Category Archives: Sports
Blue Flame softball sweeps Liberty
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The Pickens Blue Flame softball team opened last week with consecutive matchups against county foe Liberty, and despite a couple really close contest, the Blue Flame ended up taking both matchups.
The Blue Flame hopped out to a great start in their first game against the Red Devils last Tuesday night, as Amber Clark hit a leadoff home run.
The Blue Flame held the lead into the bottom of the second, when Liberty’s Madison Reece managed to even things up as she scored on a passed ball.
An RBI single by Ali Cannon in third gave the lead back to Pickens before
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Easley softball slides by rival Pickens
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Through three innings of Friday night’s contest between the Easley and Pickens softball teams, neither group was willing to give.
With Easley ahead just 6-5, it seemed like the game was guaranteed to go down to the wire. However, the Pickens bats just couldn’t keep up down the stretch, as Easley pulled away for a 13-5 win.
“I’m just proud of them,” Easley head coach Trish Spence said. “They don’t give up, they keep their energy up and when we’re on, we’re on. I can’t say enough good things about them.”
The Green Wave got out to a hot start in the first
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Pickens graduate Gillespie earns PBC recognition
FLORENCE — Francis Marion University freshman setter Kaylee Gillespie was named the Peach Belt Conference Volleyball Specialist of the Week for the week ending April 11.
A native of Pickens, Gillespie averaged 10.60 assists and 3.10 digs per set in three matches that week. Her totals included a pair of double-doubles: 32 assists and 12 digs against UNC Pembroke and 30 assists with 10
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Liberty’s Crossfire Volleyball makes history with 40-0 season
LIBERTY — Earlier this month, Crossfire 13 Elite Mellie won the Palmetto Regional Championships at the Rock Hill Sports and Event Center to complete a perfect 40-0 regular season. It was the first-ever regional tournament championship at any age for the Crossfire Volleyball 
Club, located in Liberty.
“We were super excited heading into the regional tournament and knew we had a chance of making history again this season by winning it all,” head coach Mellie Crumpton said. “Being seeded No. 1 puts a big target on you, but the girls were mentally ready to play. They improved match by match
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Green Wave pitching staff dominating
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Sitting at 14-1 with more than half the season done, the 2021 baseball season has been a breeze thus far for the ninth-ranked Easley Green Wave.
Led by a dominant collection of bats that have scored less than seven runs just twice on the season, the Green Wave are a force to be reckoned with, and if you somehow manage to slow down their offense, good luck getting a hit on their pitching staff.
On Monday night, the Easley pitching staff picked up its third no-hitter of the year, as senior ace Josh Woody mowed down Walhalla batters
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Local volleyball team wins tourney
ATLANTA — During a grueling three-day event, Carolina One 16 Elite Pickens went 10-0 to win the 2021 Mizuno Big South National Qualifier Tournament on April 2-4 at the Georgia World Conference Center in downtown Atlanta.
The event is the largest girls’ junior indoor volleyball tournament held over a single weekend
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Lions sweep county track meet
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Liberty High School hosted the annual Pickens County Track and Field Championships on Thursday, with winners coming from 
all four of Pickens County’s high schools.
However, the big winner on the day was the Daniel High School track program, which won both the girls’ and boys’ meets.
The Lions were well ahead of the competition, taking both by more than 20 points, with the boys scoring 121.5 points and the girls scoring 110.83.
Two of the biggest reasons for Daniel’s big day were the performances of TraVon Lay and Jeffery Davis. The two were named co-MVPs of the meet for their contributions on the day.
Lay, a record holder at the county meet in both the 100- and 400-meter hurdles, took first in both events on Thursday, while also taking first as a member of the 4×400-meter team alongside Ally Wilson, Graycen Sanders
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Balawi remembered at Pickens County track championships
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Thursday’s Pickens County track championships saw athletes from around the county compete to be named the best — and for one race, the legacy of one of the area’s top runners lives through it.
The second annual Abraham Balawi One Mile Run was run at Thursday’s championship, with Daniel’s Ally Wilson and Liberty’s Isaac Esuary coming out on top.
The race is named for one of Pickens County’s best and brightest young athletes, who died
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Pickens volleyball team takes second in major tourneys
PICKENS — The Pickens Carolina One 18 Elite volleyball team placed second among many powerful teams in the Big South National Qualifier in Atlanta and at the USA Volleyball Palmetto Region State Championship at the Rock Hill Sports and Event Center.
The Pickens Carolina One club volleyball team, which goes by the name “Pride,” features upper-level players from four area high schools — Pickens, Easley, Powdersville and Seneca. Pride is coached by Pickens’ Nikki Anthony, who won four state volleyball championships during her playing days at
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Daniel football, soccer athletes sign with colleges
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — With their time at Daniel High School inching toward a close, four Lion athletes signed to advance their educational and athletic careers on Friday morning.
Two members of the Lions’ 2020 state championship football team signed, with Nick Hapeshis inking with Western Carolina and Josiah Benson signing with Limestone.
Hapeshis earned all-state and all-region honors for his play on the offensive line during his senior year with the Lions, setting the tone up front for one of
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