Category Archives: Sports
Liberty, Pickens athletes sign letters of intent
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Liberty and Pickens high schools will be sending three more athletes to the college ranks next fall.
In a ceremony at Liberty High School last week, Chantzli Fowler and Kendall Meinders signed to continue their volleyball careers at the next level. Both players were key components of a Liberty volleyball team that advanced to the Upper State championship for the first time since 2014.
Fowler, an outside hitter for the Red Devils, will play beach volleyball at Erskine College. Fowler was twice named all-region and was named all-state at the
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Special Lions group culmination of Boyer’s culture
‘‘I can’t lie and say I always believed the Daniel High School boys’ soccer team was going to pull out the state championship win against Brookland-Cayce on Friday.
When the Lions went up 2-0 in the first half, I was ready to call the game. Then, when Brookland-Cayce stormed back to take the lead in the final five minutes, 
I was ready to call it once again for the other side, and once again I was proven to be wrong as Liam Desjardins hit the equalizer from 52 yards out.
By the start of extra time, I realized that neither team was going to give until the final whistle, and for the first time I got it right, with the Lions pulling out the heart-pounding state championship win in penalty
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Daniel to play for state title
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
POWDERSVILLE — Playing in what head coach Phillip Boyer described as the most intense game of his career, the Daniel High School boys’ soccer team clawed its way out to a 2-0 lead against Powdersville on Monday night before a last-minute goal by the Patriots cut the lead to one.
With the season on the line, the Lions’ back line hunkered down as it had all night, never allowing the Patriots to gain an inch and outlasting them through an excruciatingly long stoppage time to pull out the 2-1 win in the Class 3A Upper State championship match and secure a return to the state
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County teams fall in playoffs
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — With the South Carolina High School League baseball and softball playoffs starting last week, five Pickens County teams have proven to be road warriors.
In baseball, two county teams overcame early losses to advance to their district championships.
Easley suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to Greenwood to open the playoffs, before taking down South Pointe and Greenwood in order to make the district
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Green Wave softball stays hot in playoff-opening win
By Eugene Jolley
Courier Sports
news@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Easley held off a pesky Greenville team Wednesday night in the first round of the Class 4A District 2 playoffs, winning 6-2.
It took Easley a while to feel comfortable, as Greenville matched the Wave run for run early on.
“It was definitely not our best game,” Easley coach Trish Spence said. “Our bats were not on like they normally are. We played great defense. The girls played
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Green Wave see season end at home
EASLEY — After picking up their second straight region championship and a first-round bye, the Easley High School boys soccer team kicked off the playoffs May 4 against the Indian Land Warriors.
Despite their season of successes, the Green Wave lost 3-0 in what was described as a “winnable game” by head coach Ross Goodacre due to some bad bounces falling in favor of the Warriors and a number of missed opportunities on the offensive end.
“The game plan was there and the formation matched up perfectly,” Goodacre said. “We were
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Lions headed to Upper State
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — After getting two first-half goals from Katie Hudson, the Daniel High School girls’ soccer team seemed well on its way to victory in second-round playoff action against Chapman on Thursday night.
However, the Panthers rallied in the last 30 minutes, scoring a goal to cut into the lead and pressing the Lions late in the contest. With the lead on the line in the 76th minute, Chapman’s Torii Rogers broke free from her defender in the box. One on one with Daniel keeper Beth Anderson, she launched the would-be equalizer that defined the
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Easley girls drop Lugoff Elgin, fall to Indian Land
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Coming off two brutal losses to Travelers Rest to end the regular season, the Easley Green Wave looked to right the ship against Lugoff Elgin in the 
opening round of the Class 4A girls soccer playoffs last week.
The Green Wave did so in resounding fashion, taking an early lead and keeping control for much of
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Daniel takes Upper State, drop state championship to Oceanside
By Will Vandervort
Courtesy the Journal
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CENTRAL — Almost every day for the past five years, John Billinis has walked past the tennis courts at Daniel High School and seen the banner hanging on the front of the courts.
The banner recognizes the Lions’ five state championships in tennis — four by the girls, and one by the boys. It has been 40 years since a Daniel tennis team
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Easley softball, boys’ soccer secure region
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — With their regular seasons coming to an end last week, the Easley High School boys’ soccer and softball teams will head to the playoffs as No. 1 
seeds after clinching their respective region championships.
On the diamond, the Easley softball team was dominant down the stretch, winning eight of its last 10 games on the way to securing the Region I-4A title.
Coming off a second-place finish in 2021, the Green Wave girls sat at just 4-9 at the end of
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