Come Friday night, 1,030 days will have passed since the West-Oak High School football team last tasted victory.

CENTRAL — When Hayley Hoover signaled for timeout midway through the third set of her team’s season-opening match against Greenville on Monday night, the Daniel High School volleyball team was on the brink of letting the night slip away.

SENECA — The Oconee Christian Academy boys’ cross-country team opened its season by winning a tri-match with Anderson Christian and Foothills Christian on Monday evening.

CENTRAL — If the opening drive of the season was any indication Friday night, the Daniel High School football team isn’t going to consider shying away from opportunity this fall.

CENTRAL — The last time Hayley Hoover took the floor for the Daniel High School volleyball team, the Lions blew past Bluffton for a decisive 3-0 victory and walked out of White Knoll High School in Lexington with the Class 3A state championship.

The last in a line of Cote brothers who’ve been starters for the Daniel High School defense, David Cote is hoping for a big senior season with the Lions.

CENTRAL — It’s been 287 days since the Daniel High School football team last went under the lights, and unfortunately for the Lions, they left the field with their tails between their legs that night.

While the three Oconee County high school football programs still have a week before their seasons begin, the season will officially get underway tonight for Daniel High School, as the Lions will host Liberty at Singleton Field in Week 0 action.

WESTMINSTER — Capping off a productive preseason camp, the West-Oak High School football team scrimmaged one last time Thursday before beginning preparations for next week’s Apple Bowl against Walhalla.

In eight days, the Seneca High School football team will open the regular season with a trip to Chapman, and after the preseason slate they’ve been through, the Bobcats should be well prepared for the challenge.

PENDLETON — Due to a lack of cooperation from Mother Nature, the Walhalla High School football team hasn’t seen a whole lot of anything besides purple and white throughout fall camp.

More commitments are expected this week, as three targets Clemson and South Carolina are in pursuit of are set to announce their plans.

In just three quarters of action Friday morning, the Daniel High School football team did something it failed to do in any four quarters a season ago — find the end zone five times.

Running back Zykamren Robinson (6-0, 225) of Spartanburg reached double digits in offers last week when he got a call from South Carolina running backs coach Bobby Bentley.