Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Tushawan Richardson TD Club POW… Yesterday it was announced that Tushawan Richardson had been selected the Laurens County Touchdown Clubs player of the week for his performance for his performance in the Red Devils 46-21 win over Chesnee last Friday… The senior completed 9 of 14 passes for 178 yards and 3 of them were TDs to 3 different receivers… He also ran for 25 yards on 3 carries… Coach Corey Fountain commented “Tushawan did a great job operating the offense after a long break… He was able create plays with his legs and improvise when needed. Tushawan is not only a great football player, but also a great young man”… He will be honored at the TD Clubs next meeting tomorrow at noon out at The Ridge.
- JV Football: Clinton 36 – Chesnee 31… The Red Devil JV football team traveled up to Chesnee last Thursday to take on the Eagles and it was a close back and forth game but in the end, the Red Devil prevailed by a score of 36-10…The Red Devils led 16-15 at the half but trailed 22-23 at the end of the third quarter and came back to take the win… Zy Butler led the Red Devils in scoring as he had 2 rushing TDs and also caught a TD pass… Both Owen Glenn and Javien James each had a rushing TD… The team is 5-1 on the season and will host Landrum this Thursday at 6:00 pm at Wilder Stadium… Go Big Red!
Laurens HS
- Logan Martin TD Club POW… Also yesterday it was announced that Laurens sophomore linebacker and special teams Logan Martin was chosen as the Touchdown Clubs Player of the week for his performance in the Raiders loss to the Lexington Wildcat on Sept. 25th the last game before Hurricane Helene disrupted high school sports in general not just football… In the Lexington game he had one interception, one sack, 4 tackles and 2 kickoff returns and recoveries on the short kickoffs made by the Wildcats… Coach Gregg Porter commented “Logan is a young man that works hard on and off the field and only a sophomore that we are investing in for next season. Logan played hard until the end and that is how we build our culture in our program”… He will be honored at the TD Clubs next meeting tomorrow at noon out at The Ridge.
- 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.
Thornwell
- Volleyball: Saints 3 – Owls 2… The Saints volleyball team raveled up to the Simpsonville area last night to take on the Owls of Upstate Green Academy… This was an important region match as the Owls had defeated the Saints earlier in the season and both schools are fighting for a spot in the playoffs… Good news for Saints fans as they took a very hard-fought come from behind 3-2 win… The Owls won the first two sets by scores of 25-9 and 25-20… Then the saints dug down deep to win the next two sets by scores of 25-23 and 25-22 to force a fifth and deciding tie-breaker set… There the Saints prevailed by a score of 15-8
- JV Volleyball: Thornwell 2 – Green Upstate 1… Prior to the varsity match, the JV team played and I happy to report they also won another hard-fought match 2-1… They won the first set 25-23 but the Owl won the next set 25-21… The third set was back and forth with the Saints pulling out a 16-14 win… Congratulations to both teams!
- Up Next… The teams will be traveling to Ware Shoals tomorrow for another important region matchup.
Laurens County Touchdown Club 
- The Laurens County Touchdown Club will be meeting tomorrow at noon out at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… The two latest TD Clubs Players of the week will be honored and along with the local coaches, the featured speaker will be Mike Ayers former Wofford coach and South Carolina Football Hall of Fame member.
- 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.
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, October 18th … Varsity football at Wren 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 (10-13-24) had some changes in the top 10 this week… Texas is still #1 with Oregon moving up a spot to #2… Penn State is #3 followed by Ohio State and Georgia…. Spots 6-10 are occupied by Miami, Alabama, LSU, Iowa State and Clemson checks in at #10 (15)… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
- FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll (10-14-24) continues to have South Dakota State and North Dakota State ranked #1 & #2… In our general area, Mercer moved is 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.
- Other Scores… If you would like to see the scores of other MLB games click here.
- Standings… To see the MLB Standings click here.
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
- Kyle Larson Wins at Charlotte… Kyle Larson took a one-sided win racing on the “Roval” this past Sunday up in Charlotte inn the Cup Series Race… He finished almost 2 seconds ahead of second place finisher Christopher Bell… For more information about this race, click here.
- Playoffs… At the end of the race, the field of drivers competing for the Cup Series Championship was reduced from 12 to 8… To see who those 8 drivers are, click here.
- Schedule This Week… The NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series will be head out to Los Vegas this weekend with the Xfinity race taking place on Saturday at 7:00 pm and the Cup Series race on Sunday at 2:30 pm…To see the complete schedule for Los Vegas 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.
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