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Sports Report for Tuesday, 9-10-2024

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Javen Cook TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that the Red Devil junior running back Javen Cook has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance in last Friday night’ performance in the Red Devils 23-14 win at Newbery… Cook offensively had 22 carries for 235 yards and one touchdown…  Javen was a workhorse all night and had long runs of 39 and 49 yards, respectively…  Cook averaged 10.7 yards per carry on the night…  His 49 yard TD run put the Devils up at the time 12 – 7 in the 3rd period in the come from behind win over the 10th ranked AAA Bulldogs… Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Javen has tremendous work ethic…  He is learning to become a leader on and off the field…  In the past two games he has run the ball with great determination and explosiveness…  We look forward to seeing his progress the rest of the season.”… He will be honored at the club’s next meeting on September 19th at noon at The Ridge on Exchange Drive.
  • Update: JV Football: Clinton 26 – Newberry 7… Last Friday I told you that the Red Devil JV football team defeated the Newberry Bulldogs 26-7 at Wilder stadium but I did not have any details on the game… Well I do now… Clinton led 14-0 at the half and did not allow the Bulldogs to score until the 4th quarter… Zy Butler had 2 rushing TDS for the Red Devils and Owen Glenn had a TD pass to Graydon Watkins… The Red Devil defense also put points on the board as Ajavian James had a 40 yd. pick-six… Coach Glenn commented “Our kids put together a solid game where everyone contributed to the win. Our defense did a great job containing the quarterback and taking away their deep ball threat. The offense operated well and made big plays the entire game. #110%”… The team is 2-0 on the season and will host Chapman Thursday night at 6:00 pm.
  • Clinton 23 – Newberry 14… The Red Devil varsity football team traveled down to Newberry last Friday night and trailed 7-6 at the half but came back and took a 23-14 win in the Battle for the CNNGA… The Red Devils gave up an early score to the Bulldogs and finally scored  (Kason Copeland 5 yd. run) about a minute left in the half but missed the PAT to make the score 7-6 Bulldogs in a first half of very physical football… The Red Devils scored first in the 3rd quarter on a 49 yd. run by Javen Cool who finished the night with 235 yds. rushing to make it 12-7 Red Devils… Newberry returned the ensuing kickoff for a TD to go up 14-12… Clinton answered that scoring on a 47 yd. rush by DJ Clark and getting the 2-point conversion from Tushawan Richardson to go up 20-14… Lukas Kuykendall added a 28 yd. field goal in the 4th quarter and the Red Devils stopped a late Newberry drive to take the win.
    • The Red Devils had 404 yds. of total offense (369 rushing) to Newbery’s 252 (169 rushing)
    • Javen Cook was the games’ leading rusher with 235 yds. and 1 TD on 22 carries.
    • To see the games’ entire stat package and play-by play accounting of the game click here.
    • The Red Devils travel to Chapman this Friday.

Laurens HS

  • BHP 55 – Laurens 6… The Raider varsity football team football team traveled up to the Bear’s Den at BHP last Friday night and found out that the Bears are very deserving of their #1 ranking in Class 3 A as the Bears defeated the Raiders 55-6… They also found out that the Bears Marquise Henderson is on the Mr. Football watch list for a very good reason as he saw less than full duty but still gained 218 yds. rushing and scored 3 TDs… The Clemson commit also set the all-time BHP career rushing record last Friday night… A third thing the Raiders found out is that it is hard to get a consistent offense when the top 2 quarterbacks are out with injury and you are forced to run a wild-cat offense… To their credit the Raiders did mount some drives and fought hard to the very end but had to settle for 2 field goals by Brock Franklin.
    •  To see the complete stat package for this game including a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
    • The Raiders travel to Columbia this Friday night to take on the AC Flora Falcons.

Laurens Academy

  • Crusader 40 – Knights 20… The Crusader varsity football team ran its record to 3-1on the season last Friday night as they defeated the Oakbrook Prep Knights 40-20 at Todd Kirk Field…
    •  The Crusaders Ethan Collins completed 18 of 24 pass attempts for 327 yds. and threw 4 TD passes… Caleb Hardy caught 3 of those TD passes a and a total of 10 passes caught while Spires McCameron caught the other TD pass.
    • The Crusaders also had 233 yds. rushing with Garrett Murphy having 159 of those yards in 19 rushes… Caleb Hardy rushed 12 times for 60 yds. but scored twice.
    • Caleb hardy and John Walters each had a 2-point conversion for the Crusaders… To see more Crusader stats for this game click here.
    • The Crusaders will travel to Richard Winn this Friday night to take on the Eagles.

Middle School Football… To see the middle school master school football schedule click here… Please remember these schedules can change right up to game day without my knowing about it.

Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… Each week during the football season Sports Talk Media produce a recap show of high school football results from around the state… If you would like to hear that show for last Friday night, click here… It’s usually about 5 minutes long and keeps you updated on football outside our area… Enjoy!

 

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 Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG… If it is a varsity football game we will start our broadcast about 6:20 pm with the Friday Night Insiders… Remember all sports broadcast are streamed live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

  • Friday, September 13th… Varsity football at A.C. Flora, 6:20 pm, kickoff 7:30 pm.

 

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

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

 College Football

  • FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll has a few changes in the top 5… Georgia still holds down the top spot but Texas moved up to #2 while last week’s #2 Ohio State drops to #3… Alabama continues at #4 but Ole Miss moves up a spot to #5… Spots 6-10 also had changes and are now occupied by Missouri, Tennessee, Penn State, Oregon and Miami (FL)… Clemson moved up from # 25 to #22… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
  • FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll continues to have South Dakota State and North Dakota State ranked #1 & #2… In our general area, UT Chattanooga comes in at #16 (down from #10) and Mercer #24 while Furman and Western Carolina dropped out of the top 25. … To see the entire FCS Coaches Poll click here.
  •  FBS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.
  • FCS Football Scores… If you would like to see the scores for FBS schools this past week, click here… Once you get there you can filter and sort several different ways and you can also click on the next week to see the FBS schedule.

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

Atlanta Braves… The Braves hosted the Blue Jays over the weekend and won 2 out of 3 games…. They will host the Reds tonight at 6:40 making up a game rained out back in July.

  • Monday: Reds 1 – Braves 0… Last night in Atlanta the Braves made-up a game with the Cincinnati Reds that was postponed back in July because of weather… Well the weather was good last night but the results were not as the Reds took a 1-0 win over the Braves… They did it by outhitting the Braves 8-2… Matt Olson had 2 singles for the Braves and Charlie Morton (8-8) took the loss giving up the 1 earned run on 6 hits while striking out 7 and walking 2 in 6⅔ innings of work… The Braves start a short 2-game series in Washington with the Nationals tonight at 6:45 pm.
  • Friday: Braves 3 – Blue Jays 1… Friday night the Braves scored 3 runs in the 2nd inning and made them hold up as they took a 3-1 win over the Blue Jays… Both teams had 7 hits and all the runs were scored playing small ball as there were no homeruns by either team.
  • Saturday: Blue Jays 9 – Braves 5… On Saturday the Blue Jays rebounded and took a 9-5 win over the Braves… They outhit the Braves 17-10 and among their 17 hits they had 2 homers while the Braves had none.
  • Sunday: Braves 4 – Blue Jays 3 (11)… Sunday the Braves won the series 2 games to 1 by taking a 4-3 win over the Blue Jays in 11 innings… The score was tied 2-2 at the end of 9 innings and the Blue Jays scored a single run in the 11th inning but the Braves responded scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the inning due in part to a Blue Jay error.
  • Season Schedule… If you would like to see the Braves season schedule, click here… It should also show where the game will be televised if it is televised. .
  • Other Scores… If you would like to see the scores of other MLB games, click here.
  • Standings… To see the MLB Standings click here

Greenville Drive… The Greenville Drive completed their 6-game series with the Winston-Salem Dash at Flour Field this past weekend… As a reminder the dash won the first 3 games of the series.

  • Friday: Drive 6 – Dash 5… The Drive scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to take the 6-5 win.
  • Saturday: Drive 7 – Dash 4… Saturday the Drive outhit the dash 6-4 and were aided by 3 Dash errors as they took a 6-4 win.
  • Sunday: Drive 5 – Dash 4… Sunday the Drive closed out their season with a 5-4 win over the Dash outhitting the dash 1-10… Two of the Drives hits were homers while only 1 of the Dash hits was a home.
  • Standings… The Drive finished with a 26-40 record in the first half of the season and 37-29 in the second half of the season to finish with a 63-69 season record…To see the full standings for the SAL click here.

NASCAR

  • Logano Wins First Playoff Race… Sunday over at the Atlanta Speedway Joey Logano won the first of the playoff races… He won the race in overtime. For more information as to who was leading at the suspension of the race click here.
  • Playoffs…  Now that the regular season is finished, the 16 Cup Drivers have made the playoffs and are in the Chase for the Cup Championship are now locked in… Logano now forges to the lead in the playoff standings. .. To see the final standings for all the drivers in the Cup Series Playoffs click here.
  • Schedule This Week… The NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series will be over at Watkins Glenn International Speedway this weekend with the Xfinity Series racing Saturday at 3:00 pm and the Cup Series Sunday at 3:00 pm also…. Click here to see the full schedule including practices and qualifying.
  • NASCAR on TV this Week… NASCAR has several things being televised this week including race practices and qualifying, the race itself and assorted other things… To see the TV schedule for each day of the week click here.

This & That:

T-Ball at the Laurens YMCA…The Laurens Family YMCA will be offering T-Ball this fall for ages 3-5 years old… The cost will be $75 for Y members and $90… Registration is now open but will close on October 15th… You can register at the Y during normal business hours… If you have any questions, contact Haley Queen at 864-984-2626 of email her at hqueen@lakelandsymcs.org… Batter Up!

 

 

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