First-year Greenville High football coach David Crane has put together his staff, and former Clemson University wide receiver Xavier Dye is among the newcomers.
Dye, a former Byrnes wideout who played at Clemson from 2007 through 2010, is coaching wide receivers at Greenville.
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The Red Raiders’ defensive coordinator is Chuck Bell, who’s been a graduate assistant at the University of Florida the past four years. He’s been an on-field GA with Florida defensive line coach Brad Lawing, and he’s assisted with recruiting.
“It’s kind of unusual you’re going to get a guy like Xavier Dye and a guy like Chuck with the experience he had a Florida, so I felt lucky we got those guys,” Crane said.
In addition, Chad Robinson, who played with Crane at Seneca and most recently coached at Wren, is coaching the defensive line; Mark Parsons, who came with Crane from Georgia, is coaching running backs; and Kyle Steadings, formerly a junior varsity assistant at Christ Church, is coaching linebackers.
So far this summer, the Raiders competed in a one-day 7-on-7 tournament at Easley and took fifth in the Spartanburg tournament at the end of June. They’ll be playing in the Wren tournament Thursday and Friday.
“We’ve got a lot of teaching to do,” Crane said, “not necessarily from a scheme standpoint, it’s just that the terminology is different.”
• The South swept the North in the Clash of the Carolinas all-star soccer matches Saturday at Daniel Island’s Blackbaud Stadium.
The South boys won 2-1. Tyler Rider of J.L. Mann and Brennan Koslow of St. Joseph’s were voted captains by their North teammates, and Koslow scored his team’s only goal on a penalty kick.
Eastside’s Briana Hunter scored the lone goal in the North girls’ 3-1 loss. Boiling Springs goalkeeper Savannah Humphries had 13 saves and earned MVP honors for the North.
• Anderson University women’s tennis coach Joey Eskridge has announced his incoming class for the 2014-15 season includes J.L. Mann’s Abigail Gregory and T.L. Hanna’s Ivey Welborn.
• Margaret Schmitt, local amateur runner and the parent of two students at Christ Church, has been named the Cavaliers’ girls cross country coach. Rodney Adamee will remain the boys cross country coach.
• Teams came from far and wide for the US Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup, and those that came the farthest — from Anchorage, Alaska — left as champions. CISC Velocity 98 won the U16 Boys title, and Cook Inlet SC Velocity won the U17 Girls division.
