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Easley clinches playoff spot in big win over Berea, Lions wallop Seneca, Devils can’t stop Ninety Six, Flame falter against Greenville and Clemson prepares for Miami. All this and so much more in this week’s Football Frenzy presented to you by Mountain View Funerals and Cremations. Football Frenzy is the area’s best high school football coverage with the most experienced sports team in the Upstate. Read this week’s Frenzy by picking up an issue from a grocery, convenience or drug store near you. You can also subscribe and have our print edition mailed to your home each week. If you want to read Football Frenzy presented by Mountain View Funerals and Cremations right on your phone, just visit our website www.yourpickenscounty.com and subscribe for instance access. Nobody does it better that the Pickens County Courier. We are Pickens County’s favorite newspaper for a reason. You must be logged in to view this content.
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Warriors Whipped CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’s FRENZY
The D.W. Daniel Lions remained unbeaten, crushing West-Oak 56-0 last Friday. Liberty got a clutch victory over Blacksburg 33-29 as time expired. The Easley Green Wave stalled out as Easley to a tough Greenwood team 24-7, while the Pickens Blue Flame continued to struggle, falling to Westside 52-7. On Saturday, the Clemson Tigers lacked consistency on office is 17-12 win.
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PHS athletic Hall of Fame class honored
PICKENS — Pickens High School honored its two-member athletic Hall of Fame class of Kenny Cook and Katie Welborn Gowan during the 
school’s football game against Westside on Friday night.
Cook, a 1990 graduate of Pickens High School, pitched for the Blue Flame from 1988-1990. For his career, Cook went 23-5 on the mound with a 1.30 ERA and
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Legendary PHS coach Virgil passes away
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The City of Pickens lost a legend last week when longtime former coach and teacher Andy Virgil passed away at the age of 80.
Virgil, who coached the Pickens JV boys’ basketball, boys’ track and field and tennis teams, is best known for his four-decade tenure as an assistant coach for the Blue Flame football
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Rivalry Romp
The Easley Green Wave hung stadium record 63 points on county rival Pickens to post a 63-21 region victory. The win was Easley’s first region win of the season. Liberty can’t hang with defending state champion Abbeville falling 40-3 at home and the Daniel Lions gash Walhalla for nearly 600 yards of offense in their 52-10 thrashing of the Razors. Clemson goes on the road to smack around previously unbeaten Syracuse 31-14.
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Daniel, Easley win Pickens County cross country meet
PICKENS — Pickens County saw a great showing from all four county high schools at the Pickens County Cross Country championship at Pickens High School on Saturday.
Daniel and Easley reigned supreme in the competition with the Easley boys taking first place, while the Daniel girls tied with the Green Wave
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County Clash!!!!
For the second week in a row, the Pickens Blue Flame have had to take on a familiar foe. After last week’s loss to D.W. Daniel, The Blue got a chance at redemption, host the Liberty Red Devils for Homecoming. An Easley Homecoming win over this year’s feisty fire lords was not in the cards as the Devils used an explosive 3rd quarter to spoil the Blue Flame’s chance of a win. It other county pigskin action Daniel continued to dominate with the Lions shellacking Riverside 56-14. Final Green Wave fans had to be happy to see that the mean green destroyed Southside 38-12. See our entire Football Frenzy presented by Mountain View Funeral Home.
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Green Wave announce 2023 Athletic Hall of Fame class
EASLEY — Easley High School will honor its 2023 athletic Hall of Fame class next month.
Three former Green Wave athletes have been selected to join the Easley High Athletic Hall of Fame — Danny Cobb, CJ Fuller and Haleigh Smith.
The inductees will be honored in the EHS cafeteria on Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. prior to the Green Wave’s football game against Greenwood at Bill Carr Stadium. There will be a dinner held for inductees and any past Hall of Fame members.
Danny Cobb
A 1967 graduate of Easley High School, Cobb excelled not only the football field but also in the classroom. He was the co-captain of the 1966
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HORNET HAMMERED
In this week’s Football Frenzy sponsored by Mountain View Funerals and Cremation the Red Devils overpower Dixie and move to 3-1 on the season; Daniel defeats Hart County in Georgia showdown; the Easley Green Wave get upended by J.L. Mann and the Clemson Tigers drop out of AP Poll despite trouncing Charleston Southern. That and so much more in this week’s Frenzy. Never miss a single issue of the county’s best sports coverage found only in the pages of the Pickens County Courier by subscribing. Just give us a call at 864-878-6391 or visit us yourpickenscounty.com.
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CLEMSON FOOTBALL TEAM IN STUNNED
The ninth-ranked Clemson football team suffered a season-opening 28-7 loss at Duke on Monday night in Durham, N.C. The Tigers turned the ball over three times in the defeat and squandered multiple red-zone opportunities in falling at Duke for the first time since 2004. To read about Clemson’s stunning loss, See Football Frenzy sponsored by Mountain View Funerals and Cremations below in this post. .
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