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 ($15 for later rounds) 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
- Up Next… With the win the Red Devils punched their ticket to the Upper State Finals against another region foe Eau Clair which defeated still another region foe Mid-Carolina 54-43 in Columbia last night… The game will take place next Tuesday at The Florence Center at 6:00 pm… The winner of that game will play for the state championship at noon on Saturday in the same location…. For more information about the semifinal and finals including a link to purchase your tickets ahead of time click here… Go Big Red.
- Clinton Wrestling… I need to do some catching up on how the Red Devil wrestling team did this year.
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- Team Playoffs… The team qualified for the SCHSL Playoffs and was seeded #5 in the upper state headed into the playoffs… On 2-1-25 they defeated #12 seed Abbeville to advance to the second round… Then they took on #4 seeded Ninety Six who had defeated #13 seeded Eau Claire… I hate to have to report that the Ninety Six Wildcats defeated the Red Devils to eliminate them from the Class AA playoffs which were eventually won by the Red Devils region foe Chester who defeated Buford 65-17
- Individual 2A-1A Qualifier… After the State Team Tournament finished, members of the Red Devil wrestling team took part in the 2A-1A Qualifier at Chesnee… The following Red Devils finished high enough (8th or better) to make it to the SCHSL State Individual Tournament.
- Cooper Stinson – 106 lbs. – finished 6th
- Cameron Jackson – 113 lbs. – finished 6th
- Prince Bluford – 120 lbs. – finished 6th
- Emanuel Lagroon – 144 lbs. – finished 7th
- Kane Wooten – 150 lbs. – finished 6th
- Henry Cody – 165 lbs. – finished 4th
- Owen Lawton – 190 lbs. – finished 8th
- Ryan Lawton – 215 lbs. – finished 8th
- State Individual Tournament… Now the above young men qualified for the State Class 2A-1A- Individual Tournament on Feb 21st and 22nd but none of them were able to finish in the top 4 in that tournament…. Never the less, congratulations to them on making into the state Individual Tournament… There were a lot more wrestlers that didn’t make it than did!
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Laurens HS
- Updated… Five Raider Wrestlers Finish in Top Four of State Individual Tournament… This past weekend 11 male and 1 female wrestlers from LDHS participated in the SCHSL State Individual Wrestling Championship at the Florence Civic Center… The Raiders had 4 male and the 1 female wrestlers to finish in the top 4 of the event.
- In the 138 pound division, Dakota McCall finished first taking a 7–2 decision over his opponent
- In the 144 pound division, Michael Aiken finished second.
- In the 150 pound division, Leyden Gentry also finished second.
- In the 120 pound division, Kai McCall lost a close 5-4 decision to his opponent
- And last but certainly not least, Emily Riopel placed 4th in the female 170 pound weight class.
- Congratulations to these Raiders for a fine sho0wing this past weekend and to the Raider team and Coach Jordan for finishing second in the team completion this year!
- Updated… Congratulations to these same Raiders for making the All-State Team and to Coach Jordan as the Region Coach of The Year!
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: Softball and Baseball …. 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 (2-23-25) some changes in the top 5 this week… Auburn is still #1 followed by Duke (3) Florida (2), Houston (5) and Tennessee (6)… There were also some changes in spots 6-10 as Alabama (4) now checks in at #6 followed by St. John’s (10), Michigan St. (8), Iowa State (8) and Texas Tech (9)…Clemson moved up from #18 to #13 this week… 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 (2-23-25) also had a few changes in the top 5… Texas (2) is the new #1 followed by UCLA (3), Notre Dame (1), Southern California and UConn … Spots 6-10 are now occupied by South Carolina, LSU, North Carolina (9), NC State (13) and TCU… 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
- Christopher Bell Wins in Atlanta Overtime Cup Series Race… In case you missed it Sunday, Christopher Bell took the win in the Cup Series race in Atlanta… The race went overtime finishing with a green-white-checkered finish… Bell and the others took the white flag and then on the back straightaway he was in front when drivers behind eh lead pack wrecked bringing out the caution and by NASCAR rule since he was ahead after taking the white flag when the caution light came on, he was declared the winner… Talk about being in the right spot at the right time… For more on this race including the order of finish for the entire field, click here. .
- Driver Standings… After this race, the top 3 drivers in the Cup Series Standings are Ryan Blaney, William Byron and Tyler Reddick… 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.
- Master 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:
SC Upstate Heat Basketball Tryouts Sunday, March 2nd… SC Heat a premiere travel ball program will be having tryouts this Sunday at different locations in the greater Laurens Area… There are no fees to tryout and if you want more information or you need to contact someone about this, click here to go to their website… Locations and age groups are as follows
- Gray Court-Owings School – Call Asst. Coach Staton at 864-764-2788
- Girls 5th and 6th grade at 3:00 pm
- Boys 9th and 10th grade at 4:30 pm
- Laurens Middle School – Call Coach Dap at 864-340-6401
- Boys 5th and 5th grade at 3:00 pm
- Boys 6th, 7th and 8th grade at 4:30 pm
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.
