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Pickens Carolina One volleyball team wins tourney
PICKENS — The Pickens Carolina One 18 Elite volleyball team captured the championship at the Nike Savannah Showdown Feb. 19-21 among many powerful Southeastern teams.
The Pickens Carolina One
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Daniel boys in Upper State semis
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
UNION — Trailing 55-54 with less than 30 seconds left in overtime of a second-round playoff matchup at fifth-ranked Union County on Friday night, the fate of the Daniel High School boys’ basketball team’s state championship hopes rested in the hands of Bobby Taylor.
Taylor, an all-state senior playing in what could have been his final game in the blue and gold, passed out of his initial touch before an errant pass nearly went over his head. With the ball back in his possession, he knew the game was going
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Easley girls win first playoff game since ‘05, fall in round 2
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — When Ivan Raymond took over an Easley High School girls’ basketball program that had gone 10-86 over the previous five years in May 2019, playoff basketball must have seemed like a distant dream to the Green Wave.
Last Wednesday night, that dream became a reality as the Easley girls took on Eastside in their first playoff game in 15 years, thrashing the Eagles in a 57-38 win.
“We knew this was big for our girls,” Raymond said of the Green Wave’s playoff win. “They’ve worked so hard. They spend five days a week either lifting or in the gym. The commitment they made didn’t show in year one, didn’t show in year two, but they kept going and now it’s showing.”
Easley senior forward Kylie Nabors has seen the program move from the doldrums to where it is now and attributes the change to the hard work of her teammates and their head coach.
“It’s turned around a lot, and a lot of that credit goes to Coach Raymond,” Nabors said. “He’s put
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Blue Flame girls advance for first time since 2012
PICKENS — The curtain came down last week on the Pickens High School Lady Blue Flame girls’ basketball season, but not before the team traveled to 
Greenville High School for the first round of the playoffs and defeated the Lady Red Raiders in their home gym — the program’s first postseason win since 2012.
“I am extremely proud and honored to coach such an amazing group of young ladies,” Pickens coach Rikki Owens said. “They are the toughest little group I have ever coached, and they should be proud of themselves for the legacy they have left behind for future Lady Blue Flame players.”
The 2021-22 season ended for the Pickens girls on Friday in Blythewood when the Lady Blue Flame
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Lady Lions’ season finishes with loss to Fairfield Central
By Michael Crouchley
Courtesy The Journal
michael@upstatetoday.com
CENTRAL — In the final five minutes of Thursday’s first-round playoff game, the Daniel High School girls’ basketball team cut Fairfield Central’s lead to three points on three separate occasions.
“As soon as we would go two steps forward, they would hit a shot and we would go five steps back,” Daniel head coach Cosandar Griffin said after the 33-28 loss that ended the Lions’ season. “It was disappointing to see, but I
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Green Wave drop playoff heartbreaker
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Going 7-1 down the stretch and hosting their first playoff game since 2012, the Easley Green Wave boys’ basketball team seemed like a team 
capable of making a playoff run when it took the court against Laurens on Thursday night.
However, without senior all-state guard Kain James, the Green Wave watched a seven-point lead evaporate in the fourth quarter in a season-ending 39-35 loss.
James, Easley’s leading scorer, missed the game with an illness, according to head coach
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‘Now it’s showing’ : Easley girls win first playoff game since ’05
EASLEY — When Ivan Raymond took over an Easley High School girls’ basketball program that had gone 10-86 over the previous five years in May 2019, playoff basketball must have seemed like a distant dream to the Green Wave.
On Wednesday night, that dream became a reality as the Easley girls took on Eastside in their first playoff game in 15 years, thrashing the Eagles in a 57-38 win.
“We knew this was big for our girls,” Raymond said of the Green Wave’s playoff win. “They’ve worked so hard. They spend five days a week either lifting or in the gym. The commitment they made didn’t show in year one, didn’t show in year two, but they kept going and now it’s
Lions take down Seneca in OT
Michael Crouchley
Courtesy The Journal
michael@upstatetoday.com
SENECA — Despite leading by four points with just eight seconds left, the Daniel High School girls’ basketball team found itself heading to overtime on the road against Seneca with momentum against it on Friday night.
Deena Hassan hit a free throw for the Bobcats to cut Daniel’s lead to three with eight seconds left in regulation, and the
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Daniel boys drop region tiebreaker against Wren
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PENDLETON — When Wren leading scorer Isaac Humphries picked up three fouls less than a minute into Monday’s second-place region tiebreaker matchup against the Daniel High School boys’ basketball team, the Lions had to feel good about their chances to secure a home playoff spot.
However, defensive struggles throughout the night and some late scoring woes will send the Lions on the road to start the playoffs after a 75-66 loss to the Hurricanes in a neutral-site game at Pendleton High School.
“The execution wasn’t there defensively tonight,” Daniel head coach Ben Touchberry said. “We had
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PHS senior athletes ink with Saints
PICKENS — With signing season in full swing, Pickens High School saw two of its top senior athletes sign on the dotted line Friday to continue their athletic 
careers in college.
Blue Flame standouts Calie Covey and Andon Rogers both signed with Limestone University and
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