Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast and Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… To listen to these bonus sports broadcast, click here to go to the Between the Lines posting where the latest of these can be heard.
Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Crawford Selected Touchdown Club Player of the Week… For the third time this season Clinton High School’s Kadon Crawford has been chosen as the Laurens
County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week… The Red Devil senior wide receiver and linebacker was chosen for his performance in last Friday’s 42-18 win over Palmetto in the first round of the SCHSL Class AAA Playoffs… Crawford made 6 tackles with 1 tackle for loss against the Mustangs… Crawford also caused a fumble and rushed the quarterback all night from his linebacker position… Offensively Crawford scored 3 touchdowns on the night, 1 rushing and 2 receiving. Crawford had 85 yards of total offense … Clinton Head Football Coach Corey Fountain says, “Kadon Crawford is a hard-working blue-collar kid, who gives you everything he has when he is playing, on both sides of the ball. Kadon is a vocal leader as well and he leads by example… There is not a kid on the team that is more competitive than Kadon Crawford.”… The Touchdown Club will honor Kadon on Nov. 16th at their annual Carolina – Clemson meeting…By the way, Clinton now advances to the 2nd round to play Broome High School this Friday night in 2nd Round playoff action at Wilder Stadium and Richardson Field in Clinton.
Laurens HS
- JV Football Takes Region Crown… The Raider JV football team finished its season
with a 4-5 overall record after getting off to a very slow start… The team started to peak just about the time that they started their region schedule which they finished with a 3-1 record thus winning the Region Championship… They defeated Eastside 42-28, Wade Hampton 28-18 and Greer 21-20… Their only region loss was to Riverside by a score of 34-21… Congratulations to the team on a strong finish.
Scores From Other Playoff Games of Interest 11-3-23
- Teams in Clinton’s Region
- Wren 49 – Woodruff 32
- Chester 42 – Powdersville 34
- BHP 63 – Emerald 7
- Teams in Laurens Region
- Greer 29 – Indian Land 28
- York 26 – Riverside 17
- South Pointe 49 – Eastside 7
- Other Team That Might Be of Local Interest
- Calhoun County 62 – Whitmire 0
- Abbeville 46 – Columbia 6
- Newberry 24 – Saluda 15
- Strom Thurmond 49 – Landrum 7
- Keenan 24 – Ninety Six 21
- Greenwood 17 – North Augusta 16
- TL Hanna 53 – Fort Mill 9
- Lexington at Gaffney
- Byrnes 44 – Dorman 17
- Hillcrest 37 – Nation Ford 29
- Spartanburg 31- Rock Hill 7
Laurens County TD Club… The Laurens County Touchdown Club met last Thursday at noon at The Ridge… In addition to the local coaches talking about recent games and
upcoming playoff games, 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… To see a video of this meeting click here… Brett Young and Tushawan Richardson were also honored as the club’s two most recent Players of the Week… They are pictured here with Mr. Kirkland, congratulations to them!
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.
Sports Talk High School Football Recap
- To hear a recap of playoff football games around the state last weekend produced by Sports Talk Media, click here.
Area Varsity Football Results from 11-3-23… To see a recap of are football results from last Friday night click here.
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 and middle school boys’ basketball l schedule click here… To see the varsity & middle school girls’ basketball 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 (11-4-23) 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 Ole Miss which moved up from 11 to #10… To see the entire top 25 click here.
- FCS Coaches Poll… The latest FCS Coaches Poll (11-5-23) for college football still has South Dakota State ranked #1 Furman as #2 after their come-from-behind 17-14 win over Chattanooga last Saturday … That means that Furman moved up a spot and now is #2…To see the entire top 25 in the Coaches Poll click here.
- College Football Playoff Rankings… The latest College Football Playoff rankings were released on Oct. 28th… They are a little different from the AP Rankings… Ohio State comes in at #1 while Georgia comes in at #2… Michigan is #3 and Florida State #4… All four of those schools are undefeated and Washington which is also undefeated checks in at #5… That means that if the season were over and the committee that does the rankings still had theses 4 teams in the same order, Ohio State would take on Florida State in one semifinal game while Georgia and Michigan would battle in the other one… Of course we have a ways to go before the season ends and this is all subject to change… If you want to see the entire top 25 as ranked by the committee, click here.
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
NASCAR
- Ross Chastain wins Final Cup Series Race of the Season / Blaney Takes Championship… Ross Chastain won the final race of the NASCAR Cup Series last Sunday out in Phoenix while Ryan Blaney finished second… I doubt that Blaney felt too bad about finishing second as he won his first NASCAR Cup Series Championship of his career… This was the first time in 10 years of the elimination playoff format, the NASCAR Cup Series champion failed to win the title race… Click here for more information on the race including a link to the final order of finish for each of the drivers.
- Playoff Standings… As mentioned above, Ryan Blaney finished first in the driver standings thus picking up his first NASCAR Cup Series Championship of his career… Kyle Larson finished second, William Byron third and Christopher Bell fourth… To see the complete standings for the playoffs, click here.
This & That:
- Chamber of Commerce Oyster Roast… The Laurens County Chamber of Commerce Oyster Roast will be Thursday Nov. 9th with the food being served at 5:30… Tickets to this event are $55 each and I hope it is not too late to get your tickets as this event usually sells out early… To find out if tickets are still available I suggest you call Marlene Owing at 864-833-2716 or email her at mowings@laurenscounty.org and do it TODAY… To see the flyer on this event for more information, click here.
- 2023 Laurens YMCA Reindeer Run… The 24th annual Laurens YMCA Reindeer run 5k and Fun Run will be held Saturday, Dec. 9th… The cost to register for the 5K is $30 until Nov 19th and $35 after that date…That is also the date you must register by to be guaranteed to get a race shirt… The Fun Run (ages 1-12) cost is $5 and again you must pay for a race shirt separately by Nov.19th in the Fun Run… All proceeds go to support the Youth Scholarship Program and prizes will be awarded for the top two finishers male and female… Discounts for teams are also being offered… For more information call the Y at 984-2626… If you click here it will take you to the YMCA website where there is more information on the Reindeer Run and links to online registration.
- Youth Basketball Registration at The Ridge… Youth basketball registration is now open for boys and girls ages 7-12 for basketball through the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation Department… There will be both a boys and a girls division… The cost is only $60 and registration will close on Friday, Nov. 17th with skill evaluation on Monday, Nov. 20th… For more information call them at 681-7275 and registration will soon be available online at www.laurensrecreation.com.
- Laurens County TD Next Meeting November 16th… The Laurens County Touchdown Club kicked off the 2023 season on Thursday, November 16th… 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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