “Tree Top” Rosemond, Doug “Big D” Dukes, Zion McKinney, Danny Hendricks and Juke Hendricks. In front are Donnie Hendricks, Ronnie Anderson and Terry Hallums. All of the players attended Pickens High School, and the team brought home the Class C trophy from the tournament.
