Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Clinton 49 – Chapman 27… The Red Devils traveled up to Inman Thursday night to take on the Chapman Panthers… The Red Devils started the game out putting 35 unanswered points on the board before the Panther finally scored just before the end of the first half and then rolled on to a 49-27 win over the Panthers.
- The Red Devils had 373 yards of total offense (259 in the first half) to the Panthers 397 of which only 123 of which came in the first half.
- The Red Devils had 339 yards rushing and only 34 passing compared to the Panthers 136 yards rushing and 261 passing.
- Javen Cook led the Red Devils rushing attack with 156 yards on 14 carries and scored 2 TDS… Kason Copeland had 93 yards and 2 TDs with Angelo Cromer also having a rushing TD.
- Tushawan Richardson completed 2 of 6 passes and was intercepted once while throwing 1 TD to Chris Boyd.
- To see the complete stat package which has a play-by-play accounting of the game, click here.
- The Red Devils are schedule to travel to Daniel next Friday night.
Laurens HS
- AC Flora 20 – Laurens 17… The Laurens Raider traveled to Columbia last Friday night to take on the AC Flora Falcons and played their best game of the season but still came up short as the Falcons took a 20-17 win… Coach Porter is not one to make excuses but the truth be known, the Raiders are handicapped by injuries especially in the quarterback position as the top 2 are out forcing the Raiders to play a wildcat style offense which considering everything the coaches and players have done well with… The defense has done well basically using the bend but don’t break approach.
- The Falcons scored first on a 24 yd. pass play late in the first quarter and led 7-0… The Raiders only score in the first half came on a 36 yd. field goal by Brock Franklin with just over 2 minutes left in the half.
- Flora scored again in the 3rd quarter on another pass play but missed the PAT to make it 13-3 Falcons.
- The Raiders recovered a Flora fumble at their own 48 yd. line and 2 plays later Nehemias (Nemo) Fernandez carried it 49 yds. for the score and with Franklins PAT the score stood 13-10 just before the end of the 3rd quarter.
- Flora scored about midway through the 4th quarter to make it 20-10 Flora.
- The Raiders answered that driving back down the field and scoring on a 1 yd. run by Denari Lee-Jackson and Franklin again made the Pat to make the score 20-17 Falcons.
- The Raiders tried to mount a late drive, but a couple of untimely penalties put then behind the chains and they turned the ball over on down and AC Flora ran out the Clock
- Some Stats:
- Total Yds.: Flora 363 (212 rushing) – Laurens 213 (182 rushing)
- Penalties: Flora 7-62, – Laurens 9-91
- Nemo Fernandez led both teams in rushing as he had 215 yds. in 26 carries and scored 1 TD.
- To see the entire stat package and a plat-by play accounting of the game click here.
- Up Next… The Raiders get a week off as they have no game this coming Friday and this comes at a great time as they have a good chance of getting most of their injured players well… The return home to take on the Lexington Wildcats Friday, Sept. 27th.
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Laurens Academy
- Updated: Richard Winn 56 – Crusaders 20… The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled down to Winnsboro last night to take on the Richard Winn Eagles last Thursday night… The Eagles came into the game 3-0 averaging 41.3 points per game and giving up only 10 points per game and last night they rolled again as they took a 56-20 win a 56-20 win over the Crusader … The Eagles led 35-12 at the half and held the Crusaders to only 8 points in the fourth quarter… About the only other details I have on the game is that Garrett Murphy scored all 3 of the Crusader TDs and Mason Cooper had a 2-point conversion… If I get more details on the game I will bring them to you Monday… The Crusaders are scheduled to host the Knights of King Academy next Friday.
- The Crusaders had only 14 yards passing and 280 yards rushing.
- Garrett Murphy had 179 yards rushing and the two TDS.
- To see more Laurens Academy stats in the game click here.
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.
Atlanta Braves… The Braves started a 4-game series with the Dodgers Friday night.
- Friday: Braves 6 – Dodgers 2… Friday night the Braves used a 4-run second inning to take a 6-2 win over the Dodgers in the first game of the 4-game series… They outhit the Dodgers 10-5 and out homered them Dodgers 2-1… Gio Urshela (6) had a 2-run homer in the second inning and Jorge Soler (18) had a 2-run homer in the second also.
- Saturday: Braves 10 – Dodgers 1… The Braves also won on Saturday this time by a score of 10-1… They led 4-1 going into the bottom of the 6th inning where they struck for 6 runs to put the game out of reach… The Braves only outhit the Dodgers 10-7 and believe it or not all the runs were scored playing small ball as there were no homers by either team… Matt Olson drove in 4 runs with a pair of doubles and Whit Merrifield had the most hots for the Braves going 3-4.
- Sunday: Dodgers 9 – Braves 2… The Braves and the Dodgers were tied 2-2 going into the top of the 9th inning… The Dodgers scored 7 runs in the top of the 9th and then held the Braves scoreless in the bottom of the as they took a 9-2 win over the Braves… They scored all 7 of their runs in the 9th inning after two were out and the only three homers in the game were hit by the Dodgers in that inning… The teams will finish the series in Atlanta tonight.
- 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