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Sports Report for Friday, 12-27-2024

Friday, December 27, 2024

Local Notes

 Basketball… Some of the local varsity basketball teams will be in action this weekend and below is what I can tell you about their schedule…. Hopefully I will have results on these Monday.

 Clinton HS

  • Girls and Boys… Both of the Red Devils will be participating in the Carolina Invitational down in the Charleston area… This is a big event that has a lot of team playing at different sites in the Charleston area… They both will be playing at the Summerville site and to see the schedule of all the game at that site this weekend click here… Games will be at Summerville HS located at 1101 Boone Hill Rd., Summerville, SC 29483… You might be able to get the scores at their MaxPreps site… For the Lady Red Devils click here, for the boys click here.

Laurens HS

  • Girls… The Raiders girls’ team will also be in action down in Charleston this weekend playing in the same tournament but at two different sites… To get the addresses for these sites click here which will carry you to the tournament homepage where each site is listed along with their schedule and address.
    • Friday at Fort Dorchester at 4:30 vs. Washington (WV)
    • Saturday at Cathedral Academy at 12:30 pm vs. Howard Tech.
    • Monday at Fort Dorchester at 3:15 pm vs. Fort Dorchester
    • Scores: You might be able to get the scores of the games at the Lady Raiders MaxPreps site… Click here to go there.
  • Boys… The Raider boys started their participation in the Louie Golden Holiday Classic in Jacksonville, FL last night according to their schedule on MaxPreps… It also shows they have games today and tomorrow… To go to their MaxPreps schedule where you might be able to get the scores, click here…. Some of you may remember that Louie Goldman was a legendary coach in Greenville County mostly at Riverside HS… He passed away in 1921 with 699 win and 6 state championships… To read more about him click here to go to an article written at the time of his death that appeared in the The Greenville News.

Laurens Academy

  • Up Next… The master schedule for Crusader basketball shows that the varsity basketball teams will be traveling to Greenville to take on the Brashier Middle College teams on Friday, Jan. 3rd starting at 6:00 pm.

Thornwell

  • Basketball… The schedule I have shows that the Saints boys’ basketball team will be playing Cambridge Academy Friday with time and location TBD

All-Region Team Members… Now that the football season is over the three area high schools have announced those members of their teams that have were names to All- Region Teams… Congratulations to all those mentioned below!

 Clinton HS…  As you might expect after winning not only the Region 1 Class AA Region and State Championship the following were named to the All-Region Team:

Tushawan Richardson

  • Javen Cook
  • Chris Boyd
  • Brett Young
  • Luke Young
  • Clayton Lawson
  • Rion Gordon
  • Tre Aiken
  • Hunter Lawson
  • Coach of the Year… Coach Corey Fountain
  • Honorable Mention All-Region
    • Cal Pitts
    • Kason Copeland
    • Devin Swindler
    • Maison Tinsley
    • DJ Clark
    • Jaydon Glenn
    • Rhett Gilliam

I am a little curious as to why one of them did not get player of the year.

 

Laurens HS… The Raiders that made the All-Region 1-AAAA Team were:

  • Denarii Lee Jackson (RB)
  • Brayden Patterson (WR)
  • Ja’Mauri Lee Williams (LB)

 

 Laurens Academy… Those who were named to the Region 1 8-Man All Region team included;

  • Hack Hardy
  • Caleb Hardy
  • Anthony Candelas
  • Garrett Murphy – Region Offensive Player of the Year
  • Garrison Vaughn – Region Athlete of the Year
  • Those named to the North-south All-Star team included seniors:
    • Hack Hardy
    • Anthony Candelas
    • Garrett Murphy
    • Non-seniors named to the Futures team included:
      • Caleb Hardy
      • Garrison Vaughn

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.

 Bowl games for Today and Saturday: Click on the two teams involved for information on the games

Friday: 12-27-24:

Saturday, 12-28-24:

 

Bowl from yesterday: Click on the two teams involved for information on the games

 

 

  • 2024-25 Entire College Football Bowl Schedule & Information… After the selection Committee filled out the College Playoff Brackets other teams were quickly chosen for the myriad of bowl games that are going to be held between now and the National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 20th next year… If you click here, you will go to a posting on the NCAA website where the list of bowls is posted along with when they will be held, times, TV availability and after they are over the final score…  Bowls in South Carolina or involving team from South Carolina include:
    • Citrus Bowl, Tuesday, 12-31, #15 South Carolina vs. #20 Illinois in Orlando, 3:00 pm on ABC
  • 2024-25 College Football Playoff Bracket…  The four teams that will get a bye in the first round of the college football playoffs due to the fact they are the 4 highest rankings of the five major football conferences that won their college conference are Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State… To see the entire playoff bracket click here.

 

College Basketball… In the polls the number in parenthesis (?) indicates their rank in the last poll if it is different from the present one… If there is a score given or game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).

Men

  • DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (12-23-24) had some changes in the top 5… Tennessee is still #1 followed by Auburn, Iowa State, Duke (5) and Alabama (6)… Clemson dropped out of the top 25… 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 (12-16-24) had a couple of changes in the top 5…UCLA is still #1but South Carolina moved from #3 to #2… The rest of the top 5 are Notre Dame (8), UConn (2) and LSU (4)…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:

Youth Basketball at Laurens YMCA… Registration is now open for youth basketball at the Laurens Family YMCA… There are two age groupings: 3-4 and 5-6… Registration will be closing on Dec. 31st and practice starts Jan. 6th… For more information about this, click here to go to a posting on the Y’s website… You can also register there…  For questions, please email hqueen@lakelandsymca.org

 

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.

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