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Lady Blue Flame enter postseason
PICKENS — The Pickens High School Lady Blue Flame volleyball team finished the regular season 
with a flourish with three wins over respected opponents and now turns its attention to the playoffs.
“We faced some tough competition this week, but our young ladies focused on each of their roles, remained enthusiastic and played very
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Lions wrap up another region sweep with dominating win over Belton-Honea Path
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — Following a 2-9 season as freshmen in 2017, the Daniel High School football team’s 
senior class faced stilted expectations in the coming years.
However, in the three years since, the team has thrived under head coach Jeff Fruster, including Friday night’s 52-14 win over Belton Honea-Path that clinched the Western 3A region title and the Lions’ second straight region crown — a feat the program last achieved in 2012 and 2013.
“He never wavered,” Daniel senior linebacker Jacob Hendricks said of Fruster. “He stared adversity right in the face and said, ‘We have the guys to
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Westside uses 35-point first quarter to burn Blue Flame
By Scott Sasser
Courier Sports
news@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — On a night where the Pickens Blue Flame hoped to prove themselves the class 
of Region I-4A, things fell apart almost instantaneously on Friday night.
Facing off against one of the top 10 Class 4A teams in the state, Westside, Pickens struggled to stop the speed of the Rams and was unable to withstand an onslaught of first-half scoring in a 56-6 loss.
It was a tale of two
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Easley defense has good night in loss at Travelers Rest
By Eugene Jolley
Courier Sports
news@thepccourier.com
TRAVELERS REST — Picking off four passes and getting a safety on defense gives a football team pretty favorable odds to win a football game.
However, that wasn’t the case for the Easley Green Wave on Friday ngiht against the Travelers Rest Devildogs, as they found themselves on the short end of a 32-12 game.
“Our defense played awesome,” said first-year Easley coach Jordan Durrah, who is still looking for 
his first win at the helm. “I hate the fact that we couldn’t get it done
offensively. Our defense was outstanding tonight.”
The win keeps Travelers Rest’s playoff hopes alive and keeps Easley
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Red Devils still working to improve after disappointing loss to Tigers
By Clay Counts
Courier Sports
claycounts21@yahoo.com
LIBERTY — Just three games into this strange season, 
the Liberty Red Devils have fought hard trying to get their first victory.
Although shut out by Christ Church in their second game, the Devils had shown some impressive fight in week one against Ninety Six, and through one quarter of last week’s homecoming game against Crescent, Liberty managed to hold the lead.
However, the Tigers responded with a huge second quarter before eventually pulling away to take a 40-8 victory.
“We had some missed assignments for sure, which hurt,” Liberty coach Kyle Stewart said. “We would have a
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Tigers foil Syracuse upset bid
By Michael Crouchley
Courtesy The Journal
michael@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — It wasn’t always pretty, but the Clemson football team was able to hold off an upset attempt from Syracuse on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
The top-ranked Tigers (6-0, 5-0 ACC) entered Saturday afternoon’s game as 46-point favorites over the Orange (1-5, 1-4). The underdogs put up a good fight, but the Tigers pulled away late in the game for a 47-21 victory.
“There are a lot of things we need to clean up, but I’m really proud of our team for how they responded,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “It was aYou must be logged in to view this content.
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Winless Green Wave looking to bounce back
By Eugene Jolley
Courier Sports
news@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Easley fans wanted to know if the Green Wave could bounce back after an emotional loss to archrival Pickens.
Third-ranked Daniel answered that question with a vehement no Friday night, beating the Green 
Wave, 48-14.
It probably wouldn’t have mattered who Easley played on Friday following the gut-wrenching rivalry loss. The Lions didn’t care and quickly established early momentum on their way to the win. Daniel played three quarterbacks in the game, staying undefeated on the season.
“It wasn’t a good week for us,” Easley coach Jordan Durrah said. “I wasn’t
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New-look offense has Pickens seeing success
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — After last season, the Pickens Blue Flame had still yet to fulfill the promise they had flashed in head coach Chad Smith’s three seasons at the helm of the program.
A 4-7 playoff berth in 2018 notwithstanding, Smith also saw a pair of two-win seasons in his short tenure and had had trouble getting kids to come out for the football program.
Seeing changes needed to be made, Smith moved assistant coach Blake Dyar to offensive coordinator in the offseason, and the Blue Flame moved away from Smith’s traditional Wing-T attack. Now, just three games into the 2020 season, the Blue Flame are already reaping the rewards
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Shorthanded Red Devils struggle in shutout road loss
By Scott Sasser
Courier Sports
news@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Coming off of a nail-biting loss to Ninety Six in its season opener, Liberty had a chance for redemption against the Christ Church Cavaliers on Friday night.
However, the undefeated Cavaliers proved to be more than a match
for the Red Devils, handing Liberty a 51-0 road loss.
Coming off the close loss the previous week, Liberty head coach Kyle Stewart hoped the Red Devils could at least put themselves in a similar position and have a chance to win, but the Cavaliers proved to be a worthy adversary in the rout.
Though there are certainly no such thing as moral victories when it comes
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By Michael Crouchley
Courtesy The Journal
michael@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — After walk-on quarterback Hunter Helms was leading scoring drives and even punter Will Spiers was taking snaps behind center, it was hard to remember the Clemson football team got off to a shaky start Saturday at Georgia Tech.
In the end, though, it ended up being one of the most dominant performances in program history.
Despite coughing up two turnovers in the opening quarter, the Tigers took control of the contest
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