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By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor
Last year was a fantastic year for local sports, as multiple teams won state championships and great stories seemed to be everywhere. Here’s a look back at ten of the top stories from 2008.
 
1. Boiling Springs Breaks Through
The Bulldogs had never won a state championship in any boys’ team sport - […]

By Stan Olenik
For Hometown News
The South Carolina Sandlappers struggled through a first half full of mistakes and turnovers to rally from a 13 point deficit to defeat North Carolina 24-16 and claim the Shrine Bowl for the second straight year.
“It was like we never had lined up before,” said South head coach Ted Luckadoo of […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor
The Byrnes Rebels went to Clemson on Saturday hoping to finish a building project that began many months ago.
They left with a completed pyramid - and with the treasure that accompanied it.
During the Rebels’ Breakfast of Champions, a conditioning and team-building exercise during the spring in preparation of […]

By Jed Blackwell
Sports Editor
The game plan on how to beat the Byrnes Rebels seems simple.
Run the ball. Grind the clock. Shorten the game.
But what happens if the Rebels do all of that to you?
Byrnes used a power running attack to do all that and more against Dorman on Friday, rushing for 274 yards and beating […]

 By Stan Olenik
For Hometown News

The Wofford Terriers put three touchdowns on the board before Samford was able to make a first down as the Terriers topped the Bulldogs 28-7. The win keeps the Terriers FCS playoff hopes alive with only a game next Saturday standing in the way of a return trip to the post-season […]

By CHRIS SHIPMAN
Hometown News
The Boiling Springs Bulldogs were hoping to make a dramatic statement Friday night against the visiting Dorman Cavaliers.
“Our defense played awful, awful hard,” Boiling Springs Head Coach Bruce Clark said. Dorman had been averaging around 324 rushing yards, 56 passing, and 36 points per game. Boil­ing Springs held it to 222 […]

By Leland Burch
Some things never change, even after 87-years. Those are the questions to be answered in pre-season drills about Greer High’s latest football team.
When the 2008 model ramps up to full production later this week, Coach Will Young will begin to get some answers, including which senior will grab the key position on the […]

Sports Editor To find the future of its wrestling program. Byrnes High School has turned to its past.

Staff Writer lruss@hometown-news.com With the Wofford College dogs out for summer a new animal has taken over Russell C. King Field. The Spartanburg Blue Eagles baseball team has landed at Wofford for the summer season. When the Spartanburg Crickets emitted their last chirp at USC Upstate in 2007 it began their transformation into the Blue Eagles. Think along the lines of the Montreal Expos moving to Washington, DC to become the Nationals and that’s what happened here.

Despite the huge throng of red-and-black clad fans behind the plate and down the rightfield line, last Wednesday’s 4A baseball championship didn’t feel much like a Boiling Springs game. There were no walk-off homers. No late-inning drama. No come-from-behind heroics for the Bulldogs. Those things simply weren’t needed.