Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Red Devils Host Union County… Last night about 8:30 pm I reached out to conform that the Red Devils are still planning on hosting the Union County Yellow Jackets tonight at 7:30 and received a reply from Coach Fountain that the game was still on… He promised me that if that changed they would let me know… If that should happen I will get that information out as a news story on our website, through X (formerly Twitter) and also announced over the air… By the way Homecoming is also scheduled for tonight.
- Union Stats… The Yellow Jackets come into the game tonight with a 1-4 record and their only win so far this season has been against Blacksburg a couple of week ago where they took a close 30-27 victory… They are averaging 15.2 points per game while giving up 44.6 points per game… The 3-2 Red Devils are averaging 31 points per game while giving up 25.2… If you would like to see the Union County schedule and results click here… Once you get to the posting on MaxPreps be sure to click on game preview for more comparison between the two teams.
- Interview with Coach Fountain…Earlier this week I called and talked with Coach Fountain about the game with Daniel and the game with Union County tonight like I would if we had our Friday Night Insiders program before a Raider football broadcast… If you would like to hear that recording, click here.
- JV Football: Clinton 32 – Union 8… The Red Devil JV football team traveled over to Union County HS Wednesday and came home with a 32-8 win over the Yellow Jackets… At this time that I have no other details on the game but if Coach Glenn send me some I will be sure to pass them on to you.
Laurens HS
- Lexington 29 – Laurens 0… The Raiders were at home Wednesday night taking on the Lexington Wildcats in their last non-region game of the session… Lexington won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball to start the game, but the Raiders surprised everyone as they recovered an onside kick to start the game… After that, very few things went the Raiders way.
- The Raiders had trouble moving the ball as the Lexington defensive line won the battle at the line of scrimmage more often than not… The Raiders were forced to try a field goal at the end of that first possession but missed it.
- Lexington scored first early in the second quarter on a 28 yard run by Matthew McCaulay but the PAT was blocked by Javaye Suber… The Wildcats other score in the first half came on a 31 yard field goal just before the end of the half.
- Lexington came out and scored 3 times in the third quarter twice on runs and once on a pass to take a 29-0 lead which they would protect the rest of the way..
- The Raiders finished with 108 yards of total offense (47 yards rushing) to the Wildcats 193 yards (129 rushing)
- Ze’Mar Jones had 44 yards rushing to lead the Raiders rushing attack and Will Thompson went 5 for 8 with 1 interception and 54 yards in the Raiders passing attack
- To see the complete stat package and a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
- The Raiders will host the Fountain Inn Fury Friday, October 4th and it will be Homecoming.
- Homecoming Parade Photos… The Homecoming Parade was held on Monday, 9-13-2024… The Raider band, class representative, cheerleaders, and athletic team members all participated in the parade… To see a slideshow of some photos taken at the parade click here.
- Fall Ticketing Information and Other Need to Know Venue Information… The Raiders have released information concerning tickets and other rules and regulations you need to know about before you go to any athletic events on campus this fall… This information also includes a parking map… Please check this out to save you some problems before you go… Click here to see that information.
Laurens Academy
- Crusaders Postpone Game with WW King… Yesterday afternoon the Crusaders decided to postpone their game with the King Academy Knights until October 18th when the Crusaders had a bye week built into their schedule… It’s my understanding that SCISA had a bye week built into everyone’s schedule for situations like this… Not a bad idea… Homecoming was scheduled for tonight and though I have not been told so official, I do believe it will be rescheduled for that date also as the Crusaders are on the road for the next two weeks.
Thornwell
- Volleyball: Thornwell 3 – McCormick 0… Back on Tuesday the Thornwell Saints volleyball team took a 3-0 win in region action over at McCormick against the Chiefs… The Saints dominated the first set taking it 25-8… The Chiefs picked up their game some after that but the Saints still prevailed taking the next two sets by scores of 25-20 and 25-23… For some stats on this match click here…
Laurens County Touchdown Club
- If you would like to see information about the Laurens County Touchdown Club such as how to join, meeting dates, sponsors and guest speakers click here.
SC Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept. 24. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.
- CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (17) (4-0), 2. Gaffney (1) (4-0), 3. Northwestern (1) (5-0), 4. Summerville (4-0), 5. Irmo (5-0), 6. Sumter (5-0), 7. JL Mann (3-1), 8. Hillcrest (4-0), 9. White Knoll (3-1) and 10. Boiling Springs (3-1)… Others receiving votes: Spartanburg, River Bluff, Greenwood, James Island, West Florence, Dorman
- CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (19) (4-0), 2. Daniel (3-1), 3. Richland Northeast (5-0), 4. South Pointe (3-2), 5. May River (4-0), 6. South Florence (3-2), 7. Seneca (5-0), 8. Camden (3-2), 9. Wren (3-1) and 10. Hartsville (2-1-1)… Others receiving votes: North Augusta, Gray Collegiate, Hilton Head Island, Bishop England, Fountain Inn
- CLASS 3A: 1. Belton Honea-Path (10), (4-1) 2. Mountain View Prep (5) (5-0), 3. Marlboro County (2) (4-0), 4. Dillon (2) (3-1), 5. Woodruff (5-0), 6. Loris (4-0), 7. Aynor (4-1), 8. Oceanside Collegiate (2-3), 9. Pendleton (2-2) and 10. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (4-1)… Others receiving votes: receiving votes: Swansea, Powdersville, Newberry, Keenan, St. Joseph’s Broome, Fox Creek, North Charleston
- CLASS 2A: 1. Saluda (8) (4-0), 2. Batesburg-Leesville (5) (4-0), 3. Clinton (1) (3-2), 4. Hampton County (3) (4-1), 5. Fairfield Central (1) (4-1), 6. Barnwell (1) (4-1), 7. Strom Thurmond (3-1), 8. Chesterfield (5-0), 9. Andrews (4-0) and 10. Woodland (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Mullins, Philip Simmons, Manning, Academic Magnet, Landrum, Liberty
- CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (17) (3-1), 2. Lewisville (1) (3-1), 3. Blackville-Hilda (4-1), 4. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (3-2), 5. Lake View (3-1), 6. Dixie (4-0), 7. Lamar (3-2), 8. Branchville (1) (4-0), 9. Cross (3-2), 10. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (3-1)… Others receiving votes: Hannah-Pamplico, McBee, Williston-Elko, Latta, Baptist Hill
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.
- Thornwell 14 – Hickory Tavern 12… The Hickory Tavern Panthers made the trip over to Clinton yesterday to take on the Thornwell Saints… The Panthers jumped out to a 14-0 lead at the half but the Saints never gave up and came back to take a 16-14win over the Panthers… The Panthers scored the first time they had the ball as Omar Almanza scored on a short run but the two-point conversion failed… The other Panther score in the first half also came on a short run this time by Sam Parson… The two-point conversion was good to give the Panthers a 14-0 lead at the half… The Saints came back and scored twice with the last one coming late in the game and made both two-point conversions to make the final 16-14.
- Laurens Academy 44 – Wardlaw 16… I don’t have any other information other than the score in middle school football action involving the Crusaders, but its goo news as the Crusaders took a 44-16 win over Wardlaw… Thanks to Jessie Tarver for getting that score to me.
Sports Media College Preview… Those of you who listen to the Raider football broadcast know that we have a college preview augment in the Friday Night Insiders program before the game… since there is no game tonight I thought I’d make available to you here… Click here to listen to it.
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, October 4th… Varsity football host Fountain Inn at 7:30
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 still has Texas as #1 and Georgia #2… Ohio State is still #3, Alabama #4 but Tennessee moved up a spot to #5… Spots 6-10 also had changes and are now occupied by Ole Miss, Miami (FL), Oregon, Penn State and Utah… Clemson moved up to #17… 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, Mercer moved up to #13 and UT Chattanooga 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
- Braves and Mets Rained Out… Hurricane Helene caused the remainder of the Mets at Braves series (Wednesday night and Thursday night) to be rained out… The Braves are scheduled to host the Royals in the last 3 scheduled games of the season this weekend… If the two rained out games with the Mets are needed to determine a wildcard winner, they will play on Monday either one or two games as needed… For more information on this click here… A check of the Braves website early this morning shows that the game tonight is still scheduled to start on time… I wouldn’t be surprised if it is too wet to play tonight also.
- 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.
- Riley Out for the Season… A quick note for Braves fans… As you may or may not recall, Austin Riley had his right hand fractured back on August 18th when it was hit by a 97 mph fastball thrown by Angel’s right-hander Jack Kochanowicz… At the time it was hoped he would be able to be back by the time postseason started but that will not be the case as doctors recently said it had not healed enough and put him out for the season… To read more about this click here.
NASCAR
- Kyle Larson Dominates at Bristol… Kyle Larson led 462 of the 500 laps in the cup series race at Bristol last Saturday… He finished more than 7 seconds ahead of second place finisher Chase Elliott … For more information as to who was leading at the suspension of the race click here.
- Playoffs… At the end of the race the field of 16 eligible for the title was cut to 12… Ty Gibbs, Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski and Harrison Burton were eliminated… … Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick now are the top 3three in the playoff standings. .. To see the current standings in the playoff portion of the Cup Series click here… To see the final standings for all the drivers in the Cup Series Playoffs click here.
- Schedule This Week… The NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and the Trick series will be out at the Kansas Speedway this weekend… The Truck Series will Race Friday night at 8:30 pm, the Xfinity Series Saturday at 4:00 pm and the Cup series will be Sunday at 3:00 pm… To see the complete schedule for Bristol including practices and TV availability, click here.
- 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.
