- Holly Hill 69 – Laurens Academy 22… The Crusaders traveled down to Holly Hill to take on the Raiders last Friday night and the Raiders led 62-8 at the half and then went on to take a 69-22 win over the Crusaders… The Raiders came into the game as the defending 3-time SCISA 8-Man Champion and they showed why they are ranked #1 in 8-Man football again this season… The Crusaders had 267 yds. of total offense with 195 of them coming through the air… Jared Willard completed 16 of 36 passes for those yards and threw 3 TDs… Caleb Hardy caught 5 passes for 108 yds. and Nathan Bell was the leading rusher with 9 carries for 47 yds… For more stats on the game click here… The Crusaders finish the season with a 3-8 record under first year head coach Jolly Doolittle.
- Clinton 42 – Palmetto 18… The Red Devils overcame a slow start last Friday night as they trailed 6-0 early and only led 14-12 at the half to go on to take a 42-18 win over the Palmetto Mustangs at Wilder Stadium… The Red Devils finished the game with 400 total yards of offense while the Mustangs had 287 yds… Clinton had 279 yds. rushing while the Mustangs had 261 yds. passing… The Mustang quarterback Brook Jansen had 3 TD passes to account for their scoring but he also threw 2 interceptions one to Mikevious Byrd and the other to Keleja Byrd for a forty yd. pick-six in 4th quarter for the Red Devils final TD… In the first half Kadon Crawford scored both the Red Devil TDS one rushing (15 yds.) and the other on a 22 yd. pass from Tushawan Richardson… Richardson had 3 more TD passes in the big second half another one to Kadon Crawford (11 yds.) and two to Zay Johnson 26 and 19 yds. long… Tray Cook was the leading rusher for the Red Devils 79 yds. and DJ Clark was close behind with 77… For complete stats on this game including a play-by-play accounting of the game, click here… The Red Devils will host Broome this Friday night who defeated Seneca 42-35.
- Northwestern 57 – Laurens 0… The Laurens Raiders traveled over to Rock Hill last Friday to take on the 9-1 Northwestern Trojans in first round action of the Class AAAA Playoffs… The Trojans only loss was in their first game of the season where they lost 42-35 to the top ranked school in North Carolina… The Raiders quickly found out that the Trojans were the real deal as they rolled a 22-0 lead at the end of the 1st quarter and 50 -0 at the half in route to a 57-0 win… The Raider won the toss and elected to receive and did pick up one first down before punting… The Trojans only took 5 plays to score when their quarterback Finley Polk threw the first of 3 TDS in the game… After that, it was pretty much all Trojans as they rolled up 365 yds. of total offense to the Raiders 21… The Trojans had 234 yds. rushing Zilon Arnold leading their attack with 89 yds. and 2 TDs… Their Shrine Bowl running back Turbo Richards finished with 79 yds. and 1 TD… One bright spot for the Raider is that Javaye Suber had another interception in the 2nd quarter but the Raiders could not cash in on that turnover… The Raiders showed heart and never stopped competing but the Trojans were just too strong a team… Click here to see the basic stats on the game and check back later for more information on the game… The Raider finish the season 2-9 overall and 2-2 in region play (fourth)… Northwestern will host Greenwood this Friday night that avenged an earlier regular season loss to North Augusta by defeating them 17-16 Friday night.
