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Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Tennis Travels to Whitmire… A quick reminder that the Red Devil girls’ tennis team will travel to Whitmire today to take on the Wolverines in the second round of the Class A-AA Girls Tennis Tournament… The first volley is scheduled for 4:00 pm… If you would like to see the entire Class A-AA Playoff Bracket, click here… Good Luck to the Red Devils … Go Big Red!
Laurens HS
- Thompson Selected TD Club Plyer of the Week… Yesterday it was announced that
the Raiders Will Thompson has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his performance last Friday night in the Raiders 26-17 loss to the Vikings at Emerald HS… The Raider’s senior quarterback completed 9 of 15 pass attempts for 176 yards… Among those 9 completions was a 50-yard touchdown pass to Shawn Medlin… Thompson also had positive yardage running the football… Coach Gregg Porter commented “Will has demonstrated leadership and toughness for the Raiders this season. Although the journey hasn’t been easy for him, he continues to give his best every day and every game. He continues to do whatever it takes do help this program lay a strong foundation to build on for next season.”… Thompson will be honored at the club’s next meeting on Thursday, Nov.21st… Please note this is a change in the schedule as the schedule of meetings was changed to accommodate the lengthening of the high school football season by one week… Thank you again Hurricane Helene.
- Raider Volleyball Falls in First Round of the Playoffs… Catching up with the Lady Raider volleyball team, the made it into the Class 4A playoffs last Thursday and I almost let it slip past me… They traveled up to Daniel to take on the Lions who were the #1 seed in the upper state part of the volleyball bracket…Now as you may recall last Thursday was Halloween and the Lions only were handing out tricks and no treats as they defeated the Raiders 3-0… Set scores were 25-13, 25-15 and 25-8… Congratulations to the Raiders for making the playoffs!
- 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… The Crusaders football team 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.
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 last meeting was Thursday, October 31st where in addition to honoring Clayton Lawson and Tushawan Richardson both of Clinton HS as the last two Players of the week the local coaches spoke and the featured speaker was Mr. Charlie Wentzky, Deputy Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League and staff member responsible for high school football operations within the state… His talk was very informative and timely when it comes to officiating even in the family… I strongly suggest you take the time to see the video of the meeting… To do that, click here
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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 hosts 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 (11-3-24) had some changes in the top 10 this week… The first 2 teams are the same as last week, Oregon and Georgia continue to hold down the top 2 spots in that order… Ohio State moved up a spot to #3 followed by Miami (FL) and Texas at #5… Spots 6-10 are now occupied by Penn State, Tennessee, Indiana, BYU and Notre Dame… Clemson dropped from #11 to #19 and last week’s #10 Texas A&M dropped to 15 after the loss to South Carolina… If this were the top 30 and not the top 25, South Carolina would have been # 27… To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
- FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll (11-3-24) still has North Dakota State #1 and Montana State at #2 … In our general area, Mercer is the only team you often see on the schedule of some our local teams in the top 25 as they are #13 and Chattanooga dropped out of the top 25… South Carolina State just missed the top 25 as they were 4 points behind #25 Harvard…To see the entire FCS Coaches Poll click here.
- HBCU Rankings… They now have a power ranking for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and South Carolina State with a 6-2 overall record and 2-0 in MEAC play checks in at #2 there behind Jackson State… To see the top 21 in this ranking click here and be sure to scroll down or you miss information about each of the schools.
- 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,
NASCAR
- Ryan Blaney at Martinsville… This past Sunday, defending series champion Ryan Blaney won the NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 elimination race at Martinsville Speedway to advance to the Championship 4…. Chase Elliott finished second and Kyle Larson third… For more information about this race, click here.
- Playoffs…With the win, Blaney punched his ticket to be among the final 4 who will race this Sunday in Phoenix for the Cup Championship… The other 3 are Joey Logano, Tyler Redick and William Byron make the Final 4 who will compete for the Cup Championship.
- Schedule This Week… The NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Truck Series will all have their championship races this weekend at Phoenix… The Truck series race will be on Friday at 8: 00 pm and can be seen on FSI and MRN… The Xfinity race taking place on Saturday at 7:00 pm on CW and MSN… And finally, the Cup Series race on Sunday at 3:00 pm on NBC and MRN…To see the complete schedule Phoenix including practices and TV availability, 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.