Local Notes
Sports Schedules for Today
- Laurens Academy varsity basketball teams host First Presbyterian Academy, 6:00 and 7:30
- Raider boys’ basketball takes on Irmo at 6:30 in the Sports Impact Invitational Tournament in Spartanburg.
Clinton HS
- Red Devils 48 – Cyclones 20… The Clinton Red Devils hosted the Chester Cyclones in round two action in SCHSL Class AA playoffs last Friday night… Tornados (Cyclones) are rayed on the rated on the Fujita Scale from 1-5 with them 1 beginning the smallest to monster type 5 which wreck everything… Well Chester was more like a Type 1 and Clinton would have been at least a Type 4 as the Red Devils took a 48-20 win over the Chester Cyclones… If you recall recent games the opposition had an advantage in time of possession (though they did not score much) while Clinton often scored on big play reactively short drives… That was not the case Friday as the Red Devils had the almost 2 minutes more than the Cyclones) and relied on what call “old style” Red Devil football having longer drives and more plays that ate the clock up keeping the ball out of the Cyclones hands.
- First Quarter…The Red Devils led 21-6 at the end of the first quarter of play as they punted to end their first possession and then scored the next 3 times they had the ball on two runs by Rhett Gilliam (2 & 30 yards) and Javen Cook had a 40 yard run… Lukas Kuykendall kicked the 3 PATs.
- Second Quarter…The only score in the second quarter was on a 7 yard pass from Tushawan Richardson to Noah Garrett with Kuykendal adding the PAT to make it 28-6 at the half
- Third Quarter… In the third quarter Chester had the ball first and scored on a rush but missed the 2-point conversion… Two possessions later, the Red Devils scored on a 5 yard rush by Tushawan Richardson but the PAT failed making the score 34-12 Red Devils and that was the score at the end of the third quarter.
- Fourth Quarter… The Red Devils next score came on their second possession of the fourth quarter and was set up when Austin Boyd intercepted a Cyclone pass at the Clinton 42… Angelo Cromer then broke loose on a 45 yard run to the Chester 13 and then 2 plays later carried it in from the 4 yard line… Lukas Kuykendall kicked the PAT making it 41-12 Red Devils… The Cyclones then score on a 72 yard run on their first play from scrimmage and made the 2-point conversion to make the score 41-20 Red Devils… Chester tried an onside kick that the Red Devils covered it and 2 plays later KJ Vance carried it in from the Chester 11 and Kuykendal added the PAT to make it 48-20 Red Devils and that was also the final score.
- Some Stats… The Red Devils had 432 yards rushing (Chester 131)… Rhett Gilliam had 165 yards and 2 TDs with Javen Cook had 130 yards and a TD while… Angelo Cromer and Tushawan Richards also had a rushing TD… Passing the Cyclones had 177 yards while Richardson went 6-9 for 52 yards with no interceptions and 1 TD to Noah Garrett.
- Mores Stats… If you would like to see the complete stat package which has a play-by-play accounting of the game click here.
- Next… The win means that the Red Devils will be playing this Friday (11-29) and will be hosting the Batesburg-Leesville Panthers who defeated Andrew Jackson last Friday 49-14… The Panthers are coached by former Raiders Head Coach Gregg Lawson.
Laurens Academy
- Eagles 43 – Crusaders 6… The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled down to WW King last Friday night to take on region foe Richard Winn for the SCISA 8-Man Football Championship…. The Eagles came into the game undefeated and averaging 51.3 points per game while giving up 15.6 points per game… The Eagles were just too fast, too strong and too deep in players and rolled to a 43-6 win over the Crusaders… The Eagles led 20-0 at the end of the first quarter and 37-0 at the half and then scored another 6 points in the third quarter to make the core 43-0 and the game was finished with a running clock… One thing the Crusaders had was heart… They fought to the final buzzer and scored their only points of the game with 8:35 left in the game on a 4 yard run by Ethan Collins at the end of a 12 play drive that covered 75 yards.
- Stats… The Crusaders Ethan Collins went 15 for 25 in the passing department for 155 yards and did throw an interception and no TDs… The Crusaders finished with 176 yards rushing with Garett Murphy having 114 of those yards… Caleb Hardy caught 10 of those passes for 71 yards and Garrett Murphy caught 4 passes for 66 yards… To see more Crusader stats on the game click here.
- Final Thoughts… Congratulation to the Crusader and Coach Jolly Doolittle for finishing as runner-up in SCISA 8-man football with a 10-4 record with 3 of their losses coming at the hands of Richard Winn.
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 which is the Annual Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, January 8th at The Ridge
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!
2024 SCHSL Football Brackets… I now have all the SCHSL football brackets for all classifications available… Look over in the Featured Sports Section for a posting with them or simply click here… 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.
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: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys. . .
- 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 latest College Football Rankings came out on 11-19-24 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 still Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Penn State and Indiana… Spots 6 – 10 are held by Notre Dame, Alabama, Miami, Ole Miss and Georgia… Spots 11 and 12 are occupied by Tennessee and Boise State… To see the list of the entire top 25 in the in the Playoff Rankings click here… Clemson is #17 on this list and South Carolina is #18… Not much chance of them getting into the top 12 unless a lot of teams above them fall apart.
- FBS AP Poll… The latest FBS AP Poll (11-24-24) did have any one change in the top 5 this week… In order they are Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Penn State and Notre Dame moving up a spot to #5 after Indiana lost… Spots 6-10 are occupied by, Georgia, Tennessee, Miami (FL), SMU and Boise State… Clemson checks in at #12 while South Carolina moved up to 16 this week … To see the entire top 25 AP Poll click here
- FCS Coaches Poll… The FCS Coaches Poll (11-17-24) still has North Dakota State #1 and Montana State at #2 … In our general area, teams you often see on the schedule of some our local teams in the top 25 are Mercer at #9, SC State tied at #17 with Harvard…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.
College Basketball
Men
- DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (11-17-24) has Kansas, UConn, Gonzaga, Auburn and Iowa State as the current top 5… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
- DI Scores… To see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
- Standings by Conference… To see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.
Women
- DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (11-17-24) has the SC Gamecocks, UConn, Southern California, Texas and UCLA as the top 5 To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
- DI Scores… To see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
- Standings by Conference… To see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.
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:
- 25th Anniversary Reindeer Run, Sat. Dec. 14… On Saturday December 14th, the Laurens Family YMCA will be holding its annual 5K Reiner Run and 1 Mile Fun Run… This is an annual event that helps to raise money for the YMCA’s Youth Scholarship Program… The 5K race will have 9 age groupings and prizes will be awarded for various finishers… For more information about this race and walk click here… There is a $5 discount if you register before Nov. 22nd … To register for the 5K race online, click here … to register for the 1-Mile Fun Run, you must do that at the YMCA… No online registration for the Fun Run.
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