Category Archives: Sports
Young Devils can’t hang on against West-Oak
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — 2021 hasn’t been the easiest year for the Liberty Red Devils baseball team, but a 3-0 first inning lead against West-Oak on 
Monday seemed like it might change their fortunes.
However, the Red Devils’ lead dissipated over the following innings as the Warrior bats heated up and Liberty struggled in the batter’s box.
“It’s kind of indicative of the season we’re having right now,” Liberty head coach
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Adult volleyball leagues now forming in Pickens
PICKENS — The Pickens Recreation Department is now holding registration for adult coed volleyball.
Players must be 21 years of age, with ID required. The registration fee due at signup will be $45 per couple for in-city residents and $55 for out-of-city residents. Individual fees are $22.50 in city and $27.50 out of city.
Due date for registration fees is April 2 at the rec department on Sangamo Road. Fees are non-refundable.
Once registration is concluded, single players will be placed on teams by the league director. Team registration is welcome.
Practice dates will be announced. Games are on Sunday afternoons and will begin around April 25.
Call the recreation department at (864) 878-2296 with any questions.
Rec department plans day camps
PICKENS — The Pickens Recreation Department is planning five one-week sessions of summer day camp for children ages 6-12 in June and July.
Cost for the camp, to be held at the Pickens Recreation Center at 545 Sangamo Road, will be $70 per child per week, with a price adjustment for additional siblings. a
Registration is now open. There will be no partial camp fees this year, and there is a non-refundable
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Green Wave top Tigers to win Shock City Invitational
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
IVA — For the first time on the short season, Easley trailed in its Shock City Invitational championship game against Crescent on Thursday night.
The Green Wave responded in the only way they knew how, battering the Tigers to regain the lead and never losing it again in a 9-4 victory.
“We were a little flat,” Easley head coach Gill Payne said. “It might be the flattest I’ve seen this group, because these are high-energy
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Daniel’s Hicks named to North-South all-star team
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Even with the season ending a few weeks ago, honors continue to roll in for Daniel senior guard Sincere Hicks.
Hicks was selected for the S.C. North-South all-star girls’ basketball game on Thursday.
Hicks’ selection for the game is the culmination of a stellar senior season in which she averaged 10.5 points, 2.1 rebounds,
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Liberty wrestlers win state championships
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — After a great day at the Class 2A-1A Upper State championship last week, the Liberty Red Devils wrestling team had high expectations for the state championship meet at Dreher High School on Saturday.
They more than met those expectations in Columbia, bringing two state champions and two other top-three finishers home from the competition.
Blake Chandler and Trent Burdette were the big winners for the Red Devils on
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Pickens club volleyball teams host free clinic for area players
PICKENS — Pickens Carolina One volleyball coaches and 16 Elite and 18 Elite players put on a free clinic Saturday for more than 75 girls who currently play for Pickens recreation teams.
“This clinic has been an idea in my mind for quite a while,” said Nikki Anthony, head coach of the 18 Elite team. “Carolina One has been operating out of the Pickens Recreation Department for more
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Adult coed volleyball leagues now forming
PICKENS — The Pickens Recreation Department is now holding registration for adult coed volleyball.
Players must be 21 years of age, with ID required. The registration fee due at signup will be $45 per couple for in-city residents and $55 for out-of-city residents. Individual fees are $22.50 in city and
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Easley downs Lions to open play in Shock City Invitational tourney
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — Coming into the 2021 baseball season, Pickens County had two teams ranked in the top 10 of their respective classes, as Daniel and Easley were 10th in Classes 3A and 4A, respectively.
On Friday night, the two teams faced off in the first game of the Shock City Invitational, with Easley
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Pickens softball takes Red Devil Varsity Invitational
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Pickens High School kicked off softball season with a bang over the weekend, going 3-1 
and winning the Red Devil Varsity Invitational with a 5-3 win over homestanding Liberty.
The Blue Flame started tournament play on Friday night against the Walhalla Razorbacks.
The Blue Flame took an early lead in the second, as Regan Powell doubled home Amber Clark and Caroline
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