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…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.
Clinton HS… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams will open play in the SCHSL Class AA playoffs this week.
- Girls: The lady Red Devils who finished undefeated in the region and are 20-5 on the season will host another set of Red Devils from Liberty HS at 6:00 pm… Liberty comes into the game with a 5-18 overall record and finished with a region record of 4-8 which means they finished 6th in their region… They are averaging 35.5 points per game while giving up 45.1 points per game… Their leading scorer is #1 sophomore point guard Natalie White who is averaging 10.7 points per game… The Clinton Red Devils are averaging 45.7 points per game while giving up 28.3 points per game… Bryanna Belton is averaging 9 points per game and McKenzie Clark 8.9.
- Boys: The Red Devil boys will be hosting the Saluda Tigers at 6:00 pm on Tuesday… The Red Devils finished second in their region with a 14-8 overall record… They will be hosting the Saluda Tigers Tuesday at 6:00 pm… The Tigers finished third in their region with a 7-4 region record… They are averaging 51.1 points per game whole giving up 40.5 points per game… The Red Devils are averaging 61 points per game while giving up 53.2 points per game.
- Tickets Note: Tickets will be sold at the door for $8.00 cash only… No credit or debit cards will be accepted… To buy your ticket ahead of time online, click here.
Laurens HS
- Basketball up Next…
- Boys… The Raider boys’ team will open the playoffs at home today at 7:00 pm against the Berea Bulldogs… The 19-7 Raiders finished second in their region while the 11-12 Bulldogs finished 6th in their region… The Bulldogs are averaging 62.8 points per game while giving up 59.8 points per game… The Raiders are averaging 60 points per game and giving up 53.1 points per game.
- Girls: The 12-13 Lady Raiders will open playoff action on the road tomorrow at 6:30 at Camden HS taking on the Lady Bulldogs who finished their season with a 16-6 record and third in their region… They are averaging 68.1 points per game while giving up 41.8 points per game… The Lady Raiders are averaging 39.7 points per game while giving up 41.6 points per game.
- 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.
Laurens Academy… The Crusader varsity basketball teams opened SCISA Class AA playoff action this past weekend.
- Boys: Faith Christian 57 – Crusaders 39… The boys open up with the Faith Christian Knights out of Summerville Saturday down at Calhoun Academy in St. Mathews… The Crusaders hung in there for the first half as the Knights only led 31-26 at the half… The third quarter proved to be a disaster for the Crusaders as the knights outscored them 20-4 and then went on to a 57-39 win over the Crusaders… The Knights had three players score in double-digits while the Crusaders had only one and that was Brayden Burke who finished with a game-high 17 points… Micha strait and Garrison Vaughn both finished with 8 points while Garrett Murphy scored 4 and Tristan Bates 2… The Crusaders end their season with a 7-18 record while the 14-7 Knights move on to the next round.
- Girls – The Lady Crusaders will not start their participation until today when they take on the Lady Sundevils of Charleston Colligate out of James Island who defeated Holy Trinity Classical Christian Friday… The best I can find out is that the Sundevils are 5-10 on the season while the Crusaders come in at 16-7… The game is being held at Cardinal Newman HS and the game is scheduled to start at 5:00 pm.
Thornwell
- Girls…The Lady Saints finished in 6th place in the region and made it into the playoffs… They will start the playoffs tomorrow on the road traveling to the Bishopville area taking on the Lee Central Lady Stallions… The Lady Stallions won their region with a perfect 12-0 region record and finished with an 18-4 overall record averaging 52.1 points per game while giving up 27-5… Of course, the Lady Saints finished the regular season with a 7-12 record averaging 33.5 points per game while giving up 39.9 points per game… Now the MaxPreps schedule shows the game starting at 7:00 pm but Coach Justin Dawkins text me saying it started at 6:00 pm.
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
- William Byron Wins Rain Delayed Daytona 500… In case you missed it Sunday night, William Byron was sitting in just the right spot to miss all the wrecking in front of him on the last lap of the rain delayed Daytona 500 to take his second win there in as many years.. For more on this race click here. .
- Driver Standings… After the first race, the top 3 drivers in the Cup Series Standings are Ryan Blaney, William Byron and Austin Cindric… If you click here you will go the NASCAR posting that has the Cups Series standings from top to bottom… Once you get there you can click on tabs at the top of the page to see the driver standings in the Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series.
- Schedule… 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:
- 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.
