HONEA PATH — They call him Peewee, but there’s been nothing small about Charles Lindsey’s game the last few weeks.

Lindsey, a 155-pound sophomore tailback, leads Belton-Honea Path in rushing after coach Wayne Green followed through on Lindsey’s request to give him the ball on Fridays, instead of JV Thursdays.

Piggybacking his older brother’s nickname, Lindsey, might soon grow out of any “Peewee Jr.” labels.

Lindsey started the season as an “eight-quarter player” meaning he played a big role in junior varsity games on Thursday night. But after a splash against Palmetto and Wren, (165 yards, two touchdowns), Lindsey danced and darted for 116 yards and three scores to beat West-Oak last week.

Green described Lindsey’s contributions in the first three weeks of the season as everything from “played extremely well” to “lights out.”

“He’s a physical little guy, though, and he runs very hard,” Green said. “He makes real good decisions.”

Lindsey’s frame puts defenders in precarious positions because it’s nearly impossible get below his pad level.

“It seems like every time I try to hit Charles, it’s head to head and it hurts,” junior safety Jacob Tavernier said. “He’s short, so it’s hard to get under him, get lower than him.”

That’ll be the objective of undefeated Pickens when the Blue Flame invade Bears Nation tonight. Long known for physical play and big linemen, the Blue Flame have had scoreboards sucking wind this season — until last week. That’s when Seneca used a blitzing defense to throttle quarterback James Lawson into three sacks and an interception.

And with Pickens’ propensity to confuse defenses with multiple formations, Tavernier said the Bears need to be proactive against that high-powered offense, which has scored at least 28 points every game but last week.

“We know they’re going to come in with a lot of confidence, and they know they can beat people,” Tavernier said. “But we’ve just got to show them that we can play, too. From playing Pickens in the past, I know they hit you, so we’ve just got to hit them back.”

Added Green, “I think the only people around who thought they’d be 6-0 at this time is probably Pickens’ players and coaches themselves.”

On offense, B-HP hopes its quarterback situation is smoother than last week when the coaching staff was forced to switch starters four hours before kickoff because of a knee injury to junior Nino Woolridge.

And with the training room as empty as it’s been this season, and three suspensions carried out from last week, the Bears are poised to build on last week’s 21-20 victory. Green also likes to remind his team that it’s four points — or plays — from being 5-1.

“Despite the fact that we’re 2-4,” Green said. “I don’t think we’ve lost confidence in what we’re doing, and I don’t think they’ve lost confidence in each other.”