Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast and Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… To listen to these bonus sports broadcast, click here to go to the Between the Lines posting where the latest of these can be heard.

Local Notes

Clinton HS

• Kadon Crawford named TD Club Player of the Week… When the Laurens County TD Club selects its Player of the Week, they receive nominations from the four local high school coaches as who they think the is worthy of the award on their team from the previous Friday night’s game… It is not that unusual for someone to win the award more than one time a season buy highly unusual for the same player to win it for two consecutive weeks… Well that has happened this week as Clinton’s Kadon Crawford has been selected for the second consecutive week… The senior linebacker and tight end/wide receiver and special teams player was chosen for his performance in the Red Devils 51-28 win over Union County last Friday at Wilder Stadium… Crawford set a new Clinton High School record for yards receiving in a game with 191 yards on seven receptions…  Crawford had a 44 yard TD reception as well as a 50 yard catch to set up another Red Devil score…  Defensively, Crawford recorded a Safety and had 7 tackles for loss and well as 3 quarterback pressures and 1 sack… Head Coach Corey Fountain stated, “Kadon continues to be a leader on and off the field.  He is a great competitor, he’s everywhere on the field and his relentlessness rubs off on the other players on the team.”… He will be honored this Thursday at the TD Clubs meeting at noon at The Ridge on Exchange Drive… In addition to the local coaches speaking, the featured speaker will be Coach Mike Ayers, former head football coach at Wofford College.

• Updated JV Football: Clinton 48 – Union County 8… The Red Devil JV football team took a 48-8 win over Union County at Union last Thursday night at Union… Clinton led 16-0 at the end of the first quarter and 28-8 at the half as they rolled on t0 the 48-8 win…I can also now tell you that in the game Angelo Comer had rushing TD and recovered a fumble for a TD… Also scoring 1 rushing TD each were KJ Vance, Javen James, PJ McGowan and Lincoln Alexander… About the game Coach Glenn commented “Our kids prepared well this week and we were able to come out and with a big win…Our defense played well and the offence made big plays throughout the night”…The Red Devils remain undefeated on the season and will host Woodruff this Thursday at 6:30 pm.

Thornwell

• Volleyball: Thornwell 3 – Calhoun Falls 0…I need to do some catching up with the Thornwell volleyball team… Last Thursday they traveled to Calhoun Fall and there is good news as they took a 3-0 win over the Blue Flashes… Sorry but I don’t have any other details on the match but I can tell you they are now 7-4 on the season and are scheduled to host the SC School for the Deaf and Blind this Thursday at 5:30 pm.

SC Prep Football Media Poll…Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Oct. 2… First-place votes and the team’s record are in parentheses.

• CLASS 5A: 1. Summerville (18) (6-0) 2. Hillcrest (6-0) 3. Byrnes (1) (6-1) 4. TL Hanna (6-1) 5. Gaffney (4-2) 6. White Knoll (7-0) 7. Lexington (5-1) 8. Fort Dorchester (3-2) 9. Sumter (5-2) and 10. JL Mann (6-1)… Others receiving votes: Spartanburg, Clover and Ashley Ridge
• CLASS 4A: 1. South Florence (15) (6-0) 2. Northwestern (4) (5-1) 3. Irmo (6-0) 4. James Island (6-0) 5. Westside (5-1) 6. South Pointe (4-2) 7. Midland Valley (6-0) 8. Hartsville (4-2) 9. Lucy Beckham (5-0) and 10. Ridge View (5-1)… Others receiving votes: Myrtle Beach, York, North Augusta, Catawba Ridge and Greenville
• CLASS 3A: 1. Daniel (18) (6-0) 2. Belton Honea Path (1) (6-0) 3. Dillon (5-1) 4. Gilbert (6-0) 5. Chapman (6-1) 6. Crestwood (5-1) 7. Chester (6-1) 8. Broome (6-1) 9. Philip Simmons (7-0) and 10. Manning (6-0)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Clinton and Seneca
• CLASS 2A: 1. Gray Collegiate (17) (8-1) 2. Abbeville (2) (5-1) 3. Oceanside Collegiate (4-2) 4. Silver Bluff (5-1) 5. Hampton County (6-1) 6. Fairfield Central (5-1) 7. Woodland (5-0) 8. Marion (6-1) 9. Saluda (5-1) and 10. Strom Thurmond (4-2)… Others receiving votes: Ninety-Six and Landrum
• CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (19) (6-1) 2. Christ Church (4-2) 3. Whale Branch (5-0) 4. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (5-1) 5. Southside Christian (3-2) 6. Blackville-Hilda (6-1) 7. St. Joseph’s (6-1) 8. Lake View (5-1) 9. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (5-1) and 10. Calhoun County (5-1)… Others receiving votes: Lamar, Latta and Cross

Varsity Football Results Involving County Schools on Friday, 9-29-23… If you would like to see a brief recap of varsity football action from last Friday night, click here.

 High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

• Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program. [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast and Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… To listen to these bonus sports broadcast, click here to go to the Between the Lines posting where the latest of these can be heard.

Local Notes

Varsity Football Results Involving County Schools on Friday, 9-29-23

• Greenville Hurricanes 56 – Thornwell 6 … The Thornwell Saints traveled up to Travelers Rest to take on the Greenville Hurricanes last Friday night… The news is not what I like to report as the Hurricanes took a 56-6 win over the Saints… The Hurricanes led 23-0 at the end of the first quarter of play and 36-6 at the half before going on to the win…The Saints only score came on an 80 yd. pass play from Parker Workman to Kaevon Washington in the second quarter… Washington was the player of the game for the Saints as he had 9 receptions for 145 yds. and the TD… On defense he had 12 tackles one of which was for a loss and he also broke up 2 passes… To see some more Thornwell stats on the game, click here… The Saints will have this Friday night off.

• Faith Christian 22 – Laurens Academy 6… The Crusader hosted the Faith Christian Knights out of Summerville Friday night at Todd Kirk Field… The Crusaders led 6-0 at the half as they scored on pass play from Ethan Collins to Garrett Murphy in the first quarter… The Knights then scored 14 points in the third quarter and 8 in the fourth to pull away from the Crusaders and take the win… The Crusaders were playing shorthanded after the first quarter as Garrett Murphy and Buddy Bake, both key players for the Crusaders on both sides of the ball left the game with injuries… To see some more Crusader stats on the game click here…. The Crusades will also have the night off this Friday.

• Clinton 51 Union County 28… The Red Devils start region play with a 51-28 win over the Union County Yellow Jackets last Friday night at Wilder Stadium… It didn’t take long for the Red Devils to assert themselves as on the first play from scrimmage Kadon Crawford tackled Union’s Quan Jeter in the endzone for a safety to put Clinton up 2-0… Javen Cook then returned the Union free kick 36 yds. to the Union 19 yd. line… Tyshuwan Richards then hit Tray Cook for a 19 yd. TD pass and with Lukas Kuykendall’s PAT the Red Devils were up 9-0 with only 51 seconds off the clock… The Red Devils went on to lead 23-0 at the end of the first quarter and 30-7 at the half… Their lead was 44-14 at the end of the third quarter… The Red Devils dominated the statistics in all the key areas as they had 244 yds. rushing to Union’s 84 and 454 total yds. of offense to Union’s 353… The one key stat Union “won” was the yds. passing as they had 269 to Clinton’s 210… Richardson had all the passing yards and threw 7 passes to Kadon Crawford for 191 yds. and 1 TD in addition to his TD to Cook… The Red Devil rushing attack was spread among 6 players with Javen Cook scoring 2 TDs while DJ Clark, Tyshuwan Richardson and Kendarious Copeland each getting a TD… To see the games stat package including a play-by-play accounting of the game click here… Clinton will make the short trip up to Woodruff this Friday night

• Greer 49 – Laurens 7… The Laurens Raiders hosted a set of Yellow Jackets for the third week in a row as Greer came to KC Hanna Stadium last Friday night for Homecoming…  The Yellow Jackets spoiled Homecoming by taking a 49-7 win over the Raiders… Greer only led 7-o at the end of the first quarter but blew the game open in the second quarter scoring 28 points… It looked like Greer was going to lead 35-0 at the half but the Raiders mounted a drive and scored with no time on the clock in the first half when they attempted a fake field goal with Josh Goodwin carrying it in for the score from the 2 yd. line and Brock Franklin added the PAT to make it 35-7 Greer at the half… Greer had 411 total yds. of offense to the Raiders 144… To see the stats on the game click here and to see a play-by-play accounting of the game click here… The Raider will travel to Riverside this Friday night.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

• Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program.

• Friday, 10-6-23: Laurens at Riverside at 7:30

Local Sports Schedule: [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast and Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… To listen to these bonus sports broadcast, click here to go to the Between the Lines posting where the latest of these can be heard.

Local Notes

Varsity Football Games Involving County Schools Tonight… All games start at 7:30

• Thornwell at Greenville Hurricanes … The Thornwell Saints (1-4) will board the bus tonight and travel up to Travelers Rest to take on the Greenville Hurricanes… The Hurricanes is a team that has been around for several years and its players are mainly home-schooled students from the greater Greenville area… They are 3-2 on the season and are averaging 34.8 points per game and giving up 15 points per game (Thornwell: 5 / 44.6)… If you would like to see their schedule and results, click here… They play at Trailblazer Park in Travelers Rest which is located at 235 Trailblazer Drive… Off to your left before you get into Travelers Rest proper.

• Faith Christian at Laurens Academy… The 2-4 Crusader will be hosting the 4-2 Faith Christian Knights out of Summerville tonight… The two teams have played two common opponents with similar results… The Knights defeated Newberry Academy by a score 58-0 while the Crusades defeated them 52-6… Both teams lost to Jefferson Davis the Knights by a score of 56-18 while the Crusader lost to them by a score pf 54-8… The Knights are averaging 31 points per game while giving up 23.5 points per game… The Crusaders are averaging 22.6 points per game and giving up 32 points per game… If you wish to see the Knights schedule and results, click here.

• Union County at Clinton… The Red Devils start region play tonight hosting the Yellow Jackets of Union County… Union comes into the game with a 1-5 record with their only win being a 20-17 come from behind win over the Laurens Raiders at home where they scored the winning points in the last 1:30 of the game… The Red Devils and the Yellow Jackets have had 2 common opponents… The Yellow Jackets defeated the Laurens Raiders 20-17 while the Red Devils defeated the Raiders 49-7… The Yellow Jackets lost to Chapman 57-14 while the Red Devils lost to Chapman 22-21… Union is averaging 18.2 points per game while giving up 47.3 points per game… The Red Devils are averaging 37.5 points per game while giving up 18.5… If you would like to see the Yellow Jackets season schedule and results, click here.

• Greer at Laurens… The Laurens Raiders also start their region schedule tonight as they host the Greer Yellow Jackets and its Homecoming for the Raiders… Greer comes into the game with a 1-5 record having defeated Blue Ridge 51-0 and losing to some quality opponents… The Raiders and the Yellow Jackets have both played Hillcrest this season with the Yellow Jackets losing to the Rams by a score of 41-20 while the Raiders lost 55-9… Greer is averaging 26.7 points per game while giving up 37.5 points per game… The Raiders are averaging 10.5 points per game and giving up an average of 44.8… If you would like to see the Greer schedule and results click here… As usual, we are planning on brining you the game here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com… We will start our coverage of the game with the Friday Night Insiders shortly after 6:00 pm and live to KC Hanna Stadium about 6:40 pm.

JV Football Results From Last Night… Sorry no details other than what you see below.

• Clinton 48 – Union County 8… The Red Devil football team took a 48-8 win over Union County at Union last night… The Red Devils remain undefeated on the season.
• Laurens 21 – Greer 20… The Raider JV team traveled to Greer last night and I imagine the ride home was a happy one as the Raiders took a hard-fought 21-20 win over the Yellow Jackets for their second win of the season.

Middle School Football Results from Last Night…  On most of the games all I have is just the final score and if I get any details, I will pass them on to you later.

• Laurens Middle School 30 – Christ Church 20… This game was played at Christ Church and the Tigers trailed the Cavaliers 12-0 at the half and came back to take the win.
• Sanders 54 – Hickory Tavern 6… This game was played on the field behind LMS
• Whitmire at Ware Shoals … No score reported.
• Wardlaw 44 – Laurens Academy 14… This game was played at Todd Kirk Field
• Gray Court-Owings 44 – Thornwell 6… The GCO Tigers took a 44-6 win over the Thornwell Saints yesterday up at GCO… The Saints had the ball first and fumbled at about their own 20 and the Tigers recovered it… AJ Mumford then carried it to the house with only 58 seconds off the clock and it was all pretty much all Tigers after that…In addition to Mumford’s rushing TD, other Tigers who scored on the ground were Kaleb Gilchrist, Zaylen Washington, Isai Fernandez and Elijah Cheeks… Cheeks also completed a TD pass to Z. Washington for another score… The Saints only TD came near the end of the 1^st quarter when Elijah Anderson completed a 63 yd. scoring pass to Brian Veal.

Laurens HS

• Homecoming Reminders… The Raider athletic site has a posting where they want to remind fans of a few things concerning the Raider game with Greer at KC Hanna… If you click here, it will carry you to the website where those friendly reminders are posted that will help make you experience at KC Hanna Stadium pleasant.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

• Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program. [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast and Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… To listen to these bonus sports broadcast, click here to go to the Between the Lines posting where the latest of these can be heard.

Clinton HS

• Girls Tennis: Clinton 7 – Union 0… The Lady Red Devil tennis team was in action on Tuesday as they took on region foe Union County at Union… The Red Devils won the 7-0 with Chandley Dailey, Libby Dailey, Kimora Wesley, Carley MacMillan and Addy Decker all taking wins in singles action… The #1 doubles team of Dailey and Wesley also won and I believe the #2 doubles team of Deborah Goldman & Peyton Nabors also won… The team is now 7-1 overall and 5-0 in region play.
• JV Football on the Road Today… A quick reminder that the Red Devil JV football team will travel to Union today to take on the Yellow Jackets at 6:00 pm… The team is undefeated and I am sure they would like to have a good number of fans make the short trip over to cheer them on…. Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

• Homecoming / Homecoming Parade… A reminder that this Friday night the Raiders will be hosting Greer for Homecoming… The Annual Homecoming Parade was held Monday in downtown Laurens… I took a few photos there and if you would like to see a slideshow of the photos I took, click here… Enjoy!
• Homecoming Reminders… The Raider athletic site has a posting where they want to remind fans of a few things concerning the Raider game with Greer at KC Hanna… If you click here it will carry you to the website where those friendly reminders are posted that will help make you experience at KC Hanna Stadium pleasant.
• JV Football on the Road Today… A quick reminder that the Raider JV football team will travel to Greer today to take on the Yellow Jackets at 6:30 pm… Also the Raider volleyball teams are scheduled to take on Greer today at Greer starting with the JV team at 5:30… I’m sure both teams would like to see some Raider fans there to cheer them on… Go Raiders.
• Girls Tennis: Eastside 4 – Laurens 2… The Lady Raider tennis team traveled up t Eastside yesterday and all I can tell you about the match is that the Eagles took a 4-2 win… Sorry no other details.

Middle School Football Schedule for Thursday, 9-28-23… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted

• Laurens Middle School at Christ Church
• Thornwell at Gray Court Owing
• Hickory Tavern at Sanders (played on field at LMS)
• Whitmire at Ware Shoals at 5:30
• Wardlaw at Laurens Academy at 6:00 pm

S.C. Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Sept. 25. First-place votes and the team’s record are in parentheses.

• CLASS 5A: 1. Summerville (22) (5-0) 2. Hillcrest (6-0) 3. Byrnes (1) (5-1) 4. Gaffney (4-2) 5. TL Hanna (5-1) 6. Spartanburg (4-2) 7. White Knoll (5-0) 8. Lexington (4-1) 9. Fort Dorchester (2-2) and 10. Sumter (4-2)… Others receiving votes: Ashley Ridge, JL Mann, Clover, Chapin, River Bluff, Boiling Springs and Dutch Fork
• CLASS 4A: 1. South Florence (19) (5-0) 2. Northwestern (4) (4-1) 3. Irmo (5-0) 4. James Island (5-0) 5. Hartsville (4-1) 6. South Pointe (3-2) 7. Westside (4-1) 8. Midland Valley (6-0) 9. Greenville (3-2) and 10. Lucy Beckham (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Ridge View, York, Myrtle Beach, North Augusta, Indian Land and West Florence
• CLASS 3A: 1. Daniel (19) (5-0) 2. Belton Honea Path (4) (5-0) 3. Dillon (4-1) 4. Gilbert (5-0) 5. Chapman (5-1) 6. Crestwood (4-1) 7. Chester (5-1) 8. Broome (5-1) 9. Manning (5-0) and 10. Philip Simmons (6-0)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Clinton, Brookland-Cayce, Crescent and Seneca
• CLASS 2A: 1. Gray Collegiate (21) (6-1) 2. Abbeville (2) (4-1) 3. Oceanside Collegiate (3-2) 4. Silver Bluff (4-1) 5. Fairfield Central (4-1) 6. Hampton County (5-1) 7. Marion (5-1) 8. Woodland (4-0) 9. Saluda (4-1) and 10. Strom Thurmond (3-2)… Others receiving votes: Landrum, Ninety-Six, Edisto and Liberty
• CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (23) (5-1) 2. Christ Church (4-2) 3. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (5-0) 4. Whale Branch (4-0) 5. Latta (6-0) 6. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (4-1) 7. Southside Christian (2-2) 8. St. Joseph’s (5-1) 9. Calhoun County (5-1) and 10. Lake View (4-1)… Others receiving votes: Blackville-Hilda, Cross and Lamar

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

• Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program. [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast and Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… To listen to these bonus sports broadcast, click here to go to the Between the Lines posting where the latest of these can be heard.

Area Football Games Last Friday… To see a recap of area football games last Friday night click here.

Clinton HS

• Cross Country… The Red Devil Cross Country team participated in the Lakelands Classic last Saturday down in Greenwood…. There were a variety of team from all SCHSL classifications and some teams were not from the upstate of South Carolina… Catching up on how they did:
  • Boys Finish 7^th… The boys team finished 7^th out of 27 teams participating in the meet…The Red Devils were led by William Reed who had a time of 16:42.4 seconds which allowed him to finish 10^th overall in the meet… He was followed by Charlie Cody who finished with a time of 17:15.1 which means he finished 20^th overall… To see the team scores and how the other Red Devil Runners did, click here.… Some of the Red Devils had season and / or personal best times in the meet.
  • Girls Finish 18^th… The girls’ portion of the meet had 22 teams participating and the Lady Red Devils finished 18^th among some tough competition… The Red Devils were led by Skylar Collins who finished with a time of 25:00.2 which placed her 86^th overall… Click here to see the team scores and how the other Lady Red Devil runners did in the meet… Again, some of the Red Devils had season and / or personal best times in the meet.

• Kadon Crawford TD Club Player of the Week… Yesterday it was announced that Clinton’s Kadon Crawford has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the week for is performance in the Red Devils 41-30 loss to South Aiken last Friday night… He is a senior outside linebacker, tight end/wide receiver and special teams player… Last Friday he had 10.5 total tackles on defense all the while recording nine 1st hits and six total tackles as well. .. Crawford had three tackles for loss; one caused fumble and one fumble recovery… Head Coach Corey Fountain states; “Kadon is a Swiss Army Knife for the Clinton Red Devils…  He never comes off the field as he plays offense, defense and special teams… He is a vocal leader as well and leads by example… He is simply a great representative of Red Devil Football.”… Kadon will be honored at the Club’s next meeting on October 5^th where the featured speaker will be Coach Mike Ayers, former head football coach at Wofford College.

Laurens HS

• Cross Country… The Raider boys cross country team also participated in the Lakelands Classic this past Saturday… They finished 14^th out of 27 teams participating… The team was led by Cody Patterson who finished 28^th overall with a time of 17:36.3… If you would like to see how the other Raiders did, click here and then when you get there look to the right and filter for just the Laurens runners…. The girls did not have enough runners participate to qualify as a team but Mary Ellis Power participated and finished with a time of 24:24.8 and Rowan Rickert also participated and finished with a time of 32:57.90 

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• Homecoming / Homecoming Parade… A reminder that this Friday night the Raiders will be hosting Greer for Homecoming… The Annual Homecoming Parade was held Monday in downtown Laurens… I took a few photos there and if you would like to see a slideshow of the photos I took, click here… Enjoy!

 Middle School Football Schedule for Thursday, 9-28-23… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted.

• Laurens Middle School at Christ Church
• Thornwell at Gray Court Owing
• Hickory Tavern at Sanders (played on field at LMS0
• Whitmire at Ware Shoals at 5:30

S.C. Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Sept. 25. First-place votes and the team’s record are in parentheses.

• CLASS 5A: 1. Summerville (22) (5-0) 2. Hillcrest (6-0) 3. Byrnes (1) (5-1) 4. Gaffney (4-2) 5. TL Hanna (5-1) 6. Spartanburg (4-2) 7. White Knoll (5-0) 8. Lexington (4-1) 9. Fort Dorchester (2-2) and 10. Sumter (4-2)… Others receiving votes: Ashley Ridge, JL Mann, Clover, Chapin, River Bluff, Boiling Springs and Dutch Fork
• CLASS 4A: 1. South Florence (19) (5-0) 2. Northwestern (4) (4-1) 3. Irmo (5-0) 4. James Island (5-0) 5. Hartsville (4-1) 6. South Pointe (3-2) 7. Westside (4-1) 8. Midland Valley (6-0) 9. Greenville (3-2) and 10. Lucy Beckham (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Ridge View, York, Myrtle Beach, North Augusta, Indian Land and West Florence
• CLASS 3A: 1. Daniel (19) (5-0) 2. Belton Honea Path (4) (5-0) 3. Dillon (4-1) 4. Gilbert (5-0) 5. Chapman (5-1) 6. Crestwood (4-1) 7. Chester (5-1) 8. Broome (5-1) 9. Manning (5-0) and 10. Philip Simmons (6-0)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Clinton, Brookland-Cayce, Crescent and Seneca
• CLASS 2A: 1. Gray Collegiate (21) (6-1) 2. Abbeville (2) (4-1) 3. Oceanside Collegiate (3-2) 4. Silver Bluff (4-1) 5. Fairfield Central (4-1) 6. Hampton County (5-1) 7. Marion (5-1) 8. Woodland (4-0) 9. Saluda (4-1) and 10. Strom Thurmond (3-2)… Others receiving votes: Landrum, Ninety-Six, Edisto and Liberty
• CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (23) (5-1) 2. Christ Church (4-2) 3. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (5-0) 4. Whale Branch (4-0) 5. Latta (6-0) 6. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (4-1) 7. Southside Christian (2-2) 8. St. Joseph’s (5-1) 9. Calhoun County (5-1) and 10. Lake View (4-1)… Others receiving votes: Blackville-Hilda, Cross and Lamar

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

• Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program. [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast and Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… To listen to these bonus sports broadcast, click here to go to the Between the Lines posting where the latest of these can be heard.

Area Football Games Last Friday… To see a recap of area football games last Friday night click here.

Clinton HS

• Kadon Crawford TD Club Player of the Week… Yesterday it was announced that Clinton’s Kadon Crawford has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the week for is performance in the Red Devils 41-30 loss to South Aiken last Friday night… He is a senior outside linebacker, tight end/wide receiver and special teams player… Last Friday he had 10.5 total tackles on defense all the while recording nine 1st hits and six total tackles as well. .. Crawford had three tackles for loss; one caused fumble and one fumble recovery… Head Coach Corey Fountain states; “Kadon is a Swiss Army Knife for the Clinton Red Devils…  He never comes off the field as he plays offense, defense and special teams… He is a vocal leader as well and leads by example… He is simply a great representative of Red Devil Football.”… Kadon will be honored at the Club’s next meeting on October 5^th where the featured speaker will be Coach Mike Ayers, former head football coach at Wofford College.

• Tennis: Clinton 6 – Emerald 0… Catching up with the Lady Red Devil tennis team, last Friday they traveled sown to Emerald HS to take on the Vikings in a region match… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took a 6-0 win over Emerald… Chandler Dailey, Libby Dailey, Kimora Wesley, Carley MacMillan and Addy Derrick all took one-sided wins in singles action… The #2 doubles team of Deborah Goldman and Payton Nabors also took a one-side win against their opponents… For more information on this match click here… The team is scheduled to travel to Union County today.

• UPDATED: JV Football: Clinton 32 – South Aiken 16… The Red Devil JV football team remains undefeated as they took a 36-16 win over South Aiken at Wilder Stadium last Thursday night… South Aiken led 8-6 at the end of the 1^st quarter and 16-12 at the half… Clinton rallied to hold the Thoroughbreds scoreless in the second half as they led 24-16 at the end of the 3^rd quarter in route to the 32-16 win… Owen Glenn threw 3 TD passes and KJ Vance also there one… Amari Grant caught 3 of the TD passes and PJ McGowan the other… Rhett Gilliam had a rushing TD to round out the Red Devil scoring… Afterwards Coach Glenn stated “Tonight our guys were tested, we were able to make some adjustments and make a comeback in the second half. The defense held them to zero points in the second half. Our receivers made big plays when we needed them. This was a great team win. #GBR”… The team will travel to Union County this Thursday for a 6 pm contest with the Yellow Jackets.

Laurens Academy

• Volleyball: Crusaders 3 – Eagles 0… Last Thursday the Crusader volleyball teams traveled to Richard Winn to take on the Eagles… All I have is the final score buts its good news for Crusader fans as they took a 3-0 win over the Eagles in varsity action to run their record to 18-3-2 overall and 10-0 in region action… The middle school team also defeated the Eagles by a score of 2-0 and they have a perfect 9-0 record.

• Madison Sherman Reaches Milestone… Recently Laurens Academy Senior Madison Sherman reached an important milestone in her volleyball career… She recorded her 1,000-career assist last against Wardlaw Academy…  She was presented with a game ball in recognition of her accomplishment…Congratulations, Madison!

Thornwell

• Volleyball: Thornwell 3 – Ware Shoals 1… I also need to do some catching up with the Thornwell volleyball team which last Thursday defeated Ware Shoals 3-1… The Saints took the first two sets 25-17 and 25-21 before Ware Shoals took the third set 21-25 and the Big Dogs rallied with a 25-10 win…The Saints are now 6-3 on the season and 4-3 in region action…. They will face McCormick at home on today and travel to Calhoun Falls on Thursday… My thanks to Cindy Pitts for this information!

S.C. Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Sept. 25. First-place votes and the team’s record are in parentheses.

• CLASS 5A: 1. Summerville (22) (5-0) 2. Hillcrest (6-0) 3. Byrnes (1) (5-1) 4. Gaffney (4-2) 5. TL Hanna (5-1) 6. Spartanburg (4-2) 7. White Knoll (5-0) 8. Lexington (4-1) 9. Fort Dorchester (2-2) and 10. Sumter (4-2)… Others receiving votes: Ashley Ridge, JL Mann, Clover, Chapin, River Bluff, Boiling Springs and Dutch Fork
• CLASS 4A: 1. South Florence (19) (5-0) 2. Northwestern (4) (4-1) 3. Irmo (5-0) 4. James Island (5-0) 5. Hartsville (4-1) 6. South Pointe (3-2) 7. Westside (4-1) 8. Midland Valley (6-0) 9. Greenville (3-2) and 10. Lucy Beckham (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Ridge View, York, Myrtle Beach, North Augusta, Indian Land and West Florence
• CLASS 3A: 1. Daniel (19) (5-0) 2. Belton Honea Path (4) (5-0) 3. Dillon (4-1) 4. Gilbert (5-0) 5. Chapman (5-1) 6. Crestwood (4-1) 7. Chester (5-1) 8. Broome (5-1) 9. Manning (5-0) and 10. Philip Simmons (6-0)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Clinton, Brookland-Cayce, Crescent and Seneca
• CLASS 2A: 1. Gray Collegiate (21) (6-1) 2. Abbeville (2) (4-1) 3. Oceanside Collegiate (3-2) 4. Silver Bluff (4-1) 5. Fairfield Central (4-1) 6. Hampton County (5-1) 7. Marion (5-1) 8. Woodland (4-0) 9. Saluda (4-1) and 10. Strom Thurmond (3-2)… Others receiving votes: Landrum, Ninety-Six, Edisto and Liberty
• CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (23) (5-1) 2. Christ Church (4-2) 3. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (5-0) 4. Whale Branch (4-0) 5. Latta (6-0) 6. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (4-1) 7. Southside Christian (2-2) 8. St. Joseph’s (5-1) 9. Calhoun County (5-1) and 10. Lake View (4-1)… Others receiving votes: Blackville-Hilda, Cross and Lamar

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Area Football Games Last Friday Night

• Great Falls 56 – Thornwell 0 …. A week ago last Friday night, the victory bell sounded on the campus of Thornwell as they registered their first win of the season against Clear Dot Academy… Last Friday night the hosted the Red Devils of Great Falls and the Red Devils took the clapper out of the victory bell at the start of the game as they ran the opening kickoff back for a TD and added a 2-point conversion to go up 8-0 with just seconds off the clock and then proceeded to roll over the Saints by a score of 56-0…After that the Red Devils went on and scored 4 rushing TDs, 1 passing TD and another on a fumble recovery… I don’t have any stats on the Saints but by some chance if you want to see the Great Falls stats click here.

• Jefferson Davis Acd. 54 – Laurens Academy 8… The Crusaders traveled to Blackville to take on the Raiders of Jefferson Davis Academy last Friday night and I hate have to report that the Raiders took a 54-8 win over the Crusaders… I don’t have a lot of details on the game but I can tell you that the Raiders had a 34-0 lead at the half and that the Crusaders only score came on special teams as Caleb Hardy returned a kickoff for a TD that I think was 87 yds. long and Garrett Murphy caught the 2-point conversion… The Crusaders only had 110 yds. of total offense and 119 yds. in kickoff returns with Hardy having 102 of them…. To see some more stats for the Crusaders on this game click here… The Crusaders are now 2-4and will host the Faith Christian Knights (4-2) out of Summerville this Friday

• South Aiken 41 – Clinton 30… The Red Devils traveled to South Aiken HS to take on the winless Thoroughbreds last Friday night and the Thoroughbreds were able to pull out a 41-30 win over the Red Devils… The Red Devils went into the game with some key players unavailable as running backs Jayden Robinson and Kason Copeland were lost earlier in the season while linebackers Brett Young and Carson Glenn as well as defensive back / wide out Zay Johnson were more recently lost for the game thus the Red Devils did have some JV players up for the game… Clinton scored first on a 9 yd. run by Javen Cook to make it 6-0 (kick failed)… The two teams went back and forth with South Aiken leading 20-15 at the half and 27-23 at the end of the 3^rd quarter… Cook added another rushing TD in the game and DJ Clark also had one… Tyshuwan Richardson connected with Austin Boyd for a 52 yd.TD and Keegan Fortman added a 32 yd. field goal to round out the Red Devil scoring… To see the complete stat package and play-by-by-play accounting of the game click here… The Red Devils open region play this Friday at Wilder Stadium ad they host the Union County Yellow Jackets.

• TL Hanna 48 – Laurens 6… The Raider travel to Anderson take on the TL Hanna Yellow Jackets last Friday night and the Raiders scored the first 6 points of the game on a 1 yd. run by Nick Danciu but that would be all they scored as the Yellow Jackets went on to take a 48-6 win over the Raiders… Hanna dominated the Raiders in just about any statistical category you want to mention and they had 512 yds. of total offense to the Raiders 87 as their defense was relentless the whole game… To see some stats on the game click here and to see a list of scoring plays and a possession-by-possession accounting of the game click here… The 0-6 Raiders return home this Friday night to start their region schedule as they host the Greer Yellow Jackets for Homecoming.

Clinton HS

• UPDATED: JV Football: Clinton 32 – South Aiken 16… The Red Devil JV football team remains undefeated as they took a 36-16 win over South Aiken at Wilder Stadium last Thursday night… South Aiken led 8-6 at the end of the 1^st quarter and 16-12 at the half… Clinton rallied to hold the Thoroughbreds scoreless in the second half as they led 24-16 at the end of the 3^rd quarter in route to the 32-16 win… Owen Glenn threw 3 TD passes and KJ Vance also there one… Amari Grant caught 3 of the TD passes and PJ McGowan the other… Rhett Gilliam had a rushing TD to round out the Red Devil scoring… Afterwards Coach Glenn stated “Tonight our guys were tested, we were able to make some adjustments and make a comeback in the second half. The defense held them to zero points in the second half. Our receivers made big plays when we needed them. This was a great team win. #GBR”… The team will travel to Union County this Thursday for a 6 pm contest with the Yellow Jackets.

 High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

• Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program.

• Friday, 9-29-23: Greer at Laurens at 7:30

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Area Football Games Tonight

• Thornwell…. The Saints are coming off their first win of the season last Friday where they defeated Clear Dot Academy 34-20 at home… The Saints are at home again tonight as they host the Red Devils of Great Falls… Great Falls traditionally has a good football program but are 0-4 on the season…. The two teams did faceoff against each other in a preseason scrimmage that saw the Red Devils dominate the Saints but that was the first time that the Saints hit anybody other than themselves and I think Great Falls will see a different Saints team than they did several weeks ago… To see the Great Falls schedule and results click here,

• Laurens Academy… The Crusaders are going to be road warriors tonight as they travel to Blackville to take on the Raiders of Jefferson Davis Academy… The Crusaders are 2-3 coming off a 6-30 loss at Wardlaw last Friday night… The Raiders are 4-1 on the season (click here to see their schedule and results)  and are ranked in the top 5 in SCISA 8-man football … They have an offense that is averaging 37-8 points per game while their defense only averages giving up 16-8 points per game.

• Clinton… The Red Devils travel to South Aiken HS to take on the Thoroughbreds… The Red Devils are coming off their first loss of the season last Friday where Chapman defeated them 22-21 at Wilder Stadium… The Red Devils had too many penalties last week and other miscues that caused them to fall last week… The Thoroughbreds are 0-5 on the season and their defense has given up a lot of points so far this season… Let’s hope that continues tonight and the Red Devils stop shooting themselves in the foot… Click here to see the South Aiken schedule and scores.

• Laurens… The Raider travel to Anderson tonight to take on the TL Hanna Yellow Jackets in the last non-region game of the season…The Raiders are coming off that heartbreaking 20-17 loss at Union last Friday while Hanna comes into the game with a 4-1 record having lost only to their cross-town rival Westside 30-42 … They feature an offense similar to what Clinton does and look for them to run a lot… To see the Hanna schedule and scores click here… We will start out coverage of the game with the Friday Night Insiders very shortly after 6:00 pm and then go live to the stadium about 6:40 or so.

Clinton HS

• JV Football: Clinton 32 – South Aiken 16… The Red Devil JV football team remains undefeated as they took a 36-16 win over South Aiken at Wilder Stadium last night… If I get any more details on this game, I will pass them on to you later.
• Note on Tickets for Tonight at South Aiken… A note concerning tickets for the Clinton at South Aiken football game tonight…. Tickets will be available at the gate for $10.00 cash…You can also purchase your tickets ahead of time online by clicking here… That saves time and hassle at the ticket booth.

Laurens HS

• JV Football: TL Hanna 42 – Laurens 6…  The Raider JV football team hosted the TL Hanna Yellow Jackets last night and the Yellow Jackets rolled to a 42-6 win over the Raiders… The Raiders got a strong hint of what the night was going to be like as the Yellow Jackets kicked off to them to start the game and the Raider returner fielded the ball about the 5 yd. line and then was stripped of the ball about the 12 and a Hanna player scooped it up and scored and with the PAT the Yellow Jackets led 7-0 with only 14 seconds off the clock…. By the half Hanna les 28-0 as the Raiders just could not get their offense going and had trouble stopping Hanna’s… With that said the Raiders never stopped trying as evidenced by the Raiders getting the ball on their own 35 yd. line and 3 plays later Jace Campbell completed a 35 yd. pass to CJ Bates as the Raiders scored with 12.4 seconds left in the game but could not convert on the 2-point PAT to make the final score 42-6 Hanna.
• Note on Tickets for Tonight at TL Hanna… A note concerning tickets for the Laurens at TL Hanna football game tonight…. Tickets will be available at the gate for $10.00 but they will NOT accept cash… You must use credit or debit card to purchase tickets at the gate…You can also purchase your tickets ahead of time online by clicking here… That saves time and hassle at the ticket booth… For more information about other polices in place at TL Hanna for the game tonight and a photo showing where you should park click here.

Middle School Football Results from Wednesday Night

• Gray Court-Owings 20 – Laurens MS 14 in OT… Well the GCO at LMS game that according to the middle school master schedule said was going to be played last night was actually played Wednesday at LMS… For those of you who missed it, you missed a great game as the two teams battled to a 14-14 tie at the end of regulation and the GCO Tigers took a 20-14 win in overtime against LMS Tigers…
  • LMS won the toss and elected to defer to the second half… After the kickoff, GCO started on its Washington who weaved his way down field for a 73 yd. TD… Cheeks carried the ball in for the 2-point conversion and GCO led 8-0 with 7:19 left in the first quarter.
  • After a short kickoff with no return, LMS started on their 41 yd. line and 5 plays later Wells Rhodes carried it in from the 3 yd. line with 5:18 left in the first quarter… Logan Bragg ran it in for the 2-point conversion so the score was tied 8-8
  • Neither team was able to move the ball on their next possession… With 4:53 left in the half, the GCO Tigers punted on 4^th down and the receiver for LMS muffed the ball and the GCO Tigers recovered the ball at the LMS 25 and two plays later GCO’s Elijah Cheeks connected with Kaleb Gilchrist on a 27 yd. scoring play with 3:27 left in the half to make it 14-8 GCO as the extra point attempt failed.
  • LMS took over on their own 38 yd. line after the kickoff and on the first play from scrimmage,  Logan Bragg connected with Karson Vinson who weaved his way through defenders carrying it “to the house” and scoring with 2:51 left in the half… The extra point attempt failed so the score was tied 14-14.
  • In the second half both teams had trouble moving the ball due to penalties fumbles and other miscues… GCO did have the ball at the LMS 1 yd. line with less than 3 seconds left in the game but a fumble kept them from scoring and ending the game in regulation.
  • LMS won the coin toss at the start of overtime and elected to go on defense… Sanders got the ball at the LMS 10 yd. line and it took them 2 plays to score with Elijah Cheeks carrying it in from the 2 yd. line… The two-pint PAT attempt failed… LMS then got the ball at the 10 yd. line and had a5 yd. procedure penalty to put them back on the 15 yd. lines… LMS got as close as the 4 yd. line but the GCO defense broke through and dropped the LMS runner at the 9 yd. line to set up a 4^th and goals to go at the 9… LMS Logan Bragg tried to connect with a receiver in the endzone but the GCP defense was on him forcing an errant pass and giving the GCO Tigers the 20-14 win.

Middle School Football Results for Thursday, 9-21-23.

• Sanders 28 – Ware Shoals 0… The Sanders Yellow Jackets hosted the Ware Shoals Hornets last night  and all I can tell you is the final score and it was Sanders 28 – Ware Shoals 0.
• Laurens Academy 44 – Richard Winn 24… The Laurens Academy Crusaders traveled down to Richard Winn to take on the Eagles last night and I imagine the bus ride back seemed a little shorter than the trip down because the Crusaders took a 44-24 win…  I don’t have a lot of information on this game but thanks to Coach Shane Smith, I can tell you that Mason Cooper had 3 rushing TDs of about 50 yds. each and Dominic Dempsey recovered 3 onside kicks for the Crusaders.
• Hickory Tavern 40 – Thornwell 32 in 3 OTs… The Hickory Tavern anthers and the Thornwell Saints faced off against each other and it took 3 overtimes to decide the inner and it turned out to be the Panthers as they took a 40-32 win over the Saints.
  • First Quarter… The Panthers scored on the first play of game when Grayson Ganz carried it 51 yds. for a TD but the extra point failed… The Panthers scored again in the first quarter on a 5 yd. run by Grayson Ganz and he also added the 2-point conversion to make it 14-0 HT with 4:03 left in the 1^st quarter.
  • Second Quarter… Thornwell got on the board with 1:37 left in  the second quarter on a 28 yd. run by Brian Veal but the conversion failed to make the score 14-6 Panthers… The Panthers scored one more time in eh half on a 28 yd. run by Grayson Ganz but the conversion failed to make it 20-6 Panthers at the half.
  • Third Quarter… The Saints struck first in the 3^rd quarter on a 4 yard run by Elijah Washington to make the score 20-12 as the two-point try failed… An interception and a fumble stopped the Panthers on their next two drives.
  • Fourth Quarter… Thornwell scored again with 3:20 left in the game on a 7 yd. run by Elijah Washington and KJ Thompson carried it in for the 2-point conversion which tied the score 20-20 and that was the score at the end of the 4^th quarter.
  • First Overtime… As a reminder after a coin toss to decide who goes first, the ball is placed at the 10 yd. line and you have 4 plays to score… The Panthers scored first on a 6 yd. run by Grayson Ganz but the conversion failed… The Saints then got the ball at the 10yd. line and scored on the first play on a10 yd. run by Elijah Washington but the conversion fails so the score was tied 26-26 and went overtime #2.
  • Second Overtime… This time the Saints got the ball first and scored on a 2 yd. run by Elijah Washington but the conversion failed… Hickory Tavern then scored on an 8 yd. pass from Kam Moore to Devin Still and again the conversion failed so the score stood 32-32 and we go to a third overtime.
  • Third Overtime… The Panthers get the ball first and they score on a 4 yd. run by Grayson Ganz who also added the 2-poinyt conversion to put HT up 40-32… The Saints then got their opportunity to score but a procedure call moved them back to the 15 yd. line and 4 plays later on fourth down, the Panther defense stopped them at the 2 yd. line to giving the Panthers the 40-32 win… One whale of a game by two teams that really left it all on the field!

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Trivia Question: What sporting event premiered on this date (9-21-70) back in 1970, on what network, what two teams were involved and who won?  Don’t look ahead but the answer is at the bottom of this sports report.

Clinton HS

• Girls Tennis: Clinton 6 – Chester 0 (twice)… On Tuesday the Lady Red Devil tennis team hosted the Chester Cyclones on the courts at Clinton MS twice… By that I mean that the two teams played two matches with Clinton acting as the home team in one match and Chester was the home team in the other… The results in both matches was almost identical in that Clinton took a 6-0 win in both of them with the set scores for each competitor being just a little bit different… Taking wins in both matches in singles action were Chandler Dailey, Libby Dailey, Kimora Wesley, Carley MacMillan and Addy Derrick…. For scoring details on the first match click here and for scoring detail on the second match click here… The team is now 5-1 overall and 3-0 in region play… The team is scheduled to travel over to Emerald today for a 5:00 pm match with the Lady Vikings… Congratulations to the Red Devils!
• JV Football Host South Aiken Tonight… A quick reminder that the undefeated Red Devil JV football team will be hosting the South Aiken Thoroughbreds tonight at 6:00 pm at Wilder Stadium… I’m sure they would like to have a lot of fans come out and cheer them on!
• Note on Tickets for Friday Night at South Aiken… A note concerning tickets for the Clinton at South Aiken football game tomorrow night…. Tickets will be available at the gate for $10.00 cash…You can also purchase your tickets ahead of time online by clicking here… That saves time and hassle at the ticket booth tomorrow night.
• Zay Johnson Named to Shrine Bowl Team… Monday it was announced that Clinton’s Zay Johnson was named to the roster for the South Carolina team that will participate in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas on Saturday, December 16^th at Spartanburg HS…  Zay is a senior on the Red Devil varsity football team who was picked as a defensive back and also plays wide receiver… If you would like to see the list of other players named to the South Carolina and North Carolina team, click here to go to the State Newspaper where there is an article about this.

Laurens HS

• Girls Tennis: Laurens 4 – Fountain Inn 3… The Lady Raider tennis team traveled up to Fountain Inn HS on Tuesday and they came home smiling as they took a 4-3 win over the Fury… The Raiders who took wins in singles action were Kelsie Little, Sara Beth Field and Ashlyn Messer… The Raiders fourth win came off the rackets of Kelsie Little and Sara Beth Field who teamed up as the #1 doubles team and defeated their opponent… Congratulations to the Raiders!
• JV Football at Home Tonight… The Raider JV football team will be hosting the TL Hanna JVs about 6:30 pm tonight or just a few minutes after the conclusion of the Hickory Tavern vs. Thornwell middle school football game which will start at KC Hanna Stadium this afternoon at 5:00 pm… WLBG will be broadcasting the middle school game but not the JV game.
• Note on Tickets for Friday Night at TL Hanna… A note concerning tickets for the Laurens at TL Hanna football game tomorrow night…. Tickets will be available at the gate for $10.00 but they will NOT accept cash… You must use credit or debit card to purchase tickets at the gate…You can also purchase your tickets ahead of time online by clicking here… That saves time and hassle at the ticket booth tomorrow night… For more information about other polices in place at TL Hanna for the game tomorrow night and a photo showing where you should park click here.

Thornwell

• Travious Quarles TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Thornwell Charters’ Travious Quarles has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club Player of the Week for his performance in the Saints 34-20 win over Clear Dot Academy in Clinton on Friday, 9-15-23… Quarles is a junior RB/DB… Quarles ran the ball 16 times for 102 yards in Thornwell’s win… Quarles had 1 reception for 13 yards and made 5.5 tackles on defense… He also broke up 2 passes and had one interception for the Saints… Head Coach Charlie Washington states “we tried our best to minimize our mistakes. Things from practice this week started to click, and understanding was clear… The Game was well played as a team.” Coach Washington stated, “Travious Quarles was big factor in our win Friday night… He will be honored this Thursday when the TD Club meets at The Ridge at noon… In addition to the local high school coaches reporting on their games, the featured speaker will be Newberry College Head Football Coach Todd Knight.

Middle School Football Results from Wednesday Night

• Gray Court-Owings 20 – Laurens MS 14 in OT… Well the GCO at LMS game that according to the middle school master schedule said was going to be played today was actually played yesterday at LMS… For those of you who missed it, you missed a great game as the two teams battled to a 14-14 tie at the end of regulation and the GCO Tigers took a 20-14 win in overtime against LMS Tigers…
  • LMS won the toss and elected to defer to the second half… After the kickoff, GCO started on its Washington who weaved his way down field for a 73 yd. TD… Cheeks carried the ball in for the 2-point conversion and GCO led 8-0 with 7:19 left in the first quarter.
  • After a short kickoff with no return, LMS started on their 41 yd. line and 5 plays later Wells Rhodes carried it in from the 3 yd. line with 5:18 left in the first quarter… Logan Bragg ran it in for the 2-point conversion so the score was tied 8-8
  • Neither team was able to move the ball on their next possession… With 4:53 left in the half, the GCO Tigers punted on 4^th down and the receiver for LMS muffed the ball and the GCO Tigers recovered the ball at the LMS 25 and two plays later GCO’s Elijah Cheeks connected with Kaleb Gilchrist on a 27 yd. scoring play with 3:27 left in the half to make it 14-8 GCO as the extra point attempt failed.
  • LMS took over on their own 38 yd. line after the kickoff and on the first play from scrimmage,  Logan Bragg connected with Karson Vinson who weaved his way through defenders carrying it “to the house” and scoring with 2:51 left in the half… The extra point attempt failed so the score was tied 14-14.
  • In the second half both teams had trouble moving the ball due to penalties fumbles and other miscues… GCO did have the ball at the LMS 1 yd. line with less than 3 seconds left in the game but a fumble kept them from scoring and ending the game in regulation.
  • LMS won the coin toss at the start of overtime and elected to go on defense… Sanders got the ball at the LMS 10 yd. line and it took them 2 plays to score with Elijah Cheeks carrying it in from the 2 yd. line… The two-pint PAT attempt failed… LMS then got the ball at the 10 yd. line and had a5 yd. procedure penalty to put them back on the 15 yd. lines… LMS got as close as the 4 yd. line but the GCO defense broke through and dropped the LMS runner at the 9 yd. line to set up a 4^th and goals to go at the 9… LMS Logan Bragg tried to connect with a receiver in the endzone but the GCP defense was on him forcing an errant pass and giving the GCO Tigers the 20-14 win.

Middle Football Schedule for Thursday, 9-21-23… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted.

• Whitmire at Christ Church
• Ware Shoals at Sanders
• Hickory Tavern vs. Thornwell at KC Hanna Stadium and we do plan on broadcasting that game here on Real Radio WLBG
• Laurens Academy travels to Richard Winn for a 6:00 pm contest

SC Prep Football Media Ranking… The latest rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Sept. 18. First-place votes and the team’s record are in parentheses.

• CLASS 5A:  1. Summerville (23) (4-0) 2. Hillcrest (5-0) 3. Byrnes (4-1) 4. TL Hanna (4-1) 5. Gaffney (3-2) 6. Fort Dorchester (2-1) 7. Spartanburg (3-2) 8. Lexington (4-1) 9. White Knoll (5-0) and 10. Sumter (3-2)…  Others receiving votes: Boiling Springs, Dutch Fork, JL Mann, Ashley Ridge, River Bluff, Chapin and Clover.
• CLASS 4A: 1. South Florence (18) (5-0) 2. Northwestern (5) (3-1) 3. Irmo (4-0) 4. James Island (5-0) 5. Hartsville (4-1) 6. South Pointe (3-2) 7. Westside (3-1) 8, Midland Valley (5-0) 9. West Florence (3-1) and 10. Greenville (3-2)… Others receiving votes: Lucy Beckham, Ridge View, AC Flora, Indian Land, and Airport
• CLASS 3A: 1. Daniel (19) (4-0) 2. Belton Honea Path (4) (4-0) 3. Dillon (3-1) 4. Gilbert (4-0) 5. Chapman (4-1) 6. Clinton (4-1) 7. Crestwood (4-1) 8. Chester (4-1) 9. Broome (4-1) and 10. Manning (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Philip Simmons and Loris
• CLASS 2A: 1. Gray Collegiate (18) (5-1) 2. Abbeville (2) (4-1) 3. Oceanside Collegiate (2) (4-1) 4. Marion (5-0) 5. Hampton County (1) (5-0) 6. Saluda (4-0) 7. Fairfield Central (4-1) 8. Silver Bluff (3-1) 9. Strom Thurmond (3-1) and 10. Woodland (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Landrum, Ninety-Six and  Andrew Jackson
• CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (22) (4-1) 2. St. Joseph’s (1) (5-0) 3. Calhoun County (5-0) 4. Christ Church (3-2) 5. Whale Branch (3-0) 6. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (3-1) 7. Latta (5-0) 8. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (4-0) 9. Lake View (3-1) and 10. Blackville-Hilda (4-1)… Others receiving votes: Cross, Southside Christian, Denmark-Olar, Wagener-Salley, C.A. Johnson and Whitmire

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Varsity Football Results from Last Friday Night… If you missed it on my sports Report for Monday, 9-18-23, click here to see a summary of how the four county football teams did last Friday night and when available more stats on the game… A possession-by-possession summary was added to the Laurens at Union game on Monday, 9-15-23.

Clinton HS

• Girls Tennis: Clinton 5 – Chapin 1… On Monday the Lady Red Devil tennis team hosted the Chapin Eagles on the courts at Clinton MS… Good news for Red Devil fans as the team took a 5-1 win… Taking wins in singles action were Chandler Dailey, Libby Dailey, Kimora Wesley, Carley Macmillan and Addy Derrick…. For more information on this match click here
• Cross Country… On Tuesday the Clinton cross country teams hosted Woodruff and Saluda High School.
  • Boys Finish First… The boys’ cross country team finished first running a “perfect meet”… By that I mean the top 5 finishers were all Red Devils… They are William Reid, Gaga Dominick, Sam Gearheart, Hayden Stinson and Henry Cody in that order… If you would like more information on the boys of the meet including how the other 2 teams finished click here
  • Girls Finish Second… The Lady Red Devils also participated in the meet and they finished second with 30 points to Woodruff’ 25… Rembert like in golf low score win…. The top 2 runners for Clinton were Elizabeth Reid and Skyler Collin who finished first and second in the final results, in that order… Again if you would like more information on the girls of the meet including how the other 2 teams finished click here
• Zay Johnson Named to Shrine Bowl Team… Monday it was announced that Clinton’s Zay Johnson was named to the roster for the South Carolina team that will participate in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas on Saturday, December 16^th at Spartanburg HS…  Zay is a senior on the Red Devil varsity football team who was picked as a defensive back and also plays wide receiver… If you would like to see the list of other players named to the South Carolina and North Carolina team, click here to go to the State Newspaper where there is an article about this.

Laurens HS

• Girls Tennis: Wade Hampton 6 – Laurens 0… The Lady Raider tennis team hosted the Lady Generals o Wade Hampton… All I have is the final score and it is not good news for Raider fans as the Generals took a 6-0 in.

Thornwell

• Volleyball: Dixie 3 – Saints 1… The Thornwell Saints volleyball team boarded the bus and traveled over to Due West to take on the Green Hornets of Dixie HS… The Saints won the first set 25-23 but then Dixie rebounded to take the next 3 sets 15-25, 12-25 and 18-25 to win the match 3-1.

• Travious Quarles TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Thornwell Charters’ Travious Quarles has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club Player of the Week for his performance in the Saints 34-20 win over Clear Dot Academy in Clinton on Friday, 9-15-23… Quarles is a junior RB/DB… Quarles ran the ball 16 times for 102 yards in Thornwell’s win… Quarles had 1 reception for 13 yards and made 5.5 tackles on defense… He also broke up 2 passes and had one interception for the Saints… Head Coach Charlie Washington states “we tried our best to minimize our mistakes. Things from practice this week started to click, and understanding was clear… The Game was well played as a team.” Coach Washington stated, “Travious Quarles was big factor in our win Friday night… He will be honored this Thursday when the TD Club meets at The Ridge at noon… In addition to the local high school coaches reporting on their games, the featured speaker will be Newberry College Head Football Coach Todd Knight.

Middle Football Schedule for Thursday, 9-21-23… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted.

• Whitmire at Christ Church
• Gray Court-Owings at Laurens Middle
• Ware Shoals at Sanders
• Hickory Tavern vs. Thornwell at KC Hanna Stadium and we do plan on broadcasting that game here on Real Radio WLBG
• Laurens Academy travels to Richard Winn for a 6:00 pm contest.

SC Prep Football Media Ranking… The latest rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Sept. 18. First-place votes and the team’s record are in parentheses.

• CLASS 5A:  1. Summerville (23) (4-0) 2. Hillcrest (5-0) 3. Byrnes (4-1) 4. TL Hanna (4-1) 5. Gaffney (3-2) 6. Fort Dorchester (2-1) 7. Spartanburg (3-2) 8. Lexington (4-1) 9. White Knoll (5-0) and 10. Sumter (3-2)…  Others receiving votes: Boiling Springs, Dutch Fork, JL Mann, Ashley Ridge, River Bluff, Chapin and Clover.
• CLASS 4A: 1. South Florence (18) (5-0) 2. Northwestern (5) (3-1) 3. Irmo (4-0) 4. James Island (5-0) 5. Hartsville (4-1) 6. South Pointe (3-2) 7. Westside (3-1) 8, Midland Valley (5-0) 9. West Florence (3-1) and 10. Greenville (3-2)… Others receiving votes: Lucy Beckham, Ridge View, AC Flora, Indian Land, and Airport
• CLASS 3A: 1. Daniel (19) (4-0) 2. Belton Honea Path (4) (4-0) 3. Dillon (3-1) 4. Gilbert (4-0) 5. Chapman (4-1) 6. Clinton (4-1) 7. Crestwood (4-1) 8. Chester (4-1) 9. Broome (4-1) and 10. Manning (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Philip Simmons and Loris
• CLASS 2A: 1. Gray Collegiate (18) (5-1) 2. Abbeville (2) (4-1) 3. Oceanside Collegiate (2) (4-1) 4. Marion (5-0) 5. Hampton County (1) (5-0) 6. Saluda (4-0) 7. Fairfield Central (4-1) 8. Silver Bluff (3-1) 9. Strom Thurmond (3-1) and 10. Woodland (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Landrum, Ninety-Six and  Andrew Jackson
• CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (22) (4-1) 2. St. Joseph’s (1) (5-0) 3. Calhoun County (5-0) 4. Christ Church (3-2) 5. Whale Branch (3-0) 6. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (3-1) 7. Latta (5-0) 8. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (4-0) 9. Lake View (3-1) and 10. Blackville-Hilda (4-1)… Others receiving votes: Cross, Southside Christian, Denmark-Olar, Wagener-Salley, C.A. Johnson and Whitmire

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast and Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… To listen to these bonus sports broadcast, click here to go to the Between the Lines posting where the latest of these can be heard.

Varsity Football Results from Last Friday Night… If you missed it on my sports Report for Monday, 9-18-23, click here to see a summary of how the four county football teams did last Friday night and when available more stats on the game… A possession-by-possession summary was added to the Laurens at Union game on Monday, 9-15-23.

Clinton HS

• Zay Johnson Named to Shrine Bowl Team… Yesterday it was announced that Clinton’s Zay Johnson was named to the roster for the South Carolina team that will participate in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas on Saturday, December 16^th at Spartanburg HS…  Zay is a senior on the Red Devil varsity football team who was picked as a defensive back and also plays wide receiver… If you would like to see the list of other players named to the South Carolina and North Carolina team, click here to go to the State Newspaper where there is an article about this.
• Girls Tennis: Clinton 5 – Woodruff 1… Catching up with the Lady Red Devil tennis team. Last Thursday they traveled to Woodruff and came home with a 5-1 win over the Wolverines… Chandler Dailey, Libby Dailey, Kimora Wesley, Carly MacMillan and Addy Derrick all took one-sided wins in singles action… For more details on this match click here… The team is now 3-1 overall and 1-0 in region play.
• Updated: JV Football: Clinton 38 – Chapman 20… The Red Devil JV football team traveled up to Chapman HS last night to take on the Panthers … The Red Devils led 26-0 at the half and then withstood a second half comeback attempt by the Panthers to take a 38-20 win to remain undefeated on the season… Both Jaydon Glenn and Noah Garrett had pick-sixes for the Red Devils while Rhett Gillian, KJ Vance and AZ Simmons and Angelo Cromer all had rushing TDs… Coach Glenn commented after the game “Tonight we made plays when we needed to make them, our defense and special teams created some offense for us and that was extremely helpful. Our kids are improving and working hard!”

Thornwell

• Travious Quarles TD Club Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Thornwell Charters’ Travious Quarles has been selected as the Laurens County Touchdown Club Player of the Week for his performance in the Saints 34-20 win over Clear Dot Academy in Clinton on Friday, 9-15-23… Quarles is a junior RB/DB… Quarles ran the ball 16 times for 102 yards in Thornwell’s win… Quarles had 1 reception for 13 yards and made 5.5 tackles on defense… He also broke up 2 passes and had one interception for the Saints… Head Coach Charlie Washington states “we tried our best to minimize our mistakes. Things from practice this week started to click, and understanding was clear… The Game was well played as a team.” Coach Washington stated, “Travious Quarles was big factor in our win Friday night… He will be honored this Thursday when the TD Club meets at The Ridge at noon… In addition to the local high school coaches reporting on their games, the featured speaker will be Newberry College Head Football Coach Todd Knight.

Updated Middle Football Results From Last Thursday Night.

•  Updated: Laurens MS 42 – Thornwell 12… The LMS Tigers opened their season last night on the road taking a 42-12 win over the Thornwell Saints over at Thornwell… Damajia Crooks had 4 rushing TDs for the Tigers while Wells Rhodes and Kevin Bryson each had one… Two-point conversions were added by Trent Williams, Logan Bragg and Mason Young… For the Saints Brian Veal scored on a 2 yd. run that was set up by a 72 yd. kickoff return by Elijah Washington… Washington also scored on a 35 yd. TD pass from KJ Thompson near the end of the game.

SC Prep Football Media Ranking… The latest rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Sept. 18. First-place votes and the team’s record are in parentheses.

• CLASS 5A:  1. Summerville (23) (4-0) 2. Hillcrest (5-0) 3. Byrnes (4-1) 4. TL Hanna (4-1) 5. Gaffney (3-2) 6. Fort Dorchester (2-1) 7. Spartanburg (3-2) 8. Lexington (4-1) 9. White Knoll (5-0) and 10. Sumter (3-2)…  Others receiving votes: Boiling Springs, Dutch Fork, JL Mann, Ashley Ridge, River Bluff, Chapin and Clover.
• CLASS 4A: 1. South Florence (18) (5-0) 2. Northwestern (5) (3-1) 3. Irmo (4-0) 4. James Island (5-0) 5. Hartsville (4-1) 6. South Pointe (3-2) 7. Westside (3-1) 8, Midland Valley (5-0) 9. West Florence (3-1) and 10. Greenville (3-2)… Others receiving votes: Lucy Beckham, Ridge View, AC Flora, Indian Land, and Airport
• CLASS 3A: 1. Daniel (19) (4-0) 2. Belton Honea Path (4) (4-0) 3. Dillon (3-1) 4. Gilbert (4-0) 5. Chapman (4-1) 6. Clinton (4-1) 7. Crestwood (4-1) 8. Chester (4-1) 9. Broome (4-1) and 10. Manning (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Philip Simmons and Loris
• CLASS 2A: 1. Gray Collegiate (18) (5-1) 2. Abbeville (2) (4-1) 3. Oceanside Collegiate (2) (4-1) 4. Marion (5-0) 5. Hampton County (1) (5-0) 6. Saluda (4-0) 7. Fairfield Central (4-1) 8. Silver Bluff (3-1) 9. Strom Thurmond (3-1) and 10. Woodland (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Landrum, Ninety-Six and  Andrew Jackson
• CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (22) (4-1) 2. St. Joseph’s (1) (5-0) 3. Calhoun County (5-0) 4. Christ Church (3-2) 5. Whale Branch (3-0) 6. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (3-1) 7. Latta (5-0) 8. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (4-0) 9. Lake View (3-1) and 10. Blackville-Hilda (4-1)… Others receiving votes: Cross, Southside Christian, Denmark-Olar, Wagener-Salley, C.A. Johnson and Whitmire

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast and Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… To listen to these bonus sports broadcast, click here to go to the Between the Lines posting where the latest of these can be heard.

Varsity Football Results from Last Friday Night

• Thornwell 34 – Clear Dot 20… The Victory Bell sounded on the Thornwell campus for the first time since 2006 last Friday night as the Saints took a 34-20 win over Clear Dot Academy…The Saints led 18-0 at the end of the 1^st quarter and 26-0 at the half before Clear Dot got on the scoreboard in the second half… Parker Workman completed 14 of 18 pass attempts for 137 yds. and 2 TDs… Von Washington caught 4 of the passes for 80 yds. and caught the 2 TD passes…The Saints had 161 yds. rushing with Travious Quarles finishing with 102 yds. on 16 carries and he scored 3 rushing TDs… To see more Saints stats on the game click here…The Saints are 1-3 on the season and will host Great Fall this Friday night.

• Patriots 30 – Crusaders 6… The 2-2 Crusaders traveled to Wardlaw Academy last Friday night to take on the 2-1 Patriots… The Patriots are a run oriented team and that’s just what they did as they had over 300 yds. rushing in the game… The Patriots led 14-6 at the half and the Crusaders just could not get the big play needed to get back in the game as they did last week against Oakbrook Prep… The Crusaders lone score was a 40 yd. TD pass from Ethan Collins to Garrett Murphy… The 2-3 Crusader will be back on the road this Friday night as they travel to Andrew Jackson to take on the Raiders.

• Chapman 22 – Clinton 21… The Red Devils and the Chapman Panthers went at it tooth and nails in a battle of heavyweights Friday night at Wilder Stadium and in the end the Red Devils came up on the short end of a 22-21 score in a heartbreaker for Red Devil fans… Clinton never led in the game (the game was tied twice) as Chapman scored first and in the end it came down to a missed 2-point conversion that would have won the game for the Red Devils… The Red Devils were trailing 15-22 when they started the final drive of the game at their own 1 yd. line with 1:43 left in the game… 12 plays later the Red Devils scored on a 5 yd. pass from Tyshuwan Richardson to Kadon Crawford to make it 22-21 Chapman with no time left on the clock…. After Chapman called a timeout, Coach Fountain decided to go for two and the win and the Chapman defense rose to the task to pressure and almost sack Richardson on the attempt who could not connect with a receiver… In the first quarter Richardson connected with Kadon Crawford on an 18 yd. TD pass and Tray Cook added the 2-point conversion… In the third quarter Keleja Byrd caught a 35 yd. scoring pass from Kadon Crawford with Keegan Fortman adding the PAT… Both teams had 274 yds. rushing and Clinton lad in passing yds. 194-150… To see the complete stat package and a play-by-play accounting of the game click here… The Red Devils travel to South Aiken this Friday night.

• Union County 20 – Laurens 17… Finally the Laurens Raiders also lost a heartbreaker at Union County last Friday night as they led the entire game only to have the Yellow Jackets come back and take a 20-17 win scoring the winning points with 1:15 left on the clock and the Raiders tried desperately to get back down the field and score but Union iced the game with an interception with less than a minute left and took a couple of “knees” to run the clock out… The Raiders scored on a 1yd run by Nick Danciu with 1:33 left in the first quarter capping a 52 yd. drive in 5 plays… Brock Franklin added the PAT… The Raiders scored on their next possession with 10:26 left in the half on a 1 yd. run by Denari Lee-Jackson and again Franklin kicked the PAT… Union scored once in the second quarter to make it 14-7 Raiders with 5:37 left in the half…. The Raiders final score of the game came with 1:32 left in the half when Brock Franklin kicked a 44 yd. field goal…  The Yellow Jackets had a drive extended when a Raider mishandled a punt and Union recovered and went on to score… In the Yellow Jackets final winning drive there were two back-to-back pass interference calls against the Raiders that gave the Yellow Jackets the ball inside the Raider 5-yard line… To see stats on the game click here… To see a possession-by-possession summary of the game click here.

Clinton HS

• Updated: JV Football: Clinton 38 – Chapman 20… The Red Devil JV football team traveled up to Chapman HS last night to take on the Panthers … The Red Devils led 26-0 at the half and then withstood a second half comeback attempt by the Panthers to take a 38-20 win to remain undefeated on the season… Both Jaydon Glenn and Noah Garrett had pick-sixes for the Red Devils while Rhett Gillian, KJ Vance and AZ Simmons and Angelo Cromer all had rushing TDs… Coach Glenn commented after the game “Tonight we made plays when we needed to make them, our defense and special teams created some offense for us and that was extremely helpful. Our kids are improving and working hard!”

Updated Middle Football Results from Thursday Night. 

• Updated: Laurens MS 42 – Thornwell 12… The LMS Tigers opened their season last night on the road taking a 42-12 win over the Thornwell Saints over at Thornwell… Damajia Crooks had 4 rushing TDs for the Tigers while Wells Rhodes and Kevin Bryson each had one… Two-point conversions were added by Trent Williams, Logan Bragg and Mason Young… For the Saints Brian Veal scored on a 2 yd. run that was set up by a 72 yd. kickoff return by Elijah Washington… Washington also scored on a 35 yd. TD pass from KJ Thompson near the end of the game.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast… For those of you who listen to WLBG each week night between 6:00 and 8:00 pm you know that we carry Sports Talk each evening… They are now offering a Morning Sportscast each weekday morning done by the same folks… If you would like to listen to that click on the below you would like to listen to… Enjoy

• 9-15-23
• 9-14-23

Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… Each week during the high school football season Sports Talk Media Network does a recap of high school football in the South Carolina… It is about 10 minute long… They have made that recap available to WLBG and I will make it available for you to listen to… Click on the week below to hear it… Enjoy!

• Week 3, 9-8-23 

 Note: The location to find the above two features will be moving to the “Between the Lines” section on the WLBG homepage below Mike’s Sports Report… They can be found there now but I’ll keep them in both places until Monday.

Clinton HS

• JV Football: Clinton 38 – Chapman 20… The Red Devil JV football team traveled up to Chapman HS last night to take on the Panthers … The Red Devils led 26-0 at the half and then withstood a second half comeback attempt by the Panthers to take a 38-20 win to remain undefeated on the season… I don’t have any other details but if I get them, I will pass them on to you next week.

Laurens HS

• .JV Football: Raiders 14 – Union County 6… The Raider JV football team hosted the Union County Yellow Jackets last night at KC Hanna Stadium and good news for Raider fans as the team picked up its first win of the season taking a 14-6 win over the Yellow Jackets. The Raiders got on the scoreboard first on a10 yd. run by Jace Campbell with 5:03 left in the first quarter… BJ Hill had a big run to get the Raiders in scoring position… Diego Angeles kicked the PAT…The Raiders last score came as time ran out in the first half on a 40 yard pass from Jace Campbell to Mar’Quis Copeland who made a great catch in the endzone… Again the PAT was kicked by Angeles to make it 14-0 Raiders at the half…The Yellow Jackets got their only score with 8:37 left in the game on a 7 yd. run by their quarterback Hayden Lawson but the PAT failed

Middle Football Results From Last Night.

• Christ Church 28 – Sanders 22… The Sanders Yellow Jackets played host to the Christ Church Cavaliers… The Cavaliers won 28-22 but the Yellow Jackets did not go down without a fight especially in the second half…The Cavaliers led 14-0 before JJ Elmore-Bennett put Sanders on the board with 3:29 left in the half on a 23 yd. and added the 2-point conversion rushing  to make it 14-8 Christ Church… Christ Church scored again with 4:19 left in the 3^rd quarter to make it 20-6 Cavaliers… The Cavaliers scored one more time with 4:32 left in the game to make it 28-8… Then the Yellow Jackets started their comeback… JJ Elmore-Bennett scored on a 60 yd. run and added the 2-point conversion to make it 28-16… La’Marcus Cheeks then intercepted a Cavalier pass on their next drive to give sanders the ball at their own 27 yd. line… Five plays later, Bennett-Elmore once again carried it in from 11 yds. out and again added the 2-point conversion to make it 28-22 with 54.7 seconds left… The Cavaliers took a couple of “knees” to run out the clock… when Bennett-Elmore moved to the “wildcat” position and Sanders overload one side of the other with blockers, he was all but unstoppable…

• Whitmire 24 – Gray Court-Owings 8… The GCO Tigers hosted the Whitmire Wolverines yesterday at GCO… Whitmire won 24-8 and I do not have any scoring details… Rumors abound that the Wolverine team is made up of JV players or more and not a true middle school team… Hope that is not true but if so, why are they doing that?

• Ware Shoals 26 – Hickory Tavern 0… The HT Panther traveled to Ware Shoals and just could not get their offense going and the defense had trouble stopping the Hornets as the Hornets took 26-0 win… No details on the game.

• Laurens MS 42 – Thornwell 12… The LMS Tigers opened their season last night on the road taking a 42-12 win over the Thornwell Saints over at Thornwell… Sorry no details on the game.

• Cambridge 48 – Laurens Academy 36…  The LA Crusaders played host to the Cambridge Academy Cougars last night at Todd Kirk Field and the two teams combined to score 84 points but bad news for Crusader fans as the Cougars had 48 of them taking a 48-36 win… Sorry no other details.

Varsity Football Action for County Varsity Teams Tonight… All games at 7:30 unless otherwise noted… Good Luck to all our local teams!

• Thornwell host Clear Dot Academy… The saints will have their first home game this season as the host a team from Clear Dot Academy out of the Columbia area… Can’t seem to find anything about their football team on the internet and Coach Washington knows about as must about them as I do so this will be a “blind date” for the Saints… Hopefully it will be a good one and they get to ring the “victory bell” after the game.

• Crusaders Travel to Wardlaw… The 2-2 Crusaders will board the bus and travel to Wardlaw Academy tonight for a contest with the 2-1 Patriots… The Crusaders are coming off the 36-34 exciting win over Oakbrook Prep last Friday night and are averaging 30.5 points per game while giving up 27 points per game… The Patriots are coming off a 36-28 win over Andrew Jackson last Friday night and are averaging 32.6 points per game while giving up 32.3 points per game… The Crusaders are averaging 30.5 points per game while giving up 27 points per game.

• Red Devils Host Chapman… The undefeated Red Devils are coming off a 63-6 win over the Aiken Green Hornets last Friday night at Wilder Stadium and they are averaging 51 points per game while giving up only 12 points per game… The Red Devils will be hosting the 3-1 Panthers of Chapman HS and the Panther are 3-1 on the season… They are coming of a 48-6 win over the Raider at home last Friday night and they are averaging 32.3 points per game while giving up 20 points per game… This will be the toughest test for both teams so far this season… Go Big Red!

• Laurens at Union County… The Raiders will be traveling over to Union tonight to take on the Yellow Jackets and unless something very unusual happens, the winner of his game will be getting their first win of the season… The Yellow Jackets are coming off a 62-34 loss to the Broome Centurions and the Yellow Jackets are averaging 18.8 points per game while giving up 52.5 points per game… The Raider are coming off the loss up at Chapman last Friday night and are averaging 10 points per game while giving up an average of 50.3 points per game…. Now we hope you can make the drive over to Union to cheer on the Raiders but if you can’t join us here on Real Radio WLBG for coverage of the game starting with the “Friday Night Insiders show shortly after 6:99 pm and the pregame about 6:40…. Remember we also stream live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast… For those of you who listen to WLBG each week night between 6:00 and 8:00 pm you know that we carry Sports Talk each evening… They are now offering a Morning Sportscast each weekday morning done by the same folks… If you would like to listen to that click on the below you would like to listen to… Enjoy

• 9-14-23
• 9-13-23

Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… Each week during the high school football season Sports Talk Media Network does a recap of high school football in the South Carolina… It is about 10 minute long… They have made that recap available to WLBG and I will make it available for you to listen to… Click on the week below to hear it… Enjoy!

• Week 3, 9-8-23 

 Note: The location to find the above two features will be moving to the “Between the Lines” section on the WLBG homepage below Mike’s Sports Report… They can be found there now but I’ll keep them in both places until Monday.

Clinton HS

• Cross Country… Yesterday I mention to you that the Red Devil boys’ cross country team had traveled to Palmetto HS to participate Palmetto Invitational on Tuesday and finished 4^th out of 10 teams participating… If you missed that yesterday, click here… Yesterday I mentioned that girls’ team had also participated but I did not have any details… Well, I do now.
  • Red Devil Girls Finish 9th… The Lady Red Devil team finished 9^th out of 11 schools participating in the meet at Palmetto HS on Tuesday… Mauldin won the meet with a great score of 33… The leading runner for the Red Devils was Elizabeth Reid who finished 5^th overall with a time of 21:52:97… Now if you would like to see how the other varsity and JV runners for the Red Devils did as well as the order of finish and score for the other participating school, click here.
• Tennis: Clinton 5 – Mid-Carolina 1… Yesterday the Lady Red Devil tennis team hosted the Lady Rebels of Mid-Carolina HS on the courts at Clinton MS… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took a 5-1 win over the Rebels… The Red Devils won all five of their singles matches and they did so quite handily… Taking wins were Chandler Daily, Libby Dailey, Kimora Wesley, Carley MacMillan and Addy Derrick… For more information on this match click here… The team is now 2-1 on the season and travel to Woodruff HS for their first region match of the season.
• JV Football… The Red Devil JV football team is scheduled to travel up to Chapman HS today to take on the Panthers at 6:00 pm… The Red Devils are undefeated and will do all they can to stay that way…

Laurens HS

• JV Football: The Raider JV football team is scheduled to host the Union County Yellow Jackets tonight at 6:30 pm at KC Hanna Stadium… The team has been showing progress as the season has gone along and lost a heartbreaker to Chapman last Thursday… Come on out and cheer them on if you can.

Middle Football Schedule for Thursday 9-14-23… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted.

• Christ Church at Sanders at LMS football field
• Whitmire at Gray Court-Owings at GCO field.
• Hickory Tavern at Ware Shoals starts at 5:30
• Laurens MS at Thornwell starts at 5:30.
• Cambridge at Laurens Academy at 6:00 pm.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

• Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program. [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast… For those of you who listen to WLBG each week night between 6:00 and 8:00 pm you know that we carry Sports Talk each evening… They are now offering a Morning Sportscast each weekday morning done by the same folks… If you would like to listen to that click on the below you would like to listen to… Enjoy

• 9-13-23
• 9-12-23

Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… Each week during the high school football season Sports Talk Media Network does a recap of high school football in the South Carolina… It is about 10 minute long… They have made that recap available to WLBG and I will make it available for you to listen to… Click on the week below to hear it… Enjoy!

• Week 3, 9-8-23 

 Note: The location to find the above two features will be moving to the “Between the Lines” section on the WLBG homepage below Mike’s Sports Report… They can be found there now but I’ll keep them in both places until Monday.

Varsity Football Games Around the Area Last Friday… If you would like to see a short recap of what happened in varsity football action last Friday night (9-8-23) and a link to any other information available on those games, click here.

 Clinton HS

• Cross Country… Yesterday traveled to Palmetto HS to participate Palmetto Invitational
  • Boys Finish Fourth…  The Red Devils finished 4^th out of 10 teams participating with 67 points just 8 points behind the winner Powdersville HS who finished with 59… Remember the low score wins just like in golf… The Red Devils led by William Reid who finished 1^st overall with a time of 17:16:14 and Charlie Cody who finished 2^nd overall with a time of 17:27:50… Click here for more information. On how other Red Devils did in the meet and the order of finish for all 10 schools participating.
  • Girls… According to the schedule the girls team was scheduled to participate but no results have been posted…. When / if they get posted I will bring them to you.

Laurens HS

• Girls Tennis: Laurens 4 – Greer 3… Back on Monday the Lady Raider Tennis team hosted the Greer Yellow Jackets in region play and its good news for Raider fans as they took a hard-fought 4-3 win over the Jackets… #1 Kelsie Little, #3 Sara Katherine Starling and #5 Keilyn Mendoza won their singles sets which tied the two teams at 3-3… It was then up to the LDHS #1 doubles line of Kelsie Little and Sara Beth Field to decide the outcome of the match… After winning the first set in a tiebreaker 7/6 and coming back from 1-4 in the second set, they sealed the Raider win with a second set win of 7-5… This was the Lady Raiders first Region match of the season… The Lady Raiders travel to Riverside today.

Thornwell

• Volleyball: Thornwell 3- SC School for the Deaf and Blind 0…  Yesterday the Thornwell Saints volleyball team traveled up to take on the SC School for the Deaf and Blind Hornets and defeated them 3-0… The set scores were 25-10, 25-6 and 25-9… Nahla Vargas served 14 straight aces in the final set and had 20 for the match… Lindley Beckett followed with 12… Reece Cummings led with four kills and was followed by Beckett and Jessi Pitts with two each… The Saints return home Thursday to face Whitmire in a region match-up at 5:30… The Saints are 5-1 for the season.

Laurens Academy

• Buddy Baker Chosen as Player of the week by TD Club… Laurens Academy senior Buddy Baker has been chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club Player of the Week for his performance in the Crusaders come-from-behind 36-34 win over the Oakbrook Prep Knights at Todd Kirk Field last Friday night (9-8-23)… Buddy is a senior offensive running back, linebacker and special teams player for the Crusaders.

• Offensively had 23 carries for 144 yards; 4 passing receptions for 44 yards and two touchdowns…  Baker also scored on a two point PAT as well…  Defensively, Baker had three total tackles with one tackle for loss and one forced fumble…  Most importantly, Baker had the game clinching interception and return of 25 yards with 9 seconds remaining in the game to seal the victory for The Crusaders…  Additionally, on special teams Baker kicked two successful onside kicks and had one return in the kicking game for 25 yards.
• Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Buddy is everything you expect from a senior… He leads, he learns, and he loves… Buddy leads with words and actions…  He is disciplined in his approach to health and readiness to play the game, has a high football IQ, and loves his teammates…  When the game was on the line Friday night, Buddy did what we knew he would – He Delivered.”
• Buddy will be honored at the TD Club’s next meeting on Thursday, September 21st at the third Touchdown Club meeting of the year… The meeting will be at noon at The Ridge in Laurens. Player of the Week awards this year will presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County… The September 21st meeting will feature Newberry College Head Football Coach Todd Knight.

 Middle Football Schedule for Thursday 9-14-23… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted.

• Christ Church at Sanders at LMS football field
• Whitmire at Gray Court-Owings at GCO field.
• Hickory Tavern at Ware Shoals starts at 5:30
• Laurens MS at Thornwell starts at 5:30.

S.C. Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Sept. 11. First-place votes and the team’s record are in parentheses…. Last week’s topped rank Dillon in Class 3A lost as did Abbeville in Class 2A so there are new #1 in each of those polls.

• CLASS 5A: 1. Summerville (17) (3-0) 2. Gaffney (3) (3-1) 3. Lexington (4-0) 4. Hillcrest (4-0) 5. Byrnes (3-1) 6. Sumter (3-1) 7. TL Hanna (3-1) 8. Spartanburg (2-2) and 9. (tie) Fort Dorchester (1-1) 9. (tie) JL Mann (4-0)… Others receiving votes: White Knoll, Boiling Springs, Ashley Ridge, Dutch Fork, Rock Hill and Cane Bay
• CLASS 4A: 1. South Florence (10) (4-0) 2. Hartsville (8) (4-0) 3. Northwestern (1) (2-1) 4. South Pointe (1) (3-1) 5. James Island (4-0) 6. Irmo (3-0) 7. West Florence (3-1) 8. Westside (2-1) 9. AC Flora (2-1) and 10. Midland Valley (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Greenville, Greenwood, Lucy Beckham, North Augusta, Ridge View and Airport.
• CLASS 3A:  1. Daniel (10) (3-0) 2. Clinton (7) (4-0) 3. Dillon (1) (2-1) 4. Belton Honea Path (2) (3-0) 5. Gilbert (3-0) 6. Crestwood (3-1) 7. Chester (3-1) 8. Chapman (3-1) 9. Broome (3-1) and 10. Manning (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Philip Simmons, Brookland-Cayce, Powdersville, Loris and Crescent
• CLASS 2A: 1. Gray Collegiate (16) (4-0) 2. Oceanside Collegiate (1) (3-1) 3. Abbeville (3) 4. Marion (4-0) 5. Hampton County (4-0) 6. Saluda (3-0) 7. Fairfield Central (3-1) 9. Silver Bluff (2-1) 9. (tie) Strom Thurmond (2-1) and 10. Woodland (2-0)… Others receiving votes: Andrews, Ninety-Six and Chesnee
• CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (17) (3-1) 2. St. Joseph’s (3) (4-0) 3. Calhoun County (4-0) 4. Christ Church (2-2) 5. Whale Branch (2-0) 6. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (3-1) 7. Denmark-Olar (3-1) 8. Latta (3-1) and 9. Hunter-Kinard Tyler (3-0) 9. (tie) Wagener-Salley (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Lake View, Southside Christian, Johnsonville, Blackville-Hilda, Whitmire, Branchville

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

• Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program.

• Friday, 9-15-23: Laurens varsity football at Union County at 7:30

Local Sports Schedule: 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: To see the varsity football schedule click here… To see the varsity & middle school volleyball schedules click here… To see the middle school football schedule click here.
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell football schedule click here… To see the volleyball schedule click here… To see the cross country schedule click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports:

• FBS AP Rankings… The latest AP Ranking (9-5-23) for the FBS Division still has Georgia at #1 and Michigan #2… Alabama moves up a spot to # 3 and Florida State goers from #8 to #4… Ohio State rounds out the top 5… Clemson drops from #9 all the way to #25… To see the entire top 25 click here.
• FCS Coaches Poll… The latest FCS Coaches Poll (9-5-23) for college football has South Dakota State and North Dakota State listed as 1 & 2 in that order… The only team from South Carolina in the top 25 is Furman who is still listed at #6… To see the entire top 25 in the Coaches Poll click here.

Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores. 

 Atlanta Braves… The Braves started a 4-game series in 3 days yesterday making up a rained out game from earlier in the season as they played a doubleheader with the Phillies

• Braves 7 – Phillie 6 (10)… The Braves defeated the Phillies in Philadelphia last night by a score of 7-6 but it took them 10 innings to do it… The Braves led 6-1 after 5 innings after putting 5 runs on the scoreboard in the 5^th inning… The Phillies battled back scoring a run in the bottom of the 9^th inning to send the game into extra innings…  In the top of the 10^th inning, Eddie Rosario had an RBI single to drive in what would prove to be the game’s winning run… Six Atlanta pitchers gave up 12 hits 4 of which were homers while 5 Phillies pitchers gave up 10 hits 3 of which were homers… In the top of the 4^th inning Matt Olson hit his 51^st homer of the season while in the top of the 5^th inning Ronald Acuna Jr (37) had a 2-run homer and Marcell Ozuna (34) stroked a 3-run homer.

• Braves Schedule… If you would like to see the Braves schedule and results after the games are finished, click here… Where the games can be seen on TV as well as start times and other information is available there also.

• MLB Standings… If you would like to check on the standings for both the American and National Leagues, click here.

Greenville Drive.

• Drive 3 – Crawdads 2… As you may recall the Greenville Drive finished in first place in the first half of the Southern Division of SAL league this season with a 36-30 record which gave them an automatic ticket in to the playoffs against the winner of the Southern Division’s second half winner which was the Hickory Crawdads… Last night they played the first game in a best of 3 division series up in Hickory and its good news for Drive fans as the Drive took a 3-2 win… They did it by simply outhitting the Crawdads 6-3 and one of the Drives hits was a solo homer by Allan Castro his fourth of the season for the Drive
• Drive Schedule… The Drive will return home to play the Crawdads in game 2 of the Division series Thursday night and the “if needed” game will be Friday night at Flour Field… To see the Drive’s schedule, click here.
• Standings… To see the standings for the South Atlantic League both the North and South Divisions, click here.

NASCAR

Tyler Reddick Wins at Kansas Speedway Last Sunday… In the second playoff Cup Series Race out at Kansas last Sunday, Tyler Reddick won in overtime to punch his ticket into the Round of 12… His car is co-owned by Denny Hamlin who finished second just 0.327 seconds behind Reddick…Click here for more information on the race.

Playoff Standings… Kyle Larson and Reddick are now atop the leader board in the Chase for the Cup and the 16 drivers that are in there will be cut down to 12 after this Sunday’s race at Bristol… To see the complete standings for the playoffs, click here.

 NASCAR on TV This Week… NASCAR will be headed to the Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend for the next Cup Series Playoff Race on Saturday at 7:30 pm…  There will be TV viewing this week of past races, practices, qualifying and other items on TV… To see the TV schedule, click here.

Schedule… To see the NASCAR season schedule and results for completed races click here… Once there you can filter by the month and the series that you want to check on.

This & That:

• Laurens County TD Next Meeting September 21^st … The Laurens County Touchdown Club kicked off the 2023 season on Thursday, August 24^th… The club meets bi-weekly at The Ridge (City of Laurens Parks and Recreation headquarters) at noon for a lunch… Each week the high school coaches will talk about their recent games and upcoming opponents… After the first meeting, there will also be quest speakers… To see a list of who those speakers are scheduled to be for each meeting click here… The TD Club will close out its season on Wednesday, December 6^th with its Post Season Awards Banquet… For more information on how to join the club or become a sponsor click here… See you there!

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.

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast… For those of you who listen to WLBG each weeknight between 6:00 and 8:00 pm you know that we carry Sports Talk each evening… They are now offering a Morning Sportscast each weekday morning done by the same folks… If you would like to listen to that click on the below you would like to listen to… Enjoy

• 9-12-23
• 9-11-23

Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… Each week during the high school football season Sports Talk Media Network does a recap of high school football in the South Carolina… It is about 10 minute long… They have made that recap available to WLBG and I will make it available for you to listen to… Click on the week below to hear it… Enjoy!

• Week 3, 9-8-23 

 Note: The location to find the above two features will be moving to the “Between the Lines” section on the WLBG homepage below Mike’s Sports Report… They can be found there now but I’ll keep them in both places until Monday.

Varsity Football Games Around the Area Last Friday… If you would like to see a short recap of what happened in varsity football action last Friday night (9-8-23) and a link to any other information available on those games, click here.

Laurens Academy

• Buddy Baker Chosen as Player of the week by TD Club… Laurens Academy senior Buddy Baker has been chosen as the Laurens County Touchdown Club Player of the Week for his performance in the Crusaders come-from-behind 36-34 win over the Oakbrook Prep Knights at Todd Kirk Field last Friday night (9-8-23)… Buddy is a senior offensive running back, linebacker and special teams player for the Crusaders.

• Offensively had 23 carries for 144 yards; 4 passing receptions for 44 yards and two touchdowns…  Baker also scored on a two point PAT as well…  Defensively, Baker had three total tackles with one tackle for loss and one forced fumble…  Most importantly, Baker had the game clinching interception and return of 25 yards with 9 seconds remaining in the game to seal the victory for The Crusaders…  Additionally, on special teams Baker kicked two successful onside kicks and had one return in the kicking game for 25 yards.
• Head Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Buddy is everything you expect from a Senior. .. He leads, he learns, and he loves… Buddy leads with words and actions…  He is disciplined in his approach to health and readiness to play the game, has a high football IQ, and loves his teammates…  When the game was on the line Friday night, Buddy did what we knew he would – He Delivered.”
• Buddy will be honored at the TD Club’s next meeting on Thursday, September 21st at the third Touchdown Club meeting of the year… The meeting will be at noon at The Ridge in Laurens.  Player of the Week awards this year will presented by Farm Bureau Insurance of Laurens County… The September 21st meeting will feature Newberry College Head Football Coach Todd Knight.

 S.C. Prep Football Media Poll… Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Sept. 11. First-place votes and the team’s record are in parentheses…. Last week’s topped rank Dillon in Class 3A lost as did Abbeville in Class 2A so there are new #1 in each of those polls.

• CLASS 5A: 1. Summerville (17) (3-0) 2. Gaffney (3) (3-1) 3. Lexington (4-0) 4. Hillcrest (4-0) 5. Byrnes (3-1) 6. Sumter (3-1) 7. TL Hanna (3-1) 8. Spartanburg (2-2) and 9. (tie) Fort Dorchester (1-1) 9. (tie) JL Mann (4-0)… Others receiving votes: White Knoll, Boiling Springs, Ashley Ridge, Dutch Fork, Rock Hill and Cane Bay
• CLASS 4A: 1. South Florence (10) (4-0) 2. Hartsville (8) (4-0) 3. Northwestern (1) (2-1) 4. South Pointe (1) (3-1) 5. James Island (4-0) 6. Irmo (3-0) 7. West Florence (3-1) 8. Westside (2-1) 9. AC Flora (2-1) and 10. Midland Valley (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Greenville, Greenwood, Lucy Beckham, North Augusta, Ridge View and  Airport.
• CLASS 3A:  1. Daniel (10) (3-0) 2. Clinton (7) (4-0) 3. Dillon (1) (2-1) 4. Belton Honea Path (2) (3-0) 5. Gilbert (3-0) 6. Crestwood (3-1) 7. Chester (3-1) 8. Chapman (3-1) 9. Broome (3-1) and 10. Manning (4-0)… Others receiving votes: Camden, Philip Simmons, Brookland-Cayce, Powdersville, Loris and Crescent
• CLASS 2A: 1. Gray Collegiate (16) (4-0) 2. Oceanside Collegiate (1) (3-1) 3. Abbeville (3) 4. Marion (4-0) 5. Hampton County (4-0) 6. Saluda (3-0) 7. Fairfield Central(3-1) 9. Silver Bluff (2-1) 9. (tie) Strom Thurmond (2-1) and 10. Woodland (2-0)… Others receiving votes: Andrews, Ninety-Six and Chesnee
• CLASS A: 1. Lewisville (17) (3-1) 2. St. Joseph’s (3) (4-0) 3. Calhoun County (4-0) 4. Christ Church (2-2) 5. Whale Branch (2-0) 6. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (3-1) 7. Denmark-Olar (3-1) 8. Latta (3-1) and 9. Hunter-Kinard Tyler (3-0) 9. (tie) Wagener-Salley (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Lake View, Southside Christian, Johnsonville, Blackville-Hilda, Whitmire, Branchville

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

• Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

 Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program.

• Friday, 9-15-23: Laurens varsity football at Union County at 7:30

Local Sports Schedule: 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: To see the varsity football schedule click here… To see the varsity & middle school volleyball schedules click here… To see the middle school football schedule click here.
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell football schedule click here… To see the volleyball schedule click here… To see the cross country schedule click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast… For those of you who listen to WLBG each weeknight between 6:00 and 8:00 pm you know that we carry Sports Talk each evening… They are now offering a Morning Sportscast each weekday morning done by the same folks… If you would like to listen to that click on the date9-7-23 below you would like to listen to… Enjoy

• 9-11-23
• 9-8-23

Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… Each week during the high school football season Sports Talk Media Network does a recap of high school football in the South Carolina… It is about 10 minute long… They have made that recap available to WLBG and I will make it available for you to listen to… Click on the week below to hear it… Enjoy!

• Week 3, 9-8-23 

Varsity Football Games Around the Area Last Friday

• McCormick 53 – Thornwell 0… The Saints traveled down to McCormick last Friday night and the trip back most likely seemed longer that the one going down as the Chiefs rolled to a 53-0 win after leading 37-0 at the half… The Saints were outmanned by the strong and physical Chiefs as they had a 14 yds. passing and only 44yds. rushing for a total of 58 yds. of offense…. To see a further breakdown of the Saint stats click here… The Saints will have their home opener this Friday night as they host Clear Dot Charter out of Columbia.

• Laurens Academy 36 – Oakbrook Prep 34… The Laurens Academy Crusaders found themselves doe 14-8 to the Oakbrook Prep Knights at the end of the first quarter and tied 22-22 at the half… The score was tied 28-28 at the start of the 4^th quarter but the Crusaders outscored the Knights in the 4^th quarter 12-6 to take a 36-34 win… Now I cannot tell you the order in which the Crusader scores occurred but I can tell you the Crusader quarterback Ethan Collins completed 21 of 29 pass attempts for 283 yds. and completed 3 TD passes… Buddy Baker was on the receiving end of 2 of those TD passes and Nathan Bell the other… The Crusaders had 183 yds. rushing with Jarred Willard and Garrett Murphy both having a rushing TD each… Buddy Baker had a two-point conversion while Garrett Murphy had two… All were on passes from Ethan Collins… To see more stats on the Crusaders in this game click here… The Crusaders are now 2-2 on the season and will travel to Wardlaw Friday night to take on the Patriots.

• Clinton 63 – Aiken 6… The 3-0 Red Devils defeated the Aiken Green Hornets at home last Friday night by a score of 63-6 to run their record to 4-0… As you might expect, the Red Devils dominated every statistical category you would want to be ahead in and had 445 yds. of total offense to Aiken’s 189… The Red Devils had 287 yds. rushing and scored 5 rushing TDs… Zane McClendon had 2 rushing TDs while DJ Clark, Kendarious Copeland and Kadon Crawford each getting a rushing TD…Tyshuwan Richardson completed 8 of 10 passes for 183 yards with 3 TD passes…Kadon Crawford, Zay Johnston and MJ Henderson caught a TD pass… Zay Johnston also had a 68 yd. kickoff return for a TD and the Red Devils caught a Hornet in the endzone for a safety while the defense recovered 2 Aiken fumbles… To see the complete stat package as well as a play by play accounting of the game click here…The Red Devils host the Chapman Panthers this Friday night.

• Chapman 48 – Raiders 3… The Raiders are on the road for the first time this season and they fell to the Chapman Panthers by a score of 48-3… Chapman won the coin toss, so Laurens got the ball first… The Raiders drove down the field and scored on a 36 yd. field goal by Brock Franklin… The Panthers scored at the end of their first possession to make it 7-3 and the Raiders were never able to score again… The Panthers had 245 yds. rushing to the Raiders 120… They also had 247 yds. passing to the Raiders 36… The Panthers had 2 rushing TDs and 5 passing… To see the stats on the game, scoring plays and a play-by-play accounting of the game click here… The Raiders will travel to Union County to take on the Yellow Jackets this Friday night.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

• Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program.

• Friday, 9-15-23: Laurens varsity football at Union County at 7:30

Local Sports Schedule: 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: To see the varsity football schedule click here… To see the varsity & middle school volleyball schedules click here… To see the middle school football schedule click here.
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell football schedule click here… To see the volleyball schedule click here… To see the cross country schedule click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast… For those of you who listen to WLBG each weeknight between 6:00 and 8:00 pm you know that we carry Sports Talk each evening… They are now offering a Morning Sportscast each weekday morning done by the same folks… If you would like to listen to that click on the date9-7-23 below you would like to listen to… Enjoy

• 9-8-23
• 9-7-23

Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… Each week during the high school football season Sports Talk Media Network does a recap of high school football in the South Carolina… It is about 10 minute long… They have made that recap available to WLBG and I will make it available for you to listen to… Click on the week below to hear it… Enjoy!

• Week 2, 9-1-23

Varsity Football Games Around the Area Tonight

• Thornwell at McCormick… The Saints will travel over to McCormick to take on the Chiefs… One of the teams will pick up their first win of the season.
• Oakbrook Prep at Laurens Academy… The 1-2 Crusaders are coming off their first win of the season a 58-0 win over Newberry Academy on the road last week… The Crusaders return home and will try to pick up their second win against the Oakbrook Prep Knights who are 2-0 on the season… They defeated Newberry Academy 32-16 at home 2 weeks ago and defeated King Academy 42-6 on the road.
• Aiken at Clinton… The 3-0 Red Devils are at home tonight and it will also be Homecoming… They are coming off a 42-7 win over the Newberry Bulldogs last week and will be hosting the Aiken Green Hornets… The Hornets are looking for their first win of the season as they lost to two different teams from Georgia to start the season and Strom Thurmond on the road last week 12-48.
• Laurens at Chapman… The Raiders are on the road for the first time this season and they are looking to pick up their first win of the season… They are on the road to Chapman to take on the Panthers… The Panthers are 2-1 on the season and started it off with wins over Woodruff (57-34 and Dorman (17-14) before falling to Boiling Springs 7-29 at Boiling Springs last week.
  • For those of you going… There are a few things you need to know before leaving… They include:

1) We are not a cross-over stadium.  All visiting fans will enter the gate to the left of the facility and walk down the sidewalk to the visitor’s side ticket booth entrance.

2) If a visiting fan has a valid handicapped parking pass they can enter at the double gates at the softball field and drive around to the area behind the visitor’s bleachers.  There is limited parking, but they can park on the grass or the curb near the Visitor’s ticket booth entrance.

3) It will be a 20 minute halftime.

4) There is a clear bag policy

5) No students under 9th grade will be admitted without an adult.

6) Tickets can be purchased ahead of time by clicking here.

• If you are not going, you can hear the game on Real Radio WLBG on your AM dial at 860 or on the FM dial at 104.1… You can also here the game on the internet at our homepage at wlbg.com and click Listen Live button in the upper right bar just below the page’s banner. Coverage starts a few minutes after 6:00 pm with the Friday Night insiders show.                                        

Clinton HS

• JV Football: Clinton 30 – Aiken 0… The Red Devil JV football team continues to be undefeated as they took a 30-0 win over Aiken last night down in Aiken late yesterday afternoon and came back home with a 30-0 win… At this time I do not have any other information about the game but I hope to get some today and if I do I will pass it on to you later

Laurens HS

• JV Football: Chapman 20 – Laurens 14… The Raider JV football team lost a heart breaker last night as the Chapman Panthers scored with 30.2 seconds left in the game to take a 20-14 win over the Raiders…
  • First Half: The Raiders scored the first time they had the ball with 28 seconds left in the 1^st quarter when BJ Hill broke off a 36 yd. TD run capping an 86 yd. drive… Diego Angeles added the PAT to make it 7-0 Raiders… Chapman got on the board next on a 1 yd. run by Jasiah Copeland and the Panthers were able to convert on a pass play to make the score Panthers 8 and Raiders 7… The drive was only 30 yds. long and was set up by a strip and recover of the football by the Panthers.
  • Second Half… There was no further scoring until 38.5 second left in the 3^rd quarter when Chapman scored again but missed the 2-point attempt to make it 14-7 Panthers… The Raiders then marched right back down the field mainly on the running BJ Hill and he scored from 1 yd. out with 9:26 left in the game on a 1 yd. run… Again Angeles added the PAT to tie the game 14-14… Neither team was able to move the ball very much on their next possession and the Panthers got the ball back with 3:01 left in the game and then went 80 yds. and scored on a short run with 30.2 seconds left but missed the PAT to make it 20-14 Panthers…. The Raiders got the ball back after the kickoff on their own 40 yd. line tried 4 passes completing the last one for a first down at the Chapman 34 yd. line as the buzzer sounded.

Laurens Academy

• MS Football Crusaders 32 – Newberry 8… The Crusader middle school football team was able to get in their home game with the Newberry Academy Eagles yesterday and it is good news for Crusader fans as the they took a 32-8 win over the Eagles to improve their season record to 1-1… I don’t have a lot of details but according to Assistant Coach Shan Smith, Mason Cooper had 4 TD run of over 40 yds. each… Hodges Compton had a big day on defense with 6 big tackles and the defense as a whole played a dominating game.

Thornwell Charter

• Volleyball Wins Close One 3-2… The Thornwell Saints volleyball team traveled to Union County Day School to take on the Eagles yesterday and good news for Saints fans as they came home with a 3-2 win… The Saints won the first set 25-14 but lost the next 2 sets by scores of 12-25 and 18-25… Facing a match loss, they came back and took the 4^th set by a score 25-20… In the final tie-breaking set, the Saint prevailed by a score of 15-12… The Team is now 4-1 on the season and is scheduled to travel to the SC School for the Deaf and Blind on Tuesday, 9-12 for a 5:30 match… Thanks to Cindy Pitts for this information.

Middle School Football… Mother Nature stepped in yesterday and forced the postponement of all the area middle school football due to lightning and / or rain in the area… If the games are rescheduled and the coaches let me know I will pass that information along to you.

Laurens County TD Club…Check back here Monday for information and a video of the Laurens Count Touchdown Clubs meeting yesterday at The Ridge…The features speaker was Coach Steve Englehart of PC and the most Recent Players of the Week were recognized.

High School Football Scores, Schedules and Standings

• Thanks to scfootballstats.com you can now see last weekend’s scores for all games by classification on Saturday or Sunday and possibly Monday… After that you will see the weeks schedule by classification… You can also see the standings in each region by classification… To see this information, click here.

Broadcast Schedule: Below is a list of dates, times and teams that we plan on broadcasting live on Real Radio WLBG… And as usual you can hear it live on 860AM, 104.1 FM and the internet at www.wlbg.com… If it is a varsity football game, coverage will begin about 6:05 pm with the Friday Night Insiders program.

• Friday, 9-8-23: Laurens varsity football at Chapman at 7:30

Local Sports Schedule: [Read more…]

Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast… For those of you who listen to WLBG each weeknight between 6:00 and 8:00 pm you know that we carry Sports Talk each evening… They are now offering a Morning Sportscast each weekday morning done by the same folks… If you would like to listen to that click on the date9-7-23 below you would like to listen to… Enjoy

• 9-7-23
• 9-6-23

Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… Each week during the high school football season Sports Talk Media Network does a recap of high school football in the South Carolina… It is about 10 minute long… They have made that recap available to WLBG and I will make it available for you to listen to… Click on the week below to hear it… Enjoy!

• Week 2, 9-1-23

Clinton HS

Cross Country… last Saturday morning the Red Devil cross country teams participated in the Eye Opener event up at Milliken in Spartanburg… There were over 120 teams at the event.

• Boys Finish in Top 10… In the boys’ portion of the meet, the Red Devils finished 8^th out of 50 teams participating in the Championship Race… This is the first time the Red Devils have finished in the top 10 in this event… The team was led by Charlie Cody who ran the best time of his career which was 16:41:40 and that is also a new record time for the Red Devils… To see much more on this meet including how the other Red Devil varsity and JV runners did, click here… Congratulations to the team on such a fine showing in the meet… Go Big Red!
• Girls Finish 42^nd… The Lady Red Devils also had a good showing in the girls’ portion of the same met as they finished 42^nd out of over 120 teams… Elizabeth Reid led the team with a time of 21:53:70… For more information on how other Lady Red Devil varsity and JV runners did click here.
• JV Football on the Road… The Red Devil JV football team will be on the road this afternoon as they travel to Aiken for a 5:30 pm game.
• Clinton MS Pays at Home Today…  According to the schedule on the CHS Athletic website the Clinton MS Wildcats will host Brewer at 5:30 today at Wilder Stadium

Laurens HS

• Girls Tennis… Doing some catching up with the lady Raider tennis team I found a little information on the two of their matches to date…. Back on Wednesday, 8-23 the Raiders hosted Hillcrest and fell by a score of 6-o to the Lady Rams… Then on Thursday, 8-3 they hosted the Fountain Inn Fury and fell by a score of 4-2… In this match Kelsie Little and Sara Beth Field both took wins in singles action.
• JV Football Tonight… The Raider JV football team will have their home opener tonight as they host the Chapman Panthers at about 6:30 after the middle school football game at 5:00 pm.

Laurens Academy

• MS Football… According to the schedule posted on the Laurens Academy website, the middle school football team will host Newberry Academy today at 6:00 pm at Todd Kirk Field. 

Middle School Football… According to the master middle school football schedule that I have the area teams kick off their season today… If you are at one of the games please ask the coaches to report the scores to me tonight…. All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted.

• Christ Church at Hickory Tavern
• Gray Court-Owings vs. Sanders at KC Hanna Stadium before JV football game
• Laurens MS at Whitmire at 5:30
• Thornwell at Ware Shoals at 5:30

SC Prep Football Media Poll … Below the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Sept. 4. First-place votes and the teams’ records are in parentheses.

• CLASS 5A 1. Summerville (17) (2-0) 2. Gaffney (2) (2-1) 3. Sumter (1) (3-0) 4. Lexington (3-0) 5. Hillcrest (3-0) 6. Spartanburg (2-1) 7. Byrnes (2-1) 8. Fort Dorchester (1-1) 9. TL Hanna (2-1) and 10. JL Mann (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Boiling Springs, White Knoll, Ashley Ridge, Dutch Fork, Blythewood and Cane Bay
• CLASS 4A 1. South Florence (17) (3-0) 2. Hartsville (1) (2-0) 3. Northwestern (1) (1-1) 4. South Pointe (1) (2-1) 5. James Island (3-0) 6. Irmo (3-0) 7. Greenwood (2-1) 8. West Florence (2-1) 9. AC Flora (1-1) and 10. Midland Valley (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Greenville, Westside, Lucy Beckham and York, Ridge View.
• CLASS 3A 1. Dillon (16) (2-0) 2. Daniel (1) (2-0) 3. Clinton (2) (3-0) 4. Chester (3-0) 5. Belton-Honea Path (1) (2-0) 6. Gilbert (2-0) 7. Camden (2-1) 8. Chapman 2-1 9. Brookland-Cayce (2-0) and 10. Broome (2-1)… Others receiving votes: Manning, Crestwood, Seneca, Philip Simmons, Beaufort, Loris, Pendleton, Powdersville and  Crescent
• CLASS 2A 1. Abbeville (15) (3-0) 2. Gray Collegiate (5) (3-0) 3. Oceanside Collegiate (2-1) 4. Marion (3-0) 5. Hampton County (3-0) 6. Saluda (3-0) 7. Fairfield Central (2-1) 8. Silver Bluff (2-1) 9. Strom Thurmond (2-1) and 10. Woodland (1-0)… Others receiving votes: Ninety-Six, Chesnee and Timberland
• CLASS A 1. Lewisville (11) (2-1) 2. Christ Church (5) (2-1) 3. St. Joseph’s (4) (3-0) 4. Denmark-Olar (3-0) 5. Calhoun County (3-0) 6. (tie) Bamberg-Ehrhardt (2-1) 6. (tie) Whale Branch (2-0) 8. Lamar (1-2) 9. Southside Christian (0-2) and 10. Blackville-Hilda (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Latta, Lake View, Johnsonville, Wagener-Salley, Hunter-Kinard-Tyler, Hannah-Pamplico and Cross

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Sports Talk Media Network Morning Sportscast… For those of you who listen to WLBG each weeknight between 6:00 and 8:00 pm you know that we carry Sports Talk each evening… They are now offering a Morning Sportscast each weekday morning done by the same folks… If you would like to listen to that click on the date below you would like to listen to… Enjoy

• 9-6-23
• 9-5-23

Sports Talk Media High School Football Recap… Each week during the high school football season Sports Talk Media Network does a recap of high school football in the South Carolina… It is about 10 minute long… They have made that recap available to WLBG and I will make it available for you to listen to… Click on the week below to hear it… Enjoy!

• Week 2, 9-1-23

Clinton HS

• Volleyball… Last night the Red Devil volleyball teams traveled over to Laurens HS in round two of the “county championships”… As you may recall at Clinton on Monday, August the 28^th, the Red Devil JV team defeated the Raiders by a score of 2-0 and the Raider varsity took a 3-0 win over the Red Devils… Last night in JV action, the Red Devils again won again 2-0 with set scores of 25-21 and 25-19… In varsity action, it was a hard-fought match but, in the end, the Red Devils took a 3-2 win… The Red Devils won the first set 25-22 but the Raiders rebounded to take the second set 25-17 and the third set 26-24… The Red Devils then jumped out to an early lead in the fourth set and went on to win it 25-12… In the fifth and deciding set, it was tied 10-10 when the Red Devils scored 5 unanswered points to win it 15-10 and take the match 3-2 thus splitting the 2-match series with the Raiders.
• Girls Tennis… Catching up with the Red Devil girls tennis team:
  • Thursday, 8-31-23: Newberry 4 – Clinton 3… The Red Devils traveled to Newberry to take on the Bulldogs in their first match of the season and I hate to have to report that they fell to the Bulldogs 4-3… All three of the Red Devil wins came in singles action as Carly McMillan, Merin Orr and Kimora Wesley all defeated their opponents… For more information about this match click here.
  • Tuesday, 9-5-23: Clinton 4 – Mid-Carolina 3… Yesterday the lady Red Devils traveled down to Mid-Carolina HS to take on the Lady Rebels… Better news for Red Devil fans as they took a 4-3 win… Chandler Dailey, Libby Dailey and Kimora Wesley all took wins in singles action and the #1 doubles team of Chandler Dailey and Kimora Wesley also took a win… For more information on this match, click here… The team will be back in action tomorrow as they host Union County on the courts at Clinton MS.

Laurens Academy

• Murphy Chosen as TD Clun Player of the Week… Monday it was announced that Laurens Academy Junior Garrett Murphy has been chosen by the Laurens County Touchdown Club as the Player of the week for his performance in the Crusaders 58-0 win over the Newberry Eagles at Newberry last Friday… Murphy is a junior offensive running back, outside linebacker and a special teams player…. He had 12 total tackles on defense with 3 tackles for a loss and a forced fumble…  Offensively, Murphy had 8 rushes for 116 yards and a touchdown…  Receiving he had 5 catches for 94 yards and 2 touchdowns and had two successful 2 point conversions … Laurens Academy Head Football Coach Jolly Doolittle stated, “Garrett is a relentless worker that practices as hard as he plays, serves as well as he scores TDs, blocks as well as he catches, fakes as well as he runs, makes special plays on special teams and plays assignments to annihilation on defense.”… He will be honored at the TD Club meeting at noon this Thursday at The Ridge where in addition to the local high school coaches the guest speaker will be Presbyterian College Head Football Coach Steve Englehart… For more information about the TD Club look below in the This and That section.

Thornwell Charter

• Volleyball… Yesterday the Saints volleyball team hosted the Blue Flashes of Calhoun Falls… I am pleased to report that the Saints won 3-1 over Calhoun Falls… Thornwell took the first and second sets by scored of 25-15 and 25-21… Calhoun Falls bounced back and took the third set16-25… The two teams fought hard in the fourth set with the lead changing several times but when it was over the Saints had taken a close 25-23 win to win the match 3-1… The Saints improve to 3-1 for the season and will travel to Union County Say School tomorrow… Thanks to Cindy Pitts for the information…

SC Prep Football Media Poll … Below the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Monday, Sept. 4. First-place votes and the teams’ records are in parentheses.

• CLASS 5A 1. Summerville (17) (2-0) 2. Gaffney (2) (2-1) 3. Sumter (1) (3-0) 4. Lexington (3-0) 5. Hillcrest (3-0) 6. Spartanburg (2-1) 7. Byrnes (2-1) 8. Fort Dorchester (1-1) 9. TL Hanna (2-1) and 10. JL Mann (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Boiling Springs, White Knoll, Ashley Ridge, Dutch Fork, Blythewood and Cane Bay
• CLASS 4A 1. South Florence (17) (3-0) 2. Hartsville (1) (2-0) 3. Northwestern (1) (1-1) 4. South Pointe (1) (2-1) 5. James Island (3-0) 6. Irmo (3-0) 7. Greenwood (2-1) 8. West Florence (2-1) 9. AC Flora (1-1) and 10. Midland Valley (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Greenville, Westside, Lucy Beckham and York, Ridge View.
• CLASS 3A 1. Dillon (16) (2-0) 2. Daniel (1) (2-0) 3. Clinton (2) (3-0) 4. Chester (3-0) 5. Belton-Honea Path (1) (2-0) 6. Gilbert (2-0) 7. Camden (2-1) 8. Chapman 2-1 9. Brookland-Cayce (2-0) and 10. Broome (2-1)… Others receiving votes: Manning, Crestwood, Seneca, Philip Simmons, Beaufort, Loris, Pendleton, Powdersville and  Crescent
• CLASS 2A 1. Abbeville (15) (3-0) 2. Gray Collegiate (5) (3-0) 3. Oceanside Collegiate (2-1) 4. Marion (3-0) 5. Hampton County (3-0) 6. Saluda (3-0) 7. Fairfield Central (2-1) 8. Silver Bluff (2-1) 9. Strom Thurmond (2-1) and 10. Woodland (1-0)… Others receiving votes: Ninety-Six, Chesnee and Timberland
• CLASS A 1. Lewisville (11) (2-1) 2. Christ Church (5) (2-1) 3. St. Joseph’s (4) (3-0) 4. Denmark-Olar (3-0) 5. Calhoun County (3-0) 6. (tie) Bamberg-Ehrhardt (2-1) 6. (tie) Whale Branch (2-0) 8. Lamar (1-2) 9. Southside Christian (0-2) and 10. Blackville-Hilda (3-0)… Others receiving votes: Latta, Lake View, Johnsonville, Wagener-Salley, Hunter-Kinard-Tyler, Hannah-Pamplico and Cross

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