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HOME-FIELD THE
RIDGE
ADVANTAGE
JAMES THURN
Blue Ridge Head Coach
NIXON
FIELD
BY BILLY CANNADA Christ Church’s 55-game win streak that spanned
SPORTS EDITOR
In Our House several recent seasons, but they may not know
that Eastside nearly ended it back in 2014. The Ea-
REGGIE SHAW
Byrnes Head Coach
I’ve been in a lot of fun environments covering gles got behind early, but turned on the jets in
football in the Upstate over the last decade. the second half, scoring four unanswered touch-
Whether it’s under the water tower at Dooley The cover photo and inside drone photos downs to take the lead late in the game. The fans
or out in the secluded country of Blue Ridge, of school stadiums were provided by that stayed were cheering their head off and a
football fans in the area make these home fields City of Greer Police Sergeant few years later, they’d be cheering their team to a
unique and special places to play. Randle Ballenger. home-playoff victory. THE
Here are a few experiences that come to mind Read more about his hobby
when I think of what a home-field advantage on pages 16-17. Greer
NEST
means for each of our area teams: It’s hard to pick one game at Dooley Field that
Follow him on Instagram stands above the rest, although I’m sure if you DAN MORGAN
Blue Ridge @droneflyer308 asked around, you’d be able to come up with a Eastside Head Coach
Blue Ridge was the first high school football few. The reason for this is because the experience
stadium I visited in South Carolina. I remember is incredible each time. The crowd is loyal and fills
covering a game against Wade Hampton back in make it very clear that this is a different place to the space nicely. The players have one of the
2011 when Caleb Rowe was under center and play. A couple of years ago, the Rebels were host- most unique entrances in high school football,
Bryton and Brennen Griffin were out wide. As
someone who enjoys sitting in the stands, I
ing Mallard Creek, who was ranked in the Top 10
nationally. Byrnes wasn’t a favorite going in and
coming down through the stands each game.
The field sits directly under a huge water tower
DOOLEY
couldn’t help but fall in love with the Blue Ridge they certainly weren’t expected to take a three- which proudly displays Greer’s state champion- FIELD
crowd, which had plenty to cheer about in those score lead in the first quarter, but that’s what they ships. It’s a home field advantage like no other,
days. In particular, I recall a gentleman who did. Standing on the sidelines after Chavis Daw- and it usually means a Yellow Jacket win.
would announce every Tiger first down as if his kins had beat the defense down the field twice, I
WILL YOUNG
Greer Head Coach
life depended on it. As the home team made its heard a couple of coaches discussing the upcom- Riverside
way up the field, you’d hear the loudest, countri- ing play pre-snap. Head coach Brian Lane had just Like the Eagles, Riverside has struggled to find
est voice boom from up top…”THAT’S ANOTHER seen something that got him excited, and he let success on the football field in the last decade,
BLUE RIDGE….” He waited for the crowd to fin- the other coaches on the sideline know. “This is but in 2014, the Warriors defeated Boiling Springs
ish….”FIRST DOWN!!” The student section and another one of those plays,” he said. “Watch, it’s a and secured a playoff berth for the first time in a
loyal Blue Ridge supporters make The Ridge a touchdown.” And it was. The Rebels won and I’m long time under head coach Phil Smith. I remem- THE
tough place to play, even in the difficult seasons
that have followed.
not sure I’ve ever heard Nixon Field so loud. ber the play that won it. Ryan Cerino found
Emanuel Jackson in the end zone with no time
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Eastside remaining on the clock. The crowd stormed the
Byrnes The last decade hasn’t exactly been an excel- field and Riverside celebrated. The Warriors post- RICK MARTIN
There’s nothing quite like Nixon Field to shock lent one for Eastside, but the Eagles have had ed a 4-3 region record that year. Riverside Head Coach
your expectations of what high school football their fair share of special moments in John Carl-
should be. The Jumbotron and towering stands isle stadium. Many football fans know about billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
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Sept. 14......................................Blue Ridge Sept. 21................................... @ Boiling Springs Oct. 12.......................................................Hillcrest
Sept. 28..........................................Eastside Sept. 28............................................Spartanburg Oct. 19....................................................... Gaffney
Oct. 5.................................................. Greer Oct. 5.....................................................@ Gaffney Oct. 26..........................................@ Byrnes
Oct. 12...............................................@ Greenville Oct. 12............................................. Byrnes
Oct. 19................................... @ Blue Ridge Oct. 19.......................................................Mauldin HILLCREST
Oct. 26....................................................... @ Berea Oct. 26......................................@ Riverside Aug. 24......................................................Mauldin BY BILLY CANNADA
Aug. 31................................................Woodmont SPORTS EDITOR
SPARTANBURG Sept. 7...................................................@ Laurens
Aug. 17...............................................Nation Ford Sept. 14................................................ @ Dorman The Greer Touchdown Club is back in action this
GREENVILLE Aug. 24...........................................@ Greer Sept. 21............................................Spartanburg fall, kicking off Thursday, Aug. 30 at Greer First
Aug. 17................................................Woodmont Aug. 31.........................................................Archer Sept. 28.................................................@ Gaffney Baptist Church.
Aug. 24....................................... Wade Hampton Sept. 14............................................ Byrnes Oct. 5............................................ Riverside The weekly meetings will highlight local coach-
Aug. 31.........................................................@ BHP Sept. 21.................................................@ Hillcrest Oct. 12..................................... @ Boiling Springs es, players and guest speakers.
Sept. 7.................................................. @ JL Mann Sept. 28................................................ @ Dorman Oct. 19............................................. Byrnes Lunch during each meeting will be catered by
Sept. 14............................................South Pointe Oct. 5............................................Boiling Springs Oct. 26.................................................. @ Mauldin The Clock Restaurant and will open at 11:45 a.m.
Sept. 28.............................................. Greer Oct. 12.................................................. @ Mauldin The program will start shortly after noon.
Oct. 5...................................... @ Blue Ridge Oct. 19......................................... Riverside MAULDIN “The five area high school coaches will give a
Oct. 12............................................ Travelers Rest Oct. 26...................................................@ Gaffney Aug. 24..................................................@ Hillcrest short preview of their seasons during the first
Oct. 19........................................................... Berea Aug. 31......................................................JL Mann meeting,” said Robbie Gravley. “We’ll also have a
Oct. 26....................................... @ Eastside GAFFNEY Sept. 7................................................ Greer pick’em contest that will go on throughout the
Aug. 24...........................................@ Greenwood Sept. 14.................................................@ Gaffney year.”
Aug. 31.......................................@ Union County Sept. 21........................................ Riverside The touchdown club usually runs for about 11
Sept. 7...................................Harding University Sept. 28................................... @ Boiling Springs weeks. Lunch each week is $10.
BEREA Sept. 14.....................................................Mauldin Oct. 5.............................................@ Byrnes “Everybody eats lunch somewhere every day, so
Aug. 24........................................................Liberty Sept. 21.........................................@ Byrnes Oct. 12..............................................Spartanburg why not come to a place where you can eat lunch
Aug. 31...................................Carolina Academy Sept. 28.....................................................Hillcrest Oct. 19.................................................. @ Dorman from The Clock and also talk about football with
Sept. 7.............................................. @ Pendleton Oct. 5.........................................................Dorman Oct. 26.......................................................Hillcrest your friends,” Gravley said.
Sept. 14..................................................@ Pickens Oct. 12......................................@ Riverside The Greer Touchdown Club will recognize Play-
Sept. 21................................................. Southside Oct. 19..................................... @ Boiling Springs ers of the Week at each meeting. Those players will
Sept. 28.................................. @ Blue Ridge Oct. 26..............................................Spartanburg be chosen by The Greer Citizen.
Oct. 5..............................................Eastside “We try to highlight all of our Players of the
Oct. 12............................................@ Greer Week,” Gravley said. “We try to make that a big
Oct. 19...............................................@ Greenville deal. We feel like we’re a different club than a lot of
Oct. 26............................................ Travelers Rest the touchdown clubs around in that we still pri-
marily feature high school football. We’re not
looking to bring in the college coaches
and give Players of the Week to the start
running back at Clemson. We want to
promote high school players and
high school football.”
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1 BJ Peake
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No. Name
45 Gabe Gosnel
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2 Jalen Miller LB/ SS 12 46 Bo Burnette LB 10
3 Jordan Starks DB 12 47 Sven Black WR 10
4 Zacch Davis WR 11 48 Mike Finleyson LB 10
5 Rahjai Harris RB 11 50 Bryan Weaver LB 11
6 Ian Jackson WR 11 52 Dalen Cogdill LB 10
7 Braylin Johnson WR 11 53 Jay Palmer OL/DE 12
8 Warren James DE/LB 12 54 Ethan Reed OL 10
9 Josiah Irby
10 Nana Burriss
LB/ RB
WR
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55 Chuck Strickland
56 Josh Byrd
OL/DL
DE
11
11 “We challenge our guys every day
11 Ben Henson WR 12 57 Andrew Schrum
58 Zy Webster
DE
DE/OL
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11
to get one percent better.
12 Deandre Cornish LB/ TE 12
13 Lawrence Scott QB 11 59 Ben Tate
61 Demorian Lyles
DL
OL/DL
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10
That’s the goal and we’ve seen a lot of progress.”
14 Buddy Mack DB 11
15 TJ Young WR 12 62 Amarius Owens DL 10
16 Jordan Barnes DB 10 63 Cade Miller OL 11
66 Andrew Watson OL 11
17 Qua Meadows
18 Henry Tucker
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10 67 Tj Moore OL 11 REGGIE SHAW
19 Brayden Blackmon QB 10 68 Mike Murphy OL 10 Byrnes Head Coach
20 Haeven Hill RB 12 70 Tayvion Williamson OL/DL 10
21 Lavar Mcintyre LB 12 71 Zack Mcrae OL/DL 11
22 Kobe Moss LB 12 72 Darrius Davis OL 10
24 Quintin Talley DB 11 73 Tyler Wright OL 10
25 Messiah Harris WR 10 74 Nash Prieto OL 12
26 Jaderious Wilkins RB 11 77 Kevin Greer OL 12 VARSITY SCHEDULE
27 Ethan Harris DB 11 78 Mason Davis OL 12
28 Dorien Jones LB 11 79 Hunter Burnett OL 12 Aug. 17.................................................Greer
29 Julian Martin RB 11 80 Shamajay Poole WR 10
81 Preston Owens WR 10 Aug. 24.................................Northwestern
30 Jeff Yowe RB 11
31 Adrian Woodruff DB 12 82 Denetrian Bannon WR 10 Aug. 31.........................@ Don Bosco Prep
32 Nijae Crouch DB 11 83 Justus Allen LB 11
33 Briyon Wright DE 11 84 Cole Cushman DB 10 Sept. 14..............................@ Spartanburg
34 Zavion Nash WR 10 85 Jayvion Goodson LB 10
86 Tay Bruton WR 10 Sept. 21........................................... Gaffney
35 Khaziah Bonds DB 12
36 Elijah Wright RB 10 88 Evan Johnson K 10 Sept. 28.........................................Riverside
37 Emmauel Boyd DB 10 89 Sam Connelly TE 10
38 Mike Jenkins RB 11 91 Kendal Young LB 11 Oct. 5............................................... Mauldin
39 Tyler Cunningham LB 11 93 Jacob Pemberton LB 10
95 Bo Higdon LS 10 Oct. 12........................................ @ Dorman
40 Kai Brooks LB 10
41 Kyle Young DB 10 97 Scorpio Martinez DL 12 Oct. 19........................................ @ Hillcrest
42 Winston Watson DE 12 98 Clayton Crile K 12
43 Jamie Kelley DL 11 99 Joe Burns DL 11 Oct. 26............................... Boiling Springs
44 Kris Byrd TE 11
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Byrnes is known for having a fast defense, but ing this offseason. We want to be mentally and
that defense gave up 26 points in the home open- physically tougher, and so far we’ve seen that.”
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2 Trenton Bowman QB/S 12 Aug. 31.........................@ Wade Hampton
3 Gray Bayne WR 12
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4 Payton Mangrum WR 11
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5 Reggie Rodgers RB/WR 12 Oct. 5................................................@ Berea
6 Marshall Skoloff QB 10 Oct. 12........................................Blue Ridge
7 Max Louris RB 11 Oct. 19..................................................Greer
8 Randy Veal LB 12 Oct. 26.........................................Greenville
9 Kodi Jones WR 11
10 Stone Watson QB 11
11 Jamen Louris DB 10
12 Dawson Conrad QB 11
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13 Armani Elmore WR/RB 11
14 Jacob Cain DB 12
They have a chance to build on the success of last year.”
21 Ryan Jennings LB 12
22 Jackson Braswell LB 12
23 Chris Jones DB 11 DAN MORGAN
24 Joe Bontrager K 12 Eastside Head Coach
25 Ben Maholtz LB 11
26 David Parrales DB 12
30 Diontae Timpson DB 11
33 Grant Chapman LB 12
33 Justin Le OL 12
34 Clark Sturgis LB 12
36 Harvey Davis DB 11
40 Max Tiberghien K 11
41 Kaden Jennings DB 10
42 Riley Gilbert LB 10
43 Blake Presley LB 9
44 Brandon McLoyd DL 12
50 Ryan Augustine LB 11
51 Alex Shirley OL 11
52 Jaquez Jackson LB 12
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54 Josh Malloy DT 12
55 Alex Nguyen DL 12
60 Carlos Vargas DL 11
63 Shane Burris OL 12
64 John Whisonant OL 12
65 Jake Peery DL 10
67 Austin Potter DL 12
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Sept. 14................................Union County “When you walk into Dooley Field,
Sept. 28...................................@ Greenville you can feel it in the ground,
Oct. 5.................................@ Travelers Rest
Oct. 12................................................. Berea how loud the stadium is.
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MONDAY-THURSDAY
Crusaders making
strides in new offense
The North Greenville football team is hoping to
improve on its 4-6 record from 2017, and the focus
has been higher during offseason camp.
“I really like the focus, effort, and coach-ability of
this team,” said head coach Jeff Farrington after
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The NGU offense has made a solid amount of
progress across the board as it continues to install
the new schemes brought in by new coordinator
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one of the three with playing time. mer, as well as the guys who worked out at home,
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