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An event to promote teamwork and a sense of community among The First Tee partnering schools will take place on Friday, Sept. 26 at The First Tee Golf Course at The Creek Golf Club.

At the 2nd Annual Life Skills & Golf Skills Team Chal-lenge, fourth grad-ers from part-nering schools will engage in competition, ap-plying The First Tee Life Skills and Golf Skills at a green-grass golf facility. Sponsors are PricewaterhouseCoopers Charitable Foundation Inc. and Phifer Johnson Foundation with lunch provided by Bojangles’ Restaurants Inc. and product sup-port by Coca-Cola of Spartanburg.

Increasingly, schools and com-munities are partnering to address character and wellness deficits for area youth. Collaboration is thriv-ing at thirty-seven Spartanburg and Cherokee County schools, where The First Tee Life Skills & Golf Skills Curriculum is taught by certified PE teachers during school hours to over 18,000 students annually.

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Byrnes freshman Mikenzie Young-Mullins brought the AAU Greer All-Stars its first National Championship in August when she made a triple-jump of 35 feet, 9¾ inches at the Junior Olympics held in Des Moine, Iowa.

Young-Mullins’ closest com-petitor in the 14-under age group turned in a jump of 35 feet even before Young-Mullins easily bested that mark to win the gold. She had won several medals in different events prior to this year, but had never broken through for the gold.

Other results included Alexandra Svacha’s second-place finish in the 13U pole vault and Matthew Garrett’s silver in the 11U 80-meter hurdles. Young-Mullins also

took a bronze medal for her third-place finish in the pentathlon.

In the AAU Junior Olympics, the top eight finishers are awarded medals.

Brent Forrest finished sixth in the boys 14U pole vault, and Annemarie Piccione took sixth in the girls 14U pole vault. Young-Mull-ins was sixth in the long jump, giving her three medals on the day.

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Upstate Prep-Cast, which broad-casts area high school football games online, returns for the 2014 season at upstateprep-cast.net.

Games from Boiling Springs, Chap-man, Landrum and Polk County high schools can be found each Friday night this fall. An easy-to-use media player is also available so that fans can replay games.

Fans can listen online, via their smart phones and at the game in home stadi-ums on 104.5 FM. The FM broadcast will also be available at away games, but those frequencies will be available on the Upstate Pre-Cast website.

Each Friday night broadcast will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the Upstate High School Preview Show with Stan Olenik and Coach Mike Anthony.

“All of our schools made runs in the football playoffs (in 2013), with Chap-

man playing for the 3A Upper State title,” said Boiling Springs play-by-play voice Tom Dixon. “Also, Boiling Springs went to The Reservation and knocked off the Gaffney Indians, snapping their home playoff game winning streak (39 games over a 29-year span).”

The Upstate Prep-Cast team has also added a weekly live podcast - Upstate Gridiron - at 7 o’clock each Tuesday night during the football season. The podcast will also include information on teams from Cherokee, Greenville, Union and Polk counties.

“The goal of Upstate Gridiron is to make a product that entertains, informs, and gives high school football fans a show that goes a level deeper than the cheers and plays on the Gridiron on Friday nights,” said Chapman play-by-play man Britt Wilkerson, who will also host the weekly podcast. n

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The Upstate Bullets traveled to Cooperstown , NY in late July to participate in the Cooperstown Field of Dreams tournament. The tournament was played in conjunction with the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The tournament included 104 teams from around the United States. The Bullets started the tourna-ment strong, going undefeated in pool play. Even though the Bullets played well, they were defeated in bracket play to finish 9th out of 104 teams. Team members include Ethan Parris, Jack Renwick, Aaron Thomas, Carter Peeler, Drew Mason, Kobe Williams, Zac Adkins, Landon Jennings, Ben Hutchins, and P J Hall. Coaches of the team include Jerome Hall, David Renwick, Brian Adkins, and Chip Jennings.

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For more than a decade, the Landrum High School football program was among the most stable in the Upstate.

Athletic Director John Cann spent 12 years as athletic director. He was also head football coach for six of those years before passing over the reins to then assistant Russell Mahaf-

fey after the 2007 season. But Cann was hired away

as athletic director at T.L. Hanna, and Mahaffey moved on to become defensive coordinator on Trey Elder’s new staff at Woodruff.

Enter Mike Gentry as Landrum’s new athletic director and Jason Farmer as head football coach.

Farmer, a fomer Blue Ridge assistant, spent the past two seasons as head coach at Woodmont.

The Cardinals have been getting adjusted to Class 2A for the past two seasons with a combined eight wins, six of which came last season, since moving up in classification in 2012.

How quickly the Cardinals adjust to Farmer’s take on the spread of-fense and new defensive system will determine how far they go in their first steps together.

Broome on the runWhile pass-happy spread of-

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ground-first offense and hard-nosed defense led Broome to an eight-win season and a playoff berth in 2013.

En route to a 4-1 region mark, which included wins over Woodruff and Union County, the Centurions’ double-wing rushed for nearly 3,800 yards. A team-high 1,220 yards came from returning RB Des Anderson.

All-region linebackers Bauvier Jackson and Demarco Jackson, who combined for more than 210 tackles last season, return for their senior seasons.

Cusano leads JacketsReplacing a back who ran for

more than 2,500 yards and 30 touch-downs is a monumental task.

And it is what faces Greer High School and head coach Will Young.

Quez Nesbitt, a diminutive running back with unbelievable quickness, graduated as Greer’s all-time leading rusher. His replacement, Quay Thackston, yet to take a varsity snap.

Mario Cusano returns as the starter at quarterback and will have familiar targets in Greer’s spread of-fense. He threw for more than 1,900 yards and 20 touchdowns last season.

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The general public is invited to Meet At the Star for a grand tour and to partic-ipate in fun, family activities throughout the day

The 120,000-square foot complex is equipped with six full sized basketball courts and 12 regulation indoor volleyball courts. Included within the facility will be batting cages, golf swing analysis, running track, a gym with free weights and cardio machines, studios designed for dance, cheerleading, aerobics and yoga, meeting rooms and a team shop.

Professional instruction and training will be offered to athletes. In addition, Upward Sports has partnered with Spar-tanburg Regional Health Services to offer strength training, rehab offerings and orthopedic services. They will have an office on-site at the Star Center.

Phase One on the outside of the complex includes four lighted sand volleyball courts and up to six grass fields for soccer, lacrosse, and 7-v-7-football and flag football. There are plans to develop additional fields and facilities in the future.

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It took exactly one play from scrimmage for coveted Spartanburg running back Tav-ien Feaster to remind everyone what all the fuss is about.

Feaster took the ball around right end for an 80-yard touchdown run on the Vikings’ first offensive play in a scrimmage against Wren.

And with that the Twitter-verse was abuzz.

The highly touted junior leads the Vi-kings back into the fray after his coming out party as a sophomore last year that included more than 2,250 yards from scrimmage and 26 combined touchdowns.

Despite Feaster’s impressive debut, the Vikings stumbled in region play with a 2-5 record under first-year head coach Chris Miller.

But Spartanburg finished at 6-6 overall and will return a talented cast for 2014, including quarterback Aaron Scott, who threw for more than 2,500 yards and 28 touchdowns.

Feaster, however, continued to make headlines in an offseason that included state track championships in the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

He ran a 10.59 to win the 100 at state and set a new county mark in the 200 with a time of 21.16.

Both those numbers sent recruiting pun-dits and watchers into a tizzy.

Here are some other interesting numbers for Feaster:

8.0 -- Feaster’s rushing average from last season.

19/2; 14/2; 37/3 -- Feaster’s national ranking overall/by position from recruit-ing analysts Scout.com, ESPN and Rivals, respectively.

11 -- Total scholarship offers Feaster reportedly received as of August. The list includes Clemson, South Carolina, Nebras-ka, Georgia, Penn State, Florida, Florida State, North Carolina, Alabama, Auburn and Tennessee.

50 -- Total receptions Feaster recorded last season. n

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In more than half a century of Chap-man High football, only a handful of players have gone on to continue their ca-reers at the highest collegiate levels -- and two of those last year in Tyshun “Deebo” Samuel and Malik Gray.

Senior wide receiver DaShawn Davis -- nicknamed “Da-Day” -- hopes to be the next one.

“A whole bunch of coaches have said they want to see what I do this year,” Davis said of his early recruiting experiences.

With Samuel (now at South Carolina) and Gray (now at East Carolina) as team-mates last year, Davis set a single-season reception record for the Panthers with 85 catches for 1,600 yards.

His performance as a junior certainly showed up on coaches’ videos as they

recruited Gray and Samuel, so it’s no sur-prise that East Carolina and Appalachian State are among the schools Davis said have spoken with him.

But there is work to do as Davis grows into the new role of team leader while continuing to be among the Panthers’ top offensive threats.

“We want to do what we did last year but make it to the state championship,” Davis said, recalling last year’s heartbreak-ing 29-27 loss at Daniel in the Upper State title game.

The transition into his leadership role may be tougher than remaining one of Chapman’s most productive Panthers.

“I’m not too vocal,” Davis said. “I’m more of a ‘do as I do’ guy. . . . We’ve got more seniors this year to fill those spots.

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Micah Young’s ascension to the starting quarterback position for Byrnes is not an opportunity or responsibility the junior signal-caller takes lightly.

After all, it almost didn’t happen.The departure of former head coach

Bobby Bentley for an assistant coaching job at Auburn also included the departure of presumed 2014 Rebels starter Jake Bentley for the plains of Alabama.

“If Jake were here, I’d be playing receiver right now,” Young said matter-of-factly. “Jake was a great quarterback. I played with him almost all my life. He did a great job here, but when it’s your turn to step up to the plate, you have to do it.”

So, for the first time in three seasons, someone not named Bentley will be the Rebels’ starter. The recently graduated Shuler Bentley, a two-time S.C. Player of the Year, is now at Old Dominion.

But even with a new head coach in Byrnes alum Brian Lane in his first year at the helm, Young said he expects things to be very much the same with the Rebels’ offense.

“It’s still the same concepts and same offense,” Young said. “But depending on what the defense gives us, we can change things a little bit.”

Young’s skill set at quarterback is more akin to a more mobile prede-cessor such as Willy

Korn than a pocket passer such as Shuler Bentley, giving Lane more options.

“I can throw the ball, and I can move within the pocket,” Young said. “I can run the ball pretty well.”

Young, 5-foot-10, 165, has been on the

Rebels’ varsity squad since his freshman year, spending most of his time at receiver as a freshman before taking over as Shuler Bentley’s backup last year.

Though playing mainly in mop-up duty, Young accounted for 572 yards of total offense and seven touchdowns over his first two seasons. Last year, he completed 14 of 22 passes for 244 yards and four touch-downs. He also rushed for 251 yards on 27 carries for a 9.3 average.

Despite playing sparingly over his first two seasons, Young has the attention of several college programs, including Appa-lachian State, UNC Charlotte and Temple, that are recruiting him as an athlete. He is among the state’s top recruits to watch for 2016.

The job is his now -- and it’s full-time.“I’m coming in with the mindset to win

and to get the job done,” he said. “There’s pressure, but having that confidence of the fans and the coaches being behind you helps a lot.” n

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A year ago, Boiling Springs rose above a tumultuous offseason for a somewhat surpris-ing run deep into the Class 4A playoffs.

This preseason, with Rick Tate firmly root-ed as the team’s head coach, there has been no tumult. But there won’t be any surprises this season either.

With three NCAA Division I commit-ments on offense -- quarterback Daniel Thompson (Elon), tight end Collin Reed (Appalachian State) and offensive tackle Noah Green (Clemson signee) -- the Bulldogs figure to challenge for the program’s first region title in nearly half a century.

“I feel like we’re the best team in the state,” Thompson said matter of factly.

Despite the late July resignation of former head coach Bruce Clark prior to last season, the Bulldogs went on to post an 8-5 record, winning at Gaffney in the playoffs and ending the Indians’ 39-game home playoff winning streak that was some 29 years in the making.

Tate took over with the interim tag but

earned the right to have it removed with the Bulldogs’ successful cam-paign.

“The way our playoff run ended last year (a 24-21 heartbreaker at Summerville), I think the guys felt like they had some football left in them,” Tate said. “They’ve busted it

in summer workouts and in the weightroom.”A successful 7-on-7 season this past sea-

son also added confidence to a team that has had its ups and downs at the 4A level.

“Over the last four or five years, these kids have learned how to win a little bit,” Tate said. “They expect to win, and it hurts a little bit more when they don’t. . . . When they started believing they could win, it made a big difference.”

The Bulldogs averaged over 43 points per game last season, scoring 70 or more points

twice, including once in a loss to Mauldin.Thompson, the younger brother of South

Carolina starting quarterback Dylan Thomp-son, threw for more than 3,700 yards and 44 touchdowns in 2013.

Despite last season’s successes, Thompson said he and his teammates feel snubbed in the preseason polls and will start the season with the proverbial chips on their shoulders.

“In every game, we’re the underdogs, and we’re going to play that way in every game,” he said. “We’re going in with that attitude. We’re going to play smashmouth football. We’re going to play hard and play to the echo of the whistle on every play.”

Green said the Summerville loss was felt over the course of the offseason and will help fuel the Bulldogs as they campaign through arguably the toughest region in the state with familiar foes such as Gaffney, Byrnes, Spartan-burg and Dorman waiting.

“We’re going to be playing with a lot more passion this year,” Green said. “It lit a fire, hav-ing something like that taken away from you.

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culture to culture, continent to conti-nent.

The one that connects one generation to the next.The one that will link this coast and its Palmetto

trees to the West Coast, Stanford and its enigmatic, singular tree mascot.

In some ways that hyphen is a unique calling card for Arcega-Whiteside, just like memories of Spain and a future that is set to begin some 2,400 miles away after he became the first Dorman football player to commit to accept a scholarship at Stanford.

Because of the Cardinal’s national ranking in foot-ball -- 34-7 under coach David Shaw with two PAC 12 titles -- and Stanford’s academic reputation, the decision was a no-brainer, so to speak.

“No matter what I decide to major in, Stanford is rated at the top nationally,” Arcega-Whiteside said. “So, I really couldn’t go wrong.”

Summer roadtripThe photos filled up the Facebook page belonging to

Valorie Whiteside, the Dorman girls basketball coach, former Chapman High star and professional basketball player overseas.

Lately, she is also known as J.J.’s mom.There they were, smiling for the camera in Atlanta

at Georgia Tech, in Winston-Salem at Wake Forest, in Chapel Hill at North Carolina, in Charlottesville at Virginia, in College Park at Maryland.

Then, finally to more traditional Big Ten country at Michigan State. And off to California to visit recent PAC 12 power Stanford, a school long known for its academ-ics but only recently a major player on NCAA Division I football’s biggest stage.

After his senior season at Dorman, that will be Arcega-Whiteside’s stage, too.

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Story by JOHN CLAYTON@JCTweetsOn

Dorman WR J.J. Arcega-Whiteside was among the top recruits in South Carolina, but will venture far from home for his college

career at Stanford.

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if I could play for anyone in America, it would be for one of those two teams. I was lucky that those two offered me.”

So, at the end of a long summer journey, cov-ering thousands of miles, Arcega-Whiteside found home.

It’s a small worldGoing across the country to attend college and

play football might be intimidating to some 18-year-olds, but Arcega-Whiteside isn’t most.

With no viable women’s basketball league in the U.S., his mother headed overseas for a career as a professional athlete.

In Spain, she met and married J.J.’s father, Joa-quin Arcega, who also played basketball profession-

ally there.As Whiteside

finished her career, J.J. was a courtside. When he wasn’t in the gym, he was on the soccer pitch.

“After school, during school and before school, I re-member, that’s all we did every day,” Arcega-Whiteside said.

And that’s the way it was for the first seven years of Arcega-Whiteside’s young life.

Football was as far away as America, but soon he would discover both.

“When I came over here and started playing football, it was like, ‘What is this?’”

The family business had been basketball, and Arcega-Whiteside shrugs and smiles when he acknowledges that he could very well be the best soccer player in the state who doesn’t play soccer.

He still plays basketball and has starred at Dorman, getting the attention of college programs in that sport as well.

But football -- that has been his passion and pursuit since he found it on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

“When I realized that I was going to excel in football, and that it would get me to college, that’s when I started to focus on football,” he said.

The basketball skills he learned at his parents’ knee have carried into Arcega-Whiteside’s football game as did the conditioning he had early on from soccer.

“Soccer helped with my foot speed, quickness and endurance,” he said, noting an ankle injury that thwarted his soccer career.

At 6-foot-3, 205 pounds, Arcega-Whiteside said his basketball skills impressed Stanford’s coaching staff.

“They liked the basketball,” he said. “Boxing out and going up for a rebound and going up for a football is the same.”

Dorman football Head Coach Dave Gutshall saw something special in Arcega-Whiteside’s game early on, bringing the receiver up to varsity as a freshman. As a junior last year, Arcega-Whiteside turned in the type of season that got the attention of college coaches with 76 catches for 1,477 yards and 16 touchdowns.

“He’s special -- one guy can’t cover J.J. Arce-ga-Whiteside,” Dorman Head Coach Dave Gutshall said after Arecega-Whiteside lit up Spartanburg for 259 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 10 catches last season in a 42-35 Cavs victory. “If the ball hits J.J.’s hands, there’s a good chance he’ll catch it, and he’s hard to tackle. He’s just really an unbelievable football player.”

Those statistics translated into Arcega-Wh-iteside being designated as a three-star recruit by most scouting services.That and the “eyeball test” by college scouts and coaches earned him some 20 scholarship offers heading into his senior season.

But neither Clemson nor South Carolina was among them. Clemson had a stable of five-star-rated recruits committed and no room at the position for next year. South Carolina, which has three Upstate receivers on its current roster, was interested but not enough to come in early with an offer.

That’s just the business of big-time col-lege football these days.

And the road west seemed wide open.

Cardinal rulesArcega-Whiteside has work to do

before heading to Palo Alto, Calif. after graduation.

Dorman plays in arguably the toughest Class 4A region -- Region II -- in the state with traditional foes such as Byrnes, Boiling Springs and Spartanburg on the schedule.

Stopping Arcega-Whiteside will be job one for their defenses.

“I want to win a state championship,” he said just prior to the start of his senior season. “I’m pretty sure everybody is going to have me as a target. . . . I understand that I won’t be able to score maybe a the rate I did last year, but that doesn’t really matter to me. I just want to win.”

But Arcega-Whiteside said he is relieved to be able to concentrate on football. The recruiting process, he said, was fun but sometimes maddening and time consuming.

Now, it’s just about football again -- the way it was when Arcega-Whiteside first found the game and the end zone; the way it was when he tossed the new oddly shaped ball in the backyard with his father, who was discovering the uniquely American game as well.

It was about football and family then, and ulti-mately it was what Arcega-Whiteside called a family atmosphere around the Stanford football program that led him to become the Cardinal’s first wide receiver commitment since 2012.

When he called Shaw to make his commit-ment, every coach in the office got on the phone to congratulate Arcega-Whiteside and to welcome him aboard, proving the player’s point about his connection there.

Another connection, another hyphen: Arce-ga-Whiteside-Stanford.

He could play soon for the Cardinal. He could play a lot. With effort in the classroom, he will leave the campus with one of the most valuable degrees in the country.

“My dad has always told me that if I did things the right way,” he said, “good things would happen.”

Connection“I remember watching the Rose Bowl and thinking if I could play

for anyone in America, it would be for one of those two teams. I was lucky that those two offered me.”

> J.J. ARCEGA-WHITESIDE

J.J. Arcega-Whiteside with mom Valorie Whiteside during a recruiting visit

to Georgia Tech.

A younger J.J. Arcega-Wh-iteside on the sidelines

during one of his mother’s professional basketball

games in Spain.

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CLEMSON -- Former Dor-man star and current Clemson receiver Charone Peake’s lanky frame and familiar No. 19 was visibile some 80 yards away as the Tigers wrapped up their final scrimmage of the summer.

Then, he was gone. But Clemson coaches and

teammates say Peake will be back in the lineup this season, starting with Geor-gia, joining his former Dorman teammate, Adam

Humphries, as veteran leaders of the Tigers’ receiving corps.

Peake spent all of last season and the entire offseason recov-ering from knee surgery for an injury sustained prior to the 2013 season. A meniscus tear in the same knee a few weeks ago required a second surgery and more recuperation.

“It’s going to be awesome to get Charone back,” Hum-phries said. “He’s been a friend all my life. He’s someone I feel comfortable playing with. He knows the offense inside and out. It’ll be great to get him back and have another playmaker out on the field.”

Clemson coaches were

not rushing Peake back to full participation in practices, but know they will need both him and Humphries to help fill the voids left by the NFL departures of Sammy Watkins (Buffalo) and Martavis Bryant (Pittsburgh).

Humphries said that despite Peake’s positive outlook, he has paid special attention to try and make sure Peake’s spirits remained up as he rehabbed through both injuries.

“My locker is right beside him, so we talk every day,” said Humphries. “He’s a positive guy, and he knows what he’s capa-ble of, but I’ve got to try and

keep his spirits up and keep him motivated.

“I know he’s ready to get back on the field and he’s slowly working his way back out there. He should be ready to go pretty soon.

“ While Peake left Dorman as one of the state’s top recruits, Humphries was largely over-looked by larger schools with the exception of Clemson. Even after arriving at Clemson four years ago, Humphries proved his worth but was occasionally lost in the starpower of Watkins and the playmaking ability of Bryant.

But the unfettered Hum-phries has rewarded head coach Dabo Swinney’s faith by be-coming one of the Tigers’ more versatile and durable performers with 97 career catches for 893 yards and three touchdowns.

“Knowing the coaches have trusted me in whatever I do -- even sophomore year, they put me on defense,” he said. “It’s something I take pride in -- knowing the offense and being a versatile player and being able to play multiple positions. I study and watch film and I’m ready to play whatever position they want me to play.

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Clemson and former Dorman WR Charone Peake (19) is expected to bring experience to the Tigers’ lineup if he can return from a pair of knee injuries.

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“Being paired with Peake again will seem like old times for Humphries as Peake comes off the medical redshirt he received last season. He injured his knee in practice prior to Clemson’s third game on Sept. 10 to end his 2013 season. In two complete seasons, Peake has 37 receptions for 327 yards and three touchdowns.

Despite Peake’s most recent knee injury and ensuing surgery, Swinney said the rangy, 6-foot-2, 205-pound receiver will be ready for Clemson’s season opener at Georgia.

Having the two veterans could also be a boost for senior and first-year starter Cole Stoudt, who has spent his entire Clemson career

backing up Tajh Boyd. The chem-istry among the three of them has come along nicely, Stoudt said.

“We’ve been working hard all spring and summer. That’s some-thing we’ve been working on since Day 1 when I got here,” he said.

“That’s been three years. Chemistry is good. It’s great

and only getting better.” n

Adam Humphries (13), who starred at Dorman with Peake, is a versatile performer in Clemson’s lineup.

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Keeping up with the Joneses at South Carolina may be tough-er this season.

And that’s just the way fifth-year senior receiver Nick Jones wants it.

The Byrnes product said he has worked on becoming leaner, quicker and faster in the offseason, and that effort quickly caught the attention of starting quarterback Dylan Thompson, who singled out Jones after spring practice as a player to watch on the Gamecocks’ roster this fall.

“In the offseason, I saw a few

articles I don’t want to mention -- and those gave me a little extra motivation,” Jones said.

Not that he necessarily needed it.

Along with the senior Thompson, Jones is being looked at as one of the offensive leaders of the team this season -- a change Jones has had to learn to embrace.

“It’s little bit different for me, because I’m one of the quietest guys on the team,” he said. “But being a fifth-year guy and a leader of the receiving corps, I’ve got to step up and talk more and be more active in the offense. It’s bringing the best out of me, so I’m actually

enjoying it.”Jones has 51 career catches

for 621 yards and six touch-downs in 35 games for the Gamecocks, and those numbers are light years ahead of some of the team’s young receivers such as freshmen Shaq Davidson (Gaffney) and Tyshun “Deebo” Samuel. Jones’ reception total even doubles that of junior Shaq Roland, who is expected to be among Thompson’s top options this season.

Jones said working with the younger receivers has been among his responsibilities.

“I want to teach them what to do off the field so they don’t get in trouble off the field,” he said.

On the field, Jones and Thompson have developed a chemistry that has its roots in the Upstate.

“I’ve been with Dylan ever since our middle school days,” Jones recalled. “I think we have great chemistry. We’re together all the time, and we work out all the time, so it should be fun.

“We’ve been through a lot and seen a lot together, so, hope-fully, we can read these defense and make them look bad this year.”

Jones is also hoping to follow

in the footsteps of some of his former teammates -- Alshon Jeffery, Ace Sanders and Bruce Ellington -- who went on to the NFL after stellar careers at South Carolina.

“I’ve been here with some greats -- watching those guys have great years in this offense,” Jones said. “Hopefully, I’ll be the next one. Who knows?” n

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Asking the right questionsIn a time when we are constantly

looking for a way to get faster, stronger and gain an edge in athletics, the questions often

arise: ‘What do you do for speed development? How do you get rid of pain?’ Ask a trainer, or a strength coach or a therapist and you will likely get different answers to these and other questions about athletic development.

Much of the confusion I believe comes from asking poorly formu-lated questions. How can we answer these questions when we do not know the person who will participate in the exercise program? After all there are many things that will in-hibit speed. Initially removing those barriers will prove more important than adding generalized speed devel-opment exercises.

Likewise, a painful knee or back are symptoms which are caused by issues that are complex in nature and require more than a general program aimed at improving general flexibility or strength. If there were a set pro-gram for pain suffers then we would

have found it by now and injury rates would be consider-ably lower.

If you consider the questions, you will realize that the ‘problem’ is the in-correct focus point. A lack of speed or the presence of pain is only a situation. It should not be the focus point but rath-er the one experi-encing the situation should gain our attention. These situations cannot be fixed reliably with general exercises. The answer is not in the exercises alone but rather in applying the right exercises to the correct situation.

So how do we proceed to im-prove speed and other performance measures? As mentioned previously understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the individual can now help us formulate a plan to help the ‘individual’ in the best way possible. Having a skilled professional assess-

ment the athlete is the best way forward.

The type of assessment needed is not simply a performance assessment that one might see at the NFL combine. In this type of setting specific performance markers are measure such as the 40 yard dash and vertical leap. These are nice to know and can give an idea of the athlete is capable of doing. However, if an athlete scores poorly on these measure-

ments, you will not necessarily know what is needed to improve in these areas.

A skilled assessment that leads to the most efficient and effective meth-odology for a specific athlete includes mobility and stability testing. For instance an athlete may have a limita-tion with striding one leg forward compared to the other leg. If this is the case then that athlete can never have the most efficient running style no matter how good of coaching is provided or drill work is performed.

Using the proper screening tools, a skilled professional will identify the ‘weak links’ and be able to correct or remove these barriers to performance. Considering the previous example, restoring the mobility in the stride length will now allow the performance coach to have a positive impact on the athlete’s speed. Rather than adding a bunch of new exercises to challenge the athlete the screen helped to remove the barrier to speed. This approach is immensely more successful to speed development.

In summary if you want to run faster, jump higher or throw harder you need information. You need to ask the right questions. A proper movement screen from a skilled pro-fessional can take your training and performance to higher levels than you’ve achieved previously. n

Ken Finley is a physical therapist and certified youth speed and agility

specialist. To learn more about his youth athletic development programs

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BOILING SPRINGSAug. 29 Nation FordSept. 5 GaffneySept. 12 at Dutch ForkSept. 19 at YorkSept. 26 at ByrnesOct. 3 at RiversideOc.t 10 Wade HamptonOct. 17 at SpartanburgOct. 24 DormanOct. 31 J.L. MannNov. 7 at Mauldin

BROOMEAug. 22 ChesneeAug. 29 at WoodruffSept. 5 St. Joseph’sSept. 12 ChapmanSept. 19 at NewberryOct. 3 at ClintonOct. 10 at Union Co.Oct. 17 ChesterOct. 24 South PointeOct. 31 Lancaster

BYRNESAug. 22 at NorthwesternAug. 29 T.L. HannaSept. 12 at De La Salle (Calif.)Sept. 19 at GaffneySept. 26 Boiling SpringsOct. 3 at SpartanburgOct. 10 RiversideOct. 17 at J.L. MannOct. 24 MauldinOct. 31 at DormanNov. 7 Wade Hampton

CHAPMANAug. 29 ChesneeSept. 5 at WoodruffSept 12 at BroomeSept. 19 Travelers Rest

Sept. 26 EastsideOct. 3 at BereaOct. 10 EmeraldOct. 17 at GreerOct. 24 at Blue RidgeOct. 31 Southside

CHESNEEAug. 22 at BroomeAug. 29 at ChapmanSept. 5 AbbevilleSept. 19 at PendletonSept. 26 Carolina Oct. 3 at LibertyOct. 10 LandrumOct. 17 PowdersvilleOct. 24 at BlacksburgOct. 31 Woodruff

DORMANAug. 22 at Wade HamptonAug. 29 at GaffneySept. 5 GreenwoodSept. 12 at Rock HillSept. 19 Dutch ForkSept. 26 at J.L. MannOct. 3 MauldinOct. 10 SpartanburgOct. 24 at Boiling SpringsOct. 31 ByrnesNov. 7 at Riverside

GAFFNEYAug. 22 at Union Co.Aug. 29 DormanSept. 5 at Boiling SpringsSept. 12 SpartanburgSept. 19 ByrnesOct. 3 at Nation FordOct. 10 at YorkOct. 24 at CloverOct. 31 Fort MillNov. 7 Northwestern

GREERAug. 29 ClintonSept. 5 at RiversideSept. 12 at Union Co.Sept. 19 at EmeraldSept. 26 Travelers RestOct. 3 at EastsideOct. 10 BereaOct. 17 ChapmanOct. 24 at SouthsideOct. 31 Blue Ridge

LANDRUMAug. 29 Travelers RestSept. 5 at WalhallaSept. 19 at Carolina Sept. 26 LibertyOct. 3 PowdersvilleOct. 10 at ChesneeOct. 17 BlacksburgOct. 24 at WoodruffOct. 31 Pendleton

SCSDBSept. 4 Greenville HurricanesSept. 11 N.C. School/DeafSept. 18 at Fountain Inn ChristianSept. 25 at N.C. School/Deaf-EastOct. 2 Oak Level BaptistOct. 18 Ga. School/DeafOct. 23 Fountain Inn ChristianOct. 30 PAC (Columbia)

SPARTANBURGAug. 22 Eastern Christian (Md.)Sept. 5 Union Co. Sept. 12 at GaffneySept. 19 at GreenwoodSept. 26 at RiversideOct. 3 ByrnesOct. 10 at DormanOct. 17 Boiling SpringsOct. 24 Wade Hampton

Oct. 31 at MauldinNov. 7 at J.L. Mann

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Aug. 29 at Florence ChristianSept. 5 at Southside ChristianSept. 12 Curtis (Ga.) BaptistSept. 19 at Heathwood HallOct. 3 Ben LippenOct. 10 Thomas SumterOct. 17 Calhoun AcademyOct. 24 Orangeburg prepOct. 31 at King’s Academy

WOODRUFFAug. 29 BroomeSept. 5 ChapmanSept. 12 at ClintonSept. 19 BlacksburgSept. 26 at PowdersvilleOct. 3 at PendletonOct. 10 CarolinaOct. 17 at LibertyOct. 24 LandrumOct. 31 at Chesnee

UNION COUNTYAug. 22 GaffneyAug. 29 at NewberrySept. 5 at SpartanburgSept. 12 GreerSept. 19 at AbbevilleOct. 3 at South PointeOct. 10 BroomeOct. 17 at ClintonOct. 24 LancasterOct. 31 Chester

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BEREAAug. 29 at CarolinaSept. 5 PowdersvilleSept. 12 West-OakSept. 19 SouthsideSept. 26 at Blue RidgeOct. 3 ChapmanOct. 10 at GreerOct. 17 at EastsideOct. 24 EmeraldOCt. 31 at Travelers Rest

BLUE RIDGEAug. 29 at Wade HamptonSept. 12 Stephens Co. (Ga.)Sept. 19 at EastsideSept. 26 BereaOct. 3 at EmeraldOct. 10 Travelers RestOct. 24 ChapmanOct. 31 at Greer

Carolina AcademyAug. 29 BereaSept. 5 at SouthsideSept. 12 Christ ChurchSept. 19 LandrumSept. 26 at ChesneeOct. 3 BlacksburgOct. 10 at WoodruffOct. 17 PendletonOct. 24 at PowdersvilleOct. 31 at Liberty

CHRIST CHURCHAug. 22 at Lee CentralAug. 29 AbbevilleSept. 5 at EastsideSept. 12 at CarolinaSept. 26 Christ SchoolOct. 3 at WhitmireOct. 10 Southside ChristianOct. 17 Ware ShoalsOct. 24 at St. Joseph’sOct. 31 McCormick

EASTSIDEAug. 29 RiversideSept. 5 Christ ChurchSept. 12 at Wade HamptonSept. 19 Blue Ridge

Sept. 26 at ChapmanOct. 3 GreerOct. 10 at SouthsideOct. 17 BereaOct. 24 at Travelers RestOct. 31 at Emerald

GREENVILLEAug. 29 SenecaSept. 5 Fort MillSept. 12 at Nation FordSept. 19 J.L. MannSept. 26 T.L. HannaOct. 3 at GreenwoodOct. 10 HillcrestOct. 17 at WestsideOct. 24 at WoodmontOct. 31 LaurensNov. 7 Easley

HILLCRESTAug. 29 MauldinSept. 5 Wade HamptonSept. 12 at J.L. MannSept. 19 RiversideSept. 26 GreenwoodOct. 3 at WestsideOct. 10 at GreenvilleOct. 17 LaurensOct. 24 at T.L. HannaOct. 31 at EasleyNov. 7 Woodmont

J.L. MANNAug. 29 at SouthsideSept. 19 HillcrestSept. 26 DormanOct. 3 at Wade HamptonOct. 10 MauldinOct. 17 ByrnesOct. 24 at RiversideOct. 31 at Boiling SpringsNov. 7 Spartanburg

MAULDINAug. 29 at HillcrestSept. 5 at WoodmontSept. 12 LaurensSept. 19 T.L. HannaSept. 26 Wade Hampton

Oct. 3 at DormanOct. 10 at J.L. MannOct. 17 RiversideOct. 24 at ByrnesOct. 31 SpartanburgNov. 7 Boiling Springs

RIVERSIDEAug. 29 at EastsideSept. 5 GreerSept. 12 WoodmontSept. 19 at HillcrestSept. 26 SpartanburgOct. 3 Boiling SpringsOct. 10 at ByrnesOct. 17 at MauldinOct. 24 J.L. MannOct. 31 at Wade HamptonNov. 7 Dorman

ST. JOSEPH’SAug. 22 Ninety SixAug. 29 Peculiar Generation

LionsSept. 5 at BroomeSept. 12 at Calhoun FallsSept. 26 McCormickOct. 3 at Ware ShoalsOct. 10 WhitmireOct. 17 Ridge Spring-MonettaOct. 24 Christ ChurchOct. 31 at Southside Christian

SOUTHSIDEAug. 22 at Ware ShoalsAug. 29 J.L. MannSept. 5 CarolinaSept. 19 at BereaSept. 26 EmeraldOct. 3 at Travelers RestOct. 10 EastsideOct. 17 at Blue RidgeOct. 24 GreerOct. 31 at Chapman

SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIANAug. 22 at Travelers RestAug. 29 at McCormickSept. 5 Spartanburg Christian

Sept. 12 DixieSept. 26 at Fox CreekOct. 3 Calhoun FallsOct. 10 at Christ ChurchOct. 17 WhitmireOct. 24 at Ware ShoalsOct. 31 St. Joseph’s

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