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 Collier Smith connects from 40 yards GREER FINISHES 7-3 IN REGULAR SEASON, PICKENS NEXT It was the walking wounded as Greer went on the road to legendary Wilder Stadium Friday night. With Tommy Cohen, John Barbery, Michael Smith, and Sinclair Cannon all out with injuries, and starting nose guard Cornelius Ballenger going down on the first play from scrimmage, and with Clinton going 85 yards for a touchdown on the opening drive, all had fallen in line for Clinton to tie up the all time series with the Greer Yellow Jackets. But what the Red Devils got, was an outstanding performance by several Jackets, and although the game remained tight, in the end Greer prevailed and got some much needed confidence and momentum heading in to the first round of the playoffs. Marquis Suber showed why he had over 1000 yards coming in, as he took a 4th and one handoff from the Greer 48 through Ballenger's place on the line, and raced untouched to the3, where Sergio Gilliam caught him, but the tackle took him into the end zone for a touchdown. The extra point made it 7-0. Greer bounced back with a drive of their own, as quarterback Josh Williams led the team dwon field with a variety of passes, options, and through the tackles runs. The drive stalled at the 23, so on came Collier Smith, and he nailed a 40 yard field goal to make it 7-3. On Clinton's next drive Alan Mills intercepted a Red Devil pass and Greer took advantage moving down to the 11, where Williams hit Gilliam with a perfect pass into the back corner of the end zone to make it 10-7 Jackets. Clinto came right back with another time consuming drive and tied it with a 27 yard field goal. The Red Devils game plan of keeping the ball away from Greer worked almost flawlesly, as the Jackets only touched the ball for 3 possesions in the half. They moved it to Clinton's 39 with 2 minutes to go, but an unsportmanlike penalty on the bench moved it back into Greer territory, and killed the drive. In the second half, the jackets took the opening drive dwonfield and scored, with Josh Williams taking it in around the right corner to move ahead 17-10. With the defense beginning to shut down Suber a little, and the offense continued to move it, but Smith couldn't connect on two field goals from 40 & 30 yards, both missing narrowly. Clinton made Greer pay for that, as they took the next possesion and tied it up at 17, as quarterback Jordan Barnes scored from 3 yards out. But in only two plays the Jackets got the lead back to stay, as Williams showed off the arm, and Gilliam his speed as the two connected again for their 2nd touchdown of the night from 58 yards out to mae it 24-17. Clinton did drive it to the Greer 20, but on 4th down Andrew Smith hurried Barnes throw, and the incomplete pass gave it back to the Jackets with just under 7 minutes to play. Behind Williams and Durrell Burnette's running Greer took the entire remaining time off the scoreboard, taking a knee twice inside the 5 to end the game. Greer improves to 7-3 on the season, 3-2 in the Enoree River Conference, while Clinton ends their season at 3-7. The Poinsett Grocery players of the game were Justin Miller on offense, as he came in for Tommy Cohen and played a fine game with 3 catches and some nice blocks. Matt Rainey had an excellent game on defense with 5 tackles, two for loss, and two hurries. Of course, Williams, who rushed for over 100 yards and threw for 163, and scored a touchdown, and Gilliam had two touchdown catches, along with Alan Mills seven catches for 63 yards and an interception, and Andrew Smith's great game, all would have been deserving winners. Next up for Greer, who if they can make it to Columbia will definitley be the road warriors, take on the Pickens Blue Flame, in Pickens. We will have the playoff brackets and information on our bracket contest up by Sunday. If the Jackets can get a couple of the injured back, including Cannon, and get them all on the field at the same time, Williams precision and Sinclair's big play potential, along with the threat of Mills and Gilliam will present problems for opposing defenses. The BB&T Yellow Jacket Taligate Show will be on at 6:00, and the kickoff is at 7:30. We hope you will be in the stands, but if you can't tune in to 800-AM. It was a good night in Clinton!! G-News game story, and stats Nest week foe Pickens whips Seneca........... | Byrnes | Chesnee | Berea | Eastside | Newberry | Riverside | Broome | Union | Clinton | Pickens | Clover | Union II | | Return Home | History, Hall of Fame, & More | Great Links | Contact Us | 2002 Schedule and Roster | Enoree River Region 3 AAA | Basketball & Other Sports at GHS | Greer Yellow Jacket Football | |
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