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Sports Report for Monday, 10-28-2024

Monday, October 28, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Red Devils 61 – Blacksburg 14…  The Red Devils took care of business again last Friday as they rolled to a 61-14 win over the Blacksburg Wildcats at Wilder Stadium to go 3-0 in region play…  The Red Devils scored in the opening possession of the game and then scored three more times in the first half to lead 28-0 at the half.
    • Javen Cook scored that first TD on a 43 yard run on the third play of the game and then he went on to be the Red Devils leading rusher with 152 yards in 12 carries and hat 1 TD…
    • The Red Devils had a total of 478 yards on the ground in the game… All of the Red Devil scores came on the ground as they had 9 rushing TDs… Tushawan Richardson and Rhett Gilliam each had 2 rushing TDs while in addition to Cook’s rushing TD, AZ Simmons, KD Vance, Angelo Cromer and Owen Glenn each carried the ball across the goal line once… Lukas Kuykendall was 5 for 8 kicking extra points on the night.
    • In the passing department, Richardson went 3-8 for a 102 yards and Owen Glenn went 2-3 for 25 yards and neither had a TD pass.
    •  The Wildcats had net rushing yards of 89 and 1 TD rushing by Josh Sims and in the passing department Sims wen 12 of 28 for 229 yards with I TD pass and the Red Devil defense intercepted him 3 times.
    • For much more information on this game click here to open the entire stat package which also has a play-by-plat accounting of the game.
    • The Red Devils will be idle this week and return to action on Friday, Nov. 8th when they travel to Liberty in the final regular season game.
    • By the way, Ry’Daija Mars, representing girls’ basketball, was crowned the Homecoming Queen at halftime and the 20 senior Red Devil football players were honored before the game started.

 

  • Updated JV Football: Clinton 36 – Blacksburg 0… The Red Devil JV football team traveled up to Blacksburg last night to take on the Wildcats… Since then I have received some more information about the game:
    • The Red Devils led 16-0 at the half and 30-0 going into the final quarter of play.
    • Zy Butler, A’Javian James, Lincoln Alexander and Emmanuel Lagroon all had TDs for the Red Devils.
    • Gray Garrett and Angel Vargas had pass interceptions for the Red Devils.
    • Afterwards Coach Glenn commented “We had a great game against Blacksburg.  Our team played well in all 3 phases of the game: Offense, Defense and Special Teams.  We are starting to gain more depth and we get more kids playing.  It’s fun to watch everyone contribute to the win”
    • The next JV game will be on Nov. 7th at home against Liberty with kickoff scheduled for 6:00 pm

Laurens HS 

  • Westside 49 – Laurens 3… The Laurens Raiders hosted the #1 ranked in Class AAAA Westside Rams last Friday night at KC Hanna Stadium… Coach Porter said in the pre-game interview that the Rams were the real deal with several players who will be playing on Saturdays in the near future and were the quickest team he had seen in quite some time… That was truly the case as the Rams rolled to a 49-3 win over the Raiders…  They scored on the first possession of the game on a 77 yard pass play and never looked back as they scored on all but 3 of their 11 possessions in the game…  They only punted once, Owen Crow intercepted one of their passes and they had a fumble late in the game recovered Michael Brown… The Raiders only score came in the first quarter on a 26 yard field goal by Brock Franklin.
    • The Rams finished with 493 yards of offense while the Raiders had 141.
    • Rushing the Rams had 282 yards with Sharode Richardson having 200 of them and scoring 2 TDs… The Raiders had only 40 yards rushing after 78 lost yards were subtracted out… Denari Lee-Jackson led the Raiders with 38 yards.
    • The Rams had 211 yards passing with future Gamecock Cutter Woods going 3 for 9 with the 1 interception and 3 TD passes… Will Thompson went 9-17 for 101 yards for the Raiders with no interceptions of TDs…. Brayden Patterson caught 4 of Thompson’s passes for 30 yards… Jackson only caught 1 but it was for 45 yards. To see the complete stat package which has a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
    • The raiders will be on the road this Friday as they travel to Emerald to take on the Vikings.

 

  • JV Football: Laurens 18 – Westside 14… The Raider JV football team traveled over to Anderson last night to take on the Westside Rams… They came home with an exciting 18-14 win scoring late in the game and then hanging on for the win.
    • The Raiders found themselves trailing 14-12 after the Rams scored with scored on a short run with 8:51 left in the game and they made the 2-point conversion to take a 14-12 lead over the Raiders.
    •  The Raiders drove down the field but had the drive to stall at the Westside 1 yard line… The defense then gave up a first down but forced the Rams to punt with 1:32 left in the game.
    • The Raiders got a great punt return by Kalen Gilchrist all the way to the Ram 4 yard line… After a couple of plays, Buddy Cheeks carried it in from the 3 yard line to make it 18-14 Raiders as the two-point conversion failed with 39 seconds left in the game.
    • The Rams then returned the kickoff to the Raider 46 yard line with 28 seconds left to play… They completed a pass on the first play from scrimmage to the Raider 40 but the Raiders defender punched the ball lose and recovered to give the Raiders the ball back with 13 seconds left in the game and all they had to do was take the “victory kneel” and take the win.
    • The TDs in the first half were scored on a hook & ladder play with Damajia Crooks carrying it across the goal line and JJ Bennett had a 3 yard run for the other score… Q. Watts had an interception in the first half and Coach Stevenson also pointed out that Carter Adair had a solid game on defense making several big plays.
  • 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

  • Richard Winn 62 – Laurens Academy 12… The Laurens Academy Crusaders will be hosted the Richard Winn Eagles Friday night at Todd Kirk Field… The Eagles took a 56-20 win over the Crusaders earlier in the season down at Winnsboro and they have not lost a step since then as they led 41-12 at the half and then rolled on to a 62-12 win over the Crusaders… Other than the final score I do not have much more information on this game…  The Crusaders had 194 yards passing as Ethan Collins went 18 for 28… The Crusaders also had 201 yards rushing with Garrett Murphy having 106 yards on 10 carries and Mason Cooper had 92 yards in 12 carries… If I get more information on this game I will pass it on to you later… The Crusaders are now 6-3 on the season and according to .their schedule will be at King Academy this Friday night.

Thornwell  

  • Up Next for Volleyball… The Saints will be hosting Green Upstate today at 6:30 for a tie-breaking match for fourth place in their region… Both teams have a 9-7 region record and I do believe they will both make the playoffs which start on Thursday, Oct. 31st and this will be for seeding purposes going into the playoffs… Good Luck to the Saints!

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.

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.

  • Wednesday, Oct. 30th…. A doubleheader of middle school football starting with Hickory Tavern vs. Gray Court-Owings for the “Country Championship” followed by Laurens MS vs. Sanders for the “City Championship about 15 minutes after the first game… All the action will take place at KC Hanna Stadium.
  • Friday, Nov. 1st… Varsity travels to Emerald at 7:30.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

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 (10-20-24) had some changes in the top 10 this week… Texas dropped out of the top spot and fell to #5 with their loss this past weekend….  Oregon moved up to #1 followed by Georgia, Penn State, Ohio State and Texas…  Miami, Tennessee, Clemson, Iowa State and …. 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 (10-20-24) had some shakeup in the top 3… North Dakota State moved up a spot to #1, Montana State came in at #2 and last week’s #1 South Dakota state dropped to #3… 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.

 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,

 

 

This & That:

College Football Fan Challenge Oyster Roast… The Laurens County Chamber of Commerce Oyster Roast will be held on Thursday, Nov. 7th… As in the past there will be steamed oysters, low country boil and chicken gumbo as well as both a silent and live auction and other entertainment…Tickets $50 and you need to get them fast as this event has a limited number of tickets and they usually sell out fast… For more information click here and it will carry you to a posting on the Chamber of Commerce website where there is more information and a short video…. Click on events and select Oyster Roast. .. Tickets can be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce office during normal business hours… The office address is 291 Professional Park Rd, Clinton, SC 29325 or call them at 864-833-2716

 

  

 

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.

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