Here’s how Riverside girls lacrosse made it back to Class AAAA state championship game

GREER – Riverside girls lacrosse coach Thomas Riley gave up on pleading with his players to start games quickly. “They never did it,” Riley said. “Halfway through the season, we started telling them to start slow. We used that reverse psychology on them. They laughed about it and started coming out of the gate hot.” Riverside certainly did that Monday night, jumping out to a 7-1 lead on the way to a 23-9 victory against Christ Church in the Class AAAA Upper State high school championship. In the Class AAAAA girls lacrosse Upper State final Monday night, J.L. Mann lost...