Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Mid-Carolina today
Laurens HS
- Up Next… The Raiders are scheduled host the Fountain Inn Fury tonight (1-24-25)… We do plan on brining you those games here on Real Radio WLBG and on the internet at wlbg.com starting at 6:00 pm.
Laurens Academy
- Crusader Vs. New Covenant… The Crusader varsity teams traveled to Anderson yesterday to take on the New Covenant School Cavaliers
- Girls: Cavaliers 57 – Crusaders 45… The Lady Crusaders lost a tough one last night as they fell to the undefeated Cavaliers by a score of 57-45… The Lady Crusaders actually led 37-31 at the start of the fourth quarter only to go cold on offense as the Cavaliers outscored the, 26-8 down the stretch to take the come-from-behind win… The Crusaders were led in scoring by Braylee Burke who scored 17 points… Mackenzie Runyans and Madisyn Graham both scored 6 points, Sadie Bruyere 5, Abby Howard 4, Taylor Cagle 2 and rounding out the Crusader scoring Brooklyn Senn and Braydyn Dorn both scored 2 points… The Crusaders are no 10-5 on the season and the Cavaliers are 13-0
- Boys: Cavaliers 48 – Crusaders 36… The Crusader boys also lost as they fell by a score of 48-36… They only trailed 9-8 at the end of the first quarter but the Cavaliers outscored them 14-4 in the second quarter and went on the win… Braydon Burke was the only Crusader to score in double-digits as he scored 17 points… Garrison Vaughn finished with 7 points, Micah Strait 6, Jay Brown 3, Garrett Murphy 2 and Tristan Bates 2… The Crusader are now 6-10 on the season and the Cavaliers improve to 12-5
- Up Next… A schedule note concerning the Crusaders, they were scheduled to host WW King this tonight (1-24-25) but those games have been cancelled and will not be made-up… King needed the date to makeup region games canceled last night due to the weather… They will return to action Tuesday, 1-28-25 when they host the Oakbrook Prep Knights.
Thornwell
- Up Next…The Saints are scheduled to host the Owls of Green Upstate next Tuesday. 1-28-25
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…. The middle school basketball results from yesterday are as follows:
- Dixie 25 – Hickory Tavern 8… The Panthers traveled over to Dixie yesterday to take on the Green Hornets… I hate to have to report that the Green Hornets took a 25-8 win over the Panthers… Bentley Jamieson scored all 8 of the Panthers Points.
- Sanders at Gray Court-Owings
- Girls: Sanders 16 – GCO 12… Both teams had trouble scoring in this game as both suffered through a quarter where they did not score… For Sanders it was the first and fourth quarters and for GCO Tigers it was the second quarter… Despite that, the Yellow Jackets outscored the Tigers 16 to 12 in just 2 quarters… Scoring for the Yellow Jackets, Nala’ya Garrett led the way with 8 points, Za’Riya Boston scored 6 and Rajenna Patterson 2… For the GCO Tigers, Koziah Smith and Natalie Castro both scored 4 points while Addison Wilson and Jakira Elmore finished with 2 each.
- Boys: Sanders 48 – GCO 38: The Sanders Yellow Jackets raced out to a 26-10 lead at the half and led 41-20 at the end of the third quarter but the GCO Tigers did not give up as they outscored the Yellow Jackets 17-7 down the stretch but it was too little too late… Sanders was led in scoring by Travion Robinson who scored 21 points and Zyekius Miller who scored 18… Also scoring for Sanders, Marcus Miller had 4 points, Deaunte Hill & Jaden Garrett both scored 2 points and Jay Harris 1… The Tigers’ Wesley Collins had a game-high 24 points for GCO while Dylan Abramowitz scored 6 points, Jaylin Anderson 4 and both Brayden Filbin and Edmond McDowell scored 2 each
- Laurens Middle at Whitmire… Did Not Play
- Ware Shoals at Thornwell… Score not reported to me
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.
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 (1-20-25) had some changes in the top 5… Auburn is still #1 followed by Duke (3), Iowa State (2), Alabama and Florida… There were some changes in spots 6-10 as Tennessee still checks in at #6 followed by Houston (10), Michigan State (12), Kentucky (8) and Marquette (7)…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 (1-19-25) also had one change in the top 5…UCLA is still #1 followed by South Carolina, Notre Dame, Southern California and LSU (6)… UConn is still #6 followed by Texas (5), Maryland, TCU (10) and Kansas State (11)… 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
- NFL Playoffs… The NFL is now starting its playoffs and if you would like to see the complete bracket leading up to the Super Bowl click here.
- Division Playoff Schedule… The Division Playoff games took place this past weekend and if you want to see those results click here .
- Conference Championships… The AFC and the NFC Conference Championship Games will be held this Sunday (1-26-25)… To see the matchups’, times, TV viewing and other details about those two games, click here… After they are finished you can also get the results.
- Standings… If you are also curious about the NFL standings, click here,
This & That:
- Laurens Little League (L3)…Registration is now open for the upcoming season of Laurens Little League also known as L3… As usual, there will be a coach’s pitch age group along with Minors and Majors all three of which cover ages 7-12… The cost is $80 per player and you must register by Friday, 2-7-25… If you click here it will carry you to a posting where you can find out how to register online… If you still have questions, call the City of Laurens Parks and Recreation Headquarters at The Ridge at 86-681-7275… You can also register there in person and they are located at 301 Exchange drive in Laurens.
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.