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Chesnee’s linemen have an appetite for ‘pancakes’
By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor

Photo By Jed Blackwell
Chesnee’s Justin Guy, Casey Jones, Robert Jackson and Clint Cooper have their sights set on pancakes this season. The Eagles’ offensive line prides itself in finishing off blocks and paving the way for its offense.

Chesnee offensive line coach Todd Gossett doesn’t let his […]

Dorman takes lone County win in Broome Jamboree
By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo By Phil Buchheit
Dorman’s Charone Peake hauls in a long reception against Laurens last week. Peake and the Cavaliers defeated the Raiders 28-0 in two quarters of action.
The Byrnes Rebels haters, and there are scores of them, had already been whispering that the time […]

Terriers report to camp with high hopes
By Stan Olenik
For Hometown News

Photo By Jed Blackwell
Wofford football players work through drills on Monday evening. The Terriers returned to campus Sunday, with Monday’s practice marking the beginning of fall camp.

After all the coaches had their say and before the Wofford Terriers left the field following their first practice […]

By Joel FitzPatrick
The Greer Citizen

Craig Weick, a senior wide receiver, could miss the first five games of the season due to a foot injury he suffered last week in practice.
As a junior, Weick caught 23 passes for 430 yards, scoring nine touchdowns.
“He came down wrong and cracked a bone in his foot,” coach Chris Miller […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor

Area football teams will get their first taste of live action this weekend, as three local jamborees host  ten teams from Spartanburg and Cherokee counties.
First on deck is the Wolverine Jamboree at Woodruff on Thursday night. Action will start at 6:30 with Chesnee facing off against Clinton, followed by Chapman taking on […]

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Photo By Jed Blackwell
Chesnee offensive linemen concentrate on leverage and balance as they work their way through the chute last Friday morning. The offensive line is expected to be a strong point for the Eagles this season.
The first day of football practice for local teams was last Friday, and Hometown News was on […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Leon G. Russ
Spartanburg Blue Eagle Brody Geer (USC Upstate) avoids the slide of Tennessee Tornado Tito Mendoza to turn a double play in action on Saturday.  The Blue Eagles swept the Tornado and went 6-0 on the week to climb into first place.
The Spartanburg Blue Eagles headed into the […]

By Michael Plemmons

Ms. Beth Broom tosses out the first pitch as play opens for the 2010 District 3 Dixie Youth Minors All-Star Tournament.
The District 3 Dixie Youth Minors All-Star Tournament opened play on Friday, July 2 in Whitmire.
Teams from Abbeville, Batesburg-Leesville, Clinton, Edgefield, Laurens, Mid-Carolina, and Saluda are participating in bracket play.
At 5 p.m., Abbeville […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor

Photo By Jed Blackwell
Federico Rossi (left) and Fabrizio Cupellini attended Bobby Bentley’s football camp last week. Cupellini hosted Bentley at an Italian camp in February, and visited Bentley’s camp last week in return.

When Bobby Bentley traveled to Rome last winter to participate in a football camp, he called it the opportunity of […]

Photo By Jed Blackwell
A Byrnes receiver hauls in a pass behind a Myrtle Beach defender during last week’s Southern Classic 7-on-7
tournament at Spartanburg High School. The Rebels beat Spartanburg in the tournament final to take the tournament title.
See story, page 1B in the Middle Tyger Times or any local Hometown News paper in the […]