Local Notes
SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here.
Clinton HS… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams traveled to Fairfield Central HS to take on the Griffins last night in their final game of the regular season … Updated: I now have more details on the games.
- Girls: Clinton 39 – Griffins 18… The Red Devils completed their season and finished first in the region as they took a 39-18 win to make them 10-0 in region play… They outscored the Griffins 16-7 in the first half and 23-11 in the second half to take the win… Bryanna Belton and Nah’shia Wright led the Red Devils with 8 points each… McKenzie Clark finished with 7 points, Nah’shia Wright 6, and both Ry’Daijia Clark & Kemaria Shelton finished with 5 points each… The team will start playoff action Monday at home against an opponent yet to be determined.
- Boys: Griffins 47 – Red Devils 44… I really hate to have to report that the boys fell to the Griffins by a score of 47-44… This is especially heartbreaking because if the Red Devils won by 2 point or more, they would be region champs… They actually led 40-32 going into the fourth quarter where the Griffins outscored them 15-4 to take the come-back win… The Red Devils had two players scoring in double-digits as Tushawan Richardson finished with 22 points and Devin Swindler 11 points … Owen Glenn finished with 6 points, CJ Jones 3 and DJ Clark 2… The Red Devils finished second in the region, and I do believe they will be hosting a first-round playoff game on Tuesday.
Laurens HS
- Basketball up Next…
- Boys… The Raider boys’ team will open the playoffs at home Monday against an opponent yet to be determined at the time of this posting.
- Girls: The Lady Raiders will open playoff action on the road Tuesday against an opponent and at a time yet to be determined at the time of this posting.
- NOTE: We do plan on broadcasting both of these games here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com
- Wrestling… I want to wish all the Raider wrestlers good luck as they travel to Westside HS in Anderson to start their participation in the Upper State Qualifier for the individual State Wrestling Tournament next weekend. It starts tonight and concludes tomorrow… If they finish as one of the top six wrestlers in their weight class they will be in the State Tournament next weekend
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.
Thornwell at Ware Shoals… The Saints boys’ basketball team traveled to Ware Shoals last night for a “play-in” game to the state playoffs next week… Very simply whoever won moves on and the loser is done.
- Boys: Hornets 97 – Saints 74… The Saints ran into a very hot Hornet team that seemed like they could but most any shot they wanted to and make it including some that looked more like a prayer than a shot… The Hornet with the most sting last night was Charles Callaham who scored 45 points and I do believe that if he had the tire off the bus he could have made that go through the basket… The Saints never stopped competing and really did not play that bad against a quick Hornet team… The Saints were led in scoring by KJ Singleton who scored 33 points and Zaylen Washington with 20 points… Kemonte Pitts scored 7 points, Jacob Wilson 6, Parker Workman 4 and both Malik Anderson and Ke’zavious Kinard scored 2 points each…. The Saint finish the season with an 8-12 record.
- Up Next in Basketball…The lady Saints finished in 6th place in the region and made it into the playoffs… They will start the playoffs Tuesday on the road against an opponent yet to be determined.
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.
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.
