Sports Report for Wednesday, 1-15-2025

Local Notes

 Clinton HSThe Red Devil basketball teams opened region play last night as they hosted the Capitals of Columbia HS.

  • Girls: Red Devils 63 – Capitals 11… The Lady Red devils opened region play with a bang as they held the Capitals to just 11 points last night as they took a 63-11 win… They led 24-2 after one quarter of play and never looked back… The Red Devils had 3 players scoring in double-digits as Bryanna Belton finished with 16 points, Kemaria Shelton 12 and McKenzie Clark 10… Also scoring for the Red Devils Emma Patterson finished with 9 points, Ja’Neshia Burton 8, Jakia Burton 5, Symiah Floyd 3 and Nah’shia Wright 3… The Lady Red Devils are now 11-3 overall and 1-0 in region play.
  • Boys… Coach Glen did not let me know how the boys did last night I’ll try to get those results and pass them on to you later.
  • Up Next… The Red Devils will host the Laurens Raiders today starting with JV girls’ action at 4:15 followed by the JV boys about 5:30, varsity girls at 6:45 and varsity boys at 8:00 pm… No broadcast of these games.

Laurens HSThe Raiders hosted the Westside Rams last night in region action in the Main Gym at LDHS.

  • Girls: Rams 47 – Raiders 31… The Lady Raiders trailed the Lady Rams 30-17 at the half then went scoreless in third period as they fell 47-31 to the Lady Rams… They did fight back outscoring the Rams 14-7 in the 4th but it was too little too late but never quit… They simply had too many turnovers to a taller and quicker Rams team… Nyri Allen led the Raiders in scoring with11 points… Zoe Young finished with 8 points, Nasira Sanders 6, and Ty Jones, Keyorick Yeargin and Gabby Wormley each scored 2 points… The Lady Raiders fall to 5-10 overall and 1-2 in region play while the Lady Rams improve to 10-1 overall and 2-0 in region play.
  • Boys: Raiders 55 – Rams 45… The news is better where the Raider boys are concerned as they took a 55-45 win… The game was tied 22-22 at half but the Raiders came out firing on all cylinders in the third quarter as they outscored the Rams 22-10 in third quarter and then held on to take the win… TyJ Jones had a game high 27 points to lead the Raiders with 11 of them coming in the important third quarter and he also had 4 three-point baskets plus a great night defensively… Q. Watts scored 13 points all but 2 them coming in the second half… Will Thompson had 7 points for the Raiders, Zee Simpson 5, DJ Martin 4 and Damyyo Watts 1… The Raiders are now 10-5 overall and 2-1 in region play while the Rams fall to 13-3 overall and 1-1 in region play
  • Up Next… The Red Devils will host the Laurens Raiders today starting with JV girls’ action at 4:15 followed by the JV boys about 5:30, varsity girls at 6:45 and varsity boys at 8:00 pm… No broadcast of these games.

Laurens Academy The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled down to Greenwood Christian yesterday to take on the Hawks.

  • Girls: Hawks 36 – Crusaders 35… The Lady Crusaders lost a tough one last night as they fell to the Hawks by a score of 36-35… The Crusaders led 29-26 going into the fourth quarter where the Hawks outscored them 10-6 to take the come-from-behind win…. The Crusaders were led in scoring by Braylee Burke who finished with 12 points… Sadie Bruyere scored 7 points, Mackenzie Runyans 6, Madisyn Graham 6 and Brooklyn Senn 4… The Lady Crusaders are now 9-4 on the season.
  • Boys: Hawks 63 – Crusaders 27… I hate to have to report that the news is no better where the varsity boys are concerned as they fell to the Hawks 63-27The Crusaders simply had trouble getting their offense going as they trailed 21-2 after 8 minutes of play and just could not put enough points on the board against the Hawk defense to catch up… Garrison Vaughn led the Crusader scoring with 11 points… Hunter Campbell scored 6 points for the Crusaders, Micah Strait 3, Elijah Hornberger 3 while both Garrett Murphy and Jay Brown both finished with 2 points… The Crusaders are now 5-9 on the season.
  • MS Boys: Hawks 32- Crusaders 20… The Hawks led 14-6 at the half as the middle school boys’ team also had trouble getting the offense in gear as they fell 32-20 to the Hawks… Elias Littleton led the Crusaders in scoring with 8 points while Parker Wilson score 6 points, Reid Campbell 4 and Mason Snider 2.
  • MS Girls: Crusaders. 14 – Hawks 13… The middle school girls’ team was the only team to defeat the Hawks as they took a hard-fought 14-13 win over the Hawks… The score was tied 4-4 at the half and the Crusaders outscored the Hawks 6-3 in the third quarter which propelled them on to the win… Lillie Jones scored 10 of the Crusader points while Hadly Knox and Daphne Strait both finished with 2 points each.
  • Up Next… The Crusaders are scheduled to travel to Wardlaw this Friday.

 

Thornwell…  The Saints traveled to Whitmire last night to take on the Wolverines in region action.

  • Girls: Saints 35 – Wolverines 29… The Lady Saints outscored the Wolverines 6-5 first quarter and then started to pull away to a 35-29 win over the Lady Wolverines… Aly Jeter led the Saints in scoring with 10 points… If I read the scorebook correctly, Kendra Wilson and Makenzie Godfrey had 6 points each, Madi Landrith 5, Keylyn Spurgeon 4, and Kynli English 2… The Lady Saints are now 4-6 overall and 3-5 in region play.
  • Boys: Saints 71 – Wolverines 60… The news also good for the boys’ team as they took a 71-60 win jumping out on top 19-9 in the first quarter and were never really threatened after that… … led 36-24 at the half and 57-41 to start the 4th quarter… KJ Singleton led all scorers with a game-high 33 points and Jaylen Washington was also in double-digits with 21 points… Malik Anders on put 8 points on the scoreboard, Jack Wilson 5Evan Summer 3 and Kemonte Pitts 1…The Saints are now 3-8 on the season and I believe 2-6 in region play.
  • Up Next… The Saints will step out of region play Thursday as they host the Greenwood Christian Hawks.

 


  • 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 hereNOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game.


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. 

Playoff Results From This Weekend:

  • Thursday, Jan. 9: College Football Playoff Semifinal Game (Orange Bowl) No. 7 Notre Dame 27, No. 6 Penn State 24 (Orange Bowl)Penn State took an early lead in this game (10-7 at the half) but the fighting Irish came back to tie the game with 4:38 left in the game… Notre Dame then got the ball back with 29 seconds left when the intercepted a Penn State pass at the Penn State 42 then with 7 seconds left kicked a 41 yard field goal which would prove to be the winning points… Click on the score above for more details on the game. ,
  • Friday, Jan. 10: College Football Playoff Semifinal Game (Cotton Bowl), No. 8 Ohio State 28, No. 5 Texas 14 (Cotton Bowl)This game was tied 14-14 going into the fourth quarter of play where Ohio State scored 14 unanswered point to take the win… An 82 yard scoop and score sealed the win for the Buckeyes… For more information on this game, click on the score at the start of this posting or click here.

 

National Championship, Monday, Jan. 20, No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 Ohio State, (Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN

  

  • 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.

 

  • 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.

 


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 PollThe latest AP Top 25 Poll (1-13-25) had some changes in the top 5… Auburn (2) is the new #1 followed by Iowa State (3), Duke (4), (5) and Florida (8)Alabama … There were some changes in spots 6-10 as Tennessee (1) is now #6 followed Marquette (7), Kentucky (6), Kansas (11) and Houston (12)…To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
  • DI ScoresTo 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 ConferenceTo 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 (1-13-25) also had one change in the top 5…UCLA is still #1 followed by South Carolina, Notre Dame, Southern California and LSU (6)… UConn (7) checked in at #6 followed by Texas (5), Maryland, Ohio State and TCU (11)… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
  • DI ScoresTo 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 ConferenceTo 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 SportsFor more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.

 NFL

  • NFL PlayoffsThe NFL is now starting its playoffs and if you would like to see the complete bracket leading up to the Super Bowl click here.
  • Wildcard Schedule… The Wildcard games will be taking place this weekend and if you want to see that schedule click here… Once the games are finished you can see the scores and details there also.
  • Standings… If you are also curious about the NFL standings, click here,



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