Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Basketball up Next… Tonight the Red Devils travel to Fairfield Central to take on the Griffins in the last games of the regular season…. The Lady Red Devils have locked up the region title and the boys’ only loss is to the Griffins who are 9-0 in region play… This will be a big game for the boys as they can tie the Griffins with a win… They lost to the Griffins 53-52 at home back on January 28th. ..Go Big Red!
Laurens HS
- 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… I hope to have more information on tis Friday as the playoffs start for the boys next Monday (2-17-25) and the girls on Tuesday.
Laurens Academy
- Up Next… The Laurens Academy Crusaders now know when they will be participating in the SCISA Class AA Basketball Playoffs… If you would like to see the entire Class AA Bracket for both boys and girls, click here.
- Boys: The Crusader boys will start their participation in the playoffs on Saturday (2-15-25) taking on Faith Christian at noon at Calhoun Academy in St. Mathews.
- Girls – The Lady Crusaders will not start their participation until Monday (2-17-25) when they face the winner of Charleston Collegiate vs. Holy Trinity at a location and time to be determined.
Whitmire at Thornwell… The Saints hosted the Whitmire Wolverines in the last games of their regular season… These were very important games as playoff spots were on the line.
- Girls: Saints 46 – Wolverines 17… The Lady Saints wasted little time in jumping on the Wolverines as they used a pressing defense and clutch rebounding to take a 20-2 lead after 8 minutes of play and 32-6 going into the locker rooms at the half and then went on to take a 46-17 win… The Saints just would not let the Wolverines get back in the game… The Saints were led in scoring by Jessie Pitts who had a game-high 10 points… Others scoring for the Lady saints included Aly Jeter who scored 8 points and Kendra Wilson, Karleigh Porter, and Kenli English all scored 6 points… Rounding out the Saints scoring Makenzie Godfrey and Kelyn Spurgeon both scored 2 points each… The Lady Saints improve to 6-10 in region play and 7-10 overall.
- Boys: Saints 64 – Wolverines 54… There is also good news where the Saints boys team is concerned as they took a 64-54 win over the Wolverines… The Saints started slow as the Wolverines outscored them 13-8 in the first quarter… The second quarter was a different story as the saints offense heated up and they outscored the Wolverines 27-7 to take a 35-20 lead at the half… Both teams then played to just about a draw in the second half except in the 2 minutes of the game when the Wolverines outscored the Saints substitutes 8-0… Just like in the girls’ game, a pressing defense and clutch rebounding helped propel the Sainte to the win… The saints had two players score in double-digits as Zaylen Washington finished with 27 points and Keith Watts 17… Other putting points on the scoreboard included Gibson Partee who finished with 9 points, Jacob Wilson 6, Parker Workman & Kemonte Pitts 2 each while Malik Anderson had 1 point to round out the Saints scoring… The Saints improve to 7-9 in region play and 8-12 overall.
- Up Next in Basketball…In Region I Class A the top 6 teams will make it to the playoffs… With the win last night, the Lady Saints will finish sixth in the region and will start playoff action next Tuesday (2-18-25) against an opponent and at a time to be determined… I can tell you they will be on the road… As for the boys, they are not yet assured of a playoff spot as there is a log jam in the #6 spot… They will have a “play in” game tomorrow where the opponent, time and location will be determined today… I’ll try to have that information for you tomorrow morning. –
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 for game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).
Men
- DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (2-103-25) some changes in the top 5 this week… Auburn is still #1 followed by Alabama (3), Florida (6), Duke (2) and Tennessee (4))… There were some changes in spots 6-10 as Houston (5) now checks in at #6 followed by Purdue (7), Texas A&M (10), St John’s (12) and Iowa State (8)…Clemson finally made the top 25 as check in at #23 after their wins over Duke and North Carolina… 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 (2-9-25) also had one or two changes in the top 5…UCLA is still #1 but Notre Dame moves up to #2 after South Carolina’s loss to Texas last Sunday… Texas (4) is now #3 and South Carolina (2) 34 followed by LSU (6) rounding out the top 5… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Sothern California (7), UConn (5), Kentucky (11), Ohio State (8) and NC State (14)… 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… Well February is here and that means it is almost tine for the Daytona 500 and the real start of the NASCAR season… Some preliminary races will start 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.
- Raider Cheerleading Meeting… Any 6th-11th graders who are interested in joining the Raider cheerleaders next school year need to know that there is a mandatory meeting for all interested in the lecture theater on Tuesday, Feb.18th at 6:00 pm… Also note that if you are interested and come to the meeting, a parent or guardian MUST also attend with you… Ai for some reason you cannot make the meeting, you need to reach out to Coach Patterson immediately… Her email address is epatterson@laurens55.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.