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Sports Report for Thursday, 10-31-2024

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

  • Girls Tennis: Clinton 4 – Dixie … The Red Devil girls’ tennis team opened up play in the SCHSL 1A-2A girls tennis playoffs at home yesterday and defeated the Green Hornets 4-2… Those who took wins in singles action included Libby Dailey, Addy Derrick and Deborah Goldman … The #2 doubles team composed of Savanna Fountain and Abby McMurray also took a win over their opponents… For more information on this match click here… The team will be back in action next Tuesday Nov. 5th when they take a short ride to Whitmire to take on the Wolverines at 4:00 pm in round 2 of the playoffs … If you want to see the 2024 Class 1A-2A Tennis bracket click here… There are not as many teams in Class AA and Class A as there are in other classes so they are both in the same bracket to make out a competitive field…. Bottom line… Go Big Red!

 

  • Cross Country Host County Championship… The Red Devils cross country teams hosted the County Championships yesterday.
    • Girls Take Title… The Lady Red Devils took the County Championship kind of by default as neither Laurens HS, Laurens Academy or Thornwell had less than the needed 5 runners to contend for the title… Elizabeth Reid was the top runner for the Red Devils with a time of 23:05… For more on this and to see how the other Red Devil runners did click here.
    • Boys Win in Tiebreaker…  The boys match was a close one as when all the runners had finished the Red Devils and the Raiders had both finished in a tie (28-28)… Normally you only count a team’s top 5 runners to figure their score but in a case where there is a tie like yesterday, they add in the 6th and 7th place runners for the two tied teams and in doing that yesterday the Red Devils came out on top… The top finisher for the Red Devils was William Reid who set a new course record finishing in 16:32… The top finisher for the Raiders was Cody Patterson who finished with a time of 17:32… For more information on this meet including those who were named All-County Runners click here…Congratulations to the Red Devils.

Laurens HS

  •  Tennis heads to Blue Ridge Today… The Raider girls’ tennis team finished in third place in the region and will start playoff action today when they head to Blue Ridge to take on the Tigers… Not sure of the start time for that match… To see the Class 4A Girls Tennis Bracket click here…. Good Luck to the Raiders!
  • JV Football At Home Tonight… The Raider JV football team will be at home hosting the Emerald Vikings… Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30… Come out and cheer the team on in their last home game of the season… Go Raiders!

 

  • 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 Headed to Lewisville… The Saints volleyball team now know that they will be headed to Lewisville today for a first-round playoff match in the SCHSL volleyball playoffs…To see the bracket for the Class A Volleyball tournament click here… 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.… The Club’s next meeting will be this Thursday, October 31st meeting will feature Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state, as our featured speaker.

 

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… Results from KC Hanna Stadium yesterday

  • Gray Court-Owings 28 – Hickory Tavern 14… The GCO Tigers took a 28-14 win over the HT Panthers in the first game yesterday to claim the “Country Championship”… The Panthers played hard but had too many mistakes in the game and more often than not the Tigers turned them into points… How it happened:
    • The Tigers Mason Lang ran the opening kickoff back 70 yards for a score to make 6-0 GCO as the 2-point conversion failed.
    • The Panthers answered driving 60 yards in 11 plays and scoring on a 3 yard run by Omar Almanza… Shamere Grant added the 2-point conversion to make it 8-6 Panthers.
    • Not to be outdone, the Tigers scored on their next possession on a 5 yard run by Lang. The 2-point conversion failed so the score stood 12-8 GCO with 3:31 left in the 1st quarter.
    • Neither team scored again in the first half as penalties helped to stop their drives.
    • The Panthers fumbled away the ball on the 4th play of the second half as Wesley Collins recovered for Sanders…A few plays later Collins was intercepted by the Panthers Almanza… The turnover bug in the form of a fumble bit the Panthers 3 plays later and it was recovered by the Tigers at the Panthers 23 yard line and 2 plays later the Tigers Wesley Collins completed a 27 yard pass to Malachi Brown for a TD… Collins added the 2point conversion to make it 20-8 Tigers with 5:19 left in the game.
    • The Panthers responded driving 70 yards and scoring on a 46 yard pass from Sam Parsons to Brent Ludwig to make the score 20-14 as GCO as the 2-point conversion failed with 3:15 left in the game.
    • The Panthers recovered the ensuing onside kick and took over on the Tiger 49 yard line… Two plays later with extreme pressure from 2 Tiger defensive lineman in his face, Parson pass went off the hands of the intended receiver into the hands of the Tigers Mason Lang for a pick-six and Collins added the 2-point conversion to make the final score 28-14 Tigers as the Panthers could not move the ball in the little time reaming in the game.

 

  • Laurens MS 40 – Sanders 6… In the last game of the day at KC Hanna Stadium the Laurens MS Tigers took a 40-6 win over the Sanders Yellow Jackets to claim the “City Championship”… The Yellow Jackets scored first in the game to make it 6-0 but the Tigers roared back and shut them out the rest of the way to take the win… How it happened:
    • The Yellow Jacket scored the first time they had the ball on a 4 yard run by Travion Robinson but the 2-point conversion failed so they led (for the only time in the game) 6-0with 2:47 left in the first quarter… Little did they know that that would be their only score of the game.
    • The Tigers went right back down the field and scored on a 19 yard run by KB Bryson… Logan Bragg added the 2-point conversion to make it make it 8-6 tigers with just under 40 seconds to play in the first quarter.
    • Sanders turned the ball over on downs on their next possession so the Tigers took over at the Yellow Jacket 47 yard line…Eight plays later Bragg carried it in from the 4 yard line and Shamere Robinson added the 2-point conversion to make it 16-6 LMS.
    • On the first play from scrimmage, the Yellow Jackets had a pass picked off by the Tigers Logan Bragg and returned to the Sanders 19 yard line… Two plays later Bragg carried it in from the 10 yard line and Bryson added the 2point conversion to make it 24-6 with 8.7 seconds left in the half and that was the score at the half.
    • The Yellow Jacket got the ball first to start the 2nd half but could not move the ball and turned it over on downs at their own 45 yard line… The Tigers then scored on a 10 yard run by KB Bryson and the 2-point conversion came on a pass from Logan Bragg to Mason Young to make the score 32-6 with 3:20 left in the 3rd quarter.
    • Again the Yellow Jackets could get no traction against the tough Tiger defense and turned the ball over on downs at their own 46 yard line… The Tigers then went on down the field and scored on a 6 yard pass from Bragg to Miles Crow and added the 2-point conversion on a pass from Bragg to Aadyn Jenkins to make the score 40-6 which would be the final.

SC Media Prep Football Poll… The latest SC Media Prep Football Poll came out Tuesday and if you would like to see it click here to go to the State Newspaper where there is a posting of it… I will tell you that the Clinton Red Devils remain at #5 in Class AA.

 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, 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 (10-27-24) had some changes in the top 10 this week… The first 4 teams are the same as last week, Oregon, Georgia, Penn State and Ohio State… Miami (FL) moves up to #5 while last week’s #5 drops to #6… Spots 7-10 are occupied by Tennessee, Notre Dame, BYU and Texas A&M… Clemson and Iowa State are tied for #11…To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
  • FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll (10-27-24) still has North Dakota State #1 and Montana State at #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 as they are #16 and Chattanooga #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

  • World Series… The World Series started on Friday, October the 25th and the two teams playing in it are the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New Your Yankees… It is a best of 7 series that started in Los Angeles and moved to New York for game 3… To see how each game unfolded click on the scores below.
    • Wednesday: Dodgers 7 – Yankees 6… The Dodgers defeated the Yankees last night by a score of 7-6 in New York to win the World Series 4 games to 1…. The Dodgers were trailing 5-0 going into the 5th inning when a couple of Yankee errors opened the door for them to score 5 runs and ties the game and then score the winning runs in the top of the 8th inning…Series MVP: Former Atlanta Brave and now Dodger first baseman Freddie Freeman was named as the Word Series MVP… He went 6-20 and hit 4 homeruns while driving in 12 runs… Bobby Richardson is the only other player to drive in 12 runs in the World Series and he did it back in 1960… Nice little posting about this on the MLB website and if you would like to see it click here… Congratulations to the Dodgers and Freddie!
    • Tuesday: Yankees 11 – Dodgers 4
    • Monday: Dodgers 4 – Yankees 2
    • Saturday: Dodgers 4 – Yankees 2
    • Friday: Dodgers 6 – Yankees 3
  • 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

  • Tyler Reddick Wins in Florida… Tyler Reddick caught and blew past Ryan Blaney on the last half lap of the Cup series race in Homestead, Fla. this past Sunday to punch his ticket into the field of 4  which will be competing for the Cup Championship in a couple of weeks… For more information about this race, click here.
  • Playoffs…With the win, Reddick jumped to the lead ahead of Joey Logano in the field of 8 drivers trying to make the Final 4 who will compete for the Cup Championship…  To see the drivers rank who are still in the chase for the championship rank, click here.
  • Schedule This Week… The NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series are headed to Martinsville  this weekend with the Xfinity race taking place on Saturday at 4:00 pm and the Cup Series race on Sunday at 2:00 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.

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 $60 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

 

  • Youth Basketball at The Ridge… Registration for youth basketball through the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation is now open… The cost is $60 and you register at the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation headquarters at The Ridge located at 301 exchange Drive…The age groupings include  7-8 year old coed, 9-12 girls, 9-10 boys and 11-12 boys… The deadline to enter is Friday, Nov. 22nd and there will be a skill evaluation on November 25th with practices staring Dec. 2nd… If you have any questions about the league, please email JPridgen@cityoflaurenssc.com or call 864-939-9137.

 

 

 

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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