Local Notes
Weather Changing Football Schedules… Hurricane Francine is expected to cause 50%-60% chance of rain Friday and Saturday to our area… According to media reports, the Clinton at Chapman game has been moved to Thursday at 7:30… I will be checking to verify that today and also checking with Laurens Academy and Laurens High School to see if that is a possibility for them.
Clinton HS
- Volleyball: Clinton 3 – Strom Thurmond 1… Catching up with the Red Devil volleyball team, last Thursday they traveled down to Strom Thurmond HS to take on the Rebels… Good news for Clinton fans as they took a 3-1 win over the Rebels… Clinton won the first two sets by scores of 25-23 and 25-21… The Rebels came back and took the third set by a score of 25-15… The Red Devils then took the fourth set by a decisive 25-7 margin… If you would like to see individual stats for Clinton in this match click here and scroll down… The team is now 4-1 on the season and will host Strom Thurmond tonight at 7:00 pm
- JV Volleyball: Clinton 2 – Rebels 0… The JV volleyball team also took a 2-0 win… Set scores wre25-13 and 25-15…Click here to see some individual stats on the match… They host the Rebels today at 5:30.
- 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.
Thornwell
- Volleyball: Dixie 3 – Saints 1… Last night over at Thornwell, the Saints volleyball teams hosted the Dixie Green Hornets in region action in a couple of hard fought matches… Dixie won the varsity match by a score of 3-1… Dixie won the first 2 sets by scores of 25-13 and 25-15… The Saints took the third set 25-11 but Dixie took the fourth set 25-20 with the Saints fighting to the end
- JV Volleyball: Dixie 2 – Saints 0… The JV team also lost to the Green Hornets by scored of 18-25 and 24-26 with the last set going down to the wire.
- Up Next… The Saints will travel to Abbeville tomorrow for another region match.
S.C. Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 10. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.
- CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (19) (2-0) 2. Gaffney (1) (2-0) 3. Northwestern (1) 4. Summerville (3-0) 5. Irmo (3-0) 6. Sumter (3-0) 7. JL Mann (2-1) 8. Hillcrest (3-0) 9. White Knoll (2-1) 10. Boiling Springs (3-0)… Others receiving votes: TL Hanna, Spartanburg, Fort Dorchester, Lexington, Chapin, River Bluff, Blythewood
- CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (21) (2-0) 2. South Pointe (2-1) 3. Daniel (2-1) 4. Camden (2-1) 5. Gray Collegiate (1-1) 6. May River (3-0) 7. Wren (3-0) 8. Richland Northeast (3-0) 9. Seneca (3-0) 10. South Florence (1-2)… Others receiving votes: Hartsville, Bishop England, North Augusta, AC Flora, Hilton Head Island, Blue Ridge, Crestwood
- CLASS 3A: 1. Belton-Honea Path (20) (3-0) 2. Dillon (1) (3-0) 3. Mountain View Prep (3-0) 4. Woodruff (3-0) 5. Marlboro County (3-0) 6. Loris (3-0) 7. Pendleton (2-1) 8. Oceanside Collegiate (1-2) 9. Orangeburg Wilkinson (3-0) 10. Swansea (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Newberry, Chapman, Keenan, Aynor
- CLASS 2A: 1. Hampton County (13) (3-0) 2. Strom Thurmond (7) (2-0) 3. Clinton (2-1) 4. Barnwell (1) (3-0) 5. Saluda (2-0) 6. Batesburg-Leesville (2-0) 7. Fairfield Central (2-1) 8. Philip Simmons (2-1) 9. Chesterfield (3-0) 10. East Clarendon (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Andrews, Chester, Blacksburg, Mullins, North Central, Timberland, Manning, Woodland, Academic Magnet, Andrews, Chesnee, Lake City
- CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (12) (3-0) 2. Abbeville (9) (2-1) 3. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (2-1) 4. Blackville-Hilda (2-1) 5. Lake View (1-1) 6. Hannah-Pamplico (2-0) 7. Cross (2-1) 8. Dixie (3-0) 9. Branchville (3-0) 10. Lamar (1-2)… Others receiving votes: Hunter-Kinard Tyler, McBee, Latta, Johnsonville, Williston-Elko, Baptist Hill, Wagener-Salley
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.
- 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: Varsity Football, Middle Scholl Football and Varsity /MS Volleyball…. Also you can click here to see varsity volleyball results. .
- Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity volleyball schedule and results 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 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.
- Braves 12 – Nationals 0… The Atlanta Braves started a short 2-game series with the Washington Nationals up in DC last night with a good, old fashion spanking of the Nationals as they won 12-0… They simply outhit the Nationals 15-3… The Nationals did have a couple of errors and a hit batter or two which helped the Braves… The Braves did have 4 homers among their 15 hits… Michael Harris II (11) had a pair of solo homers, Orlando Arcia (16) also had a solo homer and Sean Murphy (9) had a 2-run homer… The Braves starter Renaldo López did leave the game after 1 inning of work with shoulder tightness and is scheduled to have an MRI today… With all the injuries the Braves have had this season, they sure don’t need another one!
- 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 have finished their season.
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!
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.