By John Robert Ayers
Courier Sports

news@thepccourier.com

PICKENS — The Pickens High School football team finished a rocky year with a record of 2-8 and a winless 0-5 mark in region play.

Though this season was a step back from last year’s team, which qualified for the playoffs, the results can be chalked up to a number of unlucky injuries, depth issues, turnovers and an inability to maintain leads.

The Blue Flame held leads in six of their 10 games this year, but just could not sustain them as the games continued on. The team also spent most of the year without team captain Brady Batson, last season’s leading rusher, following an offseason injury.

The team was led by sophomore Jamorea Keith and senior Zach Hollman, who saw action as rushers and as defenders. The two accounted for a majority of the team’s touchdowns, and both had a healthy number of defensive statistics as well. Hollman and the other members of his senior class will be fondly remembered by Pickens coach

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