<span style="font-weight: 400;">Clover made the best of the games that they were able to play due to cancellations because of COVID-19. They played a total of five games last year and won two of them. But 2021 should be smoother for coach Brian Lane’s Blue Eagles as they are only two years removed from making a deep playoff run before losing to Dorman.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Lane has always been known as a great quarterback teacher as he calls the plays on Friday nights and he has another young star in the making in junior </span><b>Joe Boyd </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">who is athletic and can make plays on the run. Senior wide receiver </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="153265" first="Darius" last="Bowser"] </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">and tight end/defensive end </span><b>Hunter Nichols </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">will provide the support for Boyd in the Blue Eagles’ spread offense. Seniors </span><b>Hagan Smith</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who received an offer from Erskine College back in July </span><b>and Isaac Franklin </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">return on the offensive line, and both can open up holes in the run game.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">No quarterback was able to complete passes when senior cornerback </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="89317" first="Jy" last="Martin"] </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">was</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">defending them in 2020. He will be a guy to watch for the Blue Eagles on defense as he walked away with 5A honors for his play during the 2020 season. </span>
<b>2021 Schedule </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(home games in </span><b>BOLD, </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">region games in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">italics</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Aug. 20 – at Dorman</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Aug. 27 – </span><b>York</b>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Sept. 3 – </span><b>Northwestern</b>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Sept. 10 – at South Pointe</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Sept. 17 – at Spartanburg</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Sept. 24 – </span><b>Rock Hill</b>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Oct. 1 – BYE</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Oct. 8 – </span><b><i>Fort Mill</i></b>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Oct. 15 –</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at Boiling Springs</span></i>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Oct. 22 – </span><b><i>Gaffney</i></b>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Oct. 29 – </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at Nation Ford</span></i>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Clover opens the 2021 season on the road against Dorman, who beat them on a last second field goal in the 2019 playoffs. The non-region schedule is difficult with a 3-week stretch of games at home against Northwestern and trips to South Pointe and Spartanburg, which should set them up well for region play.</span>
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