Sports Schedules Clearing Up… The sports schedules for our local teams are becoming clearer and if you check below you will find out what I know about them… Also the SCHSL Executive Committee will be meeting this morning to decide what to do about all sports schedules (not just football) in light of the postponements here in the upstate of South Carolina.
Clinton HS
- Up Next in Football… The next game on the schedule for the Red Devils is this Friday when they will host the Chesnee Eagles at Wilder Stadium.
- Homecoming… Homecoming has now been set for Oct. 25th when the Red Devils host the Blacksburg Wildcats… More details will be released later.
- Volleyball – I am not 100% sure but I do believe the volleyball teams are scheduled to travel to Columbia today to take on the Capitals.
Laurens HS
- Up Next in Football… Yesterday it was confirmed that barring any further complications, the Raiders will be hosting the Southside Tigers this Friday night in their first region game and it will also be Homecoming.
- This Week in Athletics… If you click here it will carry you to a posting on the Raider Athletic website whet a schedule of athletic events the rest of the week is posted… There is one correction I need to tell you about… The Raider JV football team will NOT be traveling to Southside as the posting says… Tommy Spires informed me that after that posing was made, they decided to cancel the game.
- 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
- Up Next in Football… The Crusader’s will travel to Oakbrook Prep for a region game at 7:30 pm this Friday night. .
- Volleyball… The Crusader volleyball team has one match left on their regular season schedule (and a couple to make up?) and it is scheduled for tonight at Community Christian Academy in Georgia… Not sure if they are still playing it.
Thornwell Middle School… Yesterday I learned that the Thornwell middle school football game scheduled for this week has been canceled… The volleyball and cross-country teams will resume their schedules today traveling over to Dixie.
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.I
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… The state Newspaper has a listing of high school football scores played around the state last weekend… To see that, click here.
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.
Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas Releases Rosters… Recently the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas released the rosters for their annual game to be played at Spartanburg HS on December 21st… Now there were no local players on the South Carolina Roster from Laurens County… There are players from a few of the schools like BHP, Hillcrest and Westside that appear on the schedule of Laurens or Clinton… If you click here it will carry you to an article / posting in the State Newspaper that list the member of both the South Carolina and North Carolina squads by position as well as the coaching staffs.
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 11th … Varsity football host Southside 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
- Some State School Schedules for This Past Weekend… If in bold, click on scores for more information about the game
- #10 Clemson 29 – Florida State 13… The Tigers led 23-7 at the half and went on to take the 29-13 win as Dabo Swinney became the winningest coach in ACC history surpassing Bobby Bowden (Florida State) with 174 wins.
- #9 Ole Miss 27 – South Carolina 3… Mental errors, miscues and fumbles put the Gamecocks down 24-3 at the half putting them in a hole they could not dig out of as they played arguably their worst game of the season
- San Diego 27 – PC 21 in OT… The Blue Hose gave the Toreros all they wanted as the game was tied 21-21 at the end of regulation only to fall in overtime.
- Furman 17 – Citadel 16… Furman scored with just over a minute left in the game to take the win in the Southern Conference’s oldest rivalry.
- Western Carolina 21 – Wofford 17… The game was tied 14-14 at the half and the Catamounts put 7 points on the board in the third quarter while holding the Terriers to a field goal in the third quarter taking the 21-17 win.
- Coastal Carolina 45 – Old Dominion 37… Chanticleers trailed by 10 at the half and came back to take the win.
- SC State 22 – Tennessee Tech 20… Bulldogs led 19-13 at the half and then held on to take the win over the
- Mars Hill 34 – Newberry 9… Mars Hill led 24-9 at the half and rolled on to the win.
- North Greenville 38 – Benedict 21… The Trailblazers led 21-7 at the half and cruised to the win in Columbia.
- Catawba 44 – Anderson 41… The Trojans came back to force an overtime but fell short in it.
- FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll (10-6-24) had some major changes in the top 10 after Alabama’s 40-35 loss Saturday night to Vanderbilt… Texas moved back up to #1 from #2…Ohio State jumped up a spot to #2, Oregon jumped from #6 to #3, Penn State moved up from #7 to #4 and Georgia remains at #5…. Spots 6-10 are occupied by (former spot) Miami (8), Alabama (1), Tennessee (4), Ole Miss (12) and Clemson checks in at #10 (15)… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
- FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll (9-30-24) continues to have South Dakota State and North Dakota State ranked #1 & #2… In our general area, Mercer moved up to #11and they are the only team you often see on the schedule of some our local teams in 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.
Major League Baseball
- Postseason Schedule… If you would like to see the entre playoff schedule and scores of the completed games to date all the way to the World Series click here… If you would rather see the post season schedule by matchups, click here… If you look at both of those and you are still confused or have questions about the playoff format, click here where they try to explain it and thus answer your questions.
NFL
- Schedules and Scores… For you diehard pro football fans out there if you want to check scores or schedules in the NFL click here… Once you go to this posting on the NFL site you can filter by the week you are interested in.
- Standings… If you are also curious about the NFL standings, click here,
NASCAR
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Takes Win at Talladega in Photo Finish … Ricky Stenhouse Jr. picked up the Cup Series win at the Talladega Superspeedway last Sunday… It was a 3-wide photo finish where he finished just 0.006 seconds ahead of Brad Keselowski, with William Byron’s third, just 0.027 seconds behind Stenhouse… There was a big pileup about 5 laps before the scheduled finish that these drivers managed to escape from… For more information about this click here.
- Playoffs… At the end of the race the top 5 divers still in the running for the Championship Cup are William Byron, Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Alex Bowman in that order… 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 and Xfinity Series will be up in Charlotte, NC racing on the Roval…The Xfinity Race will be Saturday at 4:00 pm and the Cup Series race will be Sunday at 2 pm… To see the complete schedule for Charlotte 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!
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