Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Basketball up Next… The Red Devils will be hosting the Mid-Carolina Rebels tonight in their last home game of the regular season.
Laurens HS
- Raider Wrestling… The Raider wrestling team traveled down to Dreher HS Saturday to
take on the May River Sharks for the SCHSL Class AAA Wrestling Championship… The Raiders wrestled well and took an early lead but the Sharks came back and won the last 5 matches to take a 36-35 win over the Raiders… below is how each of the matches went.
132 – Danon White (MR) pinned Ke’shun Robinson (L)
138 – Dakota McCall (L) pinned Braxton Stevens (MR)
144 – Micheal Aiken (L) won a major decision over Thomas Brough (MR), 16-3
150 – Leyden Gentry (L) pinned Blake Butler (MR)
157 – Jonathan Pagoada (L) won a major decision over Leandro Lamanaga (MR), 18-8
165 – Gage Kemph (L) pinned Henry Santiz (MR)
175 – Zaine Kellett (L) won a decision over Andre Cavalheiro (MR), 8-5
190 – Josh Echeverria (MR) won on a technical fall over Isai Fernandez (L)
215 – Michael Brown (L) pinned Sean Zadroga-Mcnutty (MR)
285 – Beau Gwynn (MR) won on a technical fall over Jordan Stroud (L), 15-0
106 – Stephano Caderlon (MR) won on a technical fall over Crisley Martin (L), 17-1
113 – Ryan Seman (MR) pinned Abel Miles (L)
120 – Marcus Foulk (MR) pinned Cayden Fiddie (L)
126 – Liam Engblom (MR) won a decision over Kai McCall (L), 8-1
- Updated – Raiders Basketball Host Emerald… The Laurens Raiders closed out their regular season last Friday night hosting the Emerald Vikings.
- Girls: Raiders 54 – Vikings 35… The Lady Raiders wasted little time in taking control of this game as they led 18-4 after one quarter of play and 31-12 at half and continued to outscore Vikings the rest of the way dominating the inside game… Zoe Young had a game-high 20 points to lead the Raiders while Nyri Allen finished with 11 points and Keyorick Yeargin 10… Ty Jones scored 8 points and Alayiah Carter 5… The Lady Raiders finish the season with an overall record of 12-13 and 5-5 in region play.
- Updated: Boys: Raiders 81 – Emerald 51… Boys completed the sweep of the Vikings as the boys took an 81-51 win… They jumped out to a 37-23 lead at the half and the Raiders outscored the Vikings 24-9 in the fourth quarter to insure the win… The raiders had five players scoring in double-digits and were led by TyJ Jones who scored 16 points… Both RJ Brewster-Snow and Will Thompson scored 11 points while Q. Watts finished with 10… Others scoring for the Raiders included Damyyo Watts who scored 8 points, Nigere Brown 7, while the Raider scoring was rounded out by Hunter Richardson, Quin Anderson, Trendon Brown, and Zee Simpson who each scored 2 points…The Raiders finish the regular season with a 19-7 record and 7-3 in region play.
- Basketball up Next… The Raiders will now wait on other region opponents to finish their season this week to find out where they will finish in the region… I can almost guarantee that both teams will be in action in the playoffs that start next week.
Laurens Academy
- Region Tournament Finals Monday Basketball Today… The SCISA 2A Region IV Tournament concluded last night at Laurens Academy… Games involving the Crusaders included.
- Middle School Boy: Our Lady of the Rosary 41 – Crusaders 18… The Lions of our Lady of the Rosary jumped out to a 12-5 lead at the end of the first quarter and went on to take a41-18 win over the Crusaders as the Crusaders just could not get the shots to fall… Elias Littleton led the MS Crusaders with 10 points… George Sherer scored 3 points, Parker Wilson 2, while Reid Campbell, Blane Mitchell and Mason snider all scored 1 point…. The team finished second in the region tournament…. Elias Littleton and Mason Snider both received postseason honors.
- Varsity Girls: Crusaders 48 – Our Lady of the Rosary 18… The Crusader varsity girls’ team rook on the Lady Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary for the tournament title last night… The Crusaders started the game fast as they led 17-4 at the end of the first quarter and continued to outscore the Lions as they rolled to a 48-19 win… Sadie Bruyere led the Crusaders with a game-high 19 points and Braylee Burke was also in double-digits with 11 points… Brooklynn Senn and Mackenzie Runyans both scored 7 points… Madisyn Graham scored 3 points and E.P. Terry 1… The Crusader won the Regular Season and Tournament Championships going 4-0 in the regular season in region action… They are now 16-7 overall.
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- Varsity Boys: Oakbrook Prep 57 – Crusaders 45… The crusaders punched their ticket to the tournament finals last Saturday by taking a 49-36 win over the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary… Last night they took on the Oakbrook Prep Knights for the tournament crow… The two teams battled hard in the first half with the lead going back in forth and the Knights holding a 23-22 lead at the half… In the second half, the Knights slowly pulled away from the Crusaders outscoring them 34-23 to take a 57-45 win over the Crusaders as the Knights captured both the regular season and tournament championships… The Crusaders were led in scoring by Garrison Vaught who played a great game in the paint… He collected numerous rebound and several of them were offensive rebound that he put back in for points… Braydon Burke was also in double-digits as he scored 14 points… Micha Strait finished with 7 points, Elijah Strait 3 and Tristan Bates 1… The Crusaders are now 7-17 on the season.
- Up Next… The varsity basketball teams will now wait on the seeding for post season play done by SCISA… That should come out Wednesday afternoon and be available for Thursday morning’s sports report.
- Awards… At the conclusion of the games last night several awards were handed out including trophies for Region and Tournament Championships… Crusaders who picked up awards included:
- Boys: All-Tournament Team… Micha Strait and Garrett Murphy… All-Region Team… Garrison Vaughn and Braydon Burke.
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- Girls: All-Tournament Team… Abby Howard, Brooklynn Senn and Tournament MVP Sadie Bruyere… All-Region Team… Madisyn Graham, Mackenzie Runyan and Player of the Year Braylee Burke… The Coach of the Year is Coach Jason Marlett.
Thornwell at Calhoun Falls Saturday… The Saints traveled to Calhoun Falls Charter last Saturday to take on the Blue Flashes in region action
- Boys: Saints 69 – Flashes 68… The Saints boys’ team took a one point win by a score of 69-68… Sorry no other details on this game… The Saints are 7-11 overall and 6-8 in region play.
- Girls: Flashes 64 – Saints 29… No details on the game… The Lady Saints are 5-9 in region play and 6-11 overall
- Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled host McCormick tonight.
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 (2-3-25) some changes in the top 5 this week… Auburn is still #1 followed by Duke, Alabama (4), Tennessee (8) and Houston (6)… There were some changes in spots 6-10 as Florida (7) now checks in at #6 followed by Purdue (1), Iowa State (3), Michigan State (7) and Texas A&M (13)…Clemson just missed the top 25 as they were the op team not in the top, they should be in it in my humble opinion…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 (2-3-25) also had one or two changes in the top 5…UCLA is still #1 followed by South Carolina, Notre Dame, Texas (5 and UConn (6)) moved up to # 5… Spots 6-10 are occupied by LSU (7), Sothern California (4), Ohio State (12), TCU and Duke … 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
- Super Bowl… In case you were abducted by aliens or in a comma Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles took a dominating 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs… If you want to learn more about the game, click here.
NASCAR
- Schedule… January is almost over and that means that the NASCR season will be starting soon… The Cup Series will start this Sunday with the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray and the multiple races at Daytona on Thursday Feb. 13th with the Daytona 500 on Sunday Feb. 16th… If you click here it will carry you to the NASCAR website where the season schedule is posted and you can look at the Cup Series. Xfinity Series or the Craftsman Truck Series by clicking on their icon at the top of the list… In addition to the date and location, it will also give you race times and TV viewing options…
This & That:
- Youth Baseball and softball at The Clinton YMCA… Registration is now open at the Clinton YMCA for youth baseball and softball… They have 5 different age groupings for baseball and 2 for softball… Registration will close on Friday, 2-14-25… For more information about this and to register online click here… There is also a list of frequently asked questions at this website… There is also a way to drop them a message if you still have questions on that website also… If you had rather call, phone them at 864-866-1555.
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