David Crane is in his first season as Greenville’s football coach, and he has his eyes on his players.

In the meantime, Jimmy Hammett has his eyes on Crane.

Hammett was a long-time assistant under the late Tom Bass at Seneca and the offensive coordinator when Crane played for the Bobcats. Crane brought Hammett on board at Greenville to serve as an administrative assistant.

“His job is to coach me,” Crane said. “He keeps me straight, and he’s been real valuable for me as a head coach.

“He told me, ‘You’ve done a good job with this staff. These guys are energy guys. They work hard at practice, and they’re constantly coaching, constantly moving.’

“For a guy like him, who’s been around football for 35, 40 years and been around a lot of different staffs, a lot of different teams, for him to say that meant a lot to me. He’s been around some good coaches.”

• Greenville’s move up to Class AAAA means the Red Raiders and Greer won’t play this season, eliminating what has become one of the most anticipated Greenville County matchups of the season.

As Young said, it becomes a difficult game to fit into the schedule.

“When you’ve got an eight-team conference, how do you do it?” he said. “Who do you drop? Are you going to drop Clinton, who we’ve played for a hundred years? Are you going to drop Union, who we’ve played for a hundred years? Are you going to drop Riverside?”

Greer plays Clinton, Riverside and Union County in its nonregion games.