Sports Report for Friday, 2-7-2025

Local Notes

 Raider Wrestling

  • Raiders Headed to State Finals… Wednesday night in the main gym at LDHS the Raider wrestling team defeated the Fountain Inn Fury 43-29 in the SCHSL Class AAAA Upper State Finals to punch their ticket to the state Championship finals this Saturday…  There was a large crowd of fans for both teams and the action was nonstop and exciting… The Raiders fell behind 0-6 when Keisun Robinson was pinned by his opponent in the first match of the night… The Raiders responded getting a pin of their own by Dakota McCall to tie the match 6-6… After that the Raider continued to pull ahead and the closest they could get to the Raiders was 28-23.
    • To see a short video interview done with Coach Jordan after the match click here.
    • To see the results for each of the weight classes in this match, click here.
    • The Raiders will be heading to Columbia Saturday for a 4:00 pm match against the May River Sharks out of Bluffton, SC who are ranked #1 in the state coming into the playoffs… The match will take place at Dreher HS.
  • For more information about ticketing, directions and other things you need to know before you get there, click here to go to a posing on the SCHSL website.

 Clinton HS

  • Red Devils Host Eau Claire… The Red Devil basketball teams hosted the Shamrocks of Eau Claire last night in region action.
    • Girls: Red Devils 36 – Shamrocks 28… The Lady Red Devils ran their region record to a perfect 7-0 last night when they defeated the lady Shamrocks 36-28… The game was tied 8-8 after the first quarter of play and then the Red Devils pulled away slightly outscoring the Shamrocks in each of the last three quarters… Mylayja Thompson was the only Red Devil scoring in double-digits as she finished with 12 points… McKenzie Clark and Bryanna Belton both scored 7 points, Kemaria Shelton 6 and Nah’shia Wright 2… Eau Claire is 6-2 in the region in second place behind Clinton.
    • Boys: Red Devils 52 – Shamrocks 44… The Clinton boys’ team completed the sweep of the Shamrocks las night when they took a 52-44 win…. The Red Devils led 26-18 at the half and then the two teams battled almost to a tie in the second half as the Red Devils ran their region record to 6-1 in region play which means they are in second place in the region behind 7-0 Fairfield Central who they will play next week at Fairfield Central…Cristian Jones led the Red Devils in scoring with 16 points 9 of them coming from behind the three-point line… Tushawan Richardson was also in double-digits with 10 points… Nyterian Smith and Zy Butler both scored 7 points, Owen Glenn 4, Dirkus Clark 3, Nyking Pitts 3 and J’shon Nabors 2.
  • Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Eau Claire tonight.

 Laurens HS

  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders will be hosting the Emerald Vikings tonight in the last games of the regular season and I believe it will be Senior Night…. We do plan on brining you those games here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

 


Laurens Academy

  •  Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them hosting the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary tonight.
  • Region Tournament… The SCISA 2A Region IV Tournament will start tomorrow up at Oakbrook Prep… It is a three-team region with the Crusaders, Oakbrook Prep and Our Lady of the Rosary… The tournament will finish Monday at Laurens Academy… The Laurens Academy girls will have a bye until Monday night at 7:00 pm… The schedule for Saturday is as follows:
    • Middle School Girls at 10:00 am
    • Middle School Boys t 11:30
    • Varsity Girls at 1:00 pm
    • Varsity Boys (LA) at 2:30 pm

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled travel to Calhoun Falls Saturday

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… Today marks the final day of contests according to the middle school master schedule… Games on tap for today include:

  • Ware Shoals at Dixie… No scores reported to me.
  • Whitmire at Thornwell… No scores reported to me
  • Gray Court Owings Tigers at Hickory Tavern Panthers
    • Girls: GCO 24 – HT 22… In this game the, the Panthers led 7-2 after 6 minutes of play but the Tigers came to take a 12-11 lead at the half… The Tigers led 20-15 at the start of the fourth quarter and the Panthers kept on fighting but their comeback bid fell just short…  Caroline Gillespie had a game-high 16 points to lead the Tigers in coring while Addison Wilson, Koziah Smith and Sabrina Wilson each scored 2 points
    • Boys: GC) 52 – HT 28… The GCO Tigers completed the sweep of the panthers as they took a 5-28 win in boys’ action… The jumped out to a 13-5 lead after one quarter of play and then continued to outscore the Panthers by at least 4 points or more in each of the reaming quarters… Dylan Abramowitz had a game-high 16 points to lead the Tigers and both Wesley Collins and Mason Lang finished with 11 points… Both Bryce Jones and Edmond McDowell scored 3 points each while Jaylin Anderson, Kash Earl, Brayden Filbin, and Preston Owns each finished with 2 points for the Tigers.
    • Note… My thanks to Jerry Filbin for providing me with the GCO information throughout the season…. THANKS!
  • Sanders Yellow Jackets at Laurens Middle School Tigers… These games were played in the main gym at LDHS
    • Girls: Sanders 35 – LMS 34… The Lady Yellow Jackets handed the Lady Tigers their first loss of the season as they took an exciting 26-23 win over the Tigers… Sanders led 16-14 at the half as the Lady Tigers only made 6 of 20 free throw attempts in the first half… The Tigers fought back to take a 21-20 lead at the end of the third quarter but had trouble scoring and with turnovers in the fourth quarter as the Yellow Jackets came back to take the 26-23 win… Nala’ya Garrett led the Yellow Jackets with 11 points, Kemarion Cullen score 7 points, Za Boston 6 and Jasmine Jenkins 2… The Lady Tigers were led in scoring by Nizeria Jones who scored a game-high 15 points, while Jamauria Thompson scored 5 and Aijiah Crooks 2.
    • Boys: Sanders 35 – LMS 34… The Sanders boys were also able to hand the LMS boys their first loss of the season as they took a 35-34 win that was even more exciting than the girls’ game… Sanders also had a small lead most of the game and led 31-26 going into the fourth quarter… Sander led by 1 point with 17.7 seconds left and the Tigers had the ball trying to work for a last shot… However, they never got to take one as they traveled and turned the ball over with about 5 seconds left in the game and that sealed their fate… Travion Robinson had 25 points to lead Sanders in scoring while also scoring for Sanders Zy Miller finished with 5 points, Marcus Miller 3 and Jay Harris 2… Wells Rhodes led the LMS Tigers in scoring with 13 points, Frankie Simpson scored 7, Quay Calhoun 5, Elijah Bryson 5, Logan Bragg 3 and Jyiheem 1… Both teams have 1 loss to each other but the LMS Tigers have 1 game left to play at Hickory Tavern Monday.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



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Sports Report for Thursday, 2-6-2025

Local Notes

 Raider Wrestling

  • Raiders Headed to State Finals… Last night in the main gym at LDHS the Raider wrestling team defeated the Fountain Inn Fury 43-29 in the SCHSL Class AAAA Upper State Finals to punch their ticket to the state Championship finals this Saturday…  There was a large crowd of fans for both teams and the action was nonstop and exciting… The Raiders fell behind 0-6 when Keisun Robinson was pinned by his opponent in the first match of the night… The Raiders responded getting a pin of their own by Dakota McCall to tie the match 6-6… After that the Raider continued to pull ahead and the closest they could get to the Raiders was 28-23.
    • To see a short video interview done with Coach Jordan after the match click here.
    • To see the results for each of the weight classes in this match, click here.
    • The Raiders will be heading to Columbia Saturday for a 4:00 pm match against the May River Sharks out of Bluffton, SC who are ranked #1 in the state coming into the playoffs… The match will take place at Dreher HS.
  • For more information about ticketing, directions and other things you need to know before you get there, click here to go to a posing on the SCHSL website.

 


Clinton HS

  • Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to host the Eau Claire Shamrocks today and travel to Eau Claire Friday.

Laurens HS

  • Laurens at Fountain Inn… The Raider varsity basketball teams traveled a short distance up the road last night to take on region foe the Fountain Inn Fury.
    • Girls; Fury 50 – Raiders 39… The first three quarters of the girls’ game was close as the Fury only led 31-30 at the end of the third quarter… The Fury outscored the Raiders 19-8 in the last 8 minutes of the game to pull away to a 50-39 region win… Nyri Allen was the only Raider in double-digits as she had 14 points… Also scoring for the Raiders Zoe Young finished with 8 points, Ty Jones 7, Keyorick Yeargin 7and Alayiah Carter 3… The Raiders are now 4-5 in region play and 11-13 overall while the Fury improve to 6-2 in region play and 16-6 overall
    • Boys: Raiders 49 – Fury 44… The news is better for Raider fans where the boys are concerned as they took an important 59-44 win over the Fury… The Raiders simply outscored the Fury in each of the four quarters to take the win… The Raiders were led in scoring by TyJ Jones and Q. Watts who finished with 14 points each and DJ Martin was also in double-digits with 10 points… Zee Simpson finished with 9 points, RJ Brewster-Snow 4, Will Thompson 4, and both Quin Anderson and rounded out the Raider scoring with 2 points each.…. The Raiders are now 6-3 in region play and 18-7 overall while the Fury drop to 6-2 in region play and 13-10 overall.
  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders will be hosting the Emerald Vikings tomorrow in the last games of the regular season and I believe it will be Senior Night…. We do plan on brining you those games here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

Laurens Academy

  • Crusader at Oakbrook Prep… The Crusader basketball teams traveled to Spartanburg Tuesday night to take on the Knights of Oakbrook Prep.
    • Updated: Girls: Crusaders 47 – Knights 25… All I had was the final score yesterday as the Crusaders took a 41-25 win… Thanks to Coach Jason Marlett I have since learned that Sadie Bruyere scored 14 points, Brooklyn Senn 10, Braylee Burke 8 and Madison Graham 4 and according to Coach Marlett she played a great defensive game… According to MaxPreps to run their season record to 14-7 and 3-0 in region play

 

  • Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them hosting the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary tomorrow night.

Thornwell

  • Saints Host SC School for the Deaf and Blind… Last night the Thornwell Saints hosted the Green Hornets of the SC School for the Deaf and Blind last night in region action.
    • Girls: Saints 78 – Hornets 18… It was a good night for the Lady Saints as they outscored the Hornets 25-7 in the first half and then rolled on to a 78-18 win over the Hornets who are still looking for their first win of the season… The Saints were led on offense by Jessie Pitts who scored 22 points and Aly Jeter who scored 16 points… Some of the other Saint scoring included Kendra Wilson 9, Madi Landrith 8, Keyln Spurgeon 8, Makenzie Godfrey 6 and the scorebook photo was a little hard to read to accurately determine who else scored. … The Lady Saints are now 4-16 on the season and 5-8 in region play.
    • Boys: Saints 73 – Hornets 18… The news is also good where the boys are concerned as the Saints picked up a 73-18 win over the Hornets who are still looking for their first win also… The Saints led 28-4 after 8 minutes of play and then rolled on to the win… Three players scored in double-digits for the Saints with Zaylen Washington scoring 15 points while both KJ Singleton and Evan Summer both scored 12 points… Malik Anderson finished with 8 points, Gibson Partee 5, Jacob Wilson 5, Ke Kinard 4, Adam Parrish 4, Kemonte Pitts 4 and both Parker Workman and Kaleb Ward contributed 2 points each… The Saints improve to 5-11 on the season and 4-8 in the region while Ware Shoals falls to 8-12 overall and 5-7 in the region.
  • Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled travel to Calhoun Falls Saturday

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… Today marks the final day of contests according to the middle school master schedule… Games on tap for today include:

  • Ware Shoals at Dixie
  • Whitmire at Thornwell
  • Gray Court Owings at Hickory Tavern
  • Sanders at Laurens Middle… These games will start at 5:30 pm and take place in the main gym at LDHS… There two teams are playing for the Little River Championship in both the girls’ and boys’ games.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



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Sports Report for Wednesday, 2-5-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Red Devils at Chester… The Red Devils boarded the bus and traveled to Chester last night to take on the Cyclones in region action.
    • Girls: Red Devils 59 – Cyclones 21… The Lady Red Devils wasted little time turning the Lady Cyclones into harmless swirls as they jumped out to a 22-2 lead after one quarter of play and led 42-7 as they went on to take a 59-21 win… I don’t know for sure, but with the low number of points for both teams in the second half I suspect they had a running clock…  McKenzie Clark was the only Red Devil scoring in double-digits as she finished with 15 points… Mylayja Thompson finished with 9 points, Bryanna Belton 8 and scoring 6 points each were Ry’Daijia Mars, Nah’shia Wright, Kemaria Shelton and Jakia Burton… Rounding out the scoring for the Red Devils, Emma Patterson had 3 points… The Red Devils improve to 16-5 overall and are undefeated in region play with a 6-0 record while Chester falls to 9-8 and 1-6.
    • Boys: Red Devils 76 – Cyclones 38… In boy’s action, the news is similar to the girls game in that the Red Devils rolled to a one-sided 76-38 win…They led 35-17 at the half and never looked back…. Devin Swindler led the Red Devils with 23 points while Cristian Jones was also in double-digits with 13 points and so was Kylen Calhoun with 12 points… Also scoring for the Red Devils Nyterian Smith had 9 points, Tushawan Richardson 6, J’shon Nabors 5, Cal Pitts 4, Jarred Willard 2 and Jayson Glenn 2… The Red Devils improve to 11-7 overall and 5-1 in region play while Chester is 6-8 overall and 3-4 in region play.
  • Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to host the Eau Claire Shamrocks tomorrow and travel to Eau Claire Friday.

Laurens HS

  • Laurens – Westside… The Laurens Raiders also had to get on the bus last night as they traveled to Westside to take on the Rams.
    • Girls: Rams 63 – Raiders 30… The Lady Raiders had trouble getting their offense going last night as they the Lady Rams 29-12 at the half and the second half was really no better as the Lady Rams took a 63-30 win… Zoe Young was the only Raider scoring in double-digits as she finished with 12 points… Keyoric Yeargin scored 8 points, Nyri Allen 4, and scoring 2 points each were Ty Jones, Nasira Sanders and Gabby Wormley… The Raiders are now 11-12 overall and 4-4 in region play while Westside improves to 17-2 and a perfect 7-0 in region play.
    • Boys: Raiders 54 – Rams 49… The news is better for Raider fans as the boys took a 54-49 win… They led 14-8 after 8 minutes of play and 27-21 at the half and then went on to the win over a pesky Westside team… The Raiders had 2 players scoring in double-digits as Q. Watts finished with 17 points and TyJ Jones 15… DJ Martin finished with 8 points, RJ Brewster-Snow 6, Zee Simpson 4 and scoring two points each CJ Bates and Will Thompson rounded out the Raider scoring
  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders will be traveling to Fountain Inn tonight to take on the Fury in region action.
  • Sub-Varsity Basketball… Last night the Raider sub-varsity teams hosted the Westside Rams.
    • JV Girls: Westside 36 – Laurens 5… The Rams held the Raiders scoreless until 5:32 left in the first half as they went on to take a 36-5 win… Keymyja Latimore and Jesenia Hernandez both had 2 points for the Raiders and Joyce Foggie had 1.
    • Freshman Boys: Laurens 38 – Westside 35… In a close game from start to finish, the Raiders took a 38-35 win over Westside in C-Team boys’ action… Savarion Carter scored 12 points for the Raiders, Rodney Conway 10, Kaleb Gilchrist 6, Kamauri Moore 6 and Sy Westfield 4.
    • JV Boys: Westside 51 – Laurens 31… In the final game of the night, Westside took a 51-31 win… The Raiders simply had way too many turnovers, the Rams were hot from behind the three-point line and out rebounded the Raiders… Anthony Cunningham scored 13 of the Raiders points, KB Blackwell 6, Damajia Crooks 4, Buddy Cheeks 4, Carter Adair 2 and Sincere Shands 2.

 

Wrestling

  • Raiders Host Fountain Inn in Upper State Finals Travelers… Tonight in the main gym at LDHS the Raider wrestling team will be hosting the Fountain Inn Fury in the SCHSL Class AAAA Upper State Finals… The Raiders defeated Travelers Rest 34-33 on Monday in third round action to get to this point… The match will start at 7:00 pm…Tickets will be $8 at the door (cash or card) and you can also buy them online by clicking here to save time… Since this is a SCHSL event, the prices are set by the SCHSL and no Century Club, District IDs, or Student Athletic Passes can be accepted only SCHSL passes will be accepted…. Please come out and support the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Crusader at Oakbrook Prep… The Crusader basketball teams traveled to Spartanburg last night to take on the Knights of Oakbrook Prep.
    • Girls: Crusaders 47 – Knights 25… All I have is the final score as the Crusaders took a 41-25 win according to MaxPreps to run their season record to 14-7 and 3-0 in region play
    • Boys: Knights 49 – Crusaders 48… In varsity boys’ action, the Crusaders last a heartbreaker as they fell to the Knights by a score of 49-48… It was a game that went back and forth all night but in the end the Knights were able to score 1 more point than the Crusaders… The Crusaders had three players scoring in double digits as Braydon Burke sore 15 points, Garrison Vaughn 12 and Micha Strait 111… Also scoring for the Crusader Garrett Murphy and Tristan Bates finished with 5 points each.
    • Middle School Boys: Knights 38 – Crusaders 33… Parker Wilson scored 14 points, Elias Littleton 9, Reid Campbell and Mason Snider 4 each while George Sherer score 2 points.
  • Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them hosting the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary Friday night.

Thornwell

  • Saints Travel to Ware Shoals… Last night the Thornwell Saints traveled to Ware Shoals to take on the Hornets in region games.
    • Girls: Hornets 54 – Saints 31… In varsity girls’ action, the Hornets outscored the Saints 25-6 in the first quarter putting the Saints in a hole they just could not climb out of though they never stopped trying as the Hornets took a 54-31 win… The Saints were led on offense by Aly Jeter who scored 16 points… Kendra Wilson scored 9 points, Jessie Pitts 4 and Graycen Moore 2… The Lady Saints are now 5-9 on the season and 4-7 in region play while the Hornets improve to 7-10 overall and 6-5 in the region.
    • Boys: Saints 71 – Hornets 61… The news is much different where the boys are concerned as the Saints picked up a 71-61 win over the Hornets… The Hornets led 17-9 after 8 minutes of play but the Saints got hot in the second quarter as they led 31-28 at its end… The Saints then slowly added to their lead in the second half as they went on to the huge region win… Two players scored all but 11 of the Saints points as Zaylen Washington finished with 40 points and KJ Singleton finished with 20 points… Kemonte Pitts scored 6 points, Malik Anderson 4 and Parker Workman 4… The Saints improve to 5-11 on the season and 4-8 in the region while Ware Shoals falls to 8-12 overall and 5-7 in the region.
  • Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled to host the SC School for the Deaf and Blind tonight in more region action.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game.


 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



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Sports Report for Tuesday, 2-4-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Chester tonight to take on the Cyclones in in region action.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders will be traveling to Westside tonight to take on the Rams in region action while the sub-varsity teams will be playing at home today starting at 5:00 pm

Wrestling

  • Raiders Defeat Travelers Rest… Last night the Raiders hosted the Devildogs of Travelers Rest in Round third round action of the Class AAAA wrestling team playoffs… It was a tight match at first that saw the Devildogs go up by 11 points (33-21) before the Raiders came all the way back to take a 34-33 win…They did it by winning the last 4 matches of the night with Jonathan Paguada taking a 9-6 win in the very last match of the evening to send the team to the Upper State Finals.
  • After the matches I did a short video interview with Raider Coach Lawson Jordan… If you would like to see that video and a slide show of some photos taken at the match last night, check back here later in the morning…. Due to technical problems this will be delayed until tonight at the earliest.
  • With the win, the Raiders record improves to 34-3 on the season and will take on region foe Fountain Inn tomorrow night at LDHS starting at 7:00 pm for the Upper State Championship… The Raider did hand the Fury one of their few losses in the season by a score of 39-31… The Fury defeated #1 seed South Pointe last night.… Tickets will be $8 at the door (cash or card) and you can also buy them online by clicking here to save time… Since this is a SCHSL event, the prices are set by the SCHSL and no Century Club, District IDs, or Student Athletic Passes can be accepted only SCHSL passes will be accepted…. Please come out and support the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them on the road tonight as they travel up to Spartanburg to take on the Oakbrook Prep Knights in region action.

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals tonight in more region action.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… The middle school schedule for today should be:

  • Dixie at Whitmire… No Scores reported to me.
  • Ware Shoals at Sanders… No Scores reported to me.
  • Thornwell 40 – Hickory Tavern 32… In Boys’ action at Hickory Tavern last night, the Thornwell Saints took a 40-32 and was tied on at least 2 different occasions during the game… Both teams had about as many turnovers as they did points but in the end the Saints prevailed over a scrappy Panther team… This was the most points scored in a game by the Panthers this season.
  • Gray-Court-Owings at Laurens Middle
    • Girls: LMS 29 – GCO 2   The LMS Tigers held the GCO Tigers scoreless for the first 18 plus minutes of the game before Jenna Gillian made two free throws in the fourth quarter as LMS rolled to a 29-2 win… LMS was led in scoring by Aijiah Crooks who finished with 13 points…Nizeria Jones scored 9 points, Tamia Smith 3 and both Jamauria Thompson and Quenterria Williams scored 2 points each.
    • Boys: LMS 57 – GCO 20… In Boys action, the LMS Tigers made it a sweep of the GCO Tigers as they took a 57-20 win… LMS jumped out to 31-13 lead at half and then held GCO scoreless in the third quarter as they cruised to the win… Logan Bragg & Elijah Bryson led LMS in scoring with 8 points each… Wesley Collins scored a game-high 12 points for the GCO Tigers… LMS played everyone on the team and everyone score… Others who scored for LMS included Frankie Simpson who finished with 7 points, Wells Rhodes 6, Isaac Ocha 6, Quay Calhoun 6, Jyiheem Burnside 4, Zek Anderson 4, Ke’lyn Hunter 4, Aiden Jenkins 2 and rounding out the scoring for the LMS Tigers Jaylen Dendy and Grayson Forsyth both scores 1 point each.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



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Sports Report for Monday, 2-3-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton at Laurens

  • Round II of County Championships Saturday… The Raiders and the Red Devils got together for the second time this season as the Raiders hosted the Red Devils Saturday afternoon… As a reminder, both the Raider teams took wins earlier in the season.
    • Girls: Raiders 40 – Red Devils 31... The girls’ game was hard fought game in which Clinton led 8-5 after one quarter of play… The Raider fought back in the second quarter to take a 17-16 lead at the half… The Raiders outscored Red Devils 10-4 in third quarter and 13-11 in fourth to take a 40-31 win… Both teams competed to the end with the Lady Red Devils not stopping until the final horn… The Raiders were led in scoring by Zoe Young who finished with 15 points and Nyri Allen who scored 11… Bryanna Belton led the Red Devils with 9 points… Also scoring for the Raiders Ty Jones finished with 8 points, Gabby Wormley 4, and Keyoric Yeargin 2… Other Red Devils who scored included Ry’Daijia Mars and Mylayja Thompson who both scored 6 points, Kemaria Shelton 4, McKenzie Clark 2 and Nah’shia Wright 1… The Raiders improve to 11-11 on the season and the Red Devils are now 15-5.
    • Boys: Laurens 63 – Red Devils 50… This boys’ game was also a hard fought contest that saw the game tied 25-25 at the half… The Raiders came out in the third quarter and outscored the Red Devils 18-9 in third and 20-16 in fourth to take a 63-50 win against a Red Devil team that does not know the meaning of the word quit… Watts led the Raiders with 24 points TyJ Jones was also in double-digits with 19…     For the Red Devils, Tushawan Richardson had 25 points as he was near perfect from the free throw line and Devin Swindler was also in double –digits with 19 points… Others scoring for the Raiders included DJ Martin with 7 points, Zee Simpson 6, Trendon Brown 4, Quin Anderson 2 and RJ Brewster-Snow 1… Khari Vance had 3 points for the Red Devils, Zy Butler2 and Nyterian smith 1… The Raiders are now 16-7 overall and the Red Devils are 10-7 overall.

 Clinton HS

Clinton HS

  • Friday: Clinton at Columbia… Friday night the Red Devils traveled down to Columbia HS to take on the Capitals in region action.
    • Girls: Red Devils 50 – Capitals 5… The Lady Red Devils took on a Lady Capitals team that is really struggling this year and held them scoreless in the first half to lead 31-0 and then with a running clock in the second half went on to a 50-5 win over the Capitals… The Red Devils played everyone on the bench and everyone scored… McKenzie Clark was they only Red Devil to score in double-digits as she finished with 10 points… Nah’Shia Wright scored 9 points, Mylayja Thompson 8, Kemaria Shelton 6, Bryanna Belton 5, Ry’Daijia Mars 2 and rounding out the Red Devils scoring Emma Patterson, Symiah Floyd, Halleigh Luke and Ja’Neshia Burton all scored 2 points… The Lady Red Devils are now 5-0 in region play.
    • Boys: Red Devils 74 – Capitals 51… The Red Devil boys made it a sweep of the Capitals as they took a 74-51 win over the Capitals… They only led 50-43 going into the fourth quarter where they outscored the Capitals 24-8 to end any hope of a capitals comeback… Tushawan Richardson led the Red Devils with 21 points and Devin Swindler was also in double-digits with 18 as was Cristian Jones who finished with 12 points… Nyterian Smith scored 9 points, Zy Butler 6, Dirkus Clark 3, Jaydon Glenn 3 and Jarred Willard 2… The Red Devils improve to 4-1 in region play while the Capitals fall to 1-5 in region play
  • Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Chester tomorrow to take on the Cyclones in in region action.

Laurens HS

  • Friday: Raiders Hosted Wren… Friday night the Raiders played host to the Wren Golden Hurricanes in region action.
    • Girls: Raiders 50 – Wren 47… The Lady Raiders were able to get revenge for an earlier 67-36 loss at Wren as they took an exciting 50-47 win over the Lady Hurricanes… The Raiders jumped out to a 12-4 lead after 8 minutes of play and led 16-13 at the half… The Hurricanes came out hot in the third quarter and led 39-27 at its end…The Raiders Nyri Allen got hot in the final 8 minutes of play scoring 12 of her 17 points in the game and Zoe Young also scored 7 points in the quarter as the Lady Raiders came back to take a 50-47 win over the Hurricanes… Scoring for the Raiders Zoe Young finished with20 points, Nyri Allen 17 Keyoric Yeargin 10, A’Nyah McBeth 2 and Ty Jones 1… Both the Raiders and Hurricanes are 4-3 in region play and tied for third place.
    • Boys: Wren 63 – Raiders 57…Early foul trouble in the first quarter set the tone for the Raiders as 3 of their starters eventually fouled out of the game and limited their involvement before that as the Raiders fell to the Hurricanes 63-57… Q. Watts led the Raiders with 24 points and Damyyo Watts was also in double digits with 14 points… TyJ Jones scored 8 points, Nigere Brown 5, Trendon Brown 3 and Zee Simpson 3… The Raiders are now 4-3 in region play and Wren is 6-1.
  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders will be traveling to Westside tomorrow to take on the Rams in region action.

 

Wrestling

  • Saturday the Raiders hosted the first and second rounds of the Class AAAA wrestling team playoffs… In the first round the Raiders defeated Lancaster 64-10 to advance to the second round… There the Raiders took a 58-20 win over AC Flora.
  • After the matches I did a short video interview with Raider Coach Lawson Jordan… If you would like to see that video, click here.
  •  With the win the Raiders advance to the third round which will take place tonight at LDHS… The Raiders will take on the Travelers Rest Devil Dogs starting at 7:00 pm… Tickets will be $8 at the door (cash or card) and you can also buy them online by clicking here to save time… Since this is a SCHSL event, the prices are set by the SCHSL and no Century Club, District IDs, or Student Athletic Passes can be accepted only SCHSL passes will be accepted…. Please come out and support the Raiders!

 


Laurens Academy

  • Varsity Basketball… The Laurens Academy Crusaders hosted the Greenville Tech Charter Warriors Saturday afternoon… The Warriors are a SCHSL Class AA school
    • Girls: Warriors 39 – Crusaders 37… The Lady Warriors outscored the Lady Crusaders 12-6 in the first quarter but the Crusaders cut into that lead in the second quarter as they only trailed 19-6 at the half but the Warriors outscored them by 1 point in the second half as the Lady Warriors took a 39-35 win… Brooklyn Senn and Sadie Bruyere both had 8 points to lead the Crusaders in scoring… Braylee Burke finished with 7 points, Madisyn Graham 4, Taylor Gagle 3, and both Abby Howard and Brooke Abercrombie scored a single point…The Lady Crusaders are now 13-7 overall and 2-0 in region play while Greenville Tech improves 11-8.
    • Boys: Warriors 40 – Crusaders 12… The news is also not good where the boys’ team is concerned as Warriors took a 40-12 win over the Crusaders… The Warriors led 17-7 at the half as the Crusaders left their shooting touch in the locker room and the Warriors outscored them 23-5 in the second half…  Micah Strait led the Crusaders with 4 points while Garrett Murphy scored 3 points, Garrison Vaughn and Elijah Strait 2 each and Elijah Hornberger rounded out the Crusader scoring with 1 point… The Crusaders are now 6-14 overall and 0-2 in region play.
  • Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them on the road tomorrow when they travel up to Spartanburg to take on the Oakbrook Prep Knights in region action.

 Thornwell

  • Abbeville Panthers at Thornwell… Last Friday night the Thornwell Saints hosted the Abbeville Panthers in region action… Both the Abbeville teams are either #1 or #2 in the region coming into the games.
    • Girls: Panthers 37 – Saints 34… The Lady Saints arguably played their best game of the season as they as they led the Panthers 17-3 at the end of the first quarter and 21-15 at the half… Abbeville fought back and tied the game 34-34 with about 2:51 left in the game and then hit the winning 3-point shot with about 1:27 left in the game and the Saints were not able to sink a basket after that… Aly Jeter led the Lady Saints in scoring with 21 points… No further details available… The Lady Saints fall to 5-9 overall and 4-7 in region play while the Panthers improve to 9-4 overall and 9-1 in region play.
    • Boys: Panthers 78 – Saints 40… In boys’ action, the Saints fell to the region’s #2 Panthers by a score of 78-40… Sorry but I don’t have any other details on this game… The Saints are now 4-11 overall and 3-8 in the region while the Panthers improve to 13-2 overall and 10-0 in the region one game behind McCormick which is 11-0.
  • Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals tomorrow night in more region action. . .

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… The middle school schedule for today should be:

  • Dixie at Whitmire
  • Gray-Court-Owings at Laurens Middle
  • Ware Shoals at Sanders
  • Thornwell at Hickory Tavern

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

 




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Sports Report for Friday, 1-31-2025

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

  • Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Columbia tonight to take on the Capitals and then on Saturday go to LDHS to take on the Raiders in makeup games starting at 5:00 pm… We do plan on brining you those games Saturday here on Real Radio WLBG

Laurens HS

  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders are to host the Wren Golden Hurricanes this tonight and then host the Clinton Red Devils starting at 5:00 pm tomorrow… We do plan on brining you the games Friday with Wren and the games with the Red Devils Saturday here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

 

  • Wrestling… Over the last couple of weeks or so second year Raider Wrestling coach Lawson Jordan and his team captures the region championship and are ranked #2 in Class AAAA in the Upper State… They will be hosting the first two rounds of the Upper State Playoffs tomorrow in the main gym at LDHS… The raiders will take to the mats against Lancaster in the first round while Dreher and AC Flora go at it on the other mats… The first-round matches should start about 11:00 am and the winners advance to the second round which will most likely start about 12:30 – 1:00 pm timeframe while the losers are eliminated… Tickets will be $8 at the door (cash or card), and you can also buy them online by clicking here to save time… Since this is a SCHSL event, the prices are set by the SCHSL and no Century Club, District IDs, or Student Athletic Passes can be accepted only SCHSL passes will be accepted…. Please come out and support the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

  • Varsity Basketball… The Laurens Academy Crusaders hosted another set of Crusaders last night, the Shannon Forest Crusaders…. This was Laurens Academy’s fourth game in 6 days.
    • Girls: Shannon Forest 31 – Laurens Academy 13… The Lady Crusaders had a problem getting their offense going last night against SCISA Class 3A Shannon Forest as they fell to Shannon Forest 31-13… Shannon Forest led 12-3 after one quarter of play and held the Crusaders scoreless in the third quarter… Sadie Bruyere led the Crusaders with 5 points while both Brooklyn Senn and Madisyn Graham scored 3 points… Braylee Burke rounded out the Crusaders scoring with 2 points… The Lady Crusaders are now 13-6 overall and 2-0 in region play while Shannon Forest improves to 14-4.
    • Boys: Shannon Forest 50 – Laurens Academy 21… The news is also not good where the boys’ team is concerned as Shannon Forest took a 50-21 win… The Crusaders really had trouble getting their offense going in the first quarter as Shannon Forest held them scoreless while Shannon Forest scored 14 unanswered points…  Garrett Murphy led the Crusaders with 6 points… Also scoring for the Crusaders Jay Brown finished with 4 points, Aiden Graddick 3, Garrison Vaughn 2, Lucas Li 2, Micha Strait 1 and Elijah Hornberger 1… If you are adding up the Crusader points they are 2 points shy of 21 and that can be explained by the fact that one of the Shannon Forest players made 2 points, shooting into the Crusader basket… The Crusaders are now 6-13 overall and 0-2 in region play.
  • Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them on the road tomorrow when they travel up to Greenville to take on the Greenville Tech Charter Warriors…. Girls’ action starts at 2:00 pm

 

Thornwell

  • Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled to host the Abbeville Panthers tonight.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… Results from yesterday’s games:

  • Boys: Gray Court-Owings 37 – Dixie 34 in OT… The GCO Tigers hosted the Dixie Green Hornets in boys’ action only and they had to go to overtime to do it but I am pleased to report the Tigers took a 37-34 win… Dixie led 17-12 at the half but the Tigers fought back and tied the game 27-at the end of the third quarter and fought to a 7-7 time in the fourth quarter to make the score 34-34 and send the game into overtime… There the Tigers held the Hornets scoreless while Dylan Abramowitz scored a two-point field goal and Wesley Collins hit a free throw to lift the Tigers to a thrilling 37-34 win… Collins led the Tigers in scoring with 17 points while Abramowitz was also in double Digits with 13 points… Jaylin Anderson finished with 5 points and Mason Lang 2.
  • Hickory Tavern at Whitmire… The only score I had reported to me was the girls’ score and its good news for Panther fans as they won 19-16… I do not have any scoring details and also the final score in the boys’ game was not reported to me.
  • Laurens Middle at Ware Shoals… No scores reported to me, please ask the coaches to do so.
  • Boys: Sanders 53 – Thornwell 23… The once beaten Sanders Yellow Jacket boys’ team traveled over to Thornwell last night to take on the Saints and came home with a 53-23 win… The Saints hung in there the first quarter of play as the Yellow Jackets only led 89-8 at its end, but extended that lead to 27-13 at the half and then rolled on to the 53-23 win against the scrappy Saints… Sanders just had too much height and quickness for the Saints to overcome… Sanders’ Travion Robinson finished with 24 points while the Saints were led by Tilan Gant who finished with 9 points… Others scoring for Sanders included jay Harris with 9 points, Deaunte Hill 8, Marcus Miller 6, De’Vontay Mosley 3 and Zykius Miller 3… Also scoring for the Saints Keith Watts scored 7 points, Brayden Young 3 and both Caleb Clinkscales and Wyatt Lyman finished with 2 points each.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



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Sports Report for Thursday, 1-30-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Columbia Friday night to take on the Capitals and then on Saturday go to LDHS to take on the Raiders in makeup games starting at 5:00 pm… We do plan on brining you those games Saturday here on Real Radio WLBG

Laurens HS

  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders are to host the Wren Golden Hurricanes this Friday and then host the Clinton Red Devils starting at 5:00 pm on Saturday… We do plan on brining you the games Friday with Wren and the games with the Red Devils Saturday here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

Laurens Academy

  • Varsity Basketball… The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled up to Greenville last night to take on the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary.
    • Girls: Crusaders 40 – Lions 18… The Lady Crusaders started this game taking a 9-4 lead after 1 quarter of play and then continued to outscore the Lady Lions in each of the remaining quarters as they rolled to a 40-18 win… Braylee Burke was the only Crusader to score in double-digits as she had 16 points with 12 of them coming from behind the three-point line… Also Mackenzie Runyans 4 and Brooklyn Senn 2 … The Lady Crusader improve to 13-5 overall and 2-0 in region play while the Lady Lions are still looking for their first win of the season.
    • Boys: Lions 49 – Crusaders 35… The news is not as good where the Crusaders boys’ team is concerned as they fell to the Lions by a score of 49-35… The Lions led 20-6 at the half as the Crusaders offense was cold but the Crusaders fought and cut that lead to 10 points (32-22) at the end of the third quarter but the Lions outscored them 18-3 down the stretch… Garrison Vaughn led the Crusaders in scoring with 15 points… Garrett Murphy finished the game scoring 7 points, Tristan Bates 5 and both Braydon Burke and Micha Strait score 4 points each… The Crusaders are now 6-12 overall and 0-2 in region play.
  • Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them on the road tonight when they travel up to Greenville to take on the Shannon Forest Crusaders.

Thornwell

  • Adams Dean Name Head Football Coach at Thornwell… Yesterday on their Facebook account, Thornwell Charter School announced that Laurens native Adams Dean has been named as the new Head Football Coach as they strive to get their varsity football program restarted next season… Dean was most recently the offensive coordinator for the LDHS Raiders this past season and before that worked with on the staff of Greenwood and former Raider Coach Chris Liner …

  • Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled to host the Abbeville Panthers this Friday.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… According to the Master Schedule games today should be:

  • Dixie at Gray Court-Owings
  • Hickory Tavern at Whitmire
  • Laurens Middle at Ware Shoals
  • Sanders at Thornwell

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 College Basketball… In the polls the number in parenthesis (?) indicates their rank in the last poll if it is different from the present one… If there is a score given or game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).

Men

  • DI AP PollThe latest AP Top 25 Poll (1-26-25) no changes in the top 5 this week… Auburn is still #1 followed by Duke, Iowa State, Alabama and Florida… There were some changes in spots 6-10 as Houston (7) now checks in at #6 followed by Michigan State (8), Tennessee (6), Marquette (10) and Purdue (11)…To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
  • DI ScoresTo see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
  • Standings by ConferenceTo see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.

Women

  • DI AP Poll The latest AP Top 25 Poll (1-26-25) also had one change in the top 5…UCLA is still #1 followed by South Carolina, Notre Dame, Southern California and Texas (7) moved up to # 5… UConn is still #6 followed by LSU (5), Ohio State (12), TCU and Duke (14)… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
  • DI ScoresTo see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
  • Standings by ConferenceTo see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.



Pro SportsFor more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.

 NFL

  • NFL PlayoffsThe NFL is now starting its playoffs and if you would like to see the complete bracket leading up to the Super Bowl click here.
  • Conference Championships… The AFC and the NFC Conference Championship Games were held yesterday and in case you missed them:
    • AFC: Kansas City 32 – Buffalo 29…This game went back and forth with the Bills giving the Chiefs all the wanted but in the end the Chiefs took the win to keep their dream for a third Super Bowl win in as many years alive.
    • NFC: Philadelphia 55 – Washington 23… The Eagles scored 21 points in the final quarter to fly away from the Commanders.
  • Super Bowl… That sets up the meeting between the 15-2 Chiefs and the 14-3 Eagles on Sunday, 2-9-25 at 6:30 and it can be seen on Fox… More about this game as we get closer to the game.

NASCAR

  • Schedule… January is almost over and that means that the NASCR season will be starting soon… The Cup Series will start this Sunday with the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray and the multiple races at Daytona on Thursday Feb. 13th with the Daytona 500 on Sunday Feb. 16th… If you click here it will carry you to the NASCAR website where the season schedule is posted and you can look at the Cup Series. Xfinity Series or the Craftsman Truck Series by clicking on their icon at the top of the list… In addition to the date and location, it will also give you race times and TV viewing options…

 

 

This & That:

  • Laurens Little League (L3)…Registration is now open for the upcoming season of Laurens Little League also known as L3… As usual, there will be a coach’s pitch age group along with Minors and Majors all three of which cover ages 7-12… The cost is $80 per player and you must register by Friday, 2-7-25… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can find out how to register online… If you still have questions call the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation Headquarters at The Ridge at 86-681-7275… You can also register there in person and they are located at 301 Exchange drive in Laurens.

 

  • Youth Baseball and softball at The Clinton YMCA… Registration is now open at the Clinton YMCA for youth baseball and softball… They have 5 different age groupings for baseball and 2 for softball… Registration will close on Friday, 2-14-25… For more information about this and to register online click here… There is also a list of frequently asked questions at this website… There is also a way to drop them a message if you still have questions on that website also… If you had rather call, phone them at 864-866-1555.

 

 

If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to report scores, please contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com or text me at 864-981-3470.

Sports Report for Wednesday, 1-29-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Varsity Basketball… The Red Devils hosted the Fairfield Central Griffins last night in region action.
    • Girls: Red Devils 40 – Griffins 23… The Lady Red Devils ran their region record to 4-0 last night when they took a 40-23 win over the Lady Griffins… They only led 18-13 at the half but came out in the third quarter and outscored the Griffins 15-2 to put the Griffins in a deeper hole they could not climb out of… McKenzie Clark led the Red Devils with 15 points and Bryanna Belton was also in double digits with 12 points… Also scoring for the Red Devils Mylayja Thompson finished with 5 points, Ry’Daijia Mars 4, Kemaria Shelton 3 and Symiah Floyd 1… The Red Devils improve to 14-4 overall and4-0 in region play while the Griffins fall to 6-8 overall and 3-1 in region play
    • Boys: Griffins 53 – Red Devils 52… In boys’ action, I hate to have to report that the Red Devils lost a tough one as they led 44-41 going into the start of the final 8 minutes of the game only to go cold and have some free throw shooting problems as the Griffins outscored them 12-8 down the stretch to take a 53-52 win scoring the winning points with less than 50 seconds left in the game and then keeping the Red Devils off the scoreboard… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Tushawan Richardson who scored 22 points and Nyterian Smith who was also in double-digits with 12 points… Kylen Calhoun finished with 8 points, Devin Swindler 4 while both Khari Vance and Zy’Darrion Butler scored 3 points each… The Red Devils are now 9-6 overall and 3-1 in region play while the Griffins are 9-6 overall and 4-0 in region play
  • Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Columbia Friday night to take on the Capitals and then on Saturday go to LDHS to take on the Raiders in makeup games starting at 5:00 pm… We do plan on brining you those games Saturday here on Real Radio WLBG

Laurens HS

  • Varsity Basketball… The Raiders traveled up to Southside HS last night to take on the Tigers for the second time this season in region action.
    • Girls: Raiders 32 – Tigers 21… In girls’ action, the Lady Raiders led 18-8 at the half in a low-scoring game and then went on to take a 32-21 win over the Griffins… The Raiders had one player scoring in double digits and that was Nyri Allen who scored a game-high 16 points… Zoe Young finished with 8 points while both Ty Jones and Keyorick Yeargin finished with 4 points each… The Lady Raiders are now 9-11 overall and 3-3 in region play while the Tigers fall to 7-8 overall and 1-5 in region play.
    • Boys: Raiders 59 – Tigers 44… The news is also good for Raider fans where the boys are concerned as they took a 59-44 win over the Tigers… The game was a close on for three quarters as the Raiders only led 46-45 going into the fourth quarter where they held the Tigers to just 2 points while they scored 13 to pull away for the win… At this time, I do not have any individual scoring details on the game but if I get them, I will pass them on to you… The Raiders improve 15-6 overall and 4-2 in region play while the Tigers fall to 5-14 overall and 1-5 in region play.
  • Basketball up Next… The Raiders are to host the Wren Golden Hurricanes this Friday and then host the Clinton Red Devils starting at 5:00 pm on Saturday… We do plan on brining you the games Friday with Wren and the games with the Red Devils Saturday here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

Laurens Academy

  • Basketball… The Laurens Academy Crusaders hosted the Oakbrook Prep Knight last night.
    • Girls: Crusaders 38 – Knights 20… The Lady Crusaders started this game slowly as they trailed the 9-5 at the end of the first quarter… However about halfway through the second quarter, Braylee Burke found the range and hit 3 three-point shots in a row to help lift the Lady Crusaders to 22-12 lead at the half as the Crusaders went on to take a 38-20 win over the Lady Knights… Burke finished with a game-high 20 points 15 of which came from behind the three-point arc… Brooklyn Senn and Sadie Bruyere both finished with 4 points, Mackenzie Runyans and Madisyn Graham both scored 3 3 points while Taylor Cagle and Brooke Abercrombie rounded out the Crusader scoring with 2 points each… The Lady Crusader improve to 12-5 overall and 1-0 in region play while the Knights fall to 3-6 overall and 1-1 in region play.
    • Boys: Knights 44 – Crusaders 35… I wish I could report that the Crusader boys’ team also won last night but I can’t as the Knights took a 44-35 win… The Crusaders actually led 7-3 after 8 minutes of play but in the second quarter the Knights mounted a comeback and led 17-14 at the half… The Crusaders tried to comeback in the second half, but turnovers became a problem as they just could not gain ground on the Night though they tried hard and never gave up… The Crusaders were led in scoring by Braydon Burke and Garrison Vaugh who both finished with 12 points each… Also scoring for the Crusaders Garrett Murphy had 6 points, Micha Strait 3 and Elijah Hornberger 2… The Crusaders are now 6-11 overall and 0-1 in region play while the Knights are now 4-9 overall and 2-0 in region play.
  • Basketball up Next… The Crusaders return to action tonight when they travel up to Greenville to take on the Our Lady of the Rosary Lions making up games that had to be postponed due to weather.

Thornwell

  • Varsity Basketball…The Saints hosted the Owls of Green Upstate last night and there most likely was some bell ringing after each game.
    • Girls: Saints 45 – Owls 19… The Lady Saints jumped out to a 29-6 lead at the half and never looked back as they rolled on to a 45-19 win over the Lady Owls… The Saints were led in scoring by Aly Jeter and Kenli English who both scored 10 points… Kendra Wilson contributed 7 points while Madi Landrith, Kelyn Spurgeon and Jessie Pitts all scored 4 points… Rounding out the Saints scoring Graycen Moore scored 1 point… The Lady Saints are now 3-6 in region play and 4-8 overall… The Owls are 0-7 in region play and 0-10 overall.
    • Boys: 53 – Owls 38… Now its good news for Saints fans where the boys are concerned as they took a53-38 win over the Owls… The Saints only led 25-23 at the half and 41-17 at the end of the third quarter and they put the nails in the Owls coffin in the fourth quarter as they outscored them 12-3 t make the final score 53-38 Saints… The Saints had two players scoring in double-digits as Zaylen Washington had a game-high 18 points and KJ Singleton finished with 14 points… Kemonte Pitts scored 7 points, Jacob Wilson 5, Malik Anderson 4, Gibson Partee 3and Parker Workman 2… The Saints improve to 4-8 overall and 3-6 in the region… The Saints improve to 3-7 in region play 4-10 overall.
  • Up Next…The Saints are scheduled to host the Abbeville Panthers this Friday.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game


Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

Sports Report for Tuesday, 1-28-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Basketball Up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to host the Fairfield Central Griffins tonight starting at 6:15 with girls’ action.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball Up Next… The Raiders are scheduled to travel to Southside HS to take on the Tigers tonight starting at 6:00 pm
  • Sub-Varsity Basketball… The Raider sub-varsity teams hosted the Southside Tigers last night and the only team I was able to get a score on was the freshman boys’ team…. They took a 50-40 win over the Tigers leading 27-11 at the half and then withstanding a late challenge by the Tigers in the fourth quarter… Sorry no scoring details on this game or other scores from last night’s sub-varsity action.    

Laurens Academy

  • Basketball Up Next… The Crusaders return to action tonight when they host the Oakbrook Prep Knights.

Thornwell

  • Up Next…The Saints are scheduled to host the Owls of Green Upstate tonight

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game…. The middle school basketball results from last night:

  • Thornwell at Dixie (boys only)… Score not reported to me, please ask coach to do so
  • Gray Court-Owings at Ware Shoals… These games have been rescheduled to Wednesday (1-29-25) due to official shortage.
  • Sanders at Whitmire… Score not reported to me, please ask coach to do so
  • Hickory Tavern Panthers at Laurens Middle School Tigers
    • Girls: Tigers 39 – Panthers 21… In girls’ action, the Lady Tigers took a 39-21 win over a scrappy Lady Panthers… The Panthers had 2 main problems in the game… They had trouble with turnovers against the Tigers press and the Tigers Nizeria Jones who played just about the whole game and scored 24 points… They just could not stop her… The Tigers led 12-8 at the end of the first quarter and 20-10 at the half and went on to outscore the Panthers in each of the remaining quarters taking the win… The Panthers were led in scoring by Ivy Brock who had 13 points while Mahaiven Cook finished with 4 and both Brantley Brown and Kenzie Strickland finished with 2 points each… In addition to Jones’ 24 points also scoring for the Tigers Aijiah Crooks finished with 8 points, Peyton Elder 3 and both Tamia Smith and Ziriah Williams scored 2 points each.
    • Boys: Tigers 66 – Panthers 8… In boys’ action, the Tigers scored 23 unanswered points to start the first quarter and at its end led 25-2 as they rolled on to a 66-8 win… The Panthers boys also had a big problem with the Tiger pressing defense as they had more turnovers in the first half than points in the game…. The Tigers were led in scoring by Quay Calhoun who finished with 15 points while the Panthers Ayden Eaton had 6 points and Nykel Thompson 2… Others scoring for the Tigers included Elijah Bryson who finished with 10 points, Jaylen Dendy 8, Aiden Jenkins 7, Isaac Ocha 6, Logan Bragg 5, Wells Rhodes 5, Grayson Forsyth 4 and rounding out the scoring for the Tigers Jyiheem Burnside, Frankie Simpson and Taj Allen all scored 2 points each.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



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Sports Report for Monday, 1-27-2025

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

  • Basketball… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams traveled to Mid-Carolina last Friday to take on the Rebels in region action.
    • Girls: Red Devils 49 – Rebels 39… In girls’ action, the Lady Red Devils had a slow first half as they trailed 22-17 going into the locker room at the half… However, they picked up their offense and defense in the second half outscoring the Rebels 32-17 as they took a 49-39 win… Bryanna Belton led the Red Devils with 12 points and Mylayja Thompson was also in double digits with 11 points… Emma Patterson scored 8 points, Nah’shia Wright 7, Symiah Floyd 5, Ry’Daijia Mars 5, and Jakia Burton 1… The Red Devils improve to 13-4 overall and 3-0 in region play while the Lady Rebels fall to 4-12 overall and 0-3 in region play.
    • Boys: Red Devils 65 – Rebels 40… The news is also good where the Red Devil boys’ team is concerned as they rolled to a 65-40 win over the Rebels… The Red Devils came out hot to start the game and the Rebels came out about as cold as the weather as the Red Devils led 30-15 at the half and never looked back… The Red Devils had three players scoring in double-digits as Devin Swindler finished with a game-high 20 points, Kylen Calhoun 12 and Dirkus Clark 11… Tushawan Richardson scored 8 points, Nyterian Smith 5, J’shon Nabors 5 and Nyking Pitts 1… The Red Devils improve to 9-5 overall and 3-0 in region play while the Rebels fall to 3-12 overall and 1-2 in region play.
  • Up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to host the Fairfield Central Griffins tomorrow starting at 6:15 with girls’ action.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball… The Laurens Raiders hosted the Fountain Fury in a pair of games last Friday night that went right down to the wire.
    • Girls: Fury 31 – Raiders 30… In girls’ action, the Raiders lost a heart breaker as they 22-21 going into the fourth quarter and then the Fury outscored them by 2 points in the fourth quarter to take a 31-30 win… The Raiders had too many turnovers down the stretch and missed a couple of key free throws which sealed their fate… As has been the case lately, the Raiders were led in scoring by Zoe Young who finished with a game-high 15 points going 7 for 8 from the free throw line… She was hampered in the fourth quarter by fouls trouble… Ty Jones scored 7 points for the Raiders, while Nasira Sanders and Gabby Wormley both scored 3 points and Keyoric Yeargin rounded out the Raider scoring with 2 points… she also had a good night on defense snagging multiple defensive rebounds… The Raiders are now 8-11 overall and 2-3 in region lay while the Lady Fury improve to 14-4 overall and 4-0 in region play.
    • Boys: Fury 60 – Raiders 58 in OT… As heart breaking as the girls’ game was, the boys’ game was even more so as the Fury took a 60-58 win in overtime… The Raiders trailed most all of the game and trailed 40-30 going into the last 8 minutes of the game… As they have done before, the Raiders dug down deep and came back to tie the score 50-50 and send the game into overtime… There the Raiders had the lead in the last minute of play but a poor shot selection and a turnover gave the Fury the ball in the closing seconds trailing by 1 point… They got the ball to Terry Cunningham in the right corner behind the three-point line and he put up a shot with 1 second left that found nothing but net to lift the Fury to the win… Cunningham led the Fury in scoring with 21 points 15 of which came from behind the three-point line… The Raiders were led in scoring by Q. Watts who finished with 18 points and TyJ Jones who scored 16 points… Also scoring for the Raiders Will Thompson finished with 9 points, DJ Martin 7, Nigere Brown 6 and Quin Anderson 2… The Raiders are now 14-6 overall and 3-2 in region play while the Fury improve to 10-9 overall and 3-1 in region play
  • Up Next… The Raiders are scheduled to travel to Southside HS to take on the Tigers tomorrow night starting at 6:00 pm

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The Crusaders return to action Tuesday, 1-28-25 when they host the Oakbrook Prep Knights.

Thornwell

  • Up Next…The Saints are scheduled to host the Owls of Green Upstate Tuesday. 1-28-25

 


Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game…. The middle school basketball schedule for today according to the Master schedule shows:

  • Thornwell at Dixie (boys only)
  • Gray Court-Owings at Ware Shoals
  • Hickory Tavern at Laurens Middle
  • Sanders at Whitmire 

 


Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



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Sports Report for Friday, 1-24-2025

Local Notes

Clinton HS

  • Up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Mid-Carolina today

Laurens HS

  • Up Next… The Raiders are scheduled host the Fountain Inn Fury tonight (1-24-25)… We do plan on brining you those games here on Real Radio WLBG and on the internet at wlbg.com starting at 6:00 pm.

Laurens Academy

  • Crusader Vs. New Covenant… The Crusader varsity teams traveled to Anderson yesterday to take on the New Covenant School Cavaliers
    • Girls: Cavaliers 57 – Crusaders 45… The Lady Crusaders lost a tough one last night as they fell to the undefeated Cavaliers by a score of 57-45… The Lady Crusaders actually led 37-31 at the start of the fourth quarter only to go cold on offense as the Cavaliers outscored the, 26-8 down the stretch to take the come-from-behind win…  The Crusaders were led in scoring by Braylee Burke who scored 17 points… Mackenzie Runyans and Madisyn Graham both scored 6 points, Sadie Bruyere 5, Abby Howard 4, Taylor Cagle 2 and rounding out the Crusader scoring Brooklyn Senn and Braydyn Dorn both scored 2 points… The Crusaders are no 10-5 on the season and the Cavaliers are 13-0
    • Boys: Cavaliers 48 – Crusaders 36… The Crusader boys also lost as they fell by a score of 48-36… They only trailed 9-8 at the end of the first quarter but the Cavaliers outscored them 14-4 in the second quarter and went on the win… Braydon Burke was the only Crusader to score in double-digits as he scored 17 points… Garrison Vaughn finished with 7 points, Micah Strait 6, Jay Brown 3, Garrett Murphy 2 and Tristan Bates 2… The Crusader are now 6-10 on the season and the Cavaliers improve to 12-5
  • Up Next… A schedule note concerning the Crusaders, they were scheduled to host WW King this tonight (1-24-25) but those games have been cancelled and will not be made-up… King needed the date to makeup region games canceled last night due to the weather… They will return to action Tuesday, 1-28-25 when they host the Oakbrook Prep Knights.

 

Thornwell

  • Up Next…The Saints are scheduled to host the Owls of Green Upstate next Tuesday. 1-28-25

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game…. The middle school basketball results from yesterday are as follows:

  • Dixie 25 – Hickory Tavern 8… The Panthers traveled over to Dixie yesterday to take on the Green Hornets… I hate to have to report that the Green Hornets took a 25-8 win over the Panthers… Bentley Jamieson scored all 8 of the Panthers Points.
  • Sanders at Gray Court-Owings
    • Girls: Sanders 16 – GCO 12… Both teams had trouble scoring in this game as both suffered through a quarter where they did not score… For Sanders it was the first and fourth quarters and for GCO Tigers it was the second quarter… Despite that, the Yellow Jackets outscored the Tigers 16 to 12 in just 2 quarters… Scoring for the Yellow Jackets, Nala’ya Garrett led the way with 8 points, Za’Riya Boston scored 6 and Rajenna Patterson 2… For the GCO Tigers, Koziah Smith and Natalie Castro both scored 4 points while Addison Wilson and Jakira Elmore finished with 2 each.
    • Boys: Sanders 48 – GCO 38: The Sanders Yellow Jackets raced out to a 26-10 lead at the half and led 41-20 at the end of the third quarter but the GCO Tigers did not give up as they outscored the Yellow Jackets 17-7 down the stretch but it was too little too late… Sanders was led in scoring by Travion Robinson who scored 21 points and Zyekius Miller who scored 18… Also scoring for Sanders, Marcus Miller had 4 points, Deaunte Hill & Jaden Garrett both scored 2 points and Jay Harris 1… The Tigers’ Wesley Collins had a game-high 24 points for GCO while Dylan Abramowitz scored 6 points, Jaylin Anderson 4 and both Brayden Filbin and Edmond McDowell scored 2 each
  • Laurens Middle at Whitmire… Did Not Play
  • Ware Shoals at Thornwell… Score not reported to me

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



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Sports Report for Thursday, 1-23-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Mid-Carolina this Friday.
  • Region Standings… Taking a quick look at the region and overall records for the Red Devil basketball teams and their region foes:
    • Girls:
Team Region Overall
1 Clinton 2-0 12-4
2 Fairfield Central 2-0 5-7
3 Eau Claire 2-1 9-6
4 Chester 0-2 9-4
5 Columbia 0-2 0-11
6 Mid-Carolina 0-2 4-11

 

  • Boys
Team Region Overall
1 Clinton 2-0 8-5
2 Fairfield-Central 2-0 7-6
3 Mid-Carolina 1-1 3-11
4 Eau Claire 1-2 7-3
5 Chester 1-2 4-7
6 Columbia 0-2 3-13

 


Laurens HS

  • Up Next… The Raiders are scheduled host the Fountain Inn Fury this Friday night (1-24-25)… We do plan on bringing you those games here on Real Radio WLBG and on the internet at wlbg.com starting at 6:00 pm.
  • Region Standings… Taking a quick look at the region and overall records for the Raider basketball teams and their region foes:
    • Girls
Team Region Overall
1 Fountain Inn 3-0 13-4
2 Westside 3-0 11-2
3 Wren 2-2 12-6
4 Laurens 2-2 8-10
5 Southside 1-3 7-6
6 Emerald 0-4 4-8

 

    • Boys
Team Region Overall
1 Wren 4-0 16-3
2 Laurens 3-1 14-5
3 Fountain Inn 2-1 9-9
4 Westside 1-2 14-4
5 Southside 1-3 5-12
6 Emerald 0-4 6-11

 


Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The Crusaders are scheduled to travel to Anderson tomorrow at 6:00 pm to take on the Cavaliers of New Covenant School… Another schedule note concerning the Crusaders, they were scheduled to host WW King this Friday night (1-24-25) but those games have been cancelled and will not be made-up… King needed the date to makeup region games canceled last night due to the weather.
  • Region Standings… According to their Max Preps schedule, the Crusaders have not played any region games.

Thornwell

  • Up Next…The Saints are scheduled to host the Owls of Green Upstate next Tuesday. 1-28-25
  • Region Standings… Taking a quick look at the region and overall records for the Saints basketball teams and their region foes:
    • Girls
Team Region Overall
1 Abbeville 6-0 6-2
2 Calhoun Falls 6-1 8-3
3 McCormick 5-1 5-4
4 Dixie 7-2 7-7
5 Ware Shoals 5-4 6-9
6 Thornwell 3-6 4-8
7 Whitmire 1-7 1-13
8 Green Upstate 0-5 0-8
9 SC School for Deaf and Blind 0-7 0-7

 

Boys

Team Region Overall
1 McCormick 8-0 10-7
2 Abbeville 6-0 8-2
3 Dixie 6-3 10-6
4 Calhoun Falls 4-2 6-4
5 Ware Shoals 5-4 8-9
6 Green Upstate 2-4 5-12
7 Thornwell 2-7 3-10
8 Whitmire 1-7 1-13
9 SC School for Deaf and Blind 0-7 0-7

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game…. The middle school basketball schedule for today is as follows:

  • Dixie at Hickory Tavern… boys only
  • Sanders at Gray Court-Owings
  • Laurens Middle at Whitmire
  • Ware Shoals at Thornwell… boys only

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

  • Final College Football AP Rankings In case you missed it, the final College Football AP Top 25 came out yesterday… Since thy won the FBS Championship on Monday, the Ohio State Buckeyes finished #1 with their opponent in that game Notre Dame coming in at #2… The rest of the top 5 included Oregon, Texas and Penn state… Spots 6-10 are held by Georgia, Arizona State, Boise State, Tennessee and Indiana… Clemson finished as #14 and South Carolina # 19… If you would like to see the entire list of the Top 24 in the AP Poll click here.

 

  • Ohio State Wins CFB Championship 34-23 Over Notre Dame  In case you missed it last night, the Ohio State Buckeyes took a 34-23 win over the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame to claim this years’ FBS College Football Championship… The Irish were down 31-7 about halfway through third quarter and tried to come back but fell short… For more on this game click here and click here for two different summaries of the game.

 

  •  2024-25 Entire College Football Bowl Schedule & Information… After the selection Committee filled out the College Playoff Brackets other teams were quickly chosen for the myriad of bowl games that are going to be held between now and the National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 20th next year… If you click here, you will go to a posting on the NCAA website where the list of bowls is posted along with when they will be held, times, TV availability and after they are over the final score.

 


College Basketball… In the polls the number in parenthesis (?) indicates their rank in the last poll if it is different from the present one… If there is a score given or game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).

Men

  • DI AP PollThe latest AP Top 25 Poll (1-20-25) had some changes in the top 5… Auburn is still #1 followed by Duke (3), Iowa State (2), Alabama and Florida… There were some changes in spots 6-10 as Tennessee still checks in at #6 followed by Houston (10), Michigan State (12), Kentucky (8) and Marquette (7)…To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
  • DI ScoresTo see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
  • Standings by ConferenceTo see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.

 Women

  • DI AP Poll The latest AP Top 25 Poll (1-19-25) also had one change in the top 5…UCLA is still #1 followed by South Carolina, Notre Dame, Southern California and LSU (6)… UConn is still #6 followed by Texas (5), Maryland, TCU (10) and Kansas State (11)… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
  • DI ScoresTo see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
  • Standings by ConferenceTo see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.



Pro SportsFor more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.

 NFL

  • NFL PlayoffsThe NFL is now starting its playoffs and if you would like to see the complete bracket leading up to the Super Bowl click here.
  • Division Playoff Schedule… The Division Playoff games took place this past weekend and if you want to see those results click here .
  • Conference Championships… The AFC and the NFC Conference Championship Games will be held this Sunday (1-26-25)… To see the matchups’, times, TV viewing and other details about those two games, click here… After they are finished you can also get the results.
  • Standings… If you are also curious about the NFL standings, click here,



This & That:

  • Laurens Little League (L3)…Registration is now open for the upcoming season of Laurens Little League also known as L3… As usual, there will be a coach’s pitch age group along with Minors and Majors all three of which cover ages 7-12… The cost is $80 per player and you must register by Friday, 2-7-25… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can find out how to register online… If you still have questions call the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation Headquarters at The Ridge at 86-681-7275… You can also register there in person and they are located at 301 Exchange drive in Laurens.

 

 

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Sports Report for Wednesday, 1-22-2025

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

  • Up Next… Due to the weather, last night’s games with Eau Claire did not take place… Looking at the Red Devil basketball schedule on MaxPreps, it shows that the Red Devils will host Eau Claire making up those games on Thursday, 2-6-25 the day before thy travel to Eau Claire… That schedule also shows that they will travel to Mid-Carolina this Friday.

Laurens HS

  • Up Next… Due to the weather, the Raider basketball teams did not travel to Fountain Inn last night to take on the Fury… As far as I know, no makeup date for those games has been set… The Raiders are scheduled host the Fountain Inn Fury this Friday night (1-24-25) … We do plan on brining you those games here on Real Radio WLBG and on the internet at wlbg.com starting at 6:00 pm.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… According to the Crusaders master schedule on their website, the Crusaders will be traveling to Greenville today to take on the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary… I do not know if that game is still on or not… Their schedule shows they are scheduled to travel to Anderson tomorrow at 6:00 pm to take on the Cavaliers of New Covenant School… Another schedule note concerning the Crusaders, they were scheduled to host WW King this Friday night (1-24-25) but those games have been cancelled and will not be made-up… King needed the date to makeup region games canceled last night due to the weather.

Thornwell

  • UPDATED: Basketball… Friday night the Saints hosted the Dixie Green Hornets in region action.
    • Girls: Hornets 51 – Saints 11… The Hornets outscored the Saints 18-0 in first quarter and then went on to take a 51-11 win over the Saints… Kendra Wilson scored 8 points for the Saints while Karleigh Porter scored 2 and Graycen Moore 1… The Saints fall to 4-8 overall and 3-6 in region play while the Green Hornets improve to 7-7 overall and 7-2 in region play.
    • Boys: Hornets 64 – Saints 39… In Boys’ action the news is not good for Saints fans as the Green Hornets took a 64-39 win over the Saints…. The Saints came out cold in the first quarter and trailed at its end 15-4 and the Green Hornets continued by at least 3 points in each of the remaining quarters to take the 64-39 win… Two of the Saints finished the game in double-digits as Zaylen Washington had 19 points and KJ Singleton had 12… Jacob +Wilson, Gibson Partee, and Malik Anderson all scored 2 points while Parker Workman and Ke’zaviaus Kinard both score 1 point… The Saints fall to 3-10 overall and 2-7 in region play while the Green Hornets improve to 10-6 overall and 6-3 in region play.
  • Up Next…The Saints did not travel to Calhoun Falls Charter last night to take on the Blue Flashes in region action … At this time, I do not know of a make-up date for those games… Their schedule on MaxPreps shows them to be in action next Tuesday (1-28-25) when they host the Owls of Green Upstate.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game.


Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. [Read more…]

Sports Report for Tuesday, 1-21-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Up Next… The Red Devils will host the Eau Claire Shamrocks in region play tonight.

Laurens HS

  • Boys: Raiders 44 – Chesnee 39… Yesterday the Raider boys’ basketball team traveled over to Westside HS to participate in the Martin Luther King Holiday Classic taking on the Chesnee Eagles… While it’s illegal to kill Eagles they did manage to clip their wings as they took a 44-39 win, but it was not an easy win… The Eagles led 27-19 at the half but the Raiders outscored them 21-7 in the third quarter to take a 40-34 lead into the final 8 minutes of play…. In the fourth quarter the Eagles were playing a zone defense and the Raiders held the ball outside wanting the Eagles to come out of the zone and play man-to-man defense… For the better part of 5 minutes they stayed back in the zone so the Raiders just held the ball while the clock wound down… Finally they came out and outscored the Raiders 5-4 down the stretch but it was too little too late as the Raiders hung on for the 44-39 win… Q. Watts led the Raiders with a game-high 17 points and DJ Martin also scored in double-digits as he finished with 13 points… TyJ Jones finished with 7 points, RJ Brewster-Snow 3, Nigere Brown 2 and Zee Simpson 2… The now are 14-5 overall on the season while Chesnee falls to 14-5 overall.
  • Sub-varsity Teams Host Fountain Inn… Yesterday the Raider sub-varsity teams hosted the Fountain Inn Fury in the main gym at LDHS
    • JV Girls: Fury 27 – Raiders 14… The Raider JV girls’ team fell to the Fury by a score of 27-14… The Raiders trailed 18-7 at the half and the Fury outscored them 1-0 in the third quarter and went on to take the 27-14 win… The Fury were able to block at least 8 Raider shots compared to the Raiders blocking only 2 of theirs… Layla Irby and Jesenia Hernandez each scored 5 points for the Raiders while both Za’Chia Allen and Joyce Foggie scored 2 points each.
    • Freshman Boys: Fury 47 – Raiders 39… The news is not good where the freshman boys’ team is concerned as they fell to the Fury by a score of 47-39… The Raiders actually led 8-5 at the end of the first quarter of play but the Fury came back to take a 21-16 lead at the half… The Fury continued to outscore the Raiders by small amounts in the second half and have more rebounds and blocked shots as they went on to the 47-39 win… The Raiders were led in scoring by Rodney Conway who was the only Raider in double-digits with 10 points… Sy Westfield finished with 8 points, Savarion Carter 6, Kamauri More 4, JJ Bennett 4 and Kaleb Gilchrist 3.
    • JV Boys: Fury 37 – Raiders 31… The Fury completed the sweep of the Raiders when they took a 37-31 win in JV boys’ action… The Raiders actually led 9-7 at the end of the first quarter but trailed 27-17 going into the fourth quarter… There they made a run at the Furry but just could not complete the comeback…Carter Adair led the Raiders in scoring with 13 points while Buddy Cheeks scored 6, KB Blackwell 4, Damajia Crooks 3, Anthony Cunningham 3, and Sincere Shands 2.
  • Up Next… The Raider varsity teams are scheduled to travel to Fountain Inn to take on the Fury in region contests tonight.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… According to the Crusaders master schedule on their website, the Crusaders will be traveling to Greenville to take on the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary on Wednesday.

 Thornwell

  • UPDATED: Basketball… Friday night the Saints hosted the Dixie Green Hornets in region action.
    • Girls: Hornets 51 – Saints 11… The Hornets outscored the Saints 18-0 in first quarter and then went on to take a 51-11 win over the Saints… Kendra Wilson scored 8 points for the Saints while Karleigh Porter scored 2 and Graycen Moore 1… The Saints fall to 4-8 overall and 3-6 in region play while the Green Hornets improve to 7-7 overall and 7-2 in region play.
    • Boys: Hornets 64 – Saints 39… In Boys’ action the news is not good for Saints fans as the Green Hornets took a 64-39 win over the Saints…. The Saints came out cold in the first quarter and trailed at its end 15-4 and the Green Hornets continued by at least 3 points in each of the remaining quarters to take the 64-39 win… Two of the Saints finished the game in double-digits as Zaylen Washington had 19 points and KJ Singleton had 12… Jacob +Wilson, Gibson Partee, and Malik Anderson all scored 2 points while Parker Workman and Ke’zaviaus Kinard both score 1 point… The Saints fall to 3-10 overall and 2-7 in region play while the Green Hornets improve to 10-6 overall and 6-3 in region play.
  • Up Next…The Saints are scheduled to travel to Calhoun Falls Charter tomorrow to take on the Blue Flashes in region action

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game.


Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



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Sports Report for Monday, 1-20-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Clinton Host Chester… Last Friday the Clinton Red Devil varsity teams were in action as they hosted the Chester Cyclones in region action.
    • Girls: Red Devils 36 – Cyclones 19… The Lady Red Devil jumped out to a 16-8 lead at the half and then went on to take a 36-19 win over the Lady Cyclones… Nah’shia Wright led the Red Devils in scoring as she scored 15 points… also scoring for the Lady Red Devils Byranna Belton finished with 7 points, McKenzie Clark 4 and Emma Patterson 3…. Mylayja Thompson, Kemaria Shelton and Jakia Burton all scored 2 points and to round out the Red Devil scoring Symiah Floyd scored 1 point… The Lady Red Devils are now 12-4 overall and 2-0 in region play while the Cyclones fall to 9-4 overall and 1-2 in region play.
    • Boys: Red Devils 72 – Cyclones 50… The news is also good for Red Devil fans where the boys are concerned as Devin Swindler and Tushawan Richardson combined to score 44 points as the Red Devils rolled to a 72-50 win over the Cyclones… The Red Devils led 21-12 after 8 minutes of play and never looked back… Swindler finished the game with 24 points while Richardson scored 20… Others who put points on the scoreboard for Clinton included Cristian Jones with 6, Dirkus Clark & Jaydon Glenn 5 each, and Patrick McGowan 4… Rounding out the Red Devil scoring Kylen Calhoun, Jared Willard, Nyking Pitts and Nyterian Smith each scored 2 points… The Red Devils are now 8-5 overall and 2-0 in region play while the Cyclones fall to 4-7 overall and 1-2 in region play.
  • Up Next… The Red Devils will host the Eau Claire Shamrocks in region play tomorrow night.

Laurens HS

  • Basketball at Emerald… Last Friday the Raider varsity teams traveled to Greenwood to take on the Emerald Vikings in region action.
    • Girls: Raiders 49 – Vikings 29… The Lady Raiders jumped out to a 24-16 lead at the half using a sticky defense and continued to keep the lead as they went on to a 49-39 win… Zoe Young was kind of quiet in the first half as she only scored 4 points but came alive in the second half as she wound up with a game-high 17 points… Nyri Allen also scored in double digits as she finished close behind with 16 points… Ty Jones finished with 9 points, Alayiah Carter 3, Kryssy Carter 2 and Keyoric Yeargin 2.
    • Boys: Raiders 67 – Vikings 50… The Raiders completed a sweep of the Vikings when the boys took a 67-50 win over the Vikings… The Riders came out hot in the first quarter and forced the Vikings to more turnovers than they committed and led 33-17 at the half… The Vikings cut into that lead as the Raiders only led 42-33 at the end of the third quarter but the Raiders outscored the Vikings 25-17 down the stretch to take the 67-50 win… The Raiders had two players score in double-digits as Q. Watts finished with a game-high 21 points and TyJ Jones finished with 13 points… Also scoring for the Raiders Will Thompson finished with 8 strong points down inside, DJ Martin 7, Quin Anderson 4, Trendon Brown 4, Zee Simpson 4, RJ Brewster-Snow 3 and Hyikeem Burnside 3.
  • Raiders at White Knoll… On Saturday the Raider varsity basketball teams traveled down to White Knoll to take on the Timberwolves.
    • Girls: Raiders 43 – Timberwolves 38… I girls’ action, the Lady Raiders took a 43-38 win to avenge a 48-25 win by the Timberwolves in Laurens back in mid-December… The score was tied 18-18 at the half and the Raiders came out in the second half and outscored the Timberwolves by 4 points in the third quarter and 1 point in the fourth quarter to take the 43-38 win… The Raiders were led in scoring by Zoe Young and Nyri Allen who each scored 16 points in the game with 7 of Young’s coming in the second half and 9 of Allen’s in the second half where she hit some clutch free throws in the fourth quarter… Keyorick Yeargin finished with 7 points for the Raiders while Ty Jones scored 4… The Raiders are now 8-10 overall and 2-2 in the region having won their last 3 games while the Timberwolves fall to 12-7 overall.
    • Boys: Raiders 67 – Timberwolves 63 in OT… The Raiders boys were also able to pick up a win Saturday but they had to go to overtime to take a 67-63 win over the Timberwolves… The Raiders trailed at the end of each quarter and were behind 44-35 going into the last quarter of the game… There they outscored the Timberwolves 24-15 to tie the game… In overtime, they hit 4 of 8 free throws and scored 4 points from the field to the Timberwolves 4 points lifting them to a dramatic 67-63 come-from behind win… The Raiders were led in scoring by Q. Watts who finished with a game-high 31 points and TyJ Jones who finished with 16 points… Jones led the comeback in the fourth quarter with 11 points and Watts had 6 in the fourth quarter Quin Anderson, Hyikeem Burnside, Q. Watts and CJ Bates each scored 2 points in the overtime… Quin Anderson and Walt Thompson each scored a total of 8 points, while Burnside and Zee Simpson each finished with 2 points… The Raiders are now 13-5 overall and 3-1 in region play while the Timberwolves fall to 9-10.
  • Up Next… The Raiders boys will travel to Westside HS today for a 12:30 contest with the Chesnee Eagles (14-4) in the Martin Luther King Holiday Classic… Tuesday the varsity teams will travel to Fountain Inn to take on the Fury in region contest.

Laurens Academy

  • The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled down to Wardlaw Academy last Friday night to take on the Patriots.
    • Girls: Crusaders 44 – Patriots 37… The Lady Crusaders and the Lady Patriots fought to a 22-22 tie at the half but the Lady Crusaders came out in the second half and stepped up both their defense and offense to take a 44-37 win over the Patriots… Sadie Bruyere had a game high 24 points to lead the Crusaders… Mackenzie Runyans and Braylee Burke both finished with 8 points while Brayden Dorn rounded out the Crusader scoring with 2 points… The Crusaders improve to 10-4 overall while Wardlaw drops to 7-8.
    • Boys: Crusaders 45 – Patriots 39… The boys’ game was very similar to the girls’ game in that the two teams were tied at the half (21-21) and the Crusaders came back out in the second half and outscored the Patriots 24-18 to take a 45-39 win… The Crusaders had 2 players score in double-digits as Braydon Burke finished with 15 points and Micah Strait 13… The Patriots Colt Bailey had a game-high 21 points… Also scoring for the Crusaders Garrett Murphy and Garrison Vaughn finished with 6 points each and Chesney Watkins had 5 points to round out the Crusader scoring… The Crusaders improve to 6-9 on the season while Wardlaw falls to 3-11.
    • Middle School Action… The middle school teams also played Friday night.
      • Girls: Wardlaw 25 – Crusaders 10… Lillie Jones scored 5 points, Hadley Knox 3 and Lorelai Bagwell 2.
      • Boys: Crusaders 33 – Wardlaw 12… Reid Campbell scored 12 points, Wyatt Little 6, George Sherer & Elias Littleton 4, Parker Wilson & Jensen Tarver 3 and Mason Snider 1
  • Up Next… According to the Crusaders master schedule on their website, the Crusaders will be traveling to Greenville to take on the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Thornwell

  • Basketball… Friday night the Saints hosted the Dixie Green Hornets in region action.
    • Girls: Hornets 51 – Saints 11… The Hornets outscored the Saints 18-0 in first quarter and then went on to take a 51-11 win over the Saints… The Saints fall to 4-8 overall and 3-6 in region play while the Green Hornets improve to 7-7 overall and 7-2 in region play.
    • Boys: Hornets 64 – Saints 39… All I have is the final score of this game and it is not good news for Saints fans as the Green Hornets took a 64-39 win over the Saints…. The Saints fall to 3-10 overall and 2-7 in region play while the Green Hornets improve to 10-6 overall and 6-3 in region play.
  • Up Next…The Saints are scheduled to travel to Calhoun Falls Charter tomorrow to take on the Blue Flashes in region action

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game.


Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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Sports Report for Friday, 1-17-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Up Next… The Red Devils will host the Chester Cyclones in region action tonight.

Laurens HS

  • Up Next… The Raiders will travel to Emerald to take on the Vikings in region action tonight.

  


Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The Crusaders are scheduled to travel to Wardlaw tonight.

Thornwell

  • Basketball… Last night the Thornwell Saints hosted the Greenwood Christian Hawks.
    • Girls: Hawks 65 – Saints 14… I have often heard the old saying “somedays you get the bear and other days the bear gets you”… Last night the bear in the form of the Greenwood Christian Hawks “got” the Lady Saints as they rolled to a 65-14 win… They led 31-4 after 8 minutes of play and then rolled on to the win to improve their record to 8-2 on the season… The saints were led in scoring by Kendra Wilson who scored 6 points… Kynil English scored 4 points, and both Aly Jeter and Olivia Weaver both had 2 points… The saints are now 4-7 on the season.
    • Boys: Hawks 82 – Saints 72… The news is also not good for Saints fans where the boys are concerned as they fell to the Hawks by a score of 82-72 in a game that had little defense… The Hawks led 35-33 at the half and then went on and outscored the Saints 45-39 in the second half to take the win… The saints had three players scoring in double-digits as KJ Singleton finished with a game-high 29 points, Zaylen Washington 22 and Jacob Wilson 14… Also scoring for the Saints Malik Anderson scored 5 points and Parker Workman 2… The Hawks are now 13-6 on the season while the Saints are 3-9
  • Up Next… The Saints will host the Dixie Green Hornets tonight in region play.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game…. The master schedule shows the following games today

  • Dixie at Sanders… Scores not reported to me… Please ask coaches to do so in the future.
  • Thornwell at Laurens Middle… Scores not reported to me… Please ask coaches to do so in the future.
  • Hickory Tavern at Ware Shoals… Scores not reported to me… Please ask coaches to do so in the future.
  • Whitmire Wolverines at Gray Court-Owings Tigers
    • Girls: Wolverines 23 – Tigers 15… in girls’ action, the Lady Wolverines took a 23-15 win over the Tigers… The game was tied 4-4 after one quarter of play and the Wolverines then started to pull away score at least one more point than the Tigers in each of the remaining quarters… Koziah Smith scored 4 points for the Tigers, Jema Gilliam 3, Emilee Filbin 3, Addison Wilson 2, Jakira Elmore 2 and Caroline Gillespie 1.
    • Boys: Wolverines 42 – Tigers 26… I hate to have to report that the news is no better where the boys are concerned as the Wolverines took a 42-26 win over the Tigers… The Wolverines outscored the Tigers 18-2 in the second quarter to take a 29-9 lead into the locker room at the half and then made sure the Tigers could not come back in the second half… The Tigers were led in scoring by Kash Earle who scored 6 points… Other scoring for the Tigers included Dylan Abramowitz who scored 5 points, Jaylin Anderson 4, Mason Land 4, Nick Landreth 3, Edmond McDowell 2 and Wesley Collins 2.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



 

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Sports Report for Thursday, 1-16-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton and Laurens… The Raiders and the Red Devils got together last night in varsity basketball action at Clinton in Round One of the County Championships.

  • Girls: Laurens 42 – Clinton 39 OT… The girls’ game saw the Lady Raiders take a 42-39 win but they had to go to overtime to do it… The Raiders took a 9-1 lead after 8 minutes of play as Clinton’s offense was cold to start the game… The second quarter saw the Red Devils get hot behind Bryanna Belton’s 4 three-point goals in the quarter and come back to take a 19-11lead into the locker room at the half… The Raiders came back out in the third quarter and try to pound the ball inside to Zoe Young who either scored or was fouled and helped the Raiders come back to trail by 1 (27-26) going into the fourth quarter… The fourth quarter was back and forth and the Raiders tied the game 33-33 with 47.8 seconds left on a free throw by Nyri Allen… Both teams had turnovers down the stretch and a last second shot by the Raiders Ty Jones was off the mark as the game went to overtime… There Nyri Allen scored the first 4 points and the Raiders led 492-39 with 1:04 left in the period after Ty Jones made a pair of free throws…Both teams had turnovers, and the Red Devils got off a last shot but failed to connect as the Raiders took the 42-39 win… The Raiders were led in scoring by Zoe Yong who had 19 points and Nyri Allen who finished with 13 points… The Lady Red Devils were led in scoring by Bryanna Belton who finished with 18 points 15 of which came from behind the three-point line… Also scoring for the Raiders Ty Jones finished with 6 points and Gabby Wormley 4… Scoring points for the Red Devils Emma Patterson finished with 9 points, Mckenzie Clark 4, Jakia Burton 4, Symiah Floyd 3 and Nah’shia Wright 1… The Raiders improve to 6-10 on the season and the Red Devils are now 11-4

 

  • Boys: Laurens 69 – Clinton 57… The boys’ game was also a good one that was close at times but in the end the Raiders took a 69-57 win… The Raiders put 11 unanswered points on the board to start the game and led 16-9 at the end of the first quarter…. The Red Devils outscored the Raiders by 2 points in the second quarter as they fought back but the Raiders still led 29-24 at the half…  The game remained close in the third quarter with the Raiders leading 46-39 going into the fourth quarter where they outscored the Red Devils 23-18 to take the 69-57 win… The Raiders were led in scoring by TyJ Jones who finished with 25 points, Will Thompson who finished with14 and Q. Watts with 13… The Red Devils had two players in double digits as Devin Swindler scored 20 points and Tushawan Richardson 19… Others who scored for the Raiders include DJ Martin and Zee Simpson who scored 6 points each, Trendon Brown 3, while Hyikeem Burnside and both scored a single point… Others who scored for the Red Devils include Nyterian Smith who contributed 8 points, Cristian Jones 5, Kylen Calhoun 3 and Dirkus Clark 2… The Raiders are now 11-5 on the season and the Red Devils are 6-6.

 


Clinton HS

  • Yesterday I told you that the Red Devils hosted the Columbia HS Capitals Tuesday night to open region play… I told you that the Lady Red Devils took a 63-11 win over the Capitals but I did not know how the boys’ game came out… Well I do now.
    • Boys Game Tuesday: Clinton 69 – Capitals 52…. The Red Devils led 20-3 at the end of the first quarter and 33-21 at the half as they continued to outscore the Capitals in the second half but the Capitals did outscore them 17-12 in the fourth quarter but it was too little too late as the Red Devils opened region play with a 69-52 win… Tushawan Richardson led the Red Devils scoring 24 points with Devin Swindler also in double digits with 13 points.

 

  • Up Next… The Red Devils will host the Chester Cyclones in region action tomorrow

 


Laurens HS

  • Up Next… The Raiders will travel to Emerald to take on the Vikings in region action tomorrow.

 

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The Crusaders are scheduled to travel to Wardlaw tomorrow.

Thornwell

  • Up Next… The Saints will step out of region play tonight as they host the Greenwood Christian Hawks.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game…. The master schedule shows the following games today

  • Dixie at Sanders
  • Whitmire at Gray Court-Owings
  • Thornwell at Laurens Middle
  • Hickory Tavern at Ware Shoals.

 


Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

 




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Sports Report for Wednesday, 1-15-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HSThe Red Devil basketball teams opened region play last night as they hosted the Capitals of Columbia HS.

  • Girls: Red Devils 63 – Capitals 11… The Lady Red devils opened region play with a bang as they held the Capitals to just 11 points last night as they took a 63-11 win… They led 24-2 after one quarter of play and never looked back… The Red Devils had 3 players scoring in double-digits as Bryanna Belton finished with 16 points, Kemaria Shelton 12 and McKenzie Clark 10… Also scoring for the Red Devils Emma Patterson finished with 9 points, Ja’Neshia Burton 8, Jakia Burton 5, Symiah Floyd 3 and Nah’shia Wright 3… The Lady Red Devils are now 11-3 overall and 1-0 in region play.
  • Boys… Coach Glen did not let me know how the boys did last night I’ll try to get those results and pass them on to you later.
  • Up Next… The Red Devils will host the Laurens Raiders today starting with JV girls’ action at 4:15 followed by the JV boys about 5:30, varsity girls at 6:45 and varsity boys at 8:00 pm… No broadcast of these games.

Laurens HSThe Raiders hosted the Westside Rams last night in region action in the Main Gym at LDHS.

  • Girls: Rams 47 – Raiders 31… The Lady Raiders trailed the Lady Rams 30-17 at the half then went scoreless in third period as they fell 47-31 to the Lady Rams… They did fight back outscoring the Rams 14-7 in the 4th but it was too little too late but never quit… They simply had too many turnovers to a taller and quicker Rams team… Nyri Allen led the Raiders in scoring with11 points… Zoe Young finished with 8 points, Nasira Sanders 6, and Ty Jones, Keyorick Yeargin and Gabby Wormley each scored 2 points… The Lady Raiders fall to 5-10 overall and 1-2 in region play while the Lady Rams improve to 10-1 overall and 2-0 in region play.
  • Boys: Raiders 55 – Rams 45… The news is better where the Raider boys are concerned as they took a 55-45 win… The game was tied 22-22 at half but the Raiders came out firing on all cylinders in the third quarter as they outscored the Rams 22-10 in third quarter and then held on to take the win… TyJ Jones had a game high 27 points to lead the Raiders with 11 of them coming in the important third quarter and he also had 4 three-point baskets plus a great night defensively… Q. Watts scored 13 points all but 2 them coming in the second half… Will Thompson had 7 points for the Raiders, Zee Simpson 5, DJ Martin 4 and Damyyo Watts 1… The Raiders are now 10-5 overall and 2-1 in region play while the Rams fall to 13-3 overall and 1-1 in region play
  • Up Next… The Red Devils will host the Laurens Raiders today starting with JV girls’ action at 4:15 followed by the JV boys about 5:30, varsity girls at 6:45 and varsity boys at 8:00 pm… No broadcast of these games.

Laurens Academy The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled down to Greenwood Christian yesterday to take on the Hawks.

  • Girls: Hawks 36 – Crusaders 35… The Lady Crusaders lost a tough one last night as they fell to the Hawks by a score of 36-35… The Crusaders led 29-26 going into the fourth quarter where the Hawks outscored them 10-6 to take the come-from-behind win…. The Crusaders were led in scoring by Braylee Burke who finished with 12 points… Sadie Bruyere scored 7 points, Mackenzie Runyans 6, Madisyn Graham 6 and Brooklyn Senn 4… The Lady Crusaders are now 9-4 on the season.
  • Boys: Hawks 63 – Crusaders 27… I hate to have to report that the news is no better where the varsity boys are concerned as they fell to the Hawks 63-27The Crusaders simply had trouble getting their offense going as they trailed 21-2 after 8 minutes of play and just could not put enough points on the board against the Hawk defense to catch up… Garrison Vaughn led the Crusader scoring with 11 points… Hunter Campbell scored 6 points for the Crusaders, Micah Strait 3, Elijah Hornberger 3 while both Garrett Murphy and Jay Brown both finished with 2 points… The Crusaders are now 5-9 on the season.
  • MS Boys: Hawks 32- Crusaders 20… The Hawks led 14-6 at the half as the middle school boys’ team also had trouble getting the offense in gear as they fell 32-20 to the Hawks… Elias Littleton led the Crusaders in scoring with 8 points while Parker Wilson score 6 points, Reid Campbell 4 and Mason Snider 2.
  • MS Girls: Crusaders. 14 – Hawks 13… The middle school girls’ team was the only team to defeat the Hawks as they took a hard-fought 14-13 win over the Hawks… The score was tied 4-4 at the half and the Crusaders outscored the Hawks 6-3 in the third quarter which propelled them on to the win… Lillie Jones scored 10 of the Crusader points while Hadly Knox and Daphne Strait both finished with 2 points each.
  • Up Next… The Crusaders are scheduled to travel to Wardlaw this Friday.

 

Thornwell…  The Saints traveled to Whitmire last night to take on the Wolverines in region action.

  • Girls: Saints 35 – Wolverines 29… The Lady Saints outscored the Wolverines 6-5 first quarter and then started to pull away to a 35-29 win over the Lady Wolverines… Aly Jeter led the Saints in scoring with 10 points… If I read the scorebook correctly, Kendra Wilson and Makenzie Godfrey had 6 points each, Madi Landrith 5, Keylyn Spurgeon 4, and Kynli English 2… The Lady Saints are now 4-6 overall and 3-5 in region play.
  • Boys: Saints 71 – Wolverines 60… The news also good for the boys’ team as they took a 71-60 win jumping out on top 19-9 in the first quarter and were never really threatened after that… … led 36-24 at the half and 57-41 to start the 4th quarter… KJ Singleton led all scorers with a game-high 33 points and Jaylen Washington was also in double-digits with 21 points… Malik Anders on put 8 points on the scoreboard, Jack Wilson 5Evan Summer 3 and Kemonte Pitts 1…The Saints are now 3-8 on the season and I believe 2-6 in region play.
  • Up Next… The Saints will step out of region play Thursday as they host the Greenwood Christian Hawks.

 


  • Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game.


Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



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Sports Report for Tuesday, 1-14-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Up Next… The Red Devils will host the Columbia Capitals tonight stating with girls’ action at 6:15.

Laurens HS

  • Up Next… The Raider varsity teams are scheduled to host the Westside Rams tonight (1-14-25) starting with girls’ action at 6:00 pm… We do plan on brining you those games here on Real Radio WLBG and on the internet at www.wlbg.com

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The Crusaders are scheduled to travel to Greenwood Christian to take on the Hawks tonight.

Thornwell

  • Up Next… The Saints will be traveling to Whitmire tonight to take on the Wolverines in region action.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… Results from last night include:

Middle School Schedule for Today (1-13-25)

  • Laurens Middle at Dixie (boys only)… No score reported to me.
  • Sanders at Hickory Tavern… The Sanders Yellow Jackets were at Hickory Tavern last night taking on the Panthers.
    • Girls: Sanders 25 – Hickory Tavern 13… The Panthers only trailed the Yellow Jackets8-7 at the half as both teams were cold as the weather but the Yellow Jackets held the Panthers scoreless in the third quarter as they went on to take 25-13 win over the Panthers…. The Yellow Jackets were led in scoring by Nala’ya Grant who had a game-high 10 points while the Panthers were led in scoring by Mahaiven Cook who scored 6 points… Also scoring for the Panthers Ivy Brock finished with 3 points while both Brantley Brown and Kenzie Strickland finished with 1 point each… Other scoring for the Yellow Jackets included Kemariona Cullen who finished with 8 points and Rajennae Patterson who scored 4 points.
    • Boys: Sanders 52 – Hickory Tavern 17… The news is no better for Panther fans where the boys are concerned as the Yellow Jackets held them scoreless in the first quarter then went on to take a 52-17 win over the Panthers… The Panthers simply had about twice the number of turnovers as the Yellow Jackets as the Yellow Jackets press gave them trouble all night long… Travion Robinson had a game-high 15 points for Sanders and Zyekius Miller was also in double digit with 12 points… The Panthers were led in scoring by Bentley Jamieson who scored 7 points… Ayden Eaton scored 6 points for the Panthers and CJ Morton scored 2… a sanders player who will remain nameless got confused and made a bucket in the wrong goal to give the Panthers 2 more points…  For the Yellow Jackets Jary Harris scored 7 points, Marcus Miller 6, Deaunte Hill 5, Jaden Garrett 4 and both De’Vontay Mosley and Christopher Hester scored 2 points each.
  • Gray Court at Thornwell (boys only): GCO 47 – Thornwell 42… The GC) Tigers traveled to Thornwell yesterday to take on the Saints in boys’ action… The Tigers jumped out to a 14-3 lead after 6 minutes of play, but the Saints fought back and only trailed 20-17 at the half… The Tigers outscored the Saints 11-5 in the third quarter and then held on as the Saints tried to come back in the fourth quarter, but the Tigers held on to take a 47-42 win… Wesley Collins for the Tigers and Wyatt Lyman for the Saints both led their teams in scoring with 15 points each… Also scoring for the GCO Tigers, Dylan Abramowitz and Jaylin Anderson were both in double-digits with 10 points each, Kash Earle 6, Mason Lang 4 and Preston Owens 2… Also scoring for the Saints Jadon Wilson had 9 points, Keith Watts 9, Caleb Clink 7 and Tiran Grant 2.
  • Ware Shoals at Whitmire… No score reported to me.

 

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



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Sports Report for Monday, 1-13-2025

Local Notes

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • 2024 Awards Banquet
    • Wednesday night the The Ridge, the Laurens County Touchdown Club held its annual Awards Banquet… There were several speakers at the meeting and the Keynote Speaker was Mr. Brian Mance… He is a former Clemson football player and he has coached at various levels until some neurological illness caused him to suddenly be paralyzed from the neck down… His story was an inspiration and very motivational… If you would like to read more about him and his struggle to overcome physical problems, click here.
    • After he spoke several players were honored as being Players of The Week since the club’s last meeting…. Then it was time for the club to honor the three high schools and one college player who had won the Lakelands FCA Character Awards… In alphabetical order they are Nathan Bell from Laurens Academy, Noah Garrett of Clinton HS, Noah Roberts of LDHS and Warner Bush of Presbyterian College.
    • The next order of business was to honor the All-County Team… The members of that team had been announced earlier and if you want to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school, click here.
    • The final item on the agenda was to name the Coach of the Year and Player of the Year… Coach Corey Fountain of Clinton HS was named the Coach of the Year as he guided the Red Devils to a Class AA State Championship this past season… For the first time in the club’s history, two players were named as Co-Players of the Year… The Co-Players of the Year are Garrett Murphy of Laurens Academy and Tushawan Richardson of Clinton HS… Both had stats some impressive it was hard for the club to single out one of them.
    • A video was shot of the meeting that is about an hour and 30 minutes long… At the time of this posting, it was still being processed and uploaded to YouTube… When it becomes available, you will be able to click here to view it…Should be noon today… It takes a while to edit and process a video that long… After that is finished, I will create a slideshow of photos taken last night at the meeting and it will be available later in the day by clicking here.
    • Congratulations to Coach Fountain, Garrett Murphy, Tushawan Richardson and all the other players honored last night!

Clinton HS

  • Up Next… The Red Devils basketball teams were supposed to be traveling to Fairfield Central last Friday night (1-10-25) but they did not… I believe those games are now scheduled for Tuesday, 2-13-25… The Red Devils will host the Columbia Capitals tomorrow night stating with girls’ action at 6:15.

Laurens HSThe Laurens Raider went ahead and traveled to Wren Thursday night to take on the Golden Hurricanes before the bad weather sets in Friday.

  • Girls: Wren 57 – Laurens 36… The Lady Raiders came out and outscored the Hurricanes 13-11 in the first quarter, but the Hurricanes are a seasoned team that historically have good basketball teams and they came back to lead 26-20 at half… After that, the Hurricanes continued to pull away and take a 57-36 win over the Lady Raiders… The Hurricanes had 4 players scoring in double-digits while the Raiders had only 2…  Nyri Allen finished with a game-high 19 points and Zoe Young 14…  The only other Raider to score was Alayiah Carter who hit one three-point shot… The Hurricanes are now 11-5 overall and 1-1 in region play while the Raider fall to 5-9 overall and 1-1 in region play.
  • Boys Wren 76 – Laurens 59… I hate to have to report that according to the MaxPreps site, the boys fell to the Hurricanes 76-59… The Hurricanes came out and outscored the Raiders 42-25 in the first half and led 63-42 at the end of the third quarter and the Raiders did outscore them17-13 in the final 8 minutes but it was too little too late… The Hurricanes were led in scoring by Abijah Franklin who had a game-high 32 points… The Raiders were led in scoring by Q Watts who scored 15 points and Will Thomson who finished with 10 points… TyJ Jones, Damyyo Watts, DJ Martin and Nigere Brown scored 5 points each… Q. Anderson, Trendon Brown and Zee Simpson all finished with 4 points and Hikeem Burnside rounded out the Raider scoring with 2 points… The Hurricanes improve to 13-3 overall and 2-0 in region play while the Raider are 9-5 overall and 1-1 in region play.
  • Up Next… The Raider varsity teams are scheduled to host the Westside Rams next Tuesday night (1-14-25) starting with girls’ action at 6:00 pm… We do plan on brining you those games here on Real Radio WLBG and on the internet at www.wlbg.com         

 Laurens Academy

  • Crusaders on the Road…  The Crusaders traveled to King Academy last Tuesday night to take on the Knights n non-region games.
    • UPDATED: Boys: Crusaders 43– King 19… I finally got the final score on the Crusaders game at WW King last Tuesday night and it was Crusaders 43 – Knights 19… The Crusaders led 21-10 at the half and continued to outscore the Knights in the second half pulling away to the win… Braydon Burke had a game-high 17 points to lead the Crusaders in scoring… Both Mica Strait and Garrison Vaughn finished with 8 points, Jay Brown 5, Garrett Murphy 3 and Chesney Watkins 2.
    • MS Boys: LA 47 – King 13… Last Tuesday the Crusader middle school boys took a 47-19 win over the Knights of King Academy…  The Crusaders led 19-6 at the half and continued to outscore the Knights in the last two quarters… Elias Littleton had a game-high 13 points to lead the Crusaders… George Sherer finished with 7 points, Wyatt Little 6, Parker Wilson 5, Riley Whitaker 4, Mason Snider 4, Jensen Tarver 3, Hodges Compton 3, and Reid Campbell 2

 

  • The Crusaders Played Thursday Night… The Crusaders were scheduled to host the Easley Home School Guardians last Friday but due to the weather forecast went ahead and played Thursday night.   
    • Girls: Crusaders 38 – Guardians 21… Both teams open the game about as cold as the weather as the Crusaders only scored 6 points, but the Guardians scored none… By the half, the Crusader led 17-3 and the only quarter they did not outscore the Guardians was the last (9-3 Guardians) as they went on to take the win… Mackenzie Runyans had a game-high 11 points to lead the Crusaders in scoring and was the only Crusader in double-digits… Sadie Bruyere scored 5 points as di Braylee Burke, Taylor Gagle 3 an Brooklyn Senn, Abby Howard and Madisyn Graham all scored 2 points each… The Crusaders are now 9-3 on the season.
    • Boys: Guardians 48 – Crusaders 34… I hate to have to report that the Crusader boys took another one on the chin as they fell to the Guardians by a score of 48-34… The Guardians broke out on top leading 23-15 at the half… The Crusaders matched their scoring in the third quarter (8 points) but the Guardians outscored them 17-11 in the fourth quarter to pull away for the win… The Guardians had 2 players scoring in double digits while the Crusaders had only one as Braydon Burke had a game-high 18 points 12 of them coming from behind the three-point line… Micah strait and Garrison Vaughn both scored 4 points each, Chesney Watkins and Elijah Hornberger scored 3 points each and Garrett Murphy rounded out the Crusader scoring with 2 points… The Crusaders are now 5-8 on the season while the Guardians are 8-2.
    • MS Boys: Crusaders 47 –Guardians 13… In middle school boys’ action, the Crusaders rolled to a 47-13 win over the Guardians… Elias Littleton led the Crusaders offense scoring 13 points with all but one of them coming from behind the three-point line… George Sherer scored 7 points7 points, Wyatt Little 6, Parker Wilson 5, Riley Whitaker and Mason Snider 4 points each, Jensen Tarver and Hodges Compton 3 each and rounding out the scoring for the Crusaders Reid Campbell had 2 points.
  • Up Next… The Crusaders are scheduled to travel to Greenwood Christian to take on the Hawks Tuesday, 1-14-25.

Thornwell

  • Basketball… The Thornwell Saints also went ahead and played their games scheduled for Friday night and played them last Thursday night as they traveled down to McCormick to take on the Chiefs in region action.
    • Girls: Chiefs 44 – Saints 18… The trip home for the girls’ team probably seemed longer than the trip down as the Chiefs took a 44-18 win… The Saints only trailed 14-11 at the end of the first quarter but then were unable to score in the second quarter as the Chiefs outscored them 20-7 in the second half… The Saints were led in scoring by Ally Jeter who scored 7 points… KayKay Watts scored 4 points, Graycen Moore 3, Kendra Wilson 2, and both Karleigh Porter and Makenzie Godfrey rounded out the Saints scoring with 1 point each… The Lady Saints are now 3-5 overall and 2-5 in region play while the Lady Chiefs improve to 4-3 overall and 4-1 in region play.
    • Boys: Chiefs 76 – Saints 68…  The story is much the same for the boys as they fell to the Chiefs by a score of 76-68… The Saints trailed 58-41 going into the final quarter where they outscored the Chiefs 27-18 but it was just too little too late… I do not have any scoring details on the Saints but if I get them I will pass them on to you later.
    • Up Next… According to the schedule on MaxPreps, the Saints will travel to McCormick this Friday (1-10-25) for more region games weather permitting. .. NOTE… The updated MaxPreps schedule shows these games were played last night (Thursday) but no score has been reported to me.

 

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… According to the master schedule the games for tonight should be:

  • Hickory Tavern at Gray Court-Owings… The Hickory Tavern Panthers traveled to Gray Court-Owings Thursday night to take on the Tigers.
    • Girls: GCO 21 – HT 11… In girls’ action the Tigers led 6-4 at the half and the pulled away to a 21-11 win over the Panthers…Caroline Gillespie had a game-high 18 points for the Tigers while Mahaiven Cook scored 9 points to lead the Panthers… Also scoring for the Panthers was Ivy Brock who finished with 2 points… Also scoring for the Tigers Koziah Smith scored 6 points, Jenna Gillian 4 and Addison Wilson 2
    • Boys: GCO 52 – HT 21… The Tigers completed the sweep of the Panthers when the boys took a 52-21 win over the Panthers They outscored them 13-2 in the first quarter and led 18-8 at the half…. The Tigers then came out and scored 21 points in the third quarter and that put the Panthers in a hole they just could not climb out of… Dylan Abramowitz had a game-high 13 points to lead the Tigers and Wesley Collins was also in double-digits with 12 points… The Panthers were led in scoring by Ayden Eaton and Jam P. who scored 6 points each… For the Tigers, Preston Owens and Mason Lang scored 5 points each, Jaylin Anderson 4 while Kash Earl, Edmond McDowell, and Andrew Torres had 3 points each… Rounding out the scoring for the Tigers Brayden Filbin and Nick Landrith scored 2 points each…  Also scoring for the Panthers Zane R. had 5 points, while both Bentley J and Omar A had 2 points each
  • Laurens Middle at Sanders… Games postponed until 1-14-25
  • Thornwell at Whitmire… No scores reported to me. Please ask coach to do so for the next game.
  • Dixie at Ware Shoals… No scores reported to me. Please ask coach to do so for the next game.

 

Middle School Schedule for Today (1-13-25)

  • Laurens Middle at Dixie (boys only)
  • Sanders at Hickory Tavern
  • Gray Court at Thornwell (boys only)
  • Ware shoals at Whitmire

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

  • School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
  • School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
  • Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
  • PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.



College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]