Category Archives: Sports
SCHSL unveils new alignment
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina High School League announced its proposed realignment for the 2022-24 seasons on Friday, and some big changes are coming for Pickens County’s high school teams.
The biggest changes will come for Liberty, which will remain in Region I-2A but will face an almost entirely new region of teams. The Red Devils’ new region is made up of Blacksburg, Chesnee, Greenville Tech, Greer Middle College and Landrum. Since Greenville Tech and Greer Middle College don’t have football programs, Abbeville and
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Blue Flame outlast Liberty in OT
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — A lot has changed for the 10th-ranked Pickens High School boys’ basketball team this season, and that change was on display more than ever against Liberty on Thursday night.
Trailing 16-3 after one quarter, the Blue Flame stormed back to close the gap and force overtime before coming out with a 49-43 win.
“They’ve done this all year,” Pickens head coach Jeff Harrelson said. “It seems like every game at some point, whether we’ve gotten up or gotten down, we’ve had to fight back and claw back. For whatever
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Daniel sweeps Green Wave
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — It was a succesful night for both the Daniel High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams last Tuesday as they swept county foe Easley on the road.
Beginning with the girls’ game, Easley had all the momentum early behind big first halves from Mattison Hayes and Reagan Horn. Horn, who scored 23 points and hit five threes in her previous matchup with Daniel, seemed in line for another big game with eight points as Easley headed to the locker room up 19-
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Pickens girls win big
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — It’s hard to imagine there have been much better starts for a team this season than the performance of the Pickens Blue Flame girls’ basketball squad against county foe Liberty on Thursday.
The Blue Flame held the Red Devils scoreless for nearly 12 minutes, jumping out to a 25-0 lead, and brought home a 54-24 victory.
“We did the little things and we were very aggresive,” Pickens head coach Rikki
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‘Unbelievable’: Tigers win third soccer national title
By Michael Crouchley
Courtesy The Journal
michael@upstatetoday.com
CARY, N.C. — After an NCAA Tournament run filled with upsets and penalty-shootout heroics, the Clemson men’s soccer team captured its 
third national championship in program history on Sunday.
After winning penalty shootouts over top-seeded Oregon State in the quarterfinals and fourth-seeded Notre Dame in the Final Four on Friday, Clemson forward Isaiah Reid scored two early goals against second-seeded Washington on Sunday afternoon in Cary, N.C.
Clemson’s experienced defense carried it the rest of the way, as the eighth-seeded Tigers
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Pickens girls win two at home, lose away contest
PICKENS — The Pickens High School Lady Blue Flame won two home games against Belton-Honea Path and Liberty but dropped a game at Pendleton High during the second week of the regular season last week. All three games were non-region contests.
The Lady Blue Flame’s record now stands at 3-3 on the season.
“The Lady Blue Flame continue to work hard and overcome injuries and adversity as a team,” Pickens coach Rikki Owens said. “Seniors Caroline Lucas and Bri Bowens really stepped up this week and exhibited heart,You must be logged in to view this content.
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Lions’ Lawson earns MVP honors at state all-star game
MYRTLE BEACH — Daniel High School senior Jahiem Lawson followed in the footsteps of his older brother, Shaq, with a memorable 
performance in the 73rd annual Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl on Saturday afternoon.
The standout defensive end finished the game with four tackles, including three sacks, and had a pass breakup on the way to earning MVP honors for the North defense in the annual all-star game at Doug
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Picture Perfect
The Daniel Lions pulled away in the second half to beat Camden 45-20 on Friday and wrap up their second consecutive
state championship and second perfect season in a row. The victory marked the first time the Lions had taken back-to-back state titles since 1991-92. Above, Daniel defenders Carson Chasteen, left, and Brodey Conn celebrate after a big play against the Bulldogs. At right, Daniel coach Jeff Fruster holds up the championship trophy after the victory. To read more about the game and see more photos scroll down to the Courier’s final Football Frenzy section of the season. Photos by Carl Ackerman/Courtesy The Journal
A season to remember in Central
Another season has come and gone, and once again the D.W. Daniel Lions are state champions.
Last year, when the Lions won their first state championship since 1998, I said that I didn’t think coach Jeff Fruster and the Lions would make us wait 22 more years for the next championship. I even thought they had a pretty good shot at coming right back and winning the title this season.
With that said, if you asked me a month ago if Daniel was going to win back-to-
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Lions beat Camden for second straight state championship
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Going into Friday afternoon’s Class 3A state championship game against the Camden Bulldogs, it would have been hard to describe the Daniel Lions’ performance on the gridiron over the past couple seasons as anything but dominant.
The defending state champion Lions entered with 23 wins in a row — with every victory coming by 14 points or more — and
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