Local Notes
Clinton HS
- JV Football: Clinton 34 – Liberty 12… The Red Devil JV football team closed out its season last night with a 34-12 win over the Liberty Red Devils at Wilder Stadium… At this time that is the only thing I know about the game but if I get more details I will pass them on to you later
- Varsity on the Road to Liberty… The varsity team will close out the regular season tonight on the road to Liberty to take on the Liberty Red Devils… The Red Devils can clinch the Region Championship with a win tonight and home field advantage in the playoffs… Liberty is 5-3overall and 2-1 in region play… They are averaging 36.6 points per game while giving up 26.5 points per game… To see the Liberty schedule this season and scores of their games, click here… I only have one last thing to say about the game, Go Big Red
Laurens HS
- Raiders Host Fountain Inn on Senior Night… The raiders will finish the regular season tonight hosting the Fountain Inn Fury and it will also be Senior Night… The Raiders will honor their 20 seniors before the game…. This is a very critical game for the raiders as they have a shot at making the playoffs based on their RPI ranking (see below)… The Fury come into the game with a 5-4 overall record and 1-3 in region play… The Fury are averaging 31.8 points per game and giving up 29.1 points per game… To see the schedule and scores for the Fury click here… We will start our coverage of the game with the Friday Night Insiders at 6:20 pm today.
- JV Football: Laurens 29 – Fountain Inn 0… The Raider JV football team closed out its season last night as they travel to Fountain Inn to take on the Fury… Good news for raiders fans as the team took a 29-0 win over the Fury … The following information was provided by Coach Jawon Stevens… “The defense DOMINATED!! They held Ft Inn to minimal yards with our starters in… They were able to move the ball in the 4th Quarter, but the defense forced a turnover… Nasir Sanders had a pick (an interception)… Everyone made plays to contribute to the effort on defense. .. We played solid all night on offense! We had several explosive plays… Had a couple touchdowns called back, but they didn’t panic… Buddy Cheeks lead the offense at the QB spot with timely runs when passing plays broke down… He was great reading the Zone (defense) and making the correct decisions… Finding the endzone were BJ Hill, Isai Fernandez, Crooks and AJ Mumford… Two-point conversions (were made) by Buddy and JJ Bennett….Kevy Velasco handles kickoffs and punts… His kicks gave the coverage teams time to get down the field all night… Good kicks all night on a wet surface… Khamarius Moore came in and led the final scoring drive at Quarterback… Fun night to see this crew finish the season with a shutout victory! ”… Congratulation to the JV team on a winning season and especially on improving as the season went along after a rocky start!
- Class 4A Upper State RPI… I think most Raider fans know that the teams making the playoff sin Class 5A and 4A this year will not be done by region standings alone… They ae using the RPI system as determined by MaxPreps ant the top 16 teams in the upper state and lowers state will ,make the playoffs… Below is the latest RPI for the upper state 4A teams… You will note that Laurens is #16 at this time and would make the playoffs if the teams were selected today based on this present RPI… However, a loss to Fountain Inn Friday night could put the Raiders below the “cut line”… That is why I want to encourage all the “true” Raider fans to make plans to come out to KC Hanna Stadium tomorrow night to cheer the Raiders on as they try to “lock down” a playoff position…. Note: the arrows and numbers beside some of the teams indicate that they have moved up or down and by how many positions since the previous RPI.
- Westside, 8-0, 0.84196
- Daniel, 8-1, 0.70127
- South Pointe, 8-2, 0.68574 ↑ 1
- Seneca, 8-1, 0.66927 ↓ 1
- Camden, 7-3, 0.64008 ↑ 3
- Wren, 6-2, 0.61770 ↓ 1
- AC Flora. 7-3, 0.59477 ↓ 1
- Greer 5-4, 0.59133
- Richland Northeast, 7-3, 0.58220
- Fountain Inn, 5-4, 0.53899
- Emerald, 5-4, 0.51212
- Pickens, 4-5, 0.48054
- Lancaster, 4-6, 0.44695 ↓ 1
- Blue Ridge, 4-5, 0.43390 ↑ 2
- Dreher, 3-6, 0.41039 Berea, 3-6, 0.38673 ↓ 2
- Laurens, 1-8, 0.36167 ↑ 1 cut line
- York, 2-8, 0.35048 ↓ 1
- Travelers Rest, 1-7, 0.28370
- Southside, 0-9, 0.20991
- 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 Start Playoffs Tonight… The Crusaders football team will start their participation in the SCISA 8-Man Football Playoffs this tonight hosting Cross School Stingrays out of Bluffton, SC at Todd Kirk Field at 7:30 pm… The Stingrays come into the game with a 2-8 overall record and are averaging 12.9 points per game while giving up 52.1 points per game… Coach Jolly Doolittle was quick to point out when I talked to him this week, that at this point in the season everyone is 0-0… Their regular season makes them dangerous as they might try anything to take a win according to Coach Doolittle… To see the Stingrays regular season schedule and scores, click here…. Good Luck to the Crusaders… I hope they are able to play Rocky Top a lot tonight!
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
SC Media Prep Football Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Nov. 5… First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses… The arrows up and down show which teams moved up and down from last week.
- CLASS 5A: 1. Dutch Fork (15) (8-0), 2. Northwestern (1) (10-0), 3. Summerville (10-0), 4. Irmo (9-0), 5. Sumter (9-0), 6. Spartanburg (7-1), 7. Gaffney (7-1), 8. JL Mann (7-2) ↑ 1, 9. TL Hanna (7-2) and 10. Greenwood (7-2)… Dropped out: Hillcrest, River Bluff… Others receiving votes: Hillcrest, Dorman, Clover, and River Bluff.
- CLASS 4A: 1. Westside (16) (8-0), 2. Daniel (8-1), 3. South Pointe (8-2), 4. Hartsville (8-1-1) ↑ 1, 5. North Augusta (8-1) ↑ 2, 6. Seneca (8-1) ↑ 3, 7. South Florence (7-3) ↓ 3, 8. Gray Collegiate (7-2), 9. May River (7-2) ↓ 3 and 10. (tie) Wren (6-2) ↓ 2 and 10. (tie) Bishop England (8-2)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Hilton Head Island, AC Flora and Greer.
- CLASS 3A: 1. Belton-Honea Path (12) (9-1), 2. Mountain View Prep (4) (8-0), 3. Loris (9-1), 4. Dillon (8-2), 5. Woodruff (7-1), 6. Oceanside Collegiate (7-3), 7. Powdersville (6-3) ↑ 3, 8. Newberry (5-3), 9. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (7-3) ↓ 1 and 10. Swansea (7-3) ↓ 1… Dropped out: Marlboro County… Others receiving votes: Keenan, St. Joseph’s, Waccamaw and Christ Church.
- CLASS 2A: 1. Batesburg-Leesville (16) (9-0), 2. Barnwell (9-1) ↑ 1, 3. Fairfield Central (8-1) ↑ 1, 4. Clinton (6-2) ↑ 1, 5. Saluda (7-1) ↓, 3 6. Manning (9-1), 7. Philip Simmons (8-2) ↑ 1, 8. Hampton County (7-2) ↓ 1, 9. Strom Thurmond (6-2) and 10. Central (8-2)… Dropped out: Woodland… Others receiving votes: Cheraw, Woodland, and Timberland
- CLASS A: 1. Abbeville (14) (7-1), 2. Lewisville (2) (9-1), 3. Lake View (8-1), 4. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (9-1), 5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (6-2) ↑ 1, 6. Cross (8-2) ↑ 2, 7. Blackville-Hilda (7-2), 8. Lamar (7-3) ↓ 3, 9. Hannah-Pamplico (7-2) and 10. Branchville (8-2)… Others receiving votes: Dixie, Lee Central, Ridgeland and Baptist Hill.
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
- College Football Playoff Rankings… The first College Football Rankings came out Tuesday (11-5-24) and these are the rankings that will be used to seed the 12 teams that make the FBS Playoffs at the end of the year… They follow the AP Poll closely but not exactly… The first 5 teams in order are Oregon, Ohio State, Georgia, Miami and Texas… Spots 6 – 10 are held by Penn State, Tennessee, Indiana, BYU and Notre Dame… To see the list of the entire top 25 in the in the Playoff Rankings click here… If you go to that posting on the NCAA website and scroll down, you will find out more about how these rankings will be used to determine who makes it into the playoffs, and there are links there to explain just about anything you would want to know about the playoffs and playoff dates… Check it out, lot of information there!
- 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 as 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 be 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:
- 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.