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Sports Report for Tuesday, 12-31-2024

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

  • Girls… The Lady Red Devils were playing in the Carolina Invitational over the weekend and Monday at the Summerville HS site.
    • Friday: Clinton 49 – Durham Academy 39… In their first game on Friday, the shorthanded Lady Red Devils took a 49-39 win over the Durham Academy (NC) Cavaliers despite being down a couple pf players due to illness… The Red Devils led 23-11 at the half and then held on to take the win as the Cavaliers Shy Williams scored 18 of her game high 23 points in the second half in a comeback attempt that fell way short… The Red Devils were led in scoring by McKenzie Clark who had 14 points… Other scoring for the Red Devils included Emma Patterson with 8 points while Nah’shia Wright, Jakia Burton and Byranna Belton all finished with 7 points… Rounding out the scoring for the Red Devils Mylayja Thompson had 6 points.
    • Saturday: Concord Christian 36 – Clinton 25… On Saturday the Lady Red Devils took on the Lions of Concord Christian out of Knoxville, TN…. As Coach Garner put it “Couldn’t find the bottom of the basket” as the Red Devils fell to the Lions by a score of 36-25… He also pointed out that the Red Devil defense played well and kept it from being a blowout as the offense struggled… McKenzie Clark and Bryanna Belton both had 8 points to lead the Red Devils…. Nah’shia Wright finished with 5 points while Emma Patterson and Mylayja Thompson finished with 2 points each.
    • Update… Monday: Clinton 50 – Cross Schools 31… The Lady Red Devils closed out their participation in the Carolina Invitational Monday taking a 50-31 win over the Cross Schools Stingrays out of Bluffton, SC… The Red Devils jumped out to a 20-10 lead after 8 minutes of play and led 39-18 at the half… The only quarter the Stingrays outscored the Red Devils was the last (14-9) when I suspect Clinton was playing subs… Bryanna Belton led the Red Devils with a game-high 15 points, Mylayja Thompson had 13 and McKenzie Clark 12… Also scoring for the Red Devils Jakia Burton finished with 4 points, Halleigh Luke 3 and Nah’shia Wright 2…
    • Up Next: The team is now 9-2 on the season after going 2-1 in Charleston this weekend… They will be taking on the High Point Grizzlies this Saturday ((1-4-25) at home with tipoff scheduled for 3:30 pm

 

  • Boys… The Red Devil boys’ varsity team was also participating in the same tournament over the weekend at the Summerville HS site also.
    • Friday: Durham Academy 92 – Red Devils 64… The Red Devil boys also took on the Durham Academy Patriots on Friday but I hate to have to report that the news is not good in that game as the Cavaliers took a 92-64 win over the Red Devils… The Cavaliers jumped out to a 24-14 lead at the end of the first quarter and led 49-35 at the half and then continued to outscore the Red Devils in the second half except in the third quarter where both teams scored 22 points… The Cavaliers had 6 players scoring in double-digits… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Devin Swindler who finished with 18 points and J’shon Nabors was also in double-digits with 10 points… Jaydon Glenn contributed 7 points, Tushawan Richardson 6, Kylen Calhoun 5, Khari Vance 5, Zy Butler 5, Christian Jones 2, DJ Clark, 2, Jared Willard 2 and Patrick McGowan 2.
    • Saturday: Clinton 56 – Concord Christian 35… On Saturday the boys’ team also faced off against the Concord Christian Lions and the news is better as the Red Devils took a 56-35 win… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Tushawan Richardson who scored 15 points and Devin Swindler who finished with 14 points… Christian Jones and Nyterian Smith both scored 7 points, J’shon Nabors 6, Nyking Pitts 2, Khari Vance 2, and Patrick McGowan 1.
    • Update… Monday: Clinton 69 – Cross Schools 29… The Red Devils closed out their participation in the tournament on a positive note as they rolled to a 69-29 win over the cross Schools Stingrays… The Red Devils led 39-18 at the half and held to Stingrays scoreless in the fourth quarter as they rolled to the win… Devin Swindler had a game-high 19 points with 15 of his points coming from behind the three-point line… Tushawan Richardson was also in double digits with 11 points… Kylen Calhoun contributed 8 points, as did Dirkus Clark… Jared Willard scored 6 points, Zy Butler 5 and Jaydon Glenn 4
    • Up Next: The Red Devils are now 5-3 on the season and will host the High Point Academy Grizzlies this Saturday (1-4-25) at 5:00 pm.

Laurens HS

  • Girls… The Raiders girls’ team was also in action down in Charleston this weekend playing in the same tournament as the Red Devils but at two different sites.
    • Updated… Friday: Washington HS 48 – Raiders 38… On Friday at Fort Dorchester HS the Lady Raiders took on the Washington HS Patriots out of Charles Town WV…  The Raiders trailed 43-21 at the end of three quarters of play and tried to come back scoring 17 points in the fourth quarter but that was too little too late as the Patriots took a 48-38 win… Zoe Young led the Raiders with 17 points and Nyri Allen was also in double-digits with11 points…. Others scoring for the Raiders included Alayiah Carter with 3 points  while Ty Jones, A’Nyah McBeth and Gabby Wormley all scored 2 points each… Rounding out the scoring for the Raiders Nasira sanders scored 1 point.
    • Updated… Saturday: Howard Tech. 48 – Laurens 32… The Lady Raiders took on the Howard Tech Wildcats out of Wilmington, DE on Saturday and fell by a score of 48-32… The Wildcats only led 24-20 at the half but the Raider offense went cold in the second half scoring only 12 points as the Wildcats pulled away for the 48-32 win… Once again Zoe Young led the Raiders in scoring with 16 points (only 3 in the second half)… Others scoring for the Raiders included Nyri Allen who finished with 8 points, MiAngel Pitts 3 and both Kryssy Carter and Gabby Wormley scored a single point.
    • Monday… The Raiders were scheduled to play the Fort Dorchester Patriots at Fort Dorchester yesterday but no one sent me the score… I’ll try to get it today.

 

  • Boys… The Raider boys started their participation in the Louie Golden Holiday Classic in Jacksonville, FL last Thursday night.
    • Thursday: Raiders 56 – Mandarin HS 51… Their first game was against the Mandarin Mustangs from Jacksonville, FL… The Raiders took an early lead but trailed 39-35 going into fourth quarter… There the Raiders outscored the Mustangs 17-5 to take a come-from-behind 56-51 win…Q. Watts had 17 points to lead the Raiders in scoring with 6 of them coming in the third quarter… TyJ Jones had finished with 16 points with 9 of them coming in the in the 4th quarter… DJ Martin finished with 9 points, RJ Brewster-Snow 5, Z Simpson 5 and Will Thompson 4.
    • Friday: Westside 54 – Laurens 54… Friday the Raiders took on the Westside HS Wolverines from Jacksonville Fla… Raiders jumped out to small early lead and led 39-34 at the end of the third period… In the fourth quarter, the Wolverines outscored the Raiders 20-13 to take a hard fought 54-52 win…. The Raiders had two players scoring in double-digits as Q Watts finished with 15 points and DJ Martin 14… Both Hunter Richardson and Nigere Brown scored 6 points, Z Simpson 4, Will Thompson 3 and rounding out the scoring for the Raiders Quin Anderson and Damyyo Watts finished with 2 points each.
    • Saturday: Raiders 57 – Blue Ridge Tigers 40… In their last game on Friday, the Raiders took on the Blue Ridge Tigers from up the road in Greer… The Raiders only led 24-23 at half but blew game open in third quarter outscoring the Tigers 20-5 and then went on to take a 57-40 win… Once again Q Watts led the Raiders with 19 points (11 in the 3rd  quarter) and TyJ Jones finished with 16 (8 in the 3rd  quarter)… DJ Martin finished with 8 points, Will Thompson 6, Quin Anderson 4 and both Damyyo Watts and CJ Bates finished with 2 points each… The Raiders are now 7-4 on the season.

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.

 

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click here… NOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game…. There are no games until after the Christmas break.

 

Laurens County Touchdown Club   

  • TD Club Announces All County Team… Wednesday (12-18-24) the Laurens County Touchdown Club released the names of the 30 football players who made the All-County Team for 2024… The Red Devils have 17 players on the team, the Raiders 7 and the Crusaders 6… If you would like to see the complete list of players who made the team, their position and school, click here… Also on the list are the names of the four players who won the Lakelands FCA Charter Award for each of the three high schools and Presbyterian College… Finally the names of the 3 players who have been nominated for the Player of the Year Award were released… In alphabetical order they are: Garrett Murphy (LA), Tushawan Richardson (CHS) and Javaye Suber (LDHS)… The All County Team will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, 1-8-25 at The Ridge… Look below for more information about that… Also at that time, the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year will be named.

 

  • Information… 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…  The featured speaker for the January 8th Annual Awards Banquet will be former Clemson football great Brian Mance…  Mance was named the 2023 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame “Humanitarian of the Year…”The TD Club will recognize its All-County team selection as well as Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and the Lakeland’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes Character award winners from each High School as well as Presbyterian College.

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.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
  • Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games 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.

 Bowl Schedule for Today, 1-31-24

 

Bowl Results From Monday

 

Bowl Results From Friday and Saturday:

Friday: 12-27-24:

Saturday, 12-28-24:

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 (12-30-24) had no changes in the top 5… Tennessee is still #1 followed by Auburn, Iowa State, Duke and Alabama … 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 (12-30-24) also had no changes in the top 5…UCLA is still #1 followed by South Carolina, Notre Dame, UConn 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

 

 

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