Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Football Has a Bye Week… Just a quick reminder that the varsity football team was off Friday after Union County and Clinton agreed to cancel the game that was postponed by hurricane Helene… The Red Devils will end their regular season this Friday night when they travel to Liberty to take on another set of Red Devils
Laurens HS
- Emerald 26 – Laurens 17… The Raider football traveled down to Emerald HS last Friday night to take on the Vikings… The Vikings scored 19 points in the first half before the Raiders finally got on the scoreboard with 24 seconds left in the first half to make it 19-7 Vikings at the half and then went on to a 26-17 win over the Raiders.
- The Raiders only score in the first half came on 4-yard run by Will Thompson to cap a 48-yard drive in 6 plays and Brock Franklin made the PAT to make it 19-7 going into the locker room at the half.
- The Raiders received the opening kickoff of the second half and that possession ended with a 50-yard pass from Thompson to Shawn Medlin with 7:29 left in the third quarter… Again Franklin made the PAT so the score stood 19-14 Vikings.
- The Raiders would get no closer as Emerald responded scoring again to make it 26-14 with the PAT.
- The Raiders final points were added on the first play of the fourth quarter when a Raider drive stalled, and Brock Franklin kicked a 31-yard field goal to make it 26-17 which would prove to be the final score as the Raiders threatened again but could not convert on a 35-yard field goal attempt later in the fourth quarter.
- The Vikings had 220 yards rushing to the Raiders 35… Will Thompson had 16 yards rushing and the one TD while Denari Lee Jackson had 14 yards.
- The passing attack saw the Raiders gain 176 yards through the air as Will Thompson completed 9 of 15 for the 176 yards with the 1 TD to Medlin and no interceptions… The Vikings had 86 yards as their quarterback Beau Hite went 6-9 with no TDS or interceptions.
- To see the full stat package including a play-by-play accounting of the game, click here.
- The Raiders host the Fountain Inn Fury in the final regular season 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
- Crusaders 40 – King Academy 26… The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled sown to Batesburg last Friday night to take on the Jing Academy Knights… The Crusaders led 28-12 at the half and then pulled away to take a 40-26 win in their last game of the regular season… The Crusaders took the win with a rushing attack that picked up 328 yards with Garrett Murphy having 277 of them on 22 rushed and he also scored 5 TDs… Caleb Hardy had 51 yards and 1 TD… IN the passing department, Ethan Collins completed 6 of 8 passing attempts for 61 yards and had no interceptions or TDs…. Caleb Hardy and Garrett Murphy each caught 3 passes for 10 and 51 yards respectively… Spires Mc Cameron intercepted a Knight pass to stop one of the Knight’s drives… To see more stats on the game, click here.
- Up Next… The Crusaders will start their participation in the SCISA 8-Man Football Playoffs this Friday hosting Cross School at Todd Kirk Field at 7:30 pm… More about this matchup in the next few days.
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. 8th … Varsity host the Fountain Inn Fury at 7:30 on Senior Night.
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 (10-27-24) 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.
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 $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.
Reindeer Run, Sat. Dec. 14… 5K… 9 age groupings… Prizes… 1-mile Kids Fun Run – must register for this at the YMCA… Click here to register for 5K race
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