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Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Tushawan Richardson TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Clinton junior quarterback Tushawan Richardson has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club Player of the Week for his performance in the Red Devils 51-13 win over the Emerald Vikings last Friday night in Greenwood…. He completed six passes on eight attempts for 157 yards and 3 TDs passes with a long TD pass of 50 yards and was not sacked… Richardson also rushed for 23 yards with his longest being 13 yards and averaged 7.7 per yard carry… Clinton High School Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Many players have talent; however, not many players have a growth mindset that drives them to work, learn, and push themselves every day to get better… Tushawan is that player that has the talent and growth mindset… He always keeps a cool head and is looking for ways to get the ball down the field to his receivers… He has the ability to extend plays and make things happen when things don’t go as planned… I am really excited to see what the future holds for him.”… He will be honored at this week’s TD Club meeting at The Ridge starting at noon… The featured speaker will be former Clemson University and Pittsburgh Steeler great Levon Kirkland. Kirkland currently is the Vice President of Development for the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame.
- JV Football Update: Clinton 44 – Emerald 7… Last Friday I told you that the Red Devil JV football team finished its season defeating the Emerald Vikings at Wilder Stadium by a score of 44-7 thus finishing the season 10-0…At that time I did not have any scoring details, but I do now… The Red Devils scored 24 points in the first quarter and led 30-0 at the half… They led 36-0 going into the final quarter of play and did not allow the Vikings to score until the fourth quarter… Owen Glenn had 2 passing TDs one to KJ Vance and the other to Amari Grant… Vance also had a rushing TD as did Angelo Cromer… Cromer also had a fumble recovery for a TD… Jaden Glenn also got into the action blocking a punt…Coach Glenn stated afterwards “We have had a great season again due to the hard work of our kids and coaches of our program… We are only laying the foundation on the JV level… Our kids got better each week and it showed throughout the season… Super proud of our kids! #GBR #GATA”… Congratulations to the Red Devils on another undefeated season!
S.C. Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Oct. 30… First-place votes and the team’s record are in parentheses… This is the final poll of the regular season.
- CLASS 5A: 1. Summerville (16) (10-0), 2. TL Hanna (9-1), 3. Byrnes (9-1), 4. White Knoll (10-0), 5. Clover (8-2), 6. JL Mann (8-2), 7. Gaffney (7-3), 8. Ashley Ridge (8-2), 9 Hillcrest (8-2) and 10. Fort Dorchester (6-3)… Others receiving votes: Dutch Fork, Lexington, Sumter
- CLASS 4A: 1. South Florence (15) (10-0), 2. Northwestern (1) (9-1), 3. Irmo (10-0), 4. James Island (10-0), 5. Midland Valley (10-0), 6. Westside (9-1), 7. Lucy Beckham (8-1), 8. South Pointe (7-3), 9. North Augusta (7-3) and 10. Hartsville (7-3)… Others receiving votes: Ridge View, Myrtle Beach, Greenville
- CLASS 3A: 1. Daniel (16) (10-0), 2. Belton-Honea Path (10-0), 3. Dillon (9-1), 4. Chapman (9-1), 5. Crestwood (9-1), 6. Clinton (8-2), 7. Chester (8-2), 8. Brookland-Cayce (8-2), 9. Gilbert (9-1) and 10. Broome (8-2)… Others receiving votes: Hanahan, Philip Simmons, Pendleton, Loris
- CLASS 2A: 1. Abbeville (10) (9-1), 2. Gray Collegiate (6) (10-3), 3. Hampton County (9-1), 4. Oceanside Collegiate (7-2), 5. (tie) Marion (9-1) 5. (tie) Strom Thurmond (8-2), 7. Fairfield Central (8-2), 8. Silver Bluff (7-3), 9. Ninety-Six (8-2) and 10. Woodland (7-2)… Others receiving votes: Andrew Jackson, Saluda, Barnwell
- CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (16) (9-1), 2. Christ Church (8-2), 3. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (9-1), 4. Calhoun County (9-1), 5. Southside Christian (6-3), 6. St. Joe’s (8-2), 7. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (9-1), 8. Whale Branch (7-1), 9. Lamar (7-2) and 10. Latta… (9-1) Others receiving votes: Blackville-Hilda, Cross, Lake View
Local Varsity Football Results from Friday Night 10-27-23… If you would like to go back and check out the quick synopsis of local varsity football results from last Friday night (10-27-23), click here.
High School Football Recap… To hear a recap of high school football around the state last Friday night from Sports Talk Media click here.
High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings
- Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.
Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program.
- Friday, 11-2-23, Laurens at Northwestern in first round action of the Class AAAA Playoffs, 7:30
Local Sports Schedule: 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: To see the varsity football schedule click here… To see the varsity & middle school volleyball schedules click here… To see the middle school football schedule click here.
- Thornwell: To see the Thornwell football schedule click here… To see the volleyball schedule click here… To see the cross country schedule click here.
- PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.
College Sports:
- College Football Scores and Upcoming Games by Weeks… For those of you college football fans who are looking for a quick way to find scores for each week of the college football season and upcoming games listed by each week, I have made it easy for you… Just click here… This link will carry you to the NCAA website where college football game and scores are listed week by week… Once you get there, there are numerous ways you can filter the schedules and results on the site… You can filter by week, by paying division (FBS, FCS, DII and DII as well as by week, conference and other ways… I use it a lot and hope you will enjoy using it!
- FBS AP Rankings… The latest AP Ranking (10-29-23) for the FBS Division still has Georgia at #1 followed by Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State and Washington in the top 5… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Oregon, Texas, Alabama, Penn State and Oklahoma which dropped from 6 to 10… To see the entire top 25 click here.
- FCS Coaches Poll… The latest FCS Coaches Poll (10-29-23) for college football still has South Dakota State ranked #1 but former #2 Montana State lost and dropped to #8 … That means that Furman moved up a spot and now is #2…To see the entire top 25 in the Coaches Poll click here.
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- World Series… The Diamondbacks and the Rangers are the last two teams standing in the baseball playoffs and they started the best of 7 series in Texas last Friday night…. Results to date are:
- Friday (10-27): Texas 6 – Arizona 5… In the first game, the Rangers scored first to take an early lead but found themselves trailing 5-3 going into the bottom of the 9th inning where a 2-run homer by Corey Seger tied the game 5-5 and then won the game in the 11th inning on a walk-off solo homer by Adolis Garcia.
- Saturday (10-28): D-backs 9 – Rangers 1… The D-backs rebounded on Saturday to take a 9-1 win over the Randers by simply outhitting them 16-4… Almost all the runs were manufactured by playing “small ball” as each team had only 1 homeruns and they were both solo shots.
- Monday (10-30): Rangers 3 – D-backs 1… Last night the action shifted to Phoenix for Game 3 and the Rangers scored 3 runs in the top of the 3rd inning and made them stand up as they took a 3-1 win over the D-backs… The “big blow” in the 3rd inning was a 2-run home homer by Corey Seager after Marcus Semien drove in Alek Thomas… Of course the Rangers now lead the series 2-1 and Game $ will be tonight in Arizona starting at 8:03 and it can be seen on FOX.
- MLB Postseason Schedule… If you click here, it will carry you to the MLB website where the schedule and results of the postseason games can be found.
NASCAR
- Ryan Blaney Wins at Martinsville… Ryan Blaney took the lead 22 laps from the finish at Martinsville last Sunday to punch his ticket into the Championship 4 which will race this Sunday out at Phoenix for the NASCAR Cup Championship… He finished 0.899 seconds ahead of Aric Almirola … Click here for more information on the race including a link to the final order of finish for each of the drivers.
- Playoff Standings… The four drivers who will be racing for the Cup Championship are Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson and William Byron… To see the complete standings for the playoffs, click here.
- NASCAR on TV This Week… The Cup Series Championship Race will take place at the Phoenix Raceway this Sunday at 3:00 pm and the Xfinity Championship Race will also be at Phoenix on Saturday at 7:00 pm… The Cup Series Race will be on NBC and the Xfinity Race on USA… There will be TV viewing this week of past races, practices, qualifying and other items on TV… To see the TV schedule, click here.
- Schedule… To see the NASCAR season schedule and results for completed races click here… Once there you can filter by the month and the series that you want to check on.
This & That:
- Laurens County TD Next Meeting November 2nd… The Laurens County Touchdown Club kicked off the 2023 season on Thursday, November 2nd… The club meets bi-weekly at The Ridge (City of Laurens Parks and Recreation headquarters) at noon for a lunch… Each week the high school coaches will talk about their recent games and upcoming opponents… After the first meeting, there will also be quest speakers… To see a list of who those speakers are scheduled to be for each meeting click here… The TD Club will close out its season on Wednesday, December 6th with its Post Season Awards Banquet… For more information on how to join the club or become a sponsor click here… To go to another part of our website where links to videos of this seasons past meetings, click here… See you there!
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