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
- Basketball: Shamrocks 41 – Red Devils 30… The Lady Red Devils faced off against region foe the Eau Clair Shamrocks last night for the third time this season last night in the Upper State Championship in Florence… I have often heard coaches say it is tough to beat a team 3 times in one season and that proved to be the case last night as the Shamrocks took a 41-30 win over the Red Devils… The Shamrocks came out and took an 11-3 lead over the Red Devils after one quarter of play but the Red Devils fought back and cut that lead to 15-12 at the half… The Red Devils were not able to cut into that lead any more the rest of the game as the Shamrocks outscored them by at least 3 points in each of the remaining quarters going on to take the 41-30 win… Coach Gardner commented after the game that the Red Devils “We didn’t handle the moment well. Could never calm down and settle in”… He went on to say that “Fought hard but came up short. Proud of the team and the work they put in to get to this point. Excited about what’s coming back and the potential for next year.”… The Shamrocks had three players scoring in double-digits and were led by Destinee Tiller’s 14 points… McKenzie Clark was the leading scorer for the Red Devils as she finished with 7 points… Ry’Daijia Mars, Nah’shia Wright and Mylayja Thompson each scored 5 points while Kemaria Shelton and Bryanna Belton each finished with 4 points… The Red Devils finish the season with a 23-6 record and winning their region with a 10-0 record… Congratulations to the team and Coach Gardner for a great season! Go Big Red!
- Softball Preseason Tournament… The Red Devil softball team is hosting a preseason tournament again this year and that tournament it started Monday (3-3-25 and will end on Saturday (3-8-25)… In addition to the Red Devils the other teams that are taking part are Abbeville, Whitmire, Greenwood, Laurens and Blacksburg… To see the entire tournament schedule click here… The schedule for today and results from yesterday are as follows:
- Greenwood vs. Clinton at 5:00 pm
- Results from yesterday: Clinton 22 – Abbeville 5 and Laurens 18 – Abbeville 2
- Softball: Clinton 22 – Abbeville 5… The Red Devil softball team opened its season last night taking a 22-5 win over the Abbeville Panthers in 5 innings… The Red Devils did it by simply outhitting the Panthers 27-6… Eleven of their hits were for extra bases… Sierra Templeton and Cat Wilkie each went 5 for 5 with a double and multiple RBIs to lead the Red Devils at the plate… Me-Me Smith only had 3 hits but 2 of her hits were homers and she also had a double to drive in 7 runs… Cat Wilkie (1.1 innings) and Sierra Templeton combined to get the win… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The Red Devils are scheduled (weather permitting) to host Greenwood today at 5:00 pm as the tournament continues.
Laurens
- Softball: Raiders 18 – Abbeville (3)… Last night over at Clinton, the Raider softball team picked up its second win of the season as they also defeated the Abbeville Panthers by a score of 18-3… This game was called after 3 innings as the Panthers had already had a long night having fallen to the Red Devils by a score of 22-5… The Raiders simply outhit the Panthers 17-2 and made them pay for 4 errors… Nine of the Raiders 17 hits were for extra bases and Carly Edwards led the Raiders at the plate going 3 for 3 with 2 doubles and a homer and had 3RBIs… All but 2 of the Raiders had more than 1 hit in the game… Zealy Martin got the start and the win in the pitching circle… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here… The Raiders are scheduled to be back in action Thursday back at Clinton taking on Whitmire at 7:00 pm
Laurens Academy
- Baseball: Crusaders 19 – Wardlaw 9… The Crusader baseball team opened its season last night down at Wardlaw taking on the Patriots and they scored 12 runs in 5 innings before the Patriots were able to score as they rolled to a 19-9 win… The did it by outhitting the Patriots 23-10 and all but 1 of their hits were singles… Evan Asalone led the Crusaders at the plate going 5 for 6 win a double and an RBI… The Crusaders had 4 pitchers take to the mound during the game… To see the box score of the game click here and to see the scorecard to see how the runs were scored click here.
- Softball: Wardlaw 19 – Crusaders 8… According to MaxPreps, the Crusader softball team also traveled to Wardlaw last night and the news is not as good as the Patriots took a 19-8 win in 5 innings… Now the score is all I have and if I get more information I will pass it on to you later.
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 on the LA website: Softball and Baseball … To see the MaxPreps schedule and results for the teams click on one of the following you are interested in: Softball…. Baseball
- Thornwell: To see the Thornwell schedules and results click on their MaxPreps pages click on one of the following you are interested in:: Baseball… Softball
- 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.
PC Notes
- Big South Basketball Tournament… The Big South Conference will start the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament on Wednesday, March 5th up in Johnson City, Tennessee… Both of the Blue Hose basketball teams will be participating with the Lady Blue Hose coming into their portion of the tournament as a #8 seed and taking on #9 seed UNC Ashville Wednesday, March 5th at 5:00 pm… The men come into their portion of the tournament as a #5 seed and will play #4 seed Radford at 2:30 pm on Friday… For complete information about this tournament click here to go to the Big South website where they have a posting dedicated to answering all your questions about it… If you have a question you can’t find the answer to there, you probably don’t need to know it…. Go Blue Hose!
Polls… In the polls below 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’s Basketball
- DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (3-2-25) some changes in the top 5 this week… Auburn is still #1 followed by Duke, Houston (4), Tennessee (5) and Florida (3)… There were also some changes in spots 6-10 as St John’s (7) checks in at #6 followed by Alabama (6), Michigan St., Texas Tech (10) and Iowa State (9)…Clemson moved up from #13 to #11 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’s Basketball
- DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (3-2-25) also had a few changes in the top 5… Texas is still #1 followed by Southern Cal (4), UConn (5), UCLA (2) and South Carolina (6)… Spots 6-10 are now occupied by Notre Dame (3), NC State (9), TCU (10), LSU (7) and Oklahoma (13)… 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.
- SEC Women’s Tournament… The SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament starts tomorrow at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville… For information about this tournament including but not limited to the bracket, scores, tickets, venue information and more, click here… South Carolina will not play until Friday at noon.
- ACC Women’s Tournament… The ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament also starts tomorrow at the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro… For information about this tournament including but not limited to the bracket, scores, tickets, venue information and more, click here… Clemson a #14 seed will take on Stanford a #11 seed Wednesday at 6:30 pm in a first-round game.
Baseball
- DIBaseball.com Top 25… The latest (3-2-25) DI Baseball.com Top 25 poll, the top 5 are LSU (2), Tennessee (3), Arkansas (4), North Carolina (5) and Georgia (6)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Florida State (7), Florida (18), Oregon State (9), Virginia (10) and Oregon (11)… Clemson checked in at #11… To see the entire top 25 in this poll click here.
Softball
- ESPN/USA Softball Poll… The latest (2-24-25) ESPN/USA Softball Top 25, the top 5 are Oklahoma (2), Texas (1), Florida, UCLA and Texas A&M (6)… Spots 6-10 are occupied by LSU (5), Tennessee, Florida State, Duke (14) and Arizona (11)… South Carolina checked in at #21… To see the entirety of this poll click here.
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores at the start of the section.
NASCAR
- Christopher Bell Wins Again… In case you missed it Sunday; Christopher Bell took the win in the Cup Series out in Austin making him the first two-race winner and first back-to-back winner this season… He was able to chase down Kyle Busch late on the road course and then hold off William Byron to get the win… For more on this race including the order of finish for the entire field, click here. .
- Driver Standings… After this race, the top 5 drivers in the Cup Series Standings are now William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell and Chase Elliott… 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.
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