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
Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Ticket and Venue Information for Championship Game Thursday… I do hope that a lot of red devil fans are planning on following the team down to South Carolina State for the big game on Thursday afternoon… If you are planning on going there are a few thing you need to know before you go… First ticket prices will be $15.00 and everyone coming through the game must have a ticket except toddlers and infants that will be seaside in their parents’ laps… You can purchase tickets at the gate but there is a link to purchase the on the SCHSL website posting about the game… That posting has much more information about how to get there, where to park, stadium policies and other details you need to know before you go… Click here to go to that posting for just about anything you might want to know about the game site and details you need to know before you go.
- Tushawan Richardson TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Tushawan Richardson had been chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club Player
of the week for his performance in last Friday’s game… Richardson is a senior quarterback who led Clinton High School to a 32 – 21 win over Fairfield Central in the Upper State Championship of the SCHSL AA playoffs… Clinton High School will play Barnwell High School at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium on the campus of S.C. State University Thursday afternoon with a 2:06 pm kickoff for the AA state championship… Richardson rushed for 102 yards and one touchdown with a long run of 37 yards averaging 12.8 yards per carry… In the passing department Richardson was 3 for 5 passing for 104 yards with 2 touchdowns with a long pass of 65 yards to set up a one-yard TD run for the Red Devils… Richardson was sacked zero times in the game as well… Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Tushawan is a true competitor and excels with the ball in his hand… He made plays when we needed them most with his legs and through the air. It’s been great to see him grow as a player and person.”…The Laurens County Touchdown Club will honor Richardson on January 8th at the Touchdown Club Annual Banquet. .. The Awards Banquet will be at 6 pm at The Ridge in Laurens. Player of the Week awards is presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County in 2024.
- Press Conference… Today at 9:30 there will be a virtual press conference conducted by the SCHSL and Coach Fountain and the Clinton Red Devils will be participating … It can be viewed on SCHSL YouTube Channel … If you click here it should carry you to a live streaming of that press conference when it starts.
- Basketball Travels to Union… According to the schedule I have, the Red Devil varsity basketball teams will be traveling to Union tonight to take on the Yellow Jackets… Go Big Red!
Laurens HS
- Sub-Varsity Basketball… The Laurens Raiders hosted The Rams of Hillcrest last night and let’s give you the information I have on boys teams… sorry. JV girls coach did not send me any results.
- CTEAM: Laurens 40 – Hillcrest 37… The C-team beat The Rams 40-37 to avenge a lost to the Rams last week…. Sorry, no more information available.
- The JV BOYS: Laurens 41 – Hillcrest 27… The Raiders defeated the Rams for the 2nd time this season by a score of 41-27… The win was secured by a stingy Raider Defense holding the Rams to 5 points in each of the first three quarters… The Raiders were led in scoring by freshman Jaylin Bluford with 13 points and Jay Watson chipped in 8 points.
- Varsity at Home Tonight… The Raider varsity basketball teams will take on the Hillcrest Rams starting with girls’ action at 6:00 pm in the main gym at LDHS.
Laurens Academy
- Basketball… The Laurens Academy Crusader varsity basketball teams traveled to Greenville Tech Charter School last night to take on the Warriors.
- Girls: Warriors 53 – Crusaders 29… The Crusaders had some problems with their offense last night as they were held scoreless in the second quarter and that proved to be a hole too big to climb out of as the Warriors took a 53-29 win… Braylee Burke was the only Crusader in double-digits with 10 points… The Warriors had 2 players who were in double digits.
- Boys: Warriors 55 – Crusaders 26… The Crusader boys also found it hard to get their offense going against the Warriors as they trailed the Warriors 31-12 at the half and the Warriors went on to take a 55-26 win over the Crusaders… Braydon Burke was the only Crusader in double-digits with 15 points.
- Up Next … All Crusader the Crusader teams will be in action today as they host the Cavaliers of New Covenant starting with middle school girls at 4:00 pm.