Monthly Archives: August 2018
Courier Obituaries
NANCY LYNN CHASTAIN
CLEMSON — Nancy Lynn Chastain, 73, wife of the late Wade Chastain, passed from this life Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018.
Nancy was born in San Francisco, Calif., a daughter of the late Wallace Byrd Woolfenden and the late Melinda Boschee Woolfenden.
Survivors include a son, Derek (Ginger) Chastain of Pickens; a daughter, Julie (Andrew) McLeland; grandchildren, Adam Chastain,
Azalea Festival Board accepting bids for entertainment for 2019
PICKENS — The Pickens Azalea Festival Board of Directors is now accepting bids for headline entertainment for the 2019 Pickens Azalea Festival, scheduled for April 19-20.
Entertainment would include a one-hour performance April 19 and an hour-and-a-half performance April 20.
Bids must be inclusive of all costs, including sound, setup, production, travel, meals, fees, amenities and miscellaneous expenses. Genres should include an eclectic mix, including spiritual.
Bids may be emailed to pickensazaleafestival@gmail.com. All bids must be received by Sept. 5.
Helton joins Easley office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors
EASLEY — Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors announced recently that Renade Helton has joined the company’s Easley office as a sales associate.
Helton is a native of Pickens County. For 20 years, she has been a dedicated public servant, working as a paramedic, deputy, police officer, firefighter and EMS trainer.
These jobs were demanding, but the expectation of great customer service was a universal theme. For the past eight years as a realtor, Helton has continued her lifelong commitment to customer service, excellence and respect. Helping her clients with a client-centric focus
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Gilstrap planned for Sept. 8
SUNSET — The annual Gilstrap reunion will be held Sept. 8 at the Antioch Baptist Church fellowship building on S.C. Highway 11.
Food will be served around 1 p.m., and plates and cups will be furnished.
PHS volleyball off to great start
PICKENS — The 2018 Pickens High School Lady Blue Flame volleyball team opened scrimmage play on Aug. 3.
The Flame defeated the PHS alumni team, winning all five sets. There was a great crowd to see the present team take on some of the best from the past.
Pickens hosted a scrimmage on Aug. 9, defeating Woodmont, Liberty and Easley, 2-0. On Aug. 13, the Flame traveled to Riverside, where they defeated Riverside and J.L. Mann, 2-0.
The Lady Flame completed scrimmage play at Mauldin on Aug. 15, losing to a tough Mauldin team 21-25, 25-22, 23-25. This was the first set and match they dropped during the scrimmage season. Defending Class 3A state champion St. Joe’s handed the Flame their
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Gillespie records 1,000th assist
PICKENS — Kaylee Gillespie, a junior setter for the Pickens High School Lady Blue Flame volleyball team, recorded career assist No. 
1,000 against Riverside recently.
She accumulated 943 assists during her freshman and sophomore year.
Gillespie had no clue she was close to setting a personal career record, but the coaches, team and many fans knew it. Everyone was holding their breath, hoping each kill would be her 1,000th assist.
Only two points away from ending the match, Gillespie set a perfect ball to the outside hitter, making the score 24-15. It went down for a kill, and the bench exploded. Pickens coach Rikki
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Penalties, turnovers doom Pickens against Green Wave
By Rocky Nimmons
Publisher
rnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — What better way is there for a high school football team 
to start its season than by squaring off in mid-August against its biggest traditional rival?
The Pickens Blue Flame may have come up short, 13-7, to the Easley Green Wave on Friday night, but there were many moments in the action that the Flame faithful can look back to with optimism for a good year ahead.
Pickens’ Bill Isaacs Field was electric on Friday night, with the stands full on both sides. Excitement was in the air with the anticipation of seeing what Pickens and Easley had to offer.
Even though the game started sloppy with lots of yellow penalty flags in the air, Pickens head coach Chad Smith was proud of his team. Smith managed to retain his composure as the calls were not going in
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Liberty shows fight in shutout loss at county foe Daniel
By Clay Counts
Special to The Courier
claycounts21@yahoo.com
CENTRAL — The Liberty Red Devils traveled to Daniel’s Singleton Field to kick off the 2018 season on Friday night, but could not match the high-powered Lion offense in a 38-0 loss.
With a smaller roster and less depth, Liberty faced many struggles throughout the game, but the Devils were able to tie together some longer drives as the team developed some rhythm.
Daniel struck early with a seven-yard touchdown pass to cap its opening drive of the season and added another scoring pass on the last
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Easley survives Blue Flame in ugly game to stretch rivalry win streak
By Eugene Jolley
Courier Sports
ejolley@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The annual county rivalry between Pickens and Easley turned out to be a barn-burner Friday night at Bill Isaacs Field, with the visiting Green Wave holding on for a hard-fought 13-7 win over the Blue Flame.
The win was the eighth in a row for the Green Wave in the series. Late in the game, it looked like that streak may come to an end.
But the Green Wave’s Dylan Lyda and Roderick Isham were able to corral Pickens’ Brady Batson for a two-yard loss on a third-down play with 2:59 left to force a punt.
It was up to the Easley offense to run out the clock, and it did just that as senior tailback Jeremy Harried, who had fumbled twice in the
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New-look Daniel offense scores 38 in win over Devils
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — The Daniel Lions started the 2018 season with a boom, 
taking a convincing 38-0 win against the Liberty Red Devils.
The Lions were never in doubt, taking an early two-touchdown lead as the defense dominated both facets of the Red Devils offense.
The win was an especially satisfying way to open the season for Daniel, as not only did the Lions beat their season high point output from a year ago, but
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