Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each ($15 for later rounds) and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

• Up Next… With the win the Red Devils punched their ticket to the Upper State Finals against another region foe Eau Clair which defeated still another region foe Mid-Carolina 54-43 in Columbia last night… The game will take place next Tuesday at The Florence Center at 6:00 pm… The winner of that game will play for the state championship at noon on Saturday in the same location…. For more information about the semifinal and finals including a link to purchase your tickets ahead of time click here… Go Big Red.

• Clinton Wrestling… I need to do some catching up on how the Red Devil wrestling team did this year.
  • • Team Playoffs… The team qualified for the SCHSL Playoffs and was seeded #5 in the upper state headed into the playoffs… On 2-1-25 they defeated #12 seed Abbeville to advance to the second round… Then they took on #4 seeded Ninety Six who had defeated #13 seeded Eau Claire… I hate to have to report that the Ninety Six Wildcats defeated the Red Devils to eliminate them from the Class AA playoffs which were eventually won by the Red Devils region foe Chester who defeated Buford 65-17
  • Individual 2A-1A Qualifier… After the State Team Tournament finished, members of the Red Devil wrestling team took part in the 2A-1A Qualifier at Chesnee… The following Red Devils finished high enough (8^th or better) to make it to the SCHSL State Individual Tournament.
    • Cooper Stinson – 106 lbs. – finished 6^th
    • Cameron Jackson – 113 lbs. – finished 6^th
    • Prince Bluford – 120 lbs. – finished 6^th
    • Emanuel Lagroon – 144 lbs. – finished 7^th
    • Kane Wooten – 150 lbs. – finished 6^th
    • Henry Cody – 165 lbs. – finished 4^th
    • Owen Lawton – 190 lbs. – finished 8^th
    • Ryan Lawton – 215 lbs. – finished 8^th
  • State Individual Tournament… Now the above young men qualified for the State Class 2A-1A- Individual Tournament on Feb 21^st and 22^nd but none of them were able to finish in the top 4 in that tournament…. Never the less, congratulations to them on making into the state Individual Tournament… There were a lot more wrestlers that didn’t make it than did!

Laurens HS

• Updated… Five Raider Wrestlers Finish in Top Four of State Individual Tournament…  This past weekend 11 male and 1 female wrestlers from LDHS participated in the SCHSL State Individual Wrestling Championship at the Florence Civic Center… The Raiders had 4 male and the 1 female wrestlers to finish in the top 4 of the event.
  • In the 138 pound division, Dakota McCall finished first taking a 7–2 decision over his opponent
  • In the 144 pound division, Michael Aiken finished second.
  • In the 150 pound division, Leyden Gentry also finished second.
  • In the 120 pound division, Kai McCall lost a close 5-4 decision to his opponent
  • And last but certainly not least, Emily Riopel placed 4^th in the female 170 pound weight class.
  • Congratulations to these Raiders for a fine sho0wing this past weekend and to the Raider team and Coach Jordan for finishing second in the team completion this year!
  • Updated… Congratulations to these same Raiders for making the All-State Team and to Coach Jordan as the Region Coach of The Year!

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Softball and Baseball …. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. [Read more…]

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

• Lady Red Devils 40 – Griffins 30
  • The Lady Red Devils hosted region foe the Lady Griffins of Fairfield Central last night and I am pleased to report that they took a 40-30 win over the Griffins after trailing 15-13 at the half… It was a slow first half that saw both teams have trouble getting the shots to drop as the score was 7-4 Clinton after 8 minutes of play… The Red Devils also had trouble rebounding in the first half and misses all 3 free throw attempts in the first half.
  • Coach Gardner challenged them at the half to get more physical, drive the lane as 3-point shots were not falling and get to the boards in the second half…. The Red Devils responded and took the lead for good about half way through the third quarter as their defense caused the Griffins to turn the ball over more than in the first half and they also controlled the boards in the second half… The Red Devils led 25-22 at the end of the third quarter and the fact that they started making free throws down the stretch helped them pull away to the win.
  • The Griffins Jazz McMillian led all scorers with 18 points which was only 1 point above her per game average… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Bryanna Belton who finished with 14 points… McKenzie Clark and Ry’Daija Mars scored 9 points each, Kemaria Shelton 6 and Mylayja Thompson 2.
• Up Next… With the win the Red Devils punched their ticket to the Upper State Finals against another region foe Eau Clair which defeated still another region foe Mid-Carolina 54-43 in Columbia last night… The game will take place next Tuesday at The Florence Center at 6:00 pm… The winner of that game will play for the state championship at noon on Saturday in the same location…. For more information about the semifinal and finals including a link to purchase your tickets ahead of time click here… Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

• Five Raider Wrestlers Finish in Top Four of State Individual Tournament…  This past weekend 11 male and 1 female wrestlers from LDHS participated in the SCHSL State Individual Wrestling Championship at the Florence Civic Center… The Raiders had 4 male and the 1 female wrestler to finish in the top 4 of the event.
  • In the 138 pound division, Dakota McCall finished first taking a 7–2 decision over his opponent
  • In the 144 pound division, Michael Aiken finished second.
  • In the 150 pound division, Leyden Gentry also finished second.
  • In the 120 pound division, Kai McCall lost a close 5-4 decision to his opponent
  • And last but certainly not least, Emily Riopel placed 4^th in the female 170 pound weight class.
  • Congratulations to these Raiders for a fine sho0wing this past weekend and to the Raider team and Coach Jordan for finishing second in the team completion this year!

Thornwell… Catching up on some odds and ends at Thornwell… Congratulations to:

• KJ Singleton for being named to the Region 1A  Boys All-Region Team
• Zaylen Washington for being nominated for the Class A All-State Basketball Team
• Coach Justin Dawkins for being named the Region 1A Boys Basketball Coach of the Year.

 Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Softball and Baseball …. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. [Read more…]

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

• Lady Red Devils Back in Action Tonight… Tonight at 6:00 pm the Red Devils will be hosting region foe the Griffins of Fairfield Central in the third round of the SCHSL Class AA Girls Playoffs……. The Red Devils come into the game with a 22-5 record while the Griffins are 11-11… The Griffins are averaging 40.1 points per game while giving up 43.1 points per game… The Red Devils are averaging 46.4 points per game while their defense is giving up 27 points per game… The Griffins are led in scoring by sophomore guard Jazzlyn McMillan who is averaging 17.3 points per game while the Red Devils Bryanna Belton averages 9.3 points per game and McKenzie Clark 9.1 points per game… The Red Devils defeated the Griffins twice during the season by scores of 40-23 at home and 39-18 at Winnsboro… To see the Griffins season schedule and results, click here… If you wish to purchase your tickets for the game and avoid the line at the door, click here… One last comment: Go Big Red! 

• Boys Basketball: High Point 67– Clinton 48… Yesterday I reported to you that the Red Devils boys’ basketball team traveled up to High Point Academy last Friday night and all I had at that time was the final scorer of the game… The Grizzlies ended the Red Devils season by taking a 67-48 win over the Red Devils… At that time, I did not have any scoring details on the game, but I do now… The Red Devils started out a little slow as they trailed 23-19 at the half and 47-39 going into the fourth quarter… There the Grizzlies outscored the Red Devils 20-9 to take the 67-48 win… The Red Devils had two players scoring in double-digits as Tushawan Richardson finished with a game-high 16 points and Zy Butler 12… Devin Swindler finished with 8 points, Owen Glenn 4, Terry Smith 3, Kylen Calhoun 3, and CJ Jones 2… Coach Glenn said “Our kids played hard all season, we didn’t end how we wanted to but we have tons of memories that will las a lifetime…. #GBR”… The Red Devils finish the season with a very respectful 15-9 record having finished second in the region behind Fairfield Central with an 8-2 region record… By the way, Fairfield Central was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs when they fell to Liberty by a score of 43-41… None of the teams in Clinton’s region survived the first round other than the Red Devils.

Laurens HS

• Five Raider Wrestlers Finish in Top Four of State Individual Tournament…  This past weekend 11 male and 1 female wrestlers from LDHS participated in the SCHSL State Individual Wrestling Championship at the Florence Civic Center… The Raiders had 4 male and the 1 female wrestler to finish in the top 4 of the event.
  • In the 138-pound division, Dakota McCall finished first taking a 7–2 decision over his opponent
  • In the 144 pound division, Michael Aiken finished second.
  • In the 150 pound division, Leyden Gentry also finished second.
  • In the 120 pound division, Kai McCall lost a close 5-4 decision to his opponent
  • And last but certainly not least, Emily Riopel placed 4^th in the female 170 pound weight class.
  • Congratulations to these Raiders for a fine sho0wing this past weekend and to the Raider team and Coach Jordan for finishing second in the team completion this year!

Laurens Academy

• SCISA Finals Girls Basketball: Cross 45 – Crusaders 29
  •  When you start a season having lost 8 players from last year’s team and have 2 freshman and a 7^th grader on your team and playing most of the game, you don’t reasonably expect to have as good a season as was the last one…   Well that was the case with the Laurens Academy Crusader varsity girls team this year that defied those expectations going 18-8 overall and winning their region with a 4-0 record, the region tournament and making it into the final game of the SCISA Class AA Championship game.
  • Today I hate to have to report that the Crusaders “special season” came to an end Saturday in Sumter where the lost to the Cross Schools Stingrays by a score of 45-29… The Crusaders actually led 11-7 at the end of the first quarter but then turnovers and the Stingrays offense heating up the rest of the way while to Crusaders offense did not improve led to the loss… Sadie Bruyere was the only Crusader scoring in double-digits as she finished with 10 points… By the way she was named to the All-State Tournament team… Braylee Burke finished with 9 points, Abby Howard 4, Madisyn Graham 3, Mackenzie Runyans 2 and Caroline Robinson 1.
  • Needless to say that Coach Jason Marlett expressed nothing but pride in how his team improved throughout the season and played fearlessly… As you might expect, he can’t wait to see what the future hold for the team… The Crusaders will only lose one senior this year and that is Abby Howard who stepped up and played very well for the Crusaders especially down the stretch…. Congratulations to the Crusaders on a very good season!

Thornwell… Catching up on some odds and ends at Thornwell… Congratulations to:

• KJ Singleton for being named to the Region 1A  Boys All-Region Team
• Zaylen Washington for being nominated for the Class A All-State Basketball Team
• Coach Justin Dawkins for being named the Region 1A Boys Basketball Coach of the Year.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Softball and Baseball …. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

• Up Next for Lady Red Devils… Tomorrow night at 6:00 pm the Red Devils will be hosting region foe Fairfield Central in the third round of the SCHSL Class AA Girls Playoffs.

• Boys Basketball: High Point 67– Clinton 48… The Red Devils will be traveled up to High Point Academy last Friday night and all I have is the final scorer of the game… The Grizzlies ended the Red Devils season by taking a 67-48 win over the Red Devils… I hope to get scoring details for the Red Devils today and if I do I will bring them to you tomorrow… The Red Devils finish the season with a very respectful 15-9 record having finished second in the region behind Fairfield Central with an 8-2 region record… By the way, Fairfield Central was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs when they fell to Liberty by a score of 43-41… None of the teams in Clinton’s region survived the first round other than the Red Devils.

Laurens HS

• Five Raider Wrestlers Finish in Top Four of State Individual Tournament…  This past weekend 11 male and 1 female wrestler from LDHS participated in the SCHSL State Individual Wrestling Championship at the Florence Civic Center (see below to see who all the wrestles were)… The Raiders had 4 male and the 1 female wrestler to finish in the top 4 of the event.
  • In the 138-pound division, Dakota McCall finished first taking a 7–2 decision over his opponent
  • In the 144-pound division, Michael Aiken finished second.
  • In the 150-pound division, Leyden Gentry also finished second.
  • In the 120-pound division, Kai McCall lost a close 5-4 decision to his opponent
  • And last but certainly not least, Emily Riopel placed 4^th in the female 170-pound weight class.
  • Congratulations to these Raiders for a fine sho0wing this past weekend and to the Raider team and Coach Jordan for finishing second in the team completion this year!

• Four Sign at LDHS…  Wednesday afternoon at LDHS four student athletes signed letter of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers at four different institutions in South Carolina… Laura Gregory and Maryah Hernandez will continue their cheerleading at two different schools… Laura will be cheering on the PC Blue Hose while Maryah will be doing the same for the Newberry Wolves… Both are members of the competitive cheer team at LDHS since it was started by Coach Erin Patterson two years ago… The team was able to qualify for the state tournament this year… Leyden Gentry is signing with Coker University to continue hos wrestling career… His career at LDHS is not quite over as he has qualified for the Individual State Wrestling Tournament in Florence starting tomorrow in Florence in the 150 pound weight class where he finished #1 in the recent Upper State Qualifier… Ja’Mauri Williams will continue his football career at Erskine College playing for the Flying Fleet… He has played defensive back and some linebacker for the Raiders where he has been a member of the All-Region Team for the past two years… He is planning on playing the same positions at Erskine… I am trying to get two video interviews audited and put up on YouTube but I am having trouble with my video editing program… If you would like to see the interview done with Williams and Gentry, click here… If you would like to see the interview done with Gregory and Hernandez click here… Congratulations and good luck to these fine young student athletes.

• Wrestling… I want to wish members of the Raider wrestling team good luck as they travel to the Florence Civic Center today and tomorrow to participate in the SCHSL Individual Wrestling Championships… Last weekend at Westside HS in Anderson at the Upper State Qualifier they placed high enough to punch their ticket to this weekend… Those wrestlers include (weight class, name, finishing position at qualifier):
  • 106 – Chrisley Martin – 5
  • 113 – Abel Miles – 7
  • 120 – Kai McCall – 3
  • 126 – Jordan Miles – 8
  • 138 – Dakota McCall – 1
  • 144 – Michael Aiken – 2
  • 150 – Leyden Gentry – 1
  • 157 – Jonathan Pagoda – 4
  • 175 – Zane Kellett – 3
  • 190 – Zi’Anthony Priestly – 5
  • 215 – Michael Brown – 5
  • In addition to these young men, Raider female wrestler Emily Riopel has qualified for the female portion of this event in the 170 pound classification.
  • Good Luck to the Raiders!!!

 Laurens Academy

• SCISA Finals Girls Basketball: Cross 45 – Crusaders 29
  •  When you start a season having lost 8 players from last year’s team and have 2 freshman and a 7^th grader on your team and playing most of the game, you don’t reasonably expect to have as good a season as was the last one…   Well, that was the case with the Laurens Academy Crusader varsity girls team this year that defied those expectations going 18-8 overall and winning their region with a 4-0 record, the region tournament and making it into the final game of the SCISA Class AA Championship game.
  • Today I hate to have to report that the Crusaders “special season” came to an end Saturday in Sumter where the lost to the Cross Schools Stingrays by a score of 45-29… The Crusaders actually led 11-7 at the end of the first quarter but then turnovers and the Stingrays offense heating up the rest of the way while to Crusaders offense did not improve led to the loss… Sadie Bruyere was the only Crusader scoring in double-digits as she finished with 10 points… By the way she was named to the All-State Tournament team… Braylee Burke finished with 9 points, Abby Howard 4, Madisyn Graham 3, Mackenzie Runyans 2 and Caroline Robinson 1.
  • Needless to say, that Coach Jason Marlett expressed nothing but pride in how his team improved throughout the season and played fearlessly… As you might expect, he can’t wait to see what the future hold for the team… The Crusaders will only lose one senior this year and that is Abby Howard who stepped up and played very well for the Crusaders especially down the stretch…. Congratulations to the Crusaders on a very good season!

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. [Read more…]

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

• Girls Basketball: Red Devils 49 – Cardinals 19… The Lady Red Devils hosted the Lady Cardinals of Landrum last night in second round action of the SCHSL Class AA Playoffs… Good news for Red Devil fans as they took a dominating 49-19 win over the Cardinals… The Red Devils led 16-8 after 8 minutes of play and 22-12 at the half and were never really threatened after that… The Cardinals who had seen mostly zone defenses during the regular season simply had trouble with the Red Devils sticky man-to-man defense… They committed twice the number of turnovers in the first half than Clinton thus giving the Red Devils more opportunities to score…The Red Devils dominated the defensive boards in the second half thus giving the Cardinals very few second chances at the basket… The Red Devils were led in scoring by McKenzie Clark who finished with a game-high 16 points and Bryanna Belton was also in double-digits with 11 points 9 of which came from behind the 3-point each… Others scoring for the Red Devils included Ry’Daijia Mars and Mylayja Thompson who scored 5 points each, Kemaria Shelton 4, and both Symiah Floyd and Nah’shia Wright finished with 2 points each.
• Up Next… Next Tuesday at 6:00 pm the Red Devils will be hosting region foe Fairfield Central that defeated Cheraw 75-59 last night

• Boys Basketball: The Red Devils will be traveling to High Point Academy to take on the Grizzlies at 6:00 pm tonight… The Red Devils come into the game with a 14-8 overall record while the Grizzlies are 24-3 on the season… The two teams met once this season with High Point taking a narrow 68-64 win.

Laurens HS

• Four Sign at LDHS…  Wednesday afternoon at LDHS four student athletes signed letter of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers at four different institutions in South Carolina… Laura Gregory and Maryah Hernandez will continue their cheerleading at two different schools… Laura will be cheering on the PC Blue Hose while Maryah will be doing the same for the Newberry Wolves… Both are members of the competitive cheer team at LDHS since it was started by Coach Erin Patterson two years ago… The team was able to qualify for the state tournament this year… Leyden Gentry is signing with Coker University to continue hos wrestling career… His career at LDHS is not quite over as he has qualified for the Individual State Wrestling Tournament in Florence starting tomorrow in Florence in the 150-pound weight class where he finished #1 in the recent Upper State Qualifier… Ja’Mauri Williams will continue his football career at Erskine College playing for the Flying Fleet… He has played defensive back and some linebacker for the Raiders where he has been a member of the All-Region Team for the past two years… He is planning on playing the same positions at Erskine… I am trying to get two video interviews audited and put up on YouTube but I am having trouble with my video editing program… If you would like to see the interview done with Williams and Gentry, click here… If you would like to see the interview done with Gregory and Hernandez, click here… Congratulations and good luck to these fine young student athletes.

• Wrestling… I want to wish members of the Raider wrestling team good luck as they travel to the Florence Civic Center today and tomorrow to participate in the SCHSL Individual Wrestling Championships… Last weekend at Westside HS in Anderson at the Upper State Qualifier they placed high enough to punch their ticket to this weekend… Those wrestlers include (weight class, name, finishing position at qualifier):
  • 106 – Chrisley Martin – 5
  • 113 – Abel Miles – 7
  • 120 – Kai McCall – 3
  • 126 – Jordan Miles – 8
  • 138 – Dakota McCall – 1
  • 144 – Michael Aiken – 2
  • 150 – Leyden Gentry – 1
  • 157 – Jonathan Pagoda – 4
  • 175 – Zane Kellett – 3
  • 190 – Zi’Anthony Priestly – 5
  • 215 – Michael Brown – 5
  • In addition to these young men, Raider female wrestler Emily Riopel has qualified for the female portion of this event in the 170-pound classification.
  • Good Luck to the Raiders!!!

Laurens Academy

• Girls Basketball: Crusaders 44 – Raiders 43 in OT…  The Lady Crusader basketball team punched their ticket to the SCISA Class AA finals Saturday by taking a 44-43 win over the Lady Raiders of Dorchester Academy in overtime last night… The Raiders lead 14-11 at the half and went on a run that saw the Crusaders go down by 11 before they cut the Raiders lead to 28-20 going into the fourth quarter… The Crusaders continued their comeback in the fourth quarter and had a 2 point lead when Dorchester tied the game 39-39 with 10 seconds left in regulation… Mackenzie Runyans was able to get off a shot just before the buzzer but it rimmed out… In the overtime, the Crusaders took the lead for good with 6 seconds left on free throws by Sadie Bruyere… Dorchester got off a desperation shot that did not find the basket as the Crusaders took the win… Sadie Bruyere led the Crusaders with a game-high 14 points with 10 pf her points coming from the free throw line… Brooklyn Senn also scored in double digits as she finished with 13 points… Others scoring for the Crusaders included Mackenzie Runyans with 6 points, Braylee Burks 6, Brooke Abercrombie 4 and Madisyn Graham 1.
• Up Next… The Lady Crusades have advanced to finals in the SCISA Class AA Basketball Tournament…They will be taking on the Lady Stingrays of Cross Schools out of Bluffton Saturday at the Sumter Civic Center at 1:00 pm… The Lady Crusaders are now 18-7 Lady Crusaders while the Stingrays are 17-10… They are led by junior guard Ryan Mayers who is averaging 13.9 points per game… If you would like to see the schedule and results for the Stingrays, click here… Good Luck to the Crusaders!

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

• Girls Basketball: The Lady Red Devils will be hosting Landrum Cardinals tonight at 6:00 pm in second round action of the Class AA Playoffs… The Cardinals come into the game with a 15-13 record and finished second in their region with a 9-4 region record… The Cardinal defeated American Leadership Academy Monday night to earn the right to take on the Red Devils tonight… They are averaging 43.4 points per game while giving up an average of region 37.9 points per game while the Red Devils are averaging 46.5 points per game and giving up 28.3 points per game…  They are led in scoring by their junior guard Kylie Fortner who is averaging 17.8 points per game… If you would like to see the Cardinals schedule and results, click here… One last thing: Go Big Red!

• Boys Basketball: The Red Devils will be traveling to High Point Academy to take on the Grizzlies at 6:00 pm tomorrow night.

Laurens HS

• Four Sign at LDHS…  Yesterday afternoon at LDHS four student athletes signed letter of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers at four different institutions in South Carolina… Laura Gregory and Maryah Hernandez will continue their cheerleading at two different schools… Laura will be cheering on the PC Blue Hose while Maryah will be doing the same for the Newberry Wolves… Both are members of the competitive cheer team at LDHS since it was started by Coach Erin Patterson two years ago… The team was able to qualify for the state tournament this year… Leyden Gentry is signing with Coker University to continue hos wrestling career… His career at LDHS is not quite over as he has qualified for the Individual State Wrestling Tournament in Florence starting tomorrow in Florence in the 150-pound weight class where he finished #1 in the recent Upper State Qualifier… Ja’Mauri Williams will continue his football career at Erskine College playing for the Flying Fleet… He has played defensive back and some linebacker for the Raiders where he has been a member of the All-Region Team for the past two years… He is planning on playing the same positions at Erskine… I am trying to get two video interviews audited and put up on YouTube, but I am having trouble with my video editing program… If you would like to see the interview done with Williams and Gentry, click here… If you would like to see the interview done with Gregory and Hernandez, click here… Congratulations and good luck to these fine young student athletes.

Laurens Academy

• Girls Basketball…  The Lady Crusades have advanced to the semi-finals in the SCISA Class AA basketball tournament…They will be taking on the Lady Raiders of Dorchester Academy at Wilson Hall in Sumter tonight at 6:00 pm… The 17-7 Lady Crusaders will be taking on the 14-7 Raiders who are averaging 41.2 points per game while giving up 35.7 while the Crusaders are averaging 41.3 points per game while giving up 30.9… They like the Crusaders finished first in their region with a 3-0 record… If you would like to see the Raiders schedule, click here… Good Luck to the Crusader!

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

• Boys: Clinton 54 – Saluda 49… The Red Devil boys’ varsity basketball team opened play in the SCHSL Class AA Playoffs last night hosting the Tigers of Saluda… After a slow start, the Red Devils prevailed by a score of 54-49… The Red Devils were cold in the first quarter as they trailed 8-5 at its end… They started to heat up the offense in the second quarter scoring 13 points while holding the Tigers to just 4 points to take an 18-12 lead into the locker room at the half… The Red Devils put 26 points on the scoreboard in the third quarter to make the score 44-25 heading into the last 8 minutes of the game where the Tigers did try to come back but the Red Devils did not allow them to come all the way back… The Tigers did have 3 players scoring in double-digits and the Red Devils had only one and that was Tushawan Richardson who finished with a game-high 24 points… Terry Smith and Devin Swindler both finished with 8 points, Zy Butler 6, Kylen Calhoun 3, DJ Clark and Owen Glenn 2 while Jarred Willard rounded out the Red Devil scoring with 1 point…… A quick check of the Class AA brackets early this morning shows that High Point Academy took a 68-45 win over Chesterfield last night and they have a #1 seeding going into the playoffs while Clinton had a #2 seeding so I do believe the Red Devils will be traveling to High Point on Friday to take on the Grizzlies… I’ll try to confirm that today and get back to you tomorrow.
• Girls: A reminder that the lady Red Devils will be hosting Landrum Cardinals tomorrow night at 6:00 pm in second round action.

Laurens HS

• Basketball
  • Girls: Camden 74 – Raiders 20… The Lady Raider basketball team traveled down to Camden last night to take on the Lady Bulldogs in first round action of the Class AAAA playoffs… Camden came into the game with a 16-6 record averaging 68 points per game and giving up an average of 42 points per game… After the game I think the Raiders may have been asking themselves how did the Lady Bulldogs lose those 6 games as they rolled to a 74-20 win over the Raiders… They led 19-3 after 8 minutes of play and 33-12 at the half and never looked back though the Raiders never stopped trying to come back… The Bulldogs are a quick, pressing team that also rebounded well as they forced the Rides into about 30 turnovers while they had about 15… They had 5 players score in double-digits while the Raiders were led in scoring by senior Zoe Young who finished with 8 points… Ty Jones scored 6 points, Keyorick Yeargin 4 and Nyri Allen 2… Congratulations to the Raiders and Coach Cade for making the playoffs for the first time in several years… As a matter of fact, congratulations to both the Raider varsity basketball team for showing much improvement this year and making the playoffs.

Laurens Academy

• Girls Basketball…  The Lady Crusades have advanced to the semi-finals in the SCISA Class AA basketball tournament…They will be taking on Dorchester Academy at Wilson Hall in Sumter tomorrow night at 6:00 pm.

Thornwell

• Girls: Lee Central 76 – Thornwell 6… The Lady Saints traveled over to Bishopville to take on the Lady Stallions of Lee Central last night in the opening round of the Class A playoffs… The Lady Stallion came into the game with an 18-4 record averaging 52.1 points per game while giving up 27-5… The Lady Saints found out that the Lady Stallions were the “real deal” as the Stallions took a 76-6 win over the Lady Saints…. The Stallions held the Saints scoreless until about 4 minutes left in the game when the Saints Jessie Pitts scored the first two points for the Saints… She later added another one and Kendra Wilson also scored for the Saints… This was the first time that the Lady Saints made the playoffs since Thornwell reopened and marked the last time Madi Landrith and Karleigh Porter put on the Saints basketball uniform…. My thanks to Cindy Pitts for helping me cover the saints this season.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS

• Girls: Clinton 67 – Liberty 29… The Lady Red Devils opened play in the Class AA playoffs last night taking on another set of Red Devils, the Liberty Lady Red Devils… As Coach John Gardner put it, they started “slow” as they only led 14-7 after 8 minutes of play… well they may have started slow but they sure finished strong as they rolled to a 67-29 win over Liberty… Clinton had four players scoring in double-digits and was led in scoring by Bryanna Belton who finished with 17 points 9 of them from behind the three-point line… Nah’shia Wright finished with 13 points, Mylayja Thompson 12 and McKenzie Clark 10… Rounding out the scoring for Clinton both Ry’Daijia Mars and Kemaria Shelton scored 5 points, Jakia Burton 3 and Symiah Floyd 2… The Red Devils advance to round two Thursday night when they will host the Landrum Cardinals at 6:00 pm… Landrum took a 54-31 win over the lady Patriots of American Leadership Academy last night.
• Boys: The Red Devil boys will be hosting the Saluda Tigers at 6:00 pm tonight… The Red Devils finished second in their region with a 14-8 overall record… They will be hosting the Saluda Tigers Tuesday at 6:00 pm… The Tigers finished third in their region with a 7-4 region record… They are averaging 51.1 points per game whole giving up 40.5 points per game… The Red Devils are averaging 61 points per game while giving up 53.2 points per game.
• Tickets Note: Tickets will be sold at the door for $8.00 cash only… No credit or debit cards will be accepted… To buy your ticket ahead of time online, click here.

Laurens HS

• Basketball up Next…
  • Boys: Berea 60 – Raiders 58… The Raider boys’ basketball team saw it season come to an end last night as the Berea Bulldogs took a30-58 win scoring the winning shot just before the buzzer went off… The Raiders arguably did not play their best last night as they trailed 34-30 at the half… They came back in the third quarter and led 45-42 at its end… The Bulldogs and the Raiders went to-to-toe down the stretch and the Raiders led 58-56 with just under a minute to go when they committed a turnover that the Bulldogs converted into a score to tie the game 58-58… The Raiders had a chance to take the lead back with about 20 seconds left when one of the Raiders had two free throws but missed them both… The Bulldogs then went down the court and scored the winning basket with about a second left to end the Raiders’ season… The Bulldogs were hot from the outside as they 11 three-point shots while the Raiders had only 4… The Raiders had three players scoring in double-digits as TyJ Jones finished with 19 points, while both RJ Brewster-Snow and Will Tomson scored 12 each… Rounding out the scoring for the Raiders Zee Simpson scored 6 points, DJ Martin 4 while Quin Anderson and Trendon Brown both finished with 2 points… Q. Watts rounded out the Raiders scoring with 1 point… The Raiders finish the season with a 19-8 overall record… Thanks to the team and Coach Flood for the great season that saw the Raider not give up the entire season!
  • Girls: The 12-13 Lady Raiders will open playoff action on the road tomorrow at 6:30 at Camden HS taking on the Lady Bulldogs who finished their season with a 16-6 record and third in their region… They are averaging 68.1 points per game while giving up 41.8 points per game…  The Lady Raiders are averaging 39.7 points per game while giving up 41.6 points per game.
  • NOTE: We do plan on broadcasting both of these games here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

Laurens Academy

• Girls: Crusaders 49 – Sundevils 43…  The Laurens Academy Lady Crusaders opened up their participation in the SCISA Class AA Playoffs down at Cardinal Newman HS yesterday taking on the Lady Sundevils of Charleston Colligate from of James Island… Good news to report to Crusader fans as they took a tight 49-43 win over the Sundevils… The Crusaders led 18-17 at the half and then outscored the Sundevils 18-13 in the third quarter to take a 36-30 lead… That Crusaders made that 6-point difference hold up as both teams scored 13 points down the stretch…The Crusaders had two players scoring in double-digits and were led by Sadie Bruyere who finished with a game-high 20 points… The other Crusader scoring in double digits was Braylee Burke who scored 15 points with 9 of them coming from behind the three-point arc…. Mackenzie Runyan’s finished with 6 points, Abby Howard 4, Brooklyn Senn 3 and Madisyn Graham 1… The Crusades advance to round two (semi-finals) Thursday at Wilson Hall against an opponent to be determined by other action last night and at a time I do not know yet… I’ll try to let you know tomorrow.

Thornwell

• Girls…The Lady Saints finished in 6^th place in the region and made it into the playoffs… They will start the playoffs tonight on the road traveling to the Bishopville area taking on the Lee Central Lady Stallions… The Lady Stallions won their region with a perfect 12-0 region record and finished with an 18-4 overall record averaging 52.1 points per game while giving up 27-5… Of course the Lady Saints finished the regular season with a 7-12 record averaging 33.5 points per game while giving up 39.9 points per game… Now the MaxPreps schedule shows the game starting at 7:00 pm but Coach Justin Dawkins text me saying it started at 6:00 pm.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. [Read more…]

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here…. NOTE… For all SCHSL playoff games, the tickets will cost $8 each and anyone over the age of two must have a ticket to enter… The only passes that will be accepted are SCHSL passes… No school issued passes of any type will be accepted.

Clinton HS… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams will open play in the SCHSL Class AA playoffs this week.

• Girls: The lady Red Devils who finished undefeated in the region and are 20-5 on the season will host another set of Red Devils from Liberty HS at 6:00 pm… Liberty comes into the game with a 5-18 overall record and finished with a region record of 4-8 which means they finished 6^th in their region… They are averaging 35.5 points per game while giving up 45.1 points per game… Their leading scorer is #1 sophomore point guard Natalie White who is averaging 10.7 points per game… The Clinton Red Devils are averaging 45.7 points per game while giving up 28.3 points per game… Bryanna Belton is averaging 9 points per game and McKenzie Clark 8.9.
• Boys: The Red Devil boys will be hosting the Saluda Tigers at 6:00 pm on Tuesday… The Red Devils finished second in their region with a 14-8 overall record… They will be hosting the Saluda Tigers Tuesday at 6:00 pm… The Tigers finished third in their region with a 7-4 region record… They are averaging 51.1 points per game whole giving up 40.5 points per game… The Red Devils are averaging 61 points per game while giving up 53.2 points per game.
• Tickets Note: Tickets will be sold at the door for $8.00 cash only… No credit or debit cards will be accepted… To buy your ticket ahead of time online, click here.

Laurens HS

• Basketball up Next…
  • Boys…  The Raider boys’ team will open the playoffs at home today at 7:00 pm against the Berea Bulldogs…  The 19-7 Raiders finished second in their region while the 11-12 Bulldogs finished 6^th in their region… The Bulldogs are averaging 62.8 points per game while giving up 59.8 points per game… The Raiders are averaging 60 points per game and giving up 53.1 points per game.
  • Girls: The 12-13 Lady Raiders will open playoff action on the road tomorrow at 6:30 at Camden HS taking on the Lady Bulldogs who finished their season with a 16-6 record and third in their region… They are averaging 68.1 points per game while giving up 41.8 points per game…  The Lady Raiders are averaging 39.7 points per game while giving up 41.6 points per game.
  • NOTE: We do plan on broadcasting both of these games here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

 Laurens Academy… The Crusader varsity basketball teams opened SCISA Class AA playoff action this past weekend.

• Boys: Faith Christian 57 – Crusaders 39… The boys open up with the Faith Christian Knights out of Summerville Saturday down at Calhoun Academy in St. Mathews… The Crusaders hung in there for the first half as the Knights only led 31-26 at the half… The third quarter proved to be a disaster for the Crusaders as the knights outscored them 20-4 and then went on to a 57-39 win over the Crusaders… The Knights had three players score in double-digits while the Crusaders had only one and that was Brayden Burke who finished with a game-high 17 points… Micha strait and Garrison Vaughn both finished with 8 points while Garrett Murphy scored 4 and Tristan Bates 2… The Crusaders end their season with a 7-18 record while the 14-7 Knights move on to the next round.
• Girls – The Lady Crusaders will not start their participation until today when they take on the Lady Sundevils of Charleston Colligate out of James Island who defeated Holy Trinity Classical Christian Friday… The best I can find out is that the Sundevils are 5-10 on the season while the Crusaders come in at 16-7… The game is being held at Cardinal Newman HS and the game is scheduled to start at 5:00 pm.

Thornwell

• Girls…The Lady Saints finished in 6^th place in the region and made it into the playoffs… They will start the playoffs tomorrow on the road traveling to the Bishopville area taking on the Lee Central Lady Stallions… The Lady Stallions won their region with a perfect 12-0 region record and finished with an 18-4 overall record averaging 52.1 points per game while giving up 27-5… Of course, the Lady Saints finished the regular season with a 7-12 record averaging 33.5 points per game while giving up 39.9 points per game… Now the MaxPreps schedule shows the game starting at 7:00 pm but Coach Justin Dawkins text me saying it started at 6:00 pm.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

Local Notes

SCHSL Basketball Brackets… If you would like to see all the brackets for the South Carolina High School League for all the classifications both boys and girls, click here.

  Clinton HS… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams traveled to Fairfield Central HS to take on the Griffins last night in their final game of the regular season … Updated: I now have more details on the games.

• Girls: Clinton 39 – Griffins 18… The Red Devils completed their season and finished first in the region as they took a 39-18 win to make them 10-0 in region play… They outscored the Griffins 16-7 in the first half and 23-11 in the second half to take the win… Bryanna Belton and Nah’shia Wright led the Red Devils with 8 points each… McKenzie Clark finished with 7 points, Nah’shia Wright 6, and both Ry’Daijia Clark & Kemaria Shelton finished with 5 points each… The team will start playoff action Monday at home against an opponent yet to be determined.
• Boys: Griffins 47 – Red Devils 44… I really hate to have to report that the boys fell to the Griffins by a score of 47-44… This is especially heartbreaking because if the Red Devils won by 2 point or more, they would be region champs… They actually led 40-32 going into the fourth quarter where the Griffins outscored them 15-4 to take the come-back win… The Red Devils had two players scoring in double-digits as Tushawan Richardson finished with 22 points and Devin Swindler 11 points … Owen Glenn finished with 6 points, CJ Jones 3 and DJ Clark 2… The Red Devils finished second in the region, and I do believe they will be hosting a first-round playoff game on Tuesday.

Laurens HS

• Basketball up Next…
  • Boys…  The Raider boys’ team will open the playoffs at home Monday against an opponent yet to be determined at the time of this posting.
  • Girls: The Lady Raiders will open playoff action on the road Tuesday against an opponent and at a time yet to be determined at the time of this posting.
  • NOTE: We do plan on broadcasting both of these games here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com

• Wrestling… I want to wish all the Raider wrestlers good luck as they travel to Westside HS in Anderson to start their participation in the Upper State Qualifier for the individual State Wrestling Tournament next weekend. It starts tonight and concludes tomorrow… If they finish as one of the top six wrestlers in their weight class they will be in the State Tournament next weekend

Laurens Academy

• Up Next… The Laurens Academy Crusaders now know when they will be participating in the SCISA Class AA Basketball Playoffs… If you would like to see the entire Class AA Bracket for both boys and girls, click here.
  • Boys: The Crusader boys will start their participation in the playoffs on Saturday (2-15-25) taking on Faith Christian at noon at Calhoun Academy in St. Mathews.
  • Girls – The Lady Crusaders will not start their participation until Monday (2-17-25) when they face the winner of Charleston Collegiate vs. Holy Trinity at a location and time to be determined.

Thornwell at Ware Shoals… The Saints boys’ basketball team traveled to Ware Shoals last night for a “play-in” game to the state playoffs next week… Very simply whoever won moves on and the loser is done.

• Boys: Hornets 97 – Saints 74… The Saints ran into a very hot Hornet team that seemed like they could but most any shot they wanted to and make it including some that looked more like a prayer than a shot… The Hornet with the most sting last night was Charles Callaham who scored 45 points and I do believe that if he had the tire off the bus he could have made that go through the basket… The Saints never stopped competing and really did not play that bad against a quick Hornet team… The Saints were led in scoring by KJ Singleton who scored 33 points and Zaylen Washington with 20 points… Kemonte Pitts scored 7 points, Jacob Wilson 6, Parker Workman 4 and both Malik Anderson and Ke’zavious Kinard scored 2 points each…. The Saint finish the season with an 8-12 record.
• Up Next in Basketball…The lady Saints finished in 6^th place in the region and made it into the playoffs… They will start the playoffs Tuesday on the road against an opponent yet to be determined.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. 

College Basketball… In the polls the number in parenthesis (?) indicates their rank in the last poll if it is different from the present one… If there is a score given for game(s) click on it to see details on the game(s).

Men

• DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (2-103-25) some changes in the top 5 this week… Auburn is still #1 followed by Alabama (3), Florida (6), Duke (2) and Tennessee (4))… There were some changes in spots 6-10 as Houston (5) now checks in at #6 followed by Purdue (7), Texas A&M (10), St John’s (12) and Iowa State (8)…Clemson finally made the top 25 as check in at #23 after their wins over Duke and North Carolina… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
• DI Scores… To see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
• Standings by Conference… To see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.

Women

• DI AP Poll… The latest AP Top 25 Poll (2-9-25) also had one or two changes in the top 5…UCLA is still #1  but Notre Dame moves up to #2 after South Carolina’s loss to Texas last Sunday… Texas (4) is now #3 and South Carolina (2) 34 followed by LSU (6) rounding out the top 5… Spots 6-10 are occupied by Sothern California (7), UConn (5), Kentucky (11), Ohio State (8) and NC State (14)… To see the remainder of the top 25 click here.
• DI Scores… To see the scores foe last night and also for the previous couple of days click here… You can also look ahead to the next few days to see who will be playing.
• Standings by Conference… To see the conference standings for each of the DI conferences, click here… It’s a long list so if you want to see say the SEC standings, you have to scroll down a good bit.

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

 NASCAR

• Schedule… Well February is here and that means it is almost tine for the Daytona 500 and the real start of the NASCAR season…  Some preliminary races will start at Daytona on Thursday Feb. 13^th with the Daytona 500 on Sunday Feb. 16^th… If you click here it will carry you to the NASCAR website where the season schedule is posted and you can look at the Cup Series. Xfinity Series or the Craftsman Truck Series by clicking on their icon at the top of the list… In addition to the date and location, it will also give you race times and TV viewing options…

This & That:

• Youth Baseball and softball at The Clinton YMCA… Registration is now open at the Clinton YMCA for youth baseball and softball… They have 5 different age groupings for baseball and 2 for softball… Registration will close on Friday, 2-14-25… For more information about this and to register online click here… There is also a list of frequently asked questions at this website… There is also a way to drop them a message if you still have questions on that website also… If you had rather call, phone them at 864-866-1555.

• Raider Cheerleading Meeting… Any 6^th-11^th graders who are interested in joining the Raider cheerleaders next school year need to know that there is a mandatory meeting for all interested in the lecture theater on Tuesday, Feb.18^th at 6:00 pm… Also note that if you are interested and come to the meeting, a parent or guardian MUST also attend with you…  Ai for some reason you cannot make the meeting, you need to reach out to Coach Patterson immediately…  Her email address is epatterson@laurens55.org.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to report scores, please contact me via email at: sports@wlbg.com or text me at 864-981-3470.

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

• Basketball up Next… Tonight the Red Devils travel to Fairfield Central to take on the Griffins in the last games of the regular season…. The Lady Red Devils have locked up the region title and the boys’ only loss is to the Griffins who are 9-0 in region play… This will be a big game for the boys as they can tie the Griffins with a win… They lost to the Griffins 53-52 at home back on January 28^th. ..Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

• Basketball up Next… The Raiders will now wait on other region opponents to finish their season this week to find out where they will finish in the region… I can almost guarantee that both teams will be in action in the playoffs that start next week…  I hope to have more information on tis Friday as the playoffs start for the boys next Monday (2-17-25) and the girls on Tuesday.

Laurens Academy

• Up Next… The Laurens Academy Crusaders now know when they will be participating in the SCISA Class AA Basketball Playoffs… If you would like to see the entire Class AA Bracket for both boys and girls, click here.
  • Boys: The Crusader boys will start their participation in the playoffs on Saturday (2-15-25) taking on Faith Christian at noon at Calhoun Academy in St. Mathews.
  • Girls – The Lady Crusaders will not start their participation until Monday (2-17-25) when they face the winner of Charleston Collegiate vs. Holy Trinity at a location and time to be determined.

Whitmire at Thornwell… The Saints hosted the Whitmire Wolverines in the last games of their regular season… These were very important games as playoff spots were on the line.

• Girls: Saints 46 – Wolverines 17… The Lady Saints wasted little time in jumping on the Wolverines as they used a pressing defense and clutch rebounding to take a 20-2 lead after 8 minutes of play and 32-6 going into the locker rooms at the half and then went on to take a 46-17 win… The Saints just would not let the Wolverines get back in the game… The Saints were led in scoring by Jessie Pitts who had a game-high 10 points… Others scoring for the Lady saints included Aly Jeter who scored 8 points and Kendra Wilson, Karleigh Porter, and Kenli English all scored 6 points… Rounding out the Saints scoring Makenzie Godfrey and Kelyn Spurgeon both scored 2 points each… The Lady Saints improve to 6-10 in region play and 7-10 overall.
• Boys: Saints 64 – Wolverines 54… There is also good news where the Saints boys team is concerned as they took a 64-54 win over the Wolverines… The Saints started slow as the Wolverines outscored them 13-8 in the first quarter… The second quarter was a different story as the saints offense heated up and they outscored the Wolverines 27-7 to take a 35-20 lead at the half… Both teams then played to just about a draw in the second half except in the 2 minutes of the game when the Wolverines outscored the Saints substitutes 8-0… Just like in the girls’ game, a pressing defense and clutch rebounding helped propel the Sainte to the win… The saints had two players score in double-digits as Zaylen Washington finished with 27 points and Keith Watts 17… Other putting points on the scoreboard included Gibson Partee who finished with 9 points, Jacob Wilson 6, Parker Workman & Kemonte Pitts 2 each while Malik Anderson had 1 point to round out the Saints scoring… The Saints improve to 7-9 in region play and 8-12 overall.
• Up Next in Basketball…In Region I Class A the top 6 teams will make it to the playoffs… With the win last night, the Lady Saints will finish sixth in the region and will start playoff action next Tuesday (2-18-25) against an opponent and at a time to be determined… I can tell you they will be on the road… As for the boys, they are not yet assured of a playoff spot as there is a log jam in the #6 spot… They will have a “play in” game tomorrow where the opponent, time and location will be determined today… I’ll try to have that information for you tomorrow morning. –

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

• Red Devils Host Mid-Carolina… The Red Devil varsity basketball teams hosted the Mid-Carolina Rebels in their last home basketball games of the regular season last night.
  • Girls Red Devils 55 – Rebels 27… The Lady Red Devils wasted little time in this game as they led 10-3 end of the first quarter and 24-8 at the half as they rolled on to a 55-27 … The Red Devils were able to play everyone and I do believe everyone scored… The Red Devils had only one player who scored in double-digits and that was Mckenzie Cark who scored 11 points… Others scoring for the Red Devils included Emma Patterson with 8 points. Kemaria Shelton 7 while Ry’Daijia Mars, Nah’shia Wright, and Bryanna Butler each scored 6 points… Mylayja Thompson and Jakia Burton scored 4 points each, Halleigh Luke 2 and Symiah Floyd 1… The Lady Red Devils are now19-5 overall and 9-0 in region play.
  • Boys: Red Devils 68 – Rebels 58… In boys’ action, the Red Devils took control in this game early and led 21-4 after 8 minutes of play and 50-32 going into fourth quarter… There the Rebels outscored the Red Devils 26-18 (most likely against Red Devil subs) but it was too little too late as the Red Devils prevailed by a score of 68-58… Tushawan Richardson had one of the best nights of his career as he scored 34 points… He went 13 of 14 from field, 1 for 2 from behind the three-point line and 7 of 7 from the charity strip… The Red Devils had 2 other players scoring in double-digits as Owen Glenn scored 11 points and Zy Butler 10… Others putting points on the scoreboard for Clinton included Cristian Jones and Nyterian Smith who scored 5 each, Kylen Calhoun 2 and J’shon Nabors 1… The tea is now 14-7 overall and 8-1 in region play.
• Basketball up Next… The Red Devils travel to Fairfield Central to take on the Griffins in the last games of the regular season…. The Lady Red Devils have locked up the region title and the boys’ only loss is to the Griffins who are 9-0 in region play… This will be a big game for the boys as they can tie the Griffins with a win…. They lost to the Griffins 53-52 at home back on January 28^th. ..Go Big Red!

Laurens HS

• Raider Wrestling… The Raider wrestling team traveled down to Dreher HS Saturday to take on the May River Sharks for the SCHSL Class AAA Wrestling Championship… The Raiders wrestled well and took an early lead but the Sharks came back and won the last 5 matches to take a 36-35 win over the Raiders… Below is how each of the matches went.

132 – Danon White (MR) pinned Ke’shun Robinson (L)

138 – Dakota McCall (L) pinned Braxton Stevens (MR)

144 – Micheal Aiken (L) won a major decision over Thomas Brough (MR), 16-3

150 – Leyden Gentry (L) pinned Blake Butler (MR)

157 – Jonathan Pagoada (L) won a major decision over Leandro Lamanaga (MR), 18-8

165 – Gage Kemph (L) pinned Henry Santiz (MR)

175 – Zaine Kellett (L) won a decision over Andre Cavalheiro (MR), 8-5

190 – Josh Echeverria (MR) won on a technical fall over Isai Fernandez (L)

215 – Michael Brown (L) pinned Sean Zadroga-Mcnutty (MR)

285 – Beau Gwynn (MR) won on a technical fall over Jordan Stroud (L), 15-0

106 – Stephano Caderlon (MR) won on a technical fall over Crisley Martin (L), 17-1

113 – Ryan Seman (MR) pinned Abel Miles (L)

120 – Marcus Foulk (MR) pinned Cayden Fiddie (L)

126 – Liam Engblom (MR) won a decision over Kai McCall (L), 8-1

• Updated – Raiders Basketball Host Emerald… The Laurens Raiders closed out their regular season last Friday night hosting the Emerald Vikings.
  • Girls: Raiders 54 – Vikings 35… The Lady Raiders wasted little time in taking control of this game as they led 18-4 after one quarter of play and 31-12 at half and continued to outscore Vikings the rest of the way dominating the inside game… Zoe Young had a game-high 20 points to lead the Raiders while Nyri Allen finished with 11 points and Keyorick Yeargin 10… Ty Jones scored 8 points and Alayiah Carter 5… The Lady Raiders finish the season with an overall record of 12-13 and 5-5 in region play.
  • Updated: Boys: Raiders 81 – Emerald 51… Boys completed the sweep of the Vikings as the boys took an 81-51 win… They jumped out to a 37-23 lead at the half and the Raiders outscored the Vikings 24-9 in the fourth quarter to insure the win… The raiders had five players scoring in double-digits and were led by TyJ Jones who scored 16 points… Both RJ Brewster-Snow and Will Thompson scored 11 points while Q. Watts finished with 10… Others scoring for the Raiders included Damyyo Watts who scored 8 points, Nigere Brown 7, while the Raider scoring was rounded out by Hunter Richardson, Quin Anderson, Trendon Brown, and Zee Simpson who each scored 2 points…The Raiders finish the regular season with a 19-7 record and 7-3 in region play.

• Basketball up Next… The Raiders will now wait on other region opponents to finish their season this week to find out where they will finish in the region… I can almost guarantee that both teams will be in action in the playoffs that start next week.

Laurens Academy

• Region Tournament Finals Monday Basketball Today… The SCISA 2A Region IV Tournament concluded last night at Laurens Academy… Games involving the Crusaders included.
  • Middle School Boy: Our Lady of the Rosary 41 – Crusaders 18… The Lions of our Lady of the Rosary jumped out to a 12-5 lead at the end of the first quarter and went on to take a41-18 win over the Crusaders as the Crusaders just could not get the shots to fall… Elias Littleton led the MS Crusaders with 10 points… George Sherer scored 3 points, Parker Wilson 2, while Reid Campbell, Blane Mitchell and Mason snider all scored 1 point…. The team finished second in the region tournament…. Elias Littleton and Mason Snider both received postseason honors.
  • Varsity Girls: Crusaders 48 – Our Lady of the Rosary 18… The Crusader varsity girls’ team rook on the Lady Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary for the tournament title last night… The Crusaders started the game fast as they led 17-4 at the end of the first quarter and continued to outscore the Lions as they rolled to a 48-19 win… Sadie Bruyere led the Crusaders with a game-high 19 points and Braylee Burke was also in double-digits with 11 points… Brooklynn Senn and Mackenzie Runyans both scored 7 points… Madisyn Graham scored 3 points and E.P. Terry 1… The Crusader won the Regular Season and Tournament Championships going 4-0 in the regular season in region action… They are now 16-7 overall.
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  • Varsity Boys: Oakbrook Prep 57 – Crusaders 45… The crusaders punched their ticket to the tournament finals last Saturday by taking a 49-36 win over the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary… Last night they took on the Oakbrook Prep Knights for the tournament crow… The two teams battled hard in the first half with the lead going back in forth and the Knights holding a 23-22 lead at the half… In the second half, the Knights slowly pulled away from the Crusaders outscoring them 34-23 to take a 57-45 win over the Crusaders as the Knights captured both the regular season and tournament championships… The Crusaders were led in scoring by Garrison Vaught who played a great game in the paint… He collected numerous rebound and several of them were offensive rebound that he put back in for points… Braydon Burke was also in double-digits as he scored 14 points… Micha Strait finished with 7 points, Elijah Strait 3 and Tristan Bates 1… The Crusaders are now 7-17 on the season.
  • Up Next… The varsity basketball teams will now wait on the seeding for post season play done by SCISA… That should come out Wednesday afternoon and be available for Thursday morning’s sports report.
• Awards… At the conclusion of the games last night several awards were handed out including trophies for Region and Tournament Championships… Crusaders who picked up awards included:
  • Boys: All-Tournament Team… Micha Strait and Garrett Murphy… All-Region Team… Garrison Vaughn and Braydon Burke.
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• • Girls: All-Tournament Team… Abby Howard, Brooklynn Senn and Tournament MVP Sadie Bruyere… All-Region Team… Madisyn Graham, Mackenzie Runyan and Player of the Year Braylee Burke… The Coach of the Year is Coach Jason Marlett.
  • 

McCormick at Thornwell… The Saints hosted the McCormick Chiefs Monday night in region action

• Boys: Chiefs 81 – Saints 43… Sorry all I have is the final score and no scoring details.
• Girls: Chiefs 48 – Saints 44… The Lady Saints lost a heartbreaker Monday night as they led 26-23 at half but fell by score of 48-44…  They just had trouble getting the shots to fall in the second half… Aly Jeter was the only Saint scoring in double-digits as she scored 15 points… Kenli English scored 7 points, Kendra Wilson 6, Graycen Moore 4, Kelyn Spurgeon 5, Jessie Pitts 5 and Madi Landrith 2.
• Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled host Whitmire tonight in last games of regular season… It is my understanding that one of the Saint teams might still be in the hunt for a playoff spot and tonight’s game will have a huge impact on that so come out and support the Saints if you can… Go Big Dogs!

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. [Read more…]

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

• Basketball up Next… The Red Devils will be hosting the Mid-Carolina Rebels tonight in their last home game of the regular season.

Laurens HS

• Raider Wrestling… The Raider wrestling team traveled down to Dreher HS Saturday to take on the May River Sharks for the SCHSL Class AAA Wrestling Championship… The Raiders wrestled well and took an early lead but the Sharks came back and won the last 5 matches to take a 36-35 win over the Raiders… below is how each of the matches went.

132 – Danon White (MR) pinned Ke’shun Robinson (L)

138 – Dakota McCall (L) pinned Braxton Stevens (MR)

144 – Micheal Aiken (L) won a major decision over Thomas Brough (MR), 16-3

150 – Leyden Gentry (L) pinned Blake Butler (MR)

157 – Jonathan Pagoada (L) won a major decision over Leandro Lamanaga (MR), 18-8

165 – Gage Kemph (L) pinned Henry Santiz (MR)

175 – Zaine Kellett (L) won a decision over Andre Cavalheiro (MR), 8-5

190 – Josh Echeverria (MR) won on a technical fall over Isai Fernandez (L)

215 – Michael Brown (L) pinned Sean Zadroga-Mcnutty (MR)

285 – Beau Gwynn (MR) won on a technical fall over Jordan Stroud (L), 15-0

106 – Stephano Caderlon (MR) won on a technical fall over Crisley Martin (L), 17-1

113 – Ryan Seman (MR) pinned Abel Miles (L)

120 – Marcus Foulk (MR) pinned Cayden Fiddie (L)

126 – Liam Engblom (MR) won a decision over Kai McCall (L), 8-1

• Updated – Raiders Basketball Host Emerald… The Laurens Raiders closed out their regular season last Friday night hosting the Emerald Vikings.
  • Girls: Raiders 54 – Vikings 35… The Lady Raiders wasted little time in taking control of this game as they led 18-4 after one quarter of play and 31-12 at half and continued to outscore Vikings the rest of the way dominating the inside game… Zoe Young had a game-high 20 points to lead the Raiders while Nyri Allen finished with 11 points and Keyorick Yeargin 10… Ty Jones scored 8 points and Alayiah Carter 5… The Lady Raiders finish the season with an overall record of 12-13 and 5-5 in region play.
  • Updated: Boys: Raiders 81 – Emerald 51… Boys completed the sweep of the Vikings as the boys took an 81-51 win… They jumped out to a 37-23 lead at the half and the Raiders outscored the Vikings 24-9 in the fourth quarter to insure the win… The raiders had five players scoring in double-digits and were led by TyJ Jones who scored 16 points… Both RJ Brewster-Snow and Will Thompson scored 11 points while Q. Watts finished with 10… Others scoring for the Raiders included Damyyo Watts who scored 8 points, Nigere Brown 7, while the Raider scoring was rounded out by Hunter Richardson, Quin Anderson, Trendon Brown, and Zee Simpson who each scored 2 points…The Raiders finish the regular season with a 19-7 record and 7-3 in region play.

• Basketball up Next… The Raiders will now wait on other region opponents to finish their season this week to find out where they will finish in the region… I can almost guarantee that both teams will be in action in the playoffs that start next week.

Laurens Academy

• Region Tournament Finals Monday Basketball Today… The SCISA 2A Region IV Tournament concluded last night at Laurens Academy… Games involving the Crusaders included.
  • Middle School Boy: Our Lady of the Rosary 41 – Crusaders 18… The Lions of our Lady of the Rosary jumped out to a 12-5 lead at the end of the first quarter and went on to take a41-18 win over the Crusaders as the Crusaders just could not get the shots to fall… Elias Littleton led the MS Crusaders with 10 points… George Sherer scored 3 points, Parker Wilson 2, while Reid Campbell, Blane Mitchell and Mason snider all scored 1 point…. The team finished second in the region tournament…. Elias Littleton and Mason Snider both received postseason honors.
  • Varsity Girls: Crusaders 48 – Our Lady of the Rosary 18… The Crusader varsity girls’ team rook on the Lady Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary for the tournament title last night… The Crusaders started the game fast as they led 17-4 at the end of the first quarter and continued to outscore the Lions as they rolled to a 48-19 win… Sadie Bruyere led the Crusaders with a game-high 19 points and Braylee Burke was also in double-digits with 11 points… Brooklynn Senn and Mackenzie Runyans both scored 7 points… Madisyn Graham scored 3 points and E.P. Terry 1… The Crusader won the Regular Season and Tournament Championships going 4-0 in the regular season in region action… They are now 16-7 overall.

• • Varsity Boys: Oakbrook Prep 57 – Crusaders 45… The crusaders punched their ticket to the tournament finals last Saturday by taking a 49-36 win over the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary… Last night they took on the Oakbrook Prep Knights for the tournament crow… The two teams battled hard in the first half with the lead going back in forth and the Knights holding a 23-22 lead at the half… In the second half, the Knights slowly pulled away from the Crusaders outscoring them 34-23 to take a 57-45 win over the Crusaders as the Knights captured both the regular season and tournament championships… The Crusaders were led in scoring by Garrison Vaught who played a great game in the paint… He collected numerous rebound and several of them were offensive rebound that he put back in for points… Braydon Burke was also in double-digits as he scored 14 points… Micha Strait finished with 7 points, Elijah Strait 3 and Tristan Bates 1… The Crusaders are now 7-17 on the season.
  • Up Next… The varsity basketball teams will now wait on the seeding for post season play done by SCISA… That should come out Wednesday afternoon and be available for Thursday morning’s sports report.
• Awards… At the conclusion of the games last night several awards were handed out including trophies for Region and Tournament Championships… Crusaders who picked up awards included:
  • Boys: All-Tournament Team… Micha Strait and Garrett Murphy… All-Region Team… Garrison Vaughn and Braydon Burke.

• • Girls: All-Tournament Team… Abby Howard, Brooklynn Senn and Tournament MVP Sadie Bruyere… All-Region Team… Madisyn Graham, Mackenzie Runyan and Player of the Year Braylee Burke… The Coach of the Year is Coach Jason Marlett.

Thornwell at Calhoun Falls Saturday… The Saints traveled to Calhoun Falls Charter last Saturday to take on the Blue Flashes in region action

• Boys: Saints 69 – Flashes 68… The Saints boys’ team took a one point win by a score of 69-68… Sorry no other details on this game… The Saints are 7-11 overall and 6-8 in region play.
• Girls: Flashes 64 – Saints 29… No details on the game… The Lady Saints are 5-9 in region play and 6-11 overall
• Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled host McCormick tonight.

 Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

• Red Devils at Eau Claire… The Red Devil basketball varsity teams traveled to Columbia Friday night to take on the Shamrocks of Eau Claire last night in region action for the second night in a row.
  • Girls: Red Devils 34 – Shamrocks 31… The Lady Red Devils ran their region record to a perfect 8-0 Friday night when they defeated the Lady Shamrocks 34-31 and clinched the region championship… I have limited information on this game but I can tell you the Red Devils trailed 26-24 at the end of the third quarter… They then outscored the Shamrocks 10-5 down the stretch to take the come-from-behind win… Bryanna Belton hit a 3-point shot with about 20 seconds left to lift the Red Devils to the win… Belton finished the game with 13 points, McKenzie Clark 10, Nah’shia Wright 8, Ry’Daijia Mars 2 ad Kemaria Shelton 1.
  • Boys: Red Devils 53 – Shamrocks 48… The news for the boys’ team is very similar to the girls as they also came back in the fourth quarter to take a 53-48 win… The Red Devils trailed 39-34 headed into the final 8 minutes of play where they outscored the Shamrocks 17-9 to tale the 53-48 win… Tushawan Richardson led the Red Devils in scoring with 22 points and Nyterian Smith was also in double-digits with 13 points… Zy Butler finished with 7 points, Owen Glenn 6, Dirkus Clark 3 and Kylen Calhoun 2…. The Red Devils are in second place in the region with a 7-1 region record and 13-7 overall.
• Basketball up Next… The Red Devils will be hosting the Mid-Carolina Rebels tomorrow night in their last home game of the regular season.

Laurens HS

• Raider Wrestling… The Raider wrestling team traveled down to Dreher HS Saturday to take on the May River Sharks for the SCHSL Class AAA Wrestling Championship… The Raiders wrestled well and took an early lead but the Sharks came back and won the last 5 matches to take a 36-35 win over the Raiders… I plan on having more about this tomorrow

• Raiders Basketball Host Emerald… The Laurens Raiders closed out their regular season last Friday night hosting the Emerald Vikings.
  • Girls: Raiders 54 – Vikings 35… The Lady Raiders wasted little time in taking control of this game as they led 18-4 after one quarter of play and 31-12 at half and continued to outscore Vikings the rest of the way dominating the inside game… Zoe Young had a game-high 20 points to lead the Raiders while Nyri Allen finished with 11 points and Keyorick Yeargin 10… Ty Jones scored 8 points and Alayiah Carter 5… The Lady Raiders finish the season with an overall record of 12-13 and 5-5.
  • Boys: Raiders 81 – Emerald 51… Boys completed the sweep of the Vikings as the boys took an 81-51 win… They jumped out to a 37-23 lead at the half and the Raiders outscored the Vikings 24-9 in the fourth quarter to insure the win.… Sorry but I do not have any scoring details on this game but if I get them I will pass them on to you later… The Raiders finish the regular season with a 19-7 record and 7-3 in region play.

• Basketball up Next… The Raiders will now wait on other region opponents to finish their season this week to find out where they will finish in the region… I can almost guarantee that both teams will be in action in the playoffs that start next week.

Laurens Academy

• Friday Basketball… The Crusader basketball teams hosted the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary in their final regular season games of the season.
  • Girls: Crusaders 40 – Lions 33… The Lady Crusaders took a 40-33 win over the Lady Lions to finish with a perfect 4-0 record in region play and 15-7 overall… The Crusaders led 23-10 at the half and then held on to take the win… Madisyn Graham scored 11 points to lead the Crusaders in scoring and Sadie Bruyere was also in double-digits with 10 points… Also scoring for the Crusaders Braylee Burke finished with 9 points, Mackenzie Runyans 4, Brooklyn Senn 3 and Abby Howard 3.
  • Boys: Lions 41 – Crusaders 28… I hate to have to report that the news is not as good where the boys are concerned as Lions led 22-15 at the half and then went on to take a 41-28 win over the Crusaders… The Crusaders simply had trouble getting the shots to fall and the Lions did not… Braydon Burke was the only Crusader to score in double-digits as he scored 11 points… Garrett Murphy, Micah Strait, Tristan Bates, and Garrison Vaughn each scored 4 points and rounding out the Crusader scoring Elijah Hornberger scored 1 point.
  • Middle School Results
    • Girls: Lions 30 – Crusaders 10… The Lions led 14-4 at the half and went on to take the win… Lorelai Bagwell scored 4 points while both Hadley Knox & Daphne Strait score 3 each.
    • Boys: Lions 45 – Crusaders 14… The scored was only 11-10 Lions at the half but they outscored the Crusaders 18-2 in route to the win… George Sherer, Elias Littleton and Wyatt Little each scored 3 points while Reid Campbell & Mason Snider scored 2 each while rounding out the scoring
  • Saturday: Region Tournament… On Saturday 3 of the 4 Crusader basketball teams traveled to Oakbrook Prep to start their participation in the region tournament… The Crusader varsity girls earned a bye into the finals tonight.
    • MS Girls: Oakbrook Prep 24 – Crusaders 10… No scoring details available and the Crusaders are eliminated from the tournament.
    • MS Boys: Crusader Won… The Crusader middle school boys’ team defeated Oakbrook Prep but I do not know the score or any scoring details.
    • Varsity Boys: Crusaders 49 – Our Lady of the Rosary 36… The Crusader varsity boys’ team took a 49-36 win over the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary to punch their ticket to the region tournament finals today… No scoring details available.
  • Basketball Today… The SCISA 2A Region IV Tournament will conclude today and the finals today are being played at Laurens Academy… The schedule is as follows:
    • Middle School Girls at 4:00 pm: Oakbrook vs. Our Lady of the Rosary
    • Middle School Boys at 5:30 pm: Crusaders vs. Our Lady of the Rosary
    • Varsity Girls at 7:00 pm: Our Lady of the Rosary vs. Lady Crusaders
    • Varsity Boys at 8:30 pm: Crusaders vs. Oakbrook Prep

Thornwell at Calhoun Falls Saturday… The Saints traveled to Calhoun Falls Charter last Saturday to take on the Blue Flashes in region action

• Boys: Saints 69 – Flashes 68… The Saints boys’ team took a one point win by a score of 69-68… Sorry no other details on this game… The Saints are 7-11 overall and 6-8 in region play.
• Girls: Flashes 64 – Saints 29… No details on the game… The Lady Saints are 5-9 in region play and 6-11 overall
• Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled host McCormick tonight.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click here… NOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… Today marks the final day of contests according to the middle school master schedule… Games on tap for today include:

• Laurens Middle at Hickory Tavern

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

Local Notes

 Raider Wrestling

• Raiders Headed to State Finals… Wednesday night in the main gym at LDHS the Raider wrestling team defeated the Fountain Inn Fury 43-29 in the SCHSL Class AAAA Upper State Finals to punch their ticket to the state Championship finals this Saturday…  There was a large crowd of fans for both teams and the action was nonstop and exciting… The Raiders fell behind 0-6 when Keisun Robinson was pinned by his opponent in the first match of the night… The Raiders responded getting a pin of their own by Dakota McCall to tie the match 6-6… After that the Raider continued to pull ahead and the closest they could get to the Raiders was 28-23.
  • To see a short video interview done with Coach Jordan after the match click here.
  • To see the results for each of the weight classes in this match, click here.
  • The Raiders will be heading to Columbia Saturday for a 4:00 pm match against the May River Sharks out of Bluffton, SC who are ranked #1 in the state coming into the playoffs… The match will take place at Dreher HS.
• For more information about ticketing, directions and other things you need to know before you get there, click here to go to a posing on the SCHSL website.

 Clinton HS

• Red Devils Host Eau Claire… The Red Devil basketball teams hosted the Shamrocks of Eau Claire last night in region action.
  • Girls: Red Devils 36 – Shamrocks 28… The Lady Red Devils ran their region record to a perfect 7-0 last night when they defeated the lady Shamrocks 36-28… The game was tied 8-8 after the first quarter of play and then the Red Devils pulled away slightly outscoring the Shamrocks in each of the last three quarters… Mylayja Thompson was the only Red Devil scoring in double-digits as she finished with 12 points… McKenzie Clark and Bryanna Belton both scored 7 points, Kemaria Shelton 6 and Nah’shia Wright 2… Eau Claire is 6-2 in the region in second place behind Clinton.
  • Boys: Red Devils 52 – Shamrocks 44… The Clinton boys’ team completed the sweep of the Shamrocks las night when they took a 52-44 win…. The Red Devils led 26-18 at the half and then the two teams battled almost to a tie in the second half as the Red Devils ran their region record to 6-1 in region play which means they are in second place in the region behind 7-0 Fairfield Central who they will play next week at Fairfield Central…Cristian Jones led the Red Devils in scoring with 16 points 9 of them coming from behind the three-point line… Tushawan Richardson was also in double-digits with 10 points… Nyterian Smith and Zy Butler both scored 7 points, Owen Glenn 4, Dirkus Clark 3, Nyking Pitts 3 and J’shon Nabors 2.
• Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Eau Claire tonight.

 Laurens HS

• Basketball up Next… The Raiders will be hosting the Emerald Vikings tonight in the last games of the regular season and I believe it will be Senior Night…. We do plan on brining you those games here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

Laurens Academy

•  Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them hosting the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary tonight.
• Region Tournament… The SCISA 2A Region IV Tournament will start tomorrow up at Oakbrook Prep… It is a three-team region with the Crusaders, Oakbrook Prep and Our Lady of the Rosary… The tournament will finish Monday at Laurens Academy… The Laurens Academy girls will have a bye until Monday night at 7:00 pm… The schedule for Saturday is as follows:
  • Middle School Girls at 10:00 am
  • Middle School Boys t 11:30
  • Varsity Girls at 1:00 pm
  • Varsity Boys (LA) at 2:30 pm

Thornwell

• Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled travel to Calhoun Falls Saturday

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click here… NOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… Today marks the final day of contests according to the middle school master schedule… Games on tap for today include:

• Ware Shoals at Dixie… No scores reported to me.
• Whitmire at Thornwell… No scores reported to me
• Gray Court Owings Tigers at Hickory Tavern Panthers
  • Girls: GCO 24 – HT 22… In this game the, the Panthers led 7-2 after 6 minutes of play but the Tigers came to take a 12-11 lead at the half… The Tigers led 20-15 at the start of the fourth quarter and the Panthers kept on fighting but their comeback bid fell just short…  Caroline Gillespie had a game-high 16 points to lead the Tigers in coring while Addison Wilson, Koziah Smith and Sabrina Wilson each scored 2 points
  • Boys: GC) 52 – HT 28… The GCO Tigers completed the sweep of the panthers as they took a 5-28 win in boys’ action… The jumped out to a 13-5 lead after one quarter of play and then continued to outscore the Panthers by at least 4 points or more in each of the reaming quarters… Dylan Abramowitz had a game-high 16 points to lead the Tigers and both Wesley Collins and Mason Lang finished with 11 points… Both Bryce Jones and Edmond McDowell scored 3 points each while Jaylin Anderson, Kash Earl, Brayden Filbin, and Preston Owns each finished with 2 points for the Tigers.
  • Note… My thanks to Jerry Filbin for providing me with the GCO information throughout the season…. THANKS!
• Sanders Yellow Jackets at Laurens Middle School Tigers… These games were played in the main gym at LDHS
  • Girls: Sanders 35 – LMS 34… The Lady Yellow Jackets handed the Lady Tigers their first loss of the season as they took an exciting 26-23 win over the Tigers… Sanders led 16-14 at the half as the Lady Tigers only made 6 of 20 free throw attempts in the first half… The Tigers fought back to take a 21-20 lead at the end of the third quarter but had trouble scoring and with turnovers in the fourth quarter as the Yellow Jackets came back to take the 26-23 win… Nala’ya Garrett led the Yellow Jackets with 11 points, Kemarion Cullen score 7 points, Za Boston 6 and Jasmine Jenkins 2… The Lady Tigers were led in scoring by Nizeria Jones who scored a game-high 15 points, while Jamauria Thompson scored 5 and Aijiah Crooks 2.
  • Boys: Sanders 35 – LMS 34… The Sanders boys were also able to hand the LMS boys their first loss of the season as they took a 35-34 win that was even more exciting than the girls’ game… Sanders also had a small lead most of the game and led 31-26 going into the fourth quarter… Sander led by 1 point with 17.7 seconds left and the Tigers had the ball trying to work for a last shot… However, they never got to take one as they traveled and turned the ball over with about 5 seconds left in the game and that sealed their fate… Travion Robinson had 25 points to lead Sanders in scoring while also scoring for Sanders Zy Miller finished with 5 points, Marcus Miller 3 and Jay Harris 2… Wells Rhodes led the LMS Tigers in scoring with 13 points, Frankie Simpson scored 7, Quay Calhoun 5, Elijah Bryson 5, Logan Bragg 3 and Jyiheem 1… Both teams have 1 loss to each other but the LMS Tigers have 1 game left to play at Hickory Tavern Monday.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. [Read more…]

Local Notes

 Raider Wrestling

• Raiders Headed to State Finals… Last night in the main gym at LDHS the Raider wrestling team defeated the Fountain Inn Fury 43-29 in the SCHSL Class AAAA Upper State Finals to punch their ticket to the state Championship finals this Saturday…  There was a large crowd of fans for both teams and the action was nonstop and exciting… The Raiders fell behind 0-6 when Keisun Robinson was pinned by his opponent in the first match of the night… The Raiders responded getting a pin of their own by Dakota McCall to tie the match 6-6… After that the Raider continued to pull ahead and the closest they could get to the Raiders was 28-23.
  • To see a short video interview done with Coach Jordan after the match click here.
  • To see the results for each of the weight classes in this match, click here.
  • The Raiders will be heading to Columbia Saturday for a 4:00 pm match against the May River Sharks out of Bluffton, SC who are ranked #1 in the state coming into the playoffs… The match will take place at Dreher HS.
• For more information about ticketing, directions and other things you need to know before you get there, click here to go to a posing on the SCHSL website.

Clinton HS

• Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to host the Eau Claire Shamrocks today and travel to Eau Claire Friday.

Laurens HS

• Laurens at Fountain Inn… The Raider varsity basketball teams traveled a short distance up the road last night to take on region foe the Fountain Inn Fury.
  • Girls; Fury 50 – Raiders 39… The first three quarters of the girls’ game was close as the Fury only led 31-30 at the end of the third quarter… The Fury outscored the Raiders 19-8 in the last 8 minutes of the game to pull away to a 50-39 region win… Nyri Allen was the only Raider in double-digits as she had 14 points… Also scoring for the Raiders Zoe Young finished with 8 points, Ty Jones 7, Keyorick Yeargin 7and Alayiah Carter 3… The Raiders are now 4-5 in region play and 11-13 overall while the Fury improve to 6-2 in region play and 16-6 overall
  • Boys: Raiders 49 – Fury 44… The news is better for Raider fans where the boys are concerned as they took an important 59-44 win over the Fury… The Raiders simply outscored the Fury in each of the four quarters to take the win… The Raiders were led in scoring by TyJ Jones and Q. Watts who finished with 14 points each and DJ Martin was also in double-digits with 10 points… Zee Simpson finished with 9 points, RJ Brewster-Snow 4, Will Thompson 4, and both Quin Anderson and rounded out the Raider scoring with 2 points each.…. The Raiders are now 6-3 in region play and 18-7 overall while the Fury drop to 6-2 in region play and 13-10 overall.
• Basketball up Next… The Raiders will be hosting the Emerald Vikings tomorrow in the last games of the regular season and I believe it will be Senior Night…. We do plan on brining you those games here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

Laurens Academy

• Crusader at Oakbrook Prep… The Crusader basketball teams traveled to Spartanburg Tuesday night to take on the Knights of Oakbrook Prep.
  • Updated: Girls: Crusaders 47 – Knights 25… All I had was the final score yesterday as the Crusaders took a 41-25 win… Thanks to Coach Jason Marlett I have since learned that Sadie Bruyere scored 14 points, Brooklyn Senn 10, Braylee Burke 8 and Madison Graham 4 and according to Coach Marlett she played a great defensive game… According to MaxPreps to run their season record to 14-7 and 3-0 in region play

• Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them hosting the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary tomorrow night.

Thornwell

• Saints Host SC School for the Deaf and Blind… Last night the Thornwell Saints hosted the Green Hornets of the SC School for the Deaf and Blind last night in region action.
  • Girls: Saints 78 – Hornets 18… It was a good night for the Lady Saints as they outscored the Hornets 25-7 in the first half and then rolled on to a 78-18 win over the Hornets who are still looking for their first win of the season… The Saints were led on offense by Jessie Pitts who scored 22 points and Aly Jeter who scored 16 points… Some of the other Saint scoring included Kendra Wilson 9, Madi Landrith 8, Keyln Spurgeon 8, Makenzie Godfrey 6 and the scorebook photo was a little hard to read to accurately determine who else scored. … The Lady Saints are now 4-16 on the season and 5-8 in region play.
  • Boys: Saints 73 – Hornets 18… The news is also good where the boys are concerned as the Saints picked up a 73-18 win over the Hornets who are still looking for their first win also… The Saints led 28-4 after 8 minutes of play and then rolled on to the win… Three players scored in double-digits for the Saints with Zaylen Washington scoring 15 points while both KJ Singleton and Evan Summer both scored 12 points… Malik Anderson finished with 8 points, Gibson Partee 5, Jacob Wilson 5, Ke Kinard 4, Adam Parrish 4, Kemonte Pitts 4 and both Parker Workman and Kaleb Ward contributed 2 points each… The Saints improve to 5-11 on the season and 4-8 in the region while Ware Shoals falls to 8-12 overall and 5-7 in the region.
• Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled travel to Calhoun Falls Saturday

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click here… NOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… Today marks the final day of contests according to the middle school master schedule… Games on tap for today include:

• Ware Shoals at Dixie
• Whitmire at Thornwell
• Gray Court Owings at Hickory Tavern
• Sanders at Laurens Middle… These games will start at 5:30 pm and take place in the main gym at LDHS… There two teams are playing for the Little River Championship in both the girls’ and boys’ games.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

• Red Devils at Chester… The Red Devils boarded the bus and traveled to Chester last night to take on the Cyclones in region action.
  • Girls: Red Devils 59 – Cyclones 21… The Lady Red Devils wasted little time turning the Lady Cyclones into harmless swirls as they jumped out to a 22-2 lead after one quarter of play and led 42-7 as they went on to take a 59-21 win… I don’t know for sure, but with the low number of points for both teams in the second half I suspect they had a running clock…  McKenzie Clark was the only Red Devil scoring in double-digits as she finished with 15 points… Mylayja Thompson finished with 9 points, Bryanna Belton 8 and scoring 6 points each were Ry’Daijia Mars, Nah’shia Wright, Kemaria Shelton and Jakia Burton… Rounding out the scoring for the Red Devils, Emma Patterson had 3 points… The Red Devils improve to 16-5 overall and are undefeated in region play with a 6-0 record while Chester falls to 9-8 and 1-6.
  • Boys: Red Devils 76 – Cyclones 38… In boy’s action, the news is similar to the girls game in that the Red Devils rolled to a one-sided 76-38 win…They led 35-17 at the half and never looked back…. Devin Swindler led the Red Devils with 23 points while Cristian Jones was also in double-digits with 13 points and so was Kylen Calhoun with 12 points… Also scoring for the Red Devils Nyterian Smith had 9 points, Tushawan Richardson 6, J’shon Nabors 5, Cal Pitts 4, Jarred Willard 2 and Jayson Glenn 2… The Red Devils improve to 11-7 overall and 5-1 in region play while Chester is 6-8 overall and 3-4 in region play.
• Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to host the Eau Claire Shamrocks tomorrow and travel to Eau Claire Friday.

Laurens HS

• Laurens – Westside… The Laurens Raiders also had to get on the bus last night as they traveled to Westside to take on the Rams.
  • Girls: Rams 63 – Raiders 30… The Lady Raiders had trouble getting their offense going last night as they the Lady Rams 29-12 at the half and the second half was really no better as the Lady Rams took a 63-30 win… Zoe Young was the only Raider scoring in double-digits as she finished with 12 points… Keyoric Yeargin scored 8 points, Nyri Allen 4, and scoring 2 points each were Ty Jones, Nasira Sanders and Gabby Wormley… The Raiders are now 11-12 overall and 4-4 in region play while Westside improves to 17-2 and a perfect 7-0 in region play.
  • Boys: Raiders 54 – Rams 49… The news is better for Raider fans as the boys took a 54-49 win… They led 14-8 after 8 minutes of play and 27-21 at the half and then went on to the win over a pesky Westside team… The Raiders had 2 players scoring in double-digits as Q. Watts finished with 17 points and TyJ Jones 15… DJ Martin finished with 8 points, RJ Brewster-Snow 6, Zee Simpson 4 and scoring two points each CJ Bates and Will Thompson rounded out the Raider scoring
• Basketball up Next… The Raiders will be traveling to Fountain Inn tonight to take on the Fury in region action.
• Sub-Varsity Basketball… Last night the Raider sub-varsity teams hosted the Westside Rams.
  • JV Girls: Westside 36 – Laurens 5… The Rams held the Raiders scoreless until 5:32 left in the first half as they went on to take a 36-5 win… Keymyja Latimore and Jesenia Hernandez both had 2 points for the Raiders and Joyce Foggie had 1.
  • Freshman Boys: Laurens 38 – Westside 35… In a close game from start to finish, the Raiders took a 38-35 win over Westside in C-Team boys’ action… Savarion Carter scored 12 points for the Raiders, Rodney Conway 10, Kaleb Gilchrist 6, Kamauri Moore 6 and Sy Westfield 4.
  • JV Boys: Westside 51 – Laurens 31… In the final game of the night, Westside took a 51-31 win… The Raiders simply had way too many turnovers, the Rams were hot from behind the three-point line and out rebounded the Raiders… Anthony Cunningham scored 13 of the Raiders points, KB Blackwell 6, Damajia Crooks 4, Buddy Cheeks 4, Carter Adair 2 and Sincere Shands 2.

Wrestling

• Raiders Host Fountain Inn in Upper State Finals Travelers… Tonight in the main gym at LDHS the Raider wrestling team will be hosting the Fountain Inn Fury in the SCHSL Class AAAA Upper State Finals… The Raiders defeated Travelers Rest 34-33 on Monday in third round action to get to this point… The match will start at 7:00 pm…Tickets will be $8 at the door (cash or card) and you can also buy them online by clicking here to save time… Since this is a SCHSL event, the prices are set by the SCHSL and no Century Club, District IDs, or Student Athletic Passes can be accepted only SCHSL passes will be accepted…. Please come out and support the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

• Crusader at Oakbrook Prep… The Crusader basketball teams traveled to Spartanburg last night to take on the Knights of Oakbrook Prep.
  • Girls: Crusaders 47 – Knights 25… All I have is the final score as the Crusaders took a 41-25 win according to MaxPreps to run their season record to 14-7 and 3-0 in region play
  • Boys: Knights 49 – Crusaders 48… In varsity boys’ action, the Crusaders last a heartbreaker as they fell to the Knights by a score of 49-48… It was a game that went back and forth all night but in the end the Knights were able to score 1 more point than the Crusaders… The Crusaders had three players scoring in double digits as Braydon Burke sore 15 points, Garrison Vaughn 12 and Micha Strait 111… Also scoring for the Crusader Garrett Murphy and Tristan Bates finished with 5 points each.
  • Middle School Boys: Knights 38 – Crusaders 33… Parker Wilson scored 14 points, Elias Littleton 9, Reid Campbell and Mason Snider 4 each while George Sherer score 2 points.
• Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them hosting the Lions of Our Lady of the Rosary Friday night.

Thornwell

• Saints Travel to Ware Shoals… Last night the Thornwell Saints traveled to Ware Shoals to take on the Hornets in region games.
  • Girls: Hornets 54 – Saints 31… In varsity girls’ action, the Hornets outscored the Saints 25-6 in the first quarter putting the Saints in a hole they just could not climb out of though they never stopped trying as the Hornets took a 54-31 win… The Saints were led on offense by Aly Jeter who scored 16 points… Kendra Wilson scored 9 points, Jessie Pitts 4 and Graycen Moore 2… The Lady Saints are now 5-9 on the season and 4-7 in region play while the Hornets improve to 7-10 overall and 6-5 in the region.
  • Boys: Saints 71 – Hornets 61… The news is much different where the boys are concerned as the Saints picked up a 71-61 win over the Hornets… The Hornets led 17-9 after 8 minutes of play but the Saints got hot in the second quarter as they led 31-28 at its end… The Saints then slowly added to their lead in the second half as they went on to the huge region win… Two players scored all but 11 of the Saints points as Zaylen Washington finished with 40 points and KJ Singleton finished with 20 points… Kemonte Pitts scored 6 points, Malik Anderson 4 and Parker Workman 4… The Saints improve to 5-11 on the season and 4-8 in the region while Ware Shoals falls to 8-12 overall and 5-7 in the region.
• Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled to host the SC School for the Deaf and Blind tonight in more region action.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click here… NOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. [Read more…]

Local Notes

 Clinton HS

• Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Chester tonight to take on the Cyclones in in region action.

Laurens HS

• Basketball up Next… The Raiders will be traveling to Westside tonight to take on the Rams in region action while the sub-varsity teams will be playing at home today starting at 5:00 pm

Wrestling

• Raiders Defeat Travelers Rest… Last night the Raiders hosted the Devildogs of Travelers Rest in Round third round action of the Class AAAA wrestling team playoffs… It was a tight match at first that saw the Devildogs go up by 11 points (33-21) before the Raiders came all the way back to take a 34-33 win…They did it by winning the last 4 matches of the night with Jonathan Paguada taking a 9-6 win in the very last match of the evening to send the team to the Upper State Finals.
• After the matches I did a short video interview with Raider Coach Lawson Jordan… If you would like to see that video and a slide show of some photos taken at the match last night, check back here later in the morning…. Due to technical problems this will be delayed until tonight at the earliest.
• With the win, the Raiders record improves to 34-3 on the season and will take on region foe Fountain Inn tomorrow night at LDHS starting at 7:00 pm for the Upper State Championship… The Raider did hand the Fury one of their few losses in the season by a score of 39-31… The Fury defeated #1 seed South Pointe last night.… Tickets will be $8 at the door (cash or card) and you can also buy them online by clicking here to save time… Since this is a SCHSL event, the prices are set by the SCHSL and no Century Club, District IDs, or Student Athletic Passes can be accepted only SCHSL passes will be accepted…. Please come out and support the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

• Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them on the road tonight as they travel up to Spartanburg to take on the Oakbrook Prep Knights in region action.

Thornwell

• Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals tonight in more region action.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click here… NOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… The middle school schedule for today should be:

• Dixie at Whitmire… No Scores reported to me.
• Ware Shoals at Sanders… No Scores reported to me.
• Thornwell 40 – Hickory Tavern 32… In Boys’ action at Hickory Tavern last night, the Thornwell Saints took a 40-32 and was tied on at least 2 different occasions during the game… Both teams had about as many turnovers as they did points but in the end the Saints prevailed over a scrappy Panther team… This was the most points scored in a game by the Panthers this season.
• Gray-Court-Owings at Laurens Middle
  • Girls: LMS 29 – GCO 2   The LMS Tigers held the GCO Tigers scoreless for the first 18 plus minutes of the game before Jenna Gillian made two free throws in the fourth quarter as LMS rolled to a 29-2 win… LMS was led in scoring by Aijiah Crooks who finished with 13 points…Nizeria Jones scored 9 points, Tamia Smith 3 and both Jamauria Thompson and Quenterria Williams scored 2 points each.
  • Boys: LMS 57 – GCO 20… In Boys action, the LMS Tigers made it a sweep of the GCO Tigers as they took a 57-20 win… LMS jumped out to 31-13 lead at half and then held GCO scoreless in the third quarter as they cruised to the win… Logan Bragg & Elijah Bryson led LMS in scoring with 8 points each… Wesley Collins scored a game-high 12 points for the GCO Tigers… LMS played everyone on the team and everyone score… Others who scored for LMS included Frankie Simpson who finished with 7 points, Wells Rhodes 6, Isaac Ocha 6, Quay Calhoun 6, Jyiheem Burnside 4, Zek Anderson 4, Ke’lyn Hunter 4, Aiden Jenkins 2 and rounding out the scoring for the LMS Tigers Jaylen Dendy and Grayson Forsyth both scores 1 point each.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available. [Read more…]

Local Notes

 Clinton at Laurens

• Round II of County Championships Saturday… The Raiders and the Red Devils got together for the second time this season as the Raiders hosted the Red Devils Saturday afternoon… As a reminder, both the Raider teams took wins earlier in the season.
  • Girls: Raiders 40 – Red Devils 31... The girls’ game was hard fought game in which Clinton led 8-5 after one quarter of play… The Raider fought back in the second quarter to take a 17-16 lead at the half… The Raiders outscored Red Devils 10-4 in third quarter and 13-11 in fourth to take a 40-31 win… Both teams competed to the end with the Lady Red Devils not stopping until the final horn… The Raiders were led in scoring by Zoe Young who finished with 15 points and Nyri Allen who scored 11… Bryanna Belton led the Red Devils with 9 points… Also scoring for the Raiders Ty Jones finished with 8 points, Gabby Wormley 4, and Keyoric Yeargin 2… Other Red Devils who scored included Ry’Daijia Mars and Mylayja Thompson who both scored 6 points, Kemaria Shelton 4, McKenzie Clark 2 and Nah’shia Wright 1… The Raiders improve to 11-11 on the season and the Red Devils are now 15-5.
  • Boys: Laurens 63 – Red Devils 50… This boys’ game was also a hard fought contest that saw the game tied 25-25 at the half… The Raiders came out in the third quarter and outscored the Red Devils 18-9 in third and 20-16 in fourth to take a 63-50 win against a Red Devil team that does not know the meaning of the word quit… Watts led the Raiders with 24 points TyJ Jones was also in double-digits with 19…     For the Red Devils, Tushawan Richardson had 25 points as he was near perfect from the free throw line and Devin Swindler was also in double –digits with 19 points… Others scoring for the Raiders included DJ Martin with 7 points, Zee Simpson 6, Trendon Brown 4, Quin Anderson 2 and RJ Brewster-Snow 1… Khari Vance had 3 points for the Red Devils, Zy Butler2 and Nyterian smith 1… The Raiders are now 16-7 overall and the Red Devils are 10-7 overall.

 Clinton HS

Clinton HS

• Friday: Clinton at Columbia… Friday night the Red Devils traveled down to Columbia HS to take on the Capitals in region action.
  • Girls: Red Devils 50 – Capitals 5… The Lady Red Devils took on a Lady Capitals team that is really struggling this year and held them scoreless in the first half to lead 31-0 and then with a running clock in the second half went on to a 50-5 win over the Capitals… The Red Devils played everyone on the bench and everyone scored… McKenzie Clark was they only Red Devil to score in double-digits as she finished with 10 points… Nah’Shia Wright scored 9 points, Mylayja Thompson 8, Kemaria Shelton 6, Bryanna Belton 5, Ry’Daijia Mars 2 and rounding out the Red Devils scoring Emma Patterson, Symiah Floyd, Halleigh Luke and Ja’Neshia Burton all scored 2 points… The Lady Red Devils are now 5-0 in region play.
  • Boys: Red Devils 74 – Capitals 51… The Red Devil boys made it a sweep of the Capitals as they took a 74-51 win over the Capitals… They only led 50-43 going into the fourth quarter where they outscored the Capitals 24-8 to end any hope of a capitals comeback… Tushawan Richardson led the Red Devils with 21 points and Devin Swindler was also in double-digits with 18 as was Cristian Jones who finished with 12 points… Nyterian Smith scored 9 points, Zy Butler 6, Dirkus Clark 3, Jaydon Glenn 3 and Jarred Willard 2… The Red Devils improve to 4-1 in region play while the Capitals fall to 1-5 in region play
• Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Chester tomorrow to take on the Cyclones in in region action.

Laurens HS

• Friday: Raiders Hosted Wren… Friday night the Raiders played host to the Wren Golden Hurricanes in region action.
  • Girls: Raiders 50 – Wren 47… The Lady Raiders were able to get revenge for an earlier 67-36 loss at Wren as they took an exciting 50-47 win over the Lady Hurricanes… The Raiders jumped out to a 12-4 lead after 8 minutes of play and led 16-13 at the half… The Hurricanes came out hot in the third quarter and led 39-27 at its end…The Raiders Nyri Allen got hot in the final 8 minutes of play scoring 12 of her 17 points in the game and Zoe Young also scored 7 points in the quarter as the Lady Raiders came back to take a 50-47 win over the Hurricanes… Scoring for the Raiders Zoe Young finished with20 points, Nyri Allen 17 Keyoric Yeargin 10, A’Nyah McBeth 2 and Ty Jones 1… Both the Raiders and Hurricanes are 4-3 in region play and tied for third place.
  • Boys: Wren 63 – Raiders 57…Early foul trouble in the first quarter set the tone for the Raiders as 3 of their starters eventually fouled out of the game and limited their involvement before that as the Raiders fell to the Hurricanes 63-57… Q. Watts led the Raiders with 24 points and Damyyo Watts was also in double digits with 14 points… TyJ Jones scored 8 points, Nigere Brown 5, Trendon Brown 3 and Zee Simpson 3… The Raiders are now 4-3 in region play and Wren is 6-1.
• Basketball up Next… The Raiders will be traveling to Westside tomorrow to take on the Rams in region action.

Wrestling

• Saturday the Raiders hosted the first and second rounds of the Class AAAA wrestling team playoffs… In the first round the Raiders defeated Lancaster 64-10 to advance to the second round… There the Raiders took a 58-20 win over AC Flora.
• After the matches I did a short video interview with Raider Coach Lawson Jordan… If you would like to see that video, click here.
•  With the win the Raiders advance to the third round which will take place tonight at LDHS… The Raiders will take on the Travelers Rest Devil Dogs starting at 7:00 pm… Tickets will be $8 at the door (cash or card) and you can also buy them online by clicking here to save time… Since this is a SCHSL event, the prices are set by the SCHSL and no Century Club, District IDs, or Student Athletic Passes can be accepted only SCHSL passes will be accepted…. Please come out and support the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

• Varsity Basketball… The Laurens Academy Crusaders hosted the Greenville Tech Charter Warriors Saturday afternoon… The Warriors are a SCHSL Class AA school
  • Girls: Warriors 39 – Crusaders 37… The Lady Warriors outscored the Lady Crusaders 12-6 in the first quarter but the Crusaders cut into that lead in the second quarter as they only trailed 19-6 at the half but the Warriors outscored them by 1 point in the second half as the Lady Warriors took a 39-35 win… Brooklyn Senn and Sadie Bruyere both had 8 points to lead the Crusaders in scoring… Braylee Burke finished with 7 points, Madisyn Graham 4, Taylor Gagle 3, and both Abby Howard and Brooke Abercrombie scored a single point…The Lady Crusaders are now 13-7 overall and 2-0 in region play while Greenville Tech improves 11-8.
  • Boys: Warriors 40 – Crusaders 12… The news is also not good where the boys’ team is concerned as Warriors took a 40-12 win over the Crusaders… The Warriors led 17-7 at the half as the Crusaders left their shooting touch in the locker room and the Warriors outscored them 23-5 in the second half…  Micah Strait led the Crusaders with 4 points while Garrett Murphy scored 3 points, Garrison Vaughn and Elijah Strait 2 each and Elijah Hornberger rounded out the Crusader scoring with 1 point… The Crusaders are now 6-14 overall and 0-2 in region play.

• Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them on the road tomorrow when they travel up to Spartanburg to take on the Oakbrook Prep Knights in region action.

 Thornwell

• Abbeville Panthers at Thornwell… Last Friday night the Thornwell Saints hosted the Abbeville Panthers in region action… Both the Abbeville teams are either #1 or #2 in the region coming into the games.
  • Girls: Panthers 37 – Saints 34… The Lady Saints arguably played their best game of the season as they as they led the Panthers 17-3 at the end of the first quarter and 21-15 at the half… Abbeville fought back and tied the game 34-34 with about 2:51 left in the game and then hit the winning 3-point shot with about 1:27 left in the game and the Saints were not able to sink a basket after that… Aly Jeter led the Lady Saints in scoring with 21 points… No further details available… The Lady Saints fall to 5-9 overall and 4-7 in region play while the Panthers improve to 9-4 overall and 9-1 in region play.
  • Boys: Panthers 78 – Saints 40… In boys’ action, the Saints fell to the region’s #2 Panthers by a score of 78-40… Sorry but I don’t have any other details on this game… The Saints are now 4-11 overall and 3-8 in the region while the Panthers improve to 13-2 overall and 10-0 in the region one game behind McCormick which is 11-0.
• Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled to travel to Ware Shoals tomorrow night in more region action. . .

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click here… NOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… The middle school schedule for today should be:

• Dixie at Whitmire
• Gray-Court-Owings at Laurens Middle
• Ware Shoals at Sanders
• Thornwell at Hickory Tavern

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.  [Read more…]

Local Notes 

Clinton HS

• Basketball up Next… The Red Devils are scheduled to travel to Columbia tonight to take on the Capitals and then on Saturday go to LDHS to take on the Raiders in makeup games starting at 5:00 pm… We do plan on brining you those games Saturday here on Real Radio WLBG

Laurens HS

• Basketball up Next… The Raiders are to host the Wren Golden Hurricanes this tonight and then host the Clinton Red Devils starting at 5:00 pm tomorrow… We do plan on brining you the games Friday with Wren and the games with the Red Devils Saturday here on Real Radio WLBG and streaming live on the internet at www.wlbg.com.

• Wrestling… Over the last couple of weeks or so second year Raider Wrestling coach Lawson Jordan and his team captures the region championship and are ranked #2 in Class AAAA in the Upper State… They will be hosting the first two rounds of the Upper State Playoffs tomorrow in the main gym at LDHS… The raiders will take to the mats against Lancaster in the first round while Dreher and AC Flora go at it on the other mats… The first-round matches should start about 11:00 am and the winners advance to the second round which will most likely start about 12:30 – 1:00 pm timeframe while the losers are eliminated… Tickets will be $8 at the door (cash or card), and you can also buy them online by clicking here to save time… Since this is a SCHSL event, the prices are set by the SCHSL and no Century Club, District IDs, or Student Athletic Passes can be accepted only SCHSL passes will be accepted…. Please come out and support the Raiders!

Laurens Academy

• Varsity Basketball… The Laurens Academy Crusaders hosted another set of Crusaders last night, the Shannon Forest Crusaders…. This was Laurens Academy’s fourth game in 6 days.
  • Girls: Shannon Forest 31 – Laurens Academy 13… The Lady Crusaders had a problem getting their offense going last night against SCISA Class 3A Shannon Forest as they fell to Shannon Forest 31-13… Shannon Forest led 12-3 after one quarter of play and held the Crusaders scoreless in the third quarter… Sadie Bruyere led the Crusaders with 5 points while both Brooklyn Senn and Madisyn Graham scored 3 points… Braylee Burke rounded out the Crusaders scoring with 2 points… The Lady Crusaders are now 13-6 overall and 2-0 in region play while Shannon Forest improves to 14-4.
  • Boys: Shannon Forest 50 – Laurens Academy 21… The news is also not good where the boys’ team is concerned as Shannon Forest took a 50-21 win… The Crusaders really had trouble getting their offense going in the first quarter as Shannon Forest held them scoreless while Shannon Forest scored 14 unanswered points…  Garrett Murphy led the Crusaders with 6 points… Also scoring for the Crusaders Jay Brown finished with 4 points, Aiden Graddick 3, Garrison Vaughn 2, Lucas Li 2, Micha Strait 1 and Elijah Hornberger 1… If you are adding up the Crusader points they are 2 points shy of 21 and that can be explained by the fact that one of the Shannon Forest players made 2 points, shooting into the Crusader basket… The Crusaders are now 6-13 overall and 0-2 in region play.

• Basketball up Next… The Crusaders MaxPreps schedule shows them on the road tomorrow when they travel up to Greenville to take on the Greenville Tech Charter Warriors…. Girls’ action starts at 2:00 pm

Thornwell

• Up Next in Basketball…The Saints are scheduled to host the Abbeville Panthers tonight.

Middle School Basketball… All games start at 5:00 pm unless otherwise noted with girls’ game first followed by boys’ game… Note: coaches very often change schedule without telling me… To see the season master schedule click here… NOTE…Dixie and Thornwell do NOT have middle school girls teams this season so the 5:00 pm start will be for the boys’ game… Results from yesterday’s games:

• Boys: Gray Court-Owings 37 – Dixie 34 in OT… The GCO Tigers hosted the Dixie Green Hornets in boys’ action only and they had to go to overtime to do it but I am pleased to report the Tigers took a 37-34 win… Dixie led 17-12 at the half but the Tigers fought back and tied the game 27-at the end of the third quarter and fought to a 7-7 time in the fourth quarter to make the score 34-34 and send the game into overtime… There the Tigers held the Hornets scoreless while Dylan Abramowitz scored a two-point field goal and Wesley Collins hit a free throw to lift the Tigers to a thrilling 37-34 win… Collins led the Tigers in scoring with 17 points while Abramowitz was also in double Digits with 13 points… Jaylin Anderson finished with 5 points and Mason Lang 2.
• Hickory Tavern at Whitmire… The only score I had reported to me was the girls’ score and its good news for Panther fans as they won 19-16… I do not have any scoring details and also the final score in the boys’ game was not reported to me.
• Laurens Middle at Ware Shoals… No scores reported to me, please ask the coaches to do so.
• Boys: Sanders 53 – Thornwell 23… The once beaten Sanders Yellow Jacket boys’ team traveled over to Thornwell last night to take on the Saints and came home with a 53-23 win… The Saints hung in there the first quarter of play as the Yellow Jackets only led 89-8 at its end, but extended that lead to 27-13 at the half and then rolled on to the 53-23 win against the scrappy Saints… Sanders just had too much height and quickness for the Saints to overcome… Sanders’ Travion Robinson finished with 24 points while the Saints were led by Tilan Gant who finished with 9 points… Others scoring for Sanders included jay Harris with 9 points, Deaunte Hill 8, Marcus Miller 6, De’Vontay Mosley 3 and Zykius Miller 3… Also scoring for the Saints Keith Watts scored 7 points, Brayden Young 3 and both Caleb Clinkscales and Wyatt Lyman finished with 2 points each.

Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.

• School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
• School District 56:  To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
• Laurens Academy: Click on each of the following to see their schedule: Basketball…. Also you can click on the following to see their schedule on MaxPreps: Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.… You can also click here to see the master basketball schedule for the Crusade teams.    .
• Thornwell:  To see the Thornwell varsity basketball schedules and results click on one of the following: Varsity Girls, Boys… Also Master Schedule that includes middle school games click here.
• PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.

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